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New Law May Help Reduce Unsolicited Telemarketing

SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Telemarketers can be annoying, and sometimes leave you wondering how they got your phone number. The KCC (Korea Communications Commission) revealed on May 5 that in accordance with the newly revised Information & Communications Network Law, telemarketers must reveal the source from which they acquired the personal information of [...]

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 [...]