SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Choi Jang-hyuk, the vice chairperson of South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission, said on April 22 that he has made it clear to major Chinese internet companies operating in the domestic market, including Alibaba’s AliExpress and Temu, that they cannot be given a grace period to comply with the country’s [...]
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s data protection watchdog is looking into how Chinese e-commerce firms, such as AliExpress and Temu, have been collecting and using consumer data, its chief said Wednesday, amid lingering concerns over their protection of personal information. Ko Hak-soo, the chairperson of the Personal Information Protection Commission, made the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Personal Information Protection Commission announced a new policy on January 31 aimed at strengthening the protection level for personal information used in customized advertising, while also clarifying the responsibilities of advertisers. Customized advertising, which tailors ads based on users’ online behavior, offers the advantage of showing ads relevant to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Chanel Korea has been fined for requesting names and contact numbers from waiting customers and their companions. The Personal Information Protection Commission announced on Thursday that it had decided to impose a fine of 3.6 million won on Chanel Korea for violating the Personal Information Protection Act during its 19th [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting next year, candidates undergoing job interviews will have the option to contest or seek clarification if they perceive the outcome of an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted interview process to be unreasonable. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) declared on November 23 its intent to issue a legislative notice for amendments [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — PayPal Holdings, Inc., the multinational operator of an online payment system, was ordered to pay over 900 million won (US$663,863) in fines Thursday for a personal data breach involving some 23,000 customers. The Personal Information Protection Commission decided to impose combined fines of 922 million won on the Singapore-based [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Drones are being abused to infringe upon the privacy of others. The Busan District Court Eastern Branch sentenced a 39-year-old man to eight months in prison last week for a sexual offense. The defendant was accused of flying a drone from an apartment in the southern port city of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is stepping up to amend legislation to better protect people’s privacy as COVID-19 continues to speed up digitalization. The Personal Information Protection Commission, a South Korea’s data protection watchdog, said Tuesday that a new bill that amends the Personal Information Protection Act has passed the state council [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog has ruled that ordering military service members to install map applications and turn on GPS functions at all times for quarantine purposes infringes upon their privacy and other fundamental rights. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) announced Tuesday that requiring the use [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — With an increasing number of people selling used smartphones, experts warn of the risks of data being recovered from these phones. Some 9 million second-hand phones are estimated to be kept among South Korean households. And about 1.3 million used smartphone transactions for this year’s first quarter, which was [...]