Los AngelesChannel 5 handed subscriber emails to Hunter Biden.
Anyone who signs up for a newsletter anywhere just learned their address sits behind a promise, not a lock.
Biden used the list to promote a memecoin, and a data protection lawyer said the transfer likely breaches the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.
Channel 5 has not said whether it will notify the affected subscribers.
How each outlet framed it
- 404 Media leans critical
- applies GDPR analysis: subscriber emails shared without consent for direct marketing likely violates EU data protection law
Sources: 404 Media