GLONGHUI, November 5 | According to the Korea Personal Information Protection Commission on the 5th, the committee held its 18th plenary meeting on the 4th and decided to impose an administrative fine of more than 21.6 billion won (approximately RMB 0.112 billion) on the US internet company Meta, which violates South Korea's Personal Information Protection Law. According to the survey results, Meta collected sensitive information about 0.98 million Korean users from their personal profiles on Facebook, such as their religious views, political views, and whether they are married to the same sex. According to the Personal Information Protection Law, information relating to personal thoughts, beliefs, political opinions, sex life, etc. is classified as sensitive information subject to strict protection, and processing is prohibited in principle. Meta also provides advertisers with sensitive personal information collected without permission, and around 4,000 advertisers have used this sensitive information.
Meta在韩国非法收集个人信息被罚1亿多元
Meta was fined over 0.1 billion yuan for illegally collecting personal information in south korea.
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