{"id":52280,"date":"2022-09-14T19:21:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T17:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=52280"},"modified":"2022-09-14T19:21:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T17:21:34","slug":"how-google-and-meta-were-fined-71-8m-for-violating-privacy-laws-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2022\/09\/how-google-and-meta-were-fined-71-8m-for-violating-privacy-laws-in-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"How Google and Meta were fined $71.8M for violating privacy laws in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Wednesday, South Korea fined Google<\/a> and Meta<\/a> $71.8 million (100 billion KRW) for violating the privacy law in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The South Korean authorities said<\/a> that Meta and Google didn’t receive legitimate or legal consent when collecting users’ information who visited their websites and used other websites and apps for customized ads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the authority’s explanation, Google didn’t inform its users of the collection, including using other companies\u2019 behavioral details when signing up for its service and setting up the default choice to \u201cagree\u201d as it covers further available options on the settings screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meta, the Facebook parent company, was also found to have violated the country’s personal information protection rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This action made the South Korea PIPC<\/a> (Personal Information Protection Commission) order the big techs to correct the violations while imposing fines of 30.8 billion KRW (~$22 million) on Meta and 69.2 billion KRW (~$50 million) on Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, this is the biggest penalty in the country for violating personal information protection laws and the first sanction associated with using and collecting behavioral information on online customized advertising platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The big techs’ response<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In reaction, Meta’s spokesperson said, \u201cWhile we respect the PIPC\u2019s decision, we are confident that we work with our clients in a legally compliant way that meets the processes required by local regulations. As such, we don’t agree with the commission\u2019s decision and will be open to all options, including seeking a ruling from the court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google also responded via its spokesperson, \u201cWe disagree with the PIPC\u2019s findings and will be reviewing the full written decision once it\u2019s shared with us. We\u2019ve always demonstrated our commitment to making ongoing updates that give users control and transparency while providing the most helpful products possible. We remain committed to engaging with the PIPC to protect the privacy of South Korean users.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other overseas fines in recent years<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Overseas watchdogs have also fined Meta and Google for not complying with data protection regulations in the past few years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CNIL, the French data protection watchdog, issued its first General Data Protection Regulation fine of $57 million<\/a> for consent and transparency violations in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facebook-owned WhatsApp received a fine of $267 million for violating GDPR\u2019s transparency principle in 2021. The German Federal Cartel Office also ordered a restriction<\/a> on Meta\u2019s data gathering on users from 3rd-party websites without their consent. The order is still under the EU legal challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, South Korea fined Google and Meta $71.8 million (100 billion KRW) for violating the privacy law in the country. The South Korean authorities said that Meta and Google didn’t receive legitimate or legal consent when collecting users’ information who visited their websites and used other websites and apps for customized ads. According to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":52281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[7920,7172,7347],"class_list":["post-52280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-finance","tag-facebook-en-2","tag-france-en-2","tag-google-en-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}