Jun 08, 2021 11:07:00

Post nude photos on your smartphone that the iPhone repair company has entrusted to you on Facebook

It turns out that a staff member of a subcontractor who was undertaking iPhone repairs extracted nude photos from a female college student's iPhone brought to Apple's iPhone service center and impersonated him and uploaded it to Facebook. Apple reportedly paid hundreds of millions of yen in damages to women in this case.

Case 4:19-cv-02033-YGR Document 141-2
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https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.340837/gov.uscourts.cand.340837.141.2.pdf

Apple pays millions to woman after explicit photos posted online
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/06/06/apple-pays-millions-woman-explicit-photos-posted-online/

Apple paid millions in iPhone repair nude photos case --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/7/22522560/apple-repair-multimillion-iphone-nude-photos-privacy-settlement-pegatron

Student's nude photos leaked to Facebook by iPhone service center, Apple now paying her millions of dollars --Technology News
https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/student-s-nude-photos-leaked-to-facebook-by-iphone-service-centre-apple-now-paying-her-millions-of- dollars-1811814-2021-06-07

The incident began when a victim woman discovered that sexual photos and videos stored on her iPhone for repair were posted on her Facebook page. The sexual photos and videos uploaded to the Facebook page were given an explanation impersonating the person himself, giving the false impression as if he had posted it himself. In 2016, a woman who was informed of this post by a friend charged Apple for $ 5 million in compensation for a great deal of mental distress.

After a thorough internal investigation by Apple, it was found that it was two staff members of Pegatron Technology Service, a major Apple product repairer, who extracted photos from women's iPhones and posted them on social media. In response, Apple dismissed both of the staff members who caused the problem and paid compensation to the woman. The amount of compensation is unknown, but it is reported that 'it was a multi-million dollar transaction' and it is believed that the amount paid was equal to or close to the amount claimed by the woman.

The two sides settled when Apple paid the woman compensation, but the victim's lawyer threatened Apple with 'if it develops into a trial, it will be a negative promotion by the media.' However, it is known by the media. In addition, the terms of the settlement included 'do not mention this matter or the amount of compensation'.

Despite the non-disclosure clause, the case went public when Pegatron Technology Service, which paid Apple compensation,

sued its insurance company, which refused to cover it. It was for. In the court documents, Apple is only described as a 'customer of Pegatron Technology Service', but in yet another trial, the relationship between Apple and Pegatron Technology Service became clear, and this case came to light in the Imozuru ceremony. It is said that.

In a statement sent to multiple media, Apple said, 'We attach great importance to the privacy and security of your data and have multiple protocols in place to ensure that your data is protected throughout the repair process. We took immediate action when one of our repair vendors was found to have had such a serious policy breach in 2016, and we will continue to strengthen the vendor's protocol. I will continue. '