S.Korea fines Google, Meta billions of won for privacy violations

[…] In a statement, the Personal Information Protection Commission said it fined Google 69.2 billion won ($50 million) and Meta 30.8 billion won ($22 million).

The privacy panel said the firms did not clearly inform service users and obtain their prior consent when collecting and analysing behavioural information to infer their interests or use them for customised advertisements.

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Source: S.Korea fines Google, Meta billions of won for privacy violations | Reuters

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