Source: Tech – South China Morning PostChinese authorities are getting tough on data privacy violations, penalising a leading smart electric car maker for the first time for such misconduct.Regulators in Shanghai fined Xpeng Motors 100,000 yuan (US$15,710) for collecting customers’ information without their consent at its showrooms in the city.They found an Xpeng subsidiary had installed 22 facial-recognition cameras in seven showrooms between January and June, collecting customers’ facial data without proper authorisation,…Read More