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Norwegian public broadcaster NRK was alerted to the data breach issue after a Nokia 7 Plus user contacted them to say his phone often contacted a particular server.
HELSINKI: Finland’s data protection ombudsman said the he would investigate whether Nokia-branded phones had breached data rules after a report said the handsets sent information to China.
Nokia-branded mobile phones are developed under licence by Finnish company HMD Global, which said no personal data had been shared with a third party although it said there had been a data software glitch with one batch of handsets that had been fixed.
Ombudsman Reijo Aarnio told Reuters he would assess whether there were any breaches that involved „personal information and if there has been a legal justification for this.“
Norwegian public broadcaster NRK reported on Thursday a data breach related to the Nokia 7 Plus model, built by HMD.

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