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Meta Fined for Privacy Violations in South Korea

South Korea fines Meta for illegally collecting sensitive user data and failing to implement adequate security measures.

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Lee Eun Jung

How did Meta's security failures lead to data breaches?: The investigation revealed that Meta failed to implement basic security measures, leading to data breaches affecting at least 10 South Korean Facebook users due to inactive pages being exploited by hackers.
How much was Meta fined by South Korea's privacy watchdog?: South Korea's privacy watchdog fined Meta 21.6 billion won (€14 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users without their specific consent.
What other companies have faced similar penalties in South Korea?: This fine adds to previous penalties against Meta and Google in South Korea for violating privacy laws by tracking online behavior without consent and using the data for targeted advertisements.
What types of sensitive personal information did Meta illegally collect?: Meta collected data such as political views, sexual orientation, and religion from around 980,000 Facebook users and shared it with roughly 4,000 advertisers.
What does South Korea's privacy law state about processing sensitive personal data?: South Korea's privacy law strictly protects information related to personal beliefs, political views, and sexual behavior, requiring specific consent for processing such data, which Meta failed to obtain.

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