SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled for the first time that companies may be exempt from statutory damages for data breaches if they can demonstrate that customers suffered no actual harm, a decision that could reshape corporate liability in personal data cases. In a ruling finalized last month and disclosed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of massive data leaks over the past decade, culminating in a recent breach involving 33.7 million Coupang accounts, has created a landscape in which personal information circulates widely and can now be used to reconstruct an individual’s identity and daily habits with alarming precision. While each incident may [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans say they feel unsafe about the risk of personal data breaches, reflecting rising anxiety amid a surge in hacking incidents and expanding digital services, according to new government data. The latest Social Survey from the National Data Office shows that 57.6 percent of respondents last [...]