According to the South Korea Personal Information Protection Commission on November 5th, the commission held its 18th plenary meeting on the 4th and decided to impose an administrative fine of more than 21.6 billion South Korean won (equivalent to more than 0.112 billion yuan) on the american internet company Meta for violating the South Korean Personal Information Protection Act. According to the investigation results, Meta collected sensitive information such as the religious views, political views, and whether they are married to the same sex of approximately 0.98 million South Korean users from the personal profiles of its social platform Facebook. Under the Personal Information Protection Act, information involving personal thoughts and beliefs, political opinions, sexual activities, etc., are classified as sensitive information that must be strictly protected and generally prohibited from processing. It was found that Meta provided the illegally collected personal sensitive information to advertising clients, and approximately 4,000 advertisers used this sensitive information.