SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s antitrust watchdog has taken steps to penalize Meta Platforms Inc. for allegedly failing to protect local consumers on its e-commerce platforms of Facebook and Instagram, sources said Friday. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has concluded its investigation into Meta’s purported violations of South Korea’s e-commerce law and subsequently [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, was fined by South Korea’s data protection watchdog on Wednesday for allegedly disadvantaging its customers refusing to provide personal information. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), a central administrative body, said it decided at a plenary meeting to impose a penalty [...]
SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Freshworks Inc. (NASDAQ: FRSH) today announced that companies around the world have increased customer retention by using Freshworks’ conversational AI bots to automate communication with buyers through WhatsApp, Instagram Messaging, and Facebook Messenger. International companies like MTN Cameroon in Africa, Body & Fit in Europe and The Giving Movement [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) on Wednesday slapped a combined fine of 100 billion won (US$71.9 million) on Google and Meta Platforms for collecting personal information without users’ consent and using it for personalized online advertising and other purposes, officials said. In a general meeting, the commission approved [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Meta, the operator of Facebook, on Thursday withdrew a controversial plan to deny access to users of its famous platform if they do not accept the terms of its privacy policy update, a government official said. The decision came as the Personal Information Protection Commission has been looking into [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Personal Information Protection Commission is looking into whether the upcoming privacy policy update by Meta, the operator of Facebook, runs afoul of domestic law and will take action if any irregularities are found, officials said Friday. Meta has since late May sent out notifications to South Korean users [...]