South Korea Fines IDR 246 Billion For Collecting User Personal Information

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JAKARTA - The South Korean government has fined the Meta tech giant 21.62 billion won or around Rp246 billion, for collecting sensitive user data and giving it to advertisers without legal basis.

Based on a statement from the Seoul Data Protection Agency, Meta collected about 980,000 South Korean Facebook user data covering their religion, political views, and sexuality.

In particular, it was found that (Meta) analyzed user behavioral data such as the pages they liked and the ads they clicked on Facebook and created and managed ad themes related to sensitive information," the agency said, citing Reuters.

Setelah dilakukan penyelidikan selama empat tahun, komisi tersebut mengatakan bahwa Meta memberikan informasi tersebut yang kemudian digunakan oleh sekitar 4.000 pengudik.

The commission also said Meta collected sensitive information by analyzing the pages Facebook users like or the ads they click on.

According to APNews, this is the latest sentence from a series of sentences imposed on Meta by South Korean authorities in recent years.

South Korea's privacy law provides strict protection for information related to personal beliefs, political views, and sexual behavior, and prohibits companies from using the data without special approval from the person concerned.