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5mo ago

Meta Fined $15 Million by South Korea for Illegal Data Collection

The social media giant unlawfully gathered sensitive information from nearly a million Facebook users and shared it with advertisers.

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Meta collected sensitive information from around 980,000 domestic users in South Korea through their Facebook profiles, said Seoul's data watchdog

Overview

  • South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission fined Meta 21.6 billion won for collecting sensitive data without users' consent.
  • The data collection affected around 980,000 Facebook users, including details on political views, religion, and sexual orientation.
  • Meta shared the unlawfully collected information with approximately 4,000 advertisers, violating South Korea's privacy laws.
  • The investigation highlighted Meta's failure to implement basic security measures, leading to data breaches impacting at least 10 users.
  • This penalty is part of a broader trend of increased global scrutiny over tech companies' handling of private information.