{"id":1645679,"date":"2022-09-18T06:06:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T10:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1645679"},"modified":"2022-09-18T06:07:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T10:07:10","slug":"south-korea-fines-google-and-facebooks-parent-company-71-million-over-privacy-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korea-fines-google-and-facebooks-parent-company-71-million-over-privacy-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea Fines Google and Facebook\u2019s Parent Company $71 Million Over Privacy Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-korea-fines-google-and-facebooks-parent-company-71-million-over-privacy-violations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1645679&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>South Korean authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/technology-south-korea-252a9cc71f0875575340ade7265af951\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that they have fined Google and Meta \u2014 the parent company of Facebook and Instagram\u2014roughly $71.8 million after finding that the tech giants violated the country\u2019s privacy law.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s privacy watchdog, the Personal Information and Protection Commission (PIPC), said it fined Google 69.2 billion won ($50 million) and Meta 30.8 billion won ($22 million) after officials determined that the companies\u2019 business practices might cause \u201cserious\u201d privacy infringements.<\/p>\n<p>The PIPC found that Google and Meta collected information about users\u2019 online activities when they accessed websites or services outside the companies\u2019 own platforms. Further, the companies did not clearly inform users or obtain their consent regarding this collection of data, writes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/According%20to%20the%20commission,%20Google%20and%20Meta,%20which%20operates%20Facebook%20and%20Instagram,%20didn%E2%80%99t%20clearly%20inform%20users%20or%20obtain%20their%20consent%20as%20they%20collected%20information%20about%20their%20online%20activities%20when%20they%20used%20other%20websites%20or%20services%20outside%20their%20own%20platforms.%20Such%20data%20was%20used%20to%20analyze%20their%20interests%20and%20create%20individually%20customized%20advertisements,%20the%20commission%20said.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press<\/a>. According to the commission, the data was used to analyze users\u2019 interests and create individually customized advertisements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoogle did not clearly inform consumers that it would collect and use their behavioral information about their use of other companies\u2019 (services) when they signed up,\u201d the commission said. \u201cMeta did not present the content of consent in way that could be easily seen by consumers when they signed up, and just included the content in their full data policy statement. It did not specifically inform consumers of the legally required notifications and did not obtain their consent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the largest penalty South Korean officials have issued for violating personal information protection laws, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/09\/14\/google-meta-fined-71-8m-for-violating-privacy-law-in-south-korea\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a> TechCrunch. The fine also represents the country\u2019s first sanction regarding the collection and use of behavioral information on online customized advertising platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Both companies disagreed with the commission\u2019s findings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We disagree with the PIPC\u2019s findings, and will be reviewing the full written decision once it\u2019s shared with us,&#8221; a Google spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/skorea-fines-google-meta-over-accusations-privacy-law-violations-yonhap-2022-09-14\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>. &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A Meta spokesperson said, &#8220;While we respect the commission&#8217;s 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 do not agree with the commission&#8217;s decision, and will be open to all options including seeking a ruling from the court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meta indicated it may challenge its fine in court, according to the AP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean authorities announced that they have fined Google and Meta \u2014 the parent company of Facebook and Instagram\u2014roughly $71.8 million after finding that the tech giants violated the country\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1645681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1645679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1645679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1645681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1645679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1645679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1645679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}