Google, Meta Fined Over $71 Million In South Korea Over Privacy Violations

Wednesday, 14 September 2022newsdesk

South Korea has fined Google and Meta more than $71 million collectively for gathering users' personal information without consent for tailored ads, regulators said Wednesday, the country's highest-ever data protection fines.

New Delhi 14 September 2022

As per news report of NDTV Investigations into the two US tech giants found they had been "collecting and analysing" data of their users, and monitoring their use of websites and applications, the Personal Information Protection Commission said. The data was used to "infer the users' interests or used for customised online advertisements", it said, adding that neither Google nor Meta had clearly informed South Korean users of this practice or obtained their consent in advance.

Source - NDTV