360 v. Jinshan libel case, there are still two cases of privacy lawsuit

On the "360 Security software theft User privacy" incident, the previous night, Beijing Haidian Court of Qihoo 360 v. Jinshan Company defamation case to make a first-instance judgment, the decision Jinshan security software about "360 Steal user privacy" speech belongs to commercial defamation, and sentenced Jinshan company to publish an apology statement, and compensation for 300,000 yuan.

Origin

"360 hit by Apple app"

The civil verdict, the source of the dispute originated in February this year, "more than 360 products have been Apple app under the storm," 360 companies blamed the rival Jinshan company spread "The reason is 360 suspected users of privacy caused by", and then the Jinshan company sued the court.

The court's verdict found that Jinshan company in the absence of facts on the basis of the situation, published in the website to discredit 360 "suspected theft of user privacy" infringement article, and in Jinshan battery doctor software set up the window to disseminate false information to users. According to the verdict, Jinshan and Shell International must make an apology to 360 companies and eliminate the impact within 7th of the judgment, and at the same time, awarded Jinshan and Shell International compensation of 360 companies 300,000 yuan of economic losses.

The court believes that Jinshan and Shell International as a network security professional firms, should be timely to the relevant network media coverage to verify, and on the basis of the release of scientific and objective information is that it should fulfill the security obligations. The court decided that Jinshan and Shell International Commercial Defamation Act, should bear corresponding responsibility.

Future：

360 and two more "privacy" lawsuits.

360 companies have recently been involved in a number of "privacy" lawsuits. At the end of September, Xicheng Court has judged Jinshan network CEO Fu's microblog speech on Qihoo 360 caused infringement, the verdict Fu Delete related microblogging articles, and to 360 public apology, which is also in the near future, 360 on the "reputation infringement and defamation" related prosecutions of the second consecutive victory.

Next, 360 have two more lawsuits to fight. Last month, 9th, the fight against counterfeiting fighter Fang continued to expose 360 of users to steal privacy, kidnapping deceive users and other issues, and then 360 on suspicion of defamation "360 Steal user privacy", the other side of the boat and Baidu company to slander 360 goodwill and infringement of judicial proceedings.

and Jinshan Company Poison PA Security Engineer Tiejun recently reminded network users to pay attention to privacy information protection, cautious use of 360 security products. On Weibo, a user named "independent investigator", together with other users, was able to cite 360 of regular collection of user privacy data and upload to 360 servers.

For the accusations, 360 said yesterday that in order to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises, against the network and competitors to violate the rights of 360 corporate reputation, 360 companies have completed the collection of relevant evidence, and will be prosecuted to the court libel scandal.

Reactions from all walks of life

Regulatory intervention: Whether the invasion of privacy has not been concluded

360 whether infringement of user privacy has been a continuing concern of the community, triggering regulatory intervention, but there is no conclusion. Last month 25th, the Ministry of Related officials said it would investigate 360 violations of user privacy. "360 users over billion, the competent departments involved in the investigation, should come up with authoritative results, let users rest assured that this is the most important!" Cho Cong, deputy director of China Electronic Commerce Association's online Trade Security Center, said to the media, if you can take this opportunity to clear the domestic industry safety bottom line and rules, will promote industry self-discipline and netizen privacy protection are positive.

Jinshan: 360 Exposure to privacy evidence

Jinshan at the end of the month by the Analysys International "network Security Road in where" the theme forum on the public exposure to the evidence, the whole process of 360 security guards how to break through the user's privacy "red line."

The company provides some evidence that 360 collection includes user name, login password, contact information, computer identification code, Taobao shopping details such as a large number of personal privacy, can pinpoint the IP address and professional characteristics of netizens. From the quantitative point of view, Jinshan found leaked data reached 1.41 million, and this data is only the tip of the iceberg. According to Tiejun, these user information is set up by 360 software to crawl and upload, after uploading temporary data files are automatically deleted, unless the professionals specifically view, ordinary users are unaware of this.