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Meta Fined for Violating Personal Info Protection Law

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 [...]

Public Officials Accused of Leaking Personal Info to be Fired Starting in 2023

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Public officials accused of purposely leaking personal information will be immediately dismissed with no exception starting next year, the government said Thursday. Under a set of guidelines set to take effect Jan. 1, public officials who purposely leak personal information or wrongfully use the information will be dismissed, according [...]