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Facebook, Netflix Fined over Privacy Violations in S. Korea

Facebook, Netflix Fined over Privacy Violations in S. Korea

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean watchdog on personal information protection on Wednesday fined major foreign platform service providers nearly 6.7 billion won (US$5.7 million) over privacy violations. The Personal Information Protection Commission meted out the penalty against Facebook, Netflix and Google and ordered them to fix the problems following its probe. [...]

Developer of AI Chatbot Service Fined for Massive Personal Data Breach

Developer of AI Chatbot Service Fined for Massive Personal Data Breach

SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s data protection watchdog on Wednesday imposed a hefty monetary penalty on a startup for leaking a massive amount of personal information in the process of developing and commercializing a controversial female chatbot. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said Scatter Lab, a Seoul-based startup, was ordered to [...]

Samsung Display Likely to Receive Compensation from Apple over Order Shortfall

Samsung Display Likely to Receive Compensation from Apple over Order Shortfall

SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co., a major display panel maker in South Korea, is likely to receive compensation from Apple Inc. over a shortfall in OLED panel orders, industry insiders said Tuesday. Samsung Display’s worldwide small OLED shipments in January dropped 9 percent month-to-month to 45 million units, according to market [...]

Train Passengers Who Do Not Wear Masks Will Face Fines Under New Law

Train Passengers Who Do Not Wear Masks Will Face Fines Under New Law

SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Train passengers failing to wear masks and comply with quarantine rules against infectious diseases will face monetary penalties under a soon-to-be revised law, the government said Monday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport made a pre-announcement of the revision of the Railroad Safety Act scheduled to take effect [...]

8 out of 10 S. Koreans Support Heavier Penalty for Passengers Abetting Drunk Driving

8 out of 10 S. Koreans Support Heavier Penalty for Passengers Abetting Drunk Driving

SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — About 8 out of every 10 South Koreans support the idea of stronger punishment for passengers who overlook and abet those driving under the influence, a poll showed Thursday. A total of 83.4 percent of 500 people aged 18 or above, surveyed by polling company Realmeter, expressed support for [...]

TikTok Fined in S. Korea over Privacy Issue

TikTok Fined in S. Korea over Privacy Issue

SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s telecommunications regulator said Wednesday it fined video sharing platform TikTok Pte Ltd. 186 million won (US$155,000) for mishandling user data amid growing global privacy concerns of the social media service. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said the social media app popular among teenagers violated local telecommunication laws [...]

Foreign Self-isolation Violators Face Sixfold Increase in Fine

Foreign Self-isolation Violators Face Sixfold Increase in Fine

SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is set to enforce a maximum sixfold increase in the monetary penalty for foreign violators of the mandatory self-isolation rule, as part of its reinforced coronavirus-fighting measures, the Ministry of Justice said Monday. Under the quarantine measures that took effect in early April, all entrants from overseas [...]