Seoul, June 11 (IANS) South Korea’s data protection regulator on Thursday fined e-commerce company Coupang a record 624.7 billion won ($410 million) over privacy violations, including a massive data breach that affected more than 37 million users.The Personal Information Protection Commission has decided to impose a record fine of 423.6 billion won for the data breach and levy an additional 201.1 billion won in fine for the unauthorised collection of records of online user activities and other v…
Latest Song Kyung-hee News & Updates
Seoul, Dec 31 (IANS) The head of South Korea’s data protection regulator said on Wednesday that Coupang should come up with compensation acceptable for victims of its massive data leak amid strong backlash against the online retailer’s offer of vouchers and discounts.Song Kyung-hee, head of the Personal Information Protection Commission, made the call during a parliamentary hearing over the company’s data breach that affected 33.7 million users — around two-thirds of South Korea’s population, r…
Seoul, Dec 25 (IANS) The presidential office was set to hold an emergency meeting with relevant government officials later on Thursday to discuss a recent data breach at e-commerce giant Coupang, informed sources told Yonhap news agency.”There is widespread understanding within the government about the seriousness of the breach,” a source said, asking not to be identified. “Given the gravity of the issue, the meeting will take place even on the holiday.”Kim Yong-beom, presidential chief of sta…