South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission fined Coupang a record 624.7 billion won after a massive breach exposed the personal data of tens of millions of customers and non-members. The investigation also found separate privacy violations involving covert collection of browsing data, “hijack ads,” and misconduct inside Coupang Fulfillment Services, deepening scrutiny of the company’s data handling practices. #Coupang #PersonalInformationProtectionCommission #CoupangFulfillmentServices
Keypoints
- The PIPC imposed a record 624.7 billion won fine on Coupang for a major data breach.
- The breach affected 33.2 million registered members and at least 4.3 million non-members.
- A former employee allegedly stole a signing key and harvested customer data over several months.
- Coupang failed to preserve logs properly, complicating victim identification and triggering a criminal referral.
- The investigation also uncovered covert browsing-data collection, hijack ads, and privacy violations at Coupang Fulfillment Services.
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