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Close to 30% of Online Retailers Lack Secure Servers…Seoul E-commerce Center

Close to 30% of Online Retailers Lack Secure Servers…Seoul E-commerce Center

SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid the situation where personal information breaches continue, online retailers are still negligent in managing their customers’ data. According to a data by the Seoul Electronic Commerce Center on July 22, a quasi-public organization established jointly by the Consumers Union of Korea and the Seoul City Government, based on a survey [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Have you ever worried about a possible privacy leakage through SNS?

[Kobiz Stats] Have you ever worried about a possible privacy leakage through SNS?

[Related Article]  Many Koreans Feel “SNS Infringes on Privacy” (Korea Bizwire, April 17) As personal information leakage takes place frequent recently, seven out of ten Koreans have expressed their concerns over privacy infringement from social network services such as Facebook and Twitter. According to Alba Heaven, Korea’s online part-time job portal, which conducted a survey [...]

Many Koreans Feel “SNS Infringes on Privacy”

Many Koreans Feel “SNS Infringes on Privacy”

SEOUL, Korea, April 17, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – As personal information leakage takes place frequent recently, seven out of ten Koreans have expressed their concerns over privacy infringement from social network services such as Facebook and Twitter. According to Alba Heaven, Korea’s online part-time job portal, which conducted a survey on its 2,205 members, 71.5 [...]

New Personal Info Protection Law Gives the Chills to Financial Services Firms

New Personal Info Protection Law Gives the Chills to Financial Services Firms

SEOUL, Korea, Feb 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Ahead of the enforcement of a new law on personal information protection on August 7 this year, those in the financial service industry are nervous about what will happen afterward. Unless credit card companies, finance companies, and other smaller lenders are able to find legally permissible grounds for [...]