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Employee Chat Monitoring Raises Privacy Concerns Over Workplace Apps

Employee Chat Monitoring Raises Privacy Concerns Over Workplace Apps

SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Allegations that a famous dog trainer and his wife monitored messages exchanged between employees on a workplace collaboration app called Naver Works have sparked concerns over potential privacy violations involving such programs, which often include messaging capabilities. According to IT industry insiders, Susan Elder, the wife of Kang Hyung-wook, who [...]

KakaoTalk’s “Recommended Friends” Service Under Fire

KakaoTalk’s “Recommended Friends” Service Under Fire

SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – KakaoTalk, the most popular mobile messaging platform in Korea, has finally done away with its “recommended friends” service, a function that recommended adding as a friend any individual whose phone number was saved in a phone’s contacts list.  On October 19, industry sources said that Kakao added a service [...]

Cyberbullying Soars through Mobile Messengers: Data

Cyberbullying Soars through Mobile Messengers: Data

SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of cyberbullying cases observed by local schools jumped in 2015 from three years earlier, data showed Monday, in line with the sharp increase in mobile messenger users.  According to the data compiled by the parliament’s education committee, the number of cyberbullying cases monitored by schools came to [...]