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.
