South Korea fines TikTok $7 million over tracking users for personalized ads

Seoul: South Korea's privacy watchdog said on Thursday it has fined TikTok 10.3 billion won ($7 million) for unlawfully collecting and using users' behavioural data from third-party services to personalize advertisements. Class 11 Dropout Used AI, YouTube Tutorials To Develop 121 Fake APK Apps In ₹65 Crore Cyber Fraud Case The Personal Information Protection Commission said it levied the fine on Singapore-based TikTok Pte. Ltd., which operates the social media giant's services in South Korea, for violating the personal information law, reports Yonhap news agency.The watchdog said TikTok collected behavioural data from 9.45 million users in South Korea through tools distributed to third-party websites and applications, and used them for personalised advertisements.India's Foldable Smartphone Market Set To Surpass 3 Million Shipments By 2026; Samsung To Retain Dominance By Holding 89% Share The commission said the company failed to properly notify users of such actions.Separately, the watchdog ordered corrective measures against two Apple Inc. subsidiaries and fined them a combined 252 million won for personal information violations, such as collecting voice recordings and transcripts of users of the company's Siri voice assistant without consent.The commission said Apple collected voice recordings of Siri users and text transcripts of the recordings without their permission until August 2019.Apple Plans Complete Mac Lineup Overhaul With 11 New Models While the company started asking for consent for voice recordings in October 2019, it did not do so for transcripts, according to the watchdog.Last month, data protection regulator fined e-commerce company Coupang Corp. 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 fine for the unauthorized collection of records of online user activities and other violations.Amazon Lays Off Employees In AGI Division Even As AI Spending Surges It marked the largest fine ever imposed by the regulator on a single company, according to the commission."The investigation found that this incident happened not by sophisticated hacking, but due to Coupang's inadequate safety management system," Song Kyung-hee, the watchdog's chief, said in a briefing.Coupang expressed regret over the record fine imposed, adding that it plans to "clarify the facts through legal procedures."(Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Korea's privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined TikTok 10.3 billion won ($7 million) for unlawfully collecting and using users' behavioral data from third-party services to personalize advertisements. The Personal Information Protection Commission said it levied the fine on Singapore-based TikTok, which operates the social media giant's services in Korea, for violating the personal information law. The watchdog said TikTok collected behavioral data from 9.45 million users in Korea through tools distributed to third-party websites and applications, and used them for personalized advertisements. The commission said the company failed to properly notify users of such actions. Separately, the watchdog ordered corrective measures against two Apple subsidiaries and fined them a combined 252 million won for personal information violations, such as collecting voice recordings and transcripts of users of the company's Siri voice assistant without consent. The commission said Apple collected voice recordings of Siri users and text transcripts of the recordings without their permission until Aug