South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with thousands of advertisers.

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with thousands of advertisers. It was the latest in a series of penalties […]

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The South Korean Personal Information Protection Commission fined Meta $15.6 million on Monday for giving 980,000 users' information to advertisers.

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Company that owns Facebook shared sensitive user information with advertisers South Korea fined Meta, Facebook's parent company, R$ 90.3 million for collecting sensitive information from nearly one million users without consent and sharing it with advertisers, the country's data protection agency announced on Tuesday.

Empresa dona do Facebook compartilhou informações sensíveis de usuários com anunciantes A Coreia do Sul multou a Meta, empresa-mãe do Facebook, em R$ 90,3 milhões por coletar sem consentimento informações sensíveis de quase um milhão de usuários e compartilhá-las com anunciantes, anunciou na terça-feira a agência de proteção de dados do país.
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Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has been fined $15 million by South Korea for unlawfully gathering sensitive personal information from Facebook users. What Happened: The South Korean Personal Information Protection Commission found Mark Zuckerberg led Meta guilty of illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including details about their political views and sexual orientation. This information was then shared with…

South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won (£11.5 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users and sharing it with thousands of advertisers.

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South Korea fines Meta £11.5m for illegally collecting Facebook user information

Information included details about religious beliefs and whether users are in a same-sex relationship. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with thousands of advertisers.

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South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users

SEOUL, South Korea—South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with thousands of advertisers.
It was the latest in a series of penalties against Meta by South Korean authorities in recent years as they increase their scrutiny of …

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.

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