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Korea demands years of Google records over sex-crime victim data exposure

Summary by The Korea Times
The Korean government said Friday it is reviewing Google’s potential legal liability over the exposure of sensitive personal information submitted in digital sex-crime content removal requests, while demanding that the tech firm disclose whether similar cases occurred dating back to 2018. Gender Equality and Family Minister Won Min-kyung said the ministry, along with the Korea Media and Communications Commission, is closely examining whether Goo…

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The Personal Information Protection Commission has launched an investigation into Google, which has been at the center of controversy for the mass leak of personal information, such as the names and workplaces, of victims of illegal filming. On the 11th, in response to a report by The Hankyoreh stating that deletion requests regarding digital sexual crimes sent by victims to Google were disclosed on an external website, the Commission [inquired]…

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The Personal Information Protection Committee has begun an investigation into the situation where victims of digital sexual crimes in Korea were exposed on an external website in the process of requesting the removal of illegal images from Google. The Ministry of Personal Information announced on the 11th that “a request to delete a digital sexual offense provided by Google was published on an external website”, requesting Google to submit data …

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Jung-woo = Regarding the incident in which deletion request information related to digital sex crimes provided to Google was disclosed on an external website...

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The Personal Information Protection Commission announced on the 11th that it has launched an investigation into Google regarding an incident in which a request for the deletion of digital sexual crime material was disclosed on an external site.

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Courrier international broke the news on Thursday, September 10, 2026.
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