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16-05-2025
- Business
Japan Personal Info Protection Body Issues 1st Emergency Order
News from Japan May 16, 2025 22:34 (JST) Tokyo, May 16 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government's Personal Information Protection Commission issued an emergency order under the personal information protection law for the first time, against a Tokyo name list broker. The commission ordered the company, called Business Planning, to immediately stop its illegal provision of personal information and set up a system to prevent any recurrence. According to the commission, the company sold name lists to members of a fraud group between May 2023 and October 2024, although it was aware of the possibility that the lists might be used for crime. The illegal provision came to light during the commission's on-site inspection of the company in April this year, after police found that one of the group members had sent money to the company's bank account. Under the law, the provision of personal information to a third party requires the prior consent of the individuals concerned. [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.] Jiji Press
HKFP
15-05-2025
- Business
- HKFP
South Korea fines China's e-commerce giant Temu for user data violations
South Korea has fined Chinese e-commerce giant Temu nearly one million US dollars for illegally transferring Korean users' personal information to China and other countries, a data protection watchdog said Thursday. Chinese platforms such as Shein, Temu and AliExpress have skyrocketed in global popularity in recent years, offering a vast selection of products at stunningly low prices that have helped them take on US titan Amazon. Temu outsources and stores users' data with companies in several countries, including China, Singapore, South Korea and Japan, according to Seoul's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC). But the company 'failed to disclose in its privacy policy or notify users that personal data would be entrusted to overseas entities,' it said in a statement. The PIPC said it fined Temu around 1.39 billion won (US$997,624) for violating the data protection act. The watchdog said Temu also failed to supervise overseas companies, including on data protection, and did not properly inspect their handling of personal information. As of 2023, an average of 2.9 million users in South Korea were using Temu daily, but the company did not designate a local representative as required by South Korean data protection law, the watchdog said. Temu also complicated the account deletion process with seven steps, making it 'difficult for users to exercise their rights', it added. Temu respects the 'decision by Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission and cooperated fully with the investigation', a company spokesperson told AFP. 'We made improvements during the process to align with local requirements. We support efforts that promote consumer trust and strengthen data transparency,' they added. Thursday's announcement comes weeks after the watchdog said Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek was transferring personal data to a cloud services platform without users' consent. South Korea has previously blocked downloads of DeepSeek and moved to restrict its use on government-linked devices. The South Korean watchdog also fined AliExpress around 1.98 billion won last year for illegally transfering Korean users' data overseas. And it fined social media giant Meta 21.6 billion won last year for illegally harvesting sensitive data including sexual orientation from nearly a million South Korean Facebook users and sharing it with advertisers.
Economic Times
15-05-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
South Korea fines China's Temu for user data violations
Live Events South Korea has fined Chinese ecommerce giant Temu nearly one million dollars for illegally transferring Korean users' personal information to China and other countries, a data protection watchdog said platforms such as Shein, Temu and AliExpress have skyrocketed in global popularity in recent years, offering a vast selection of products at stunningly low prices that have helped them take on US titan outsources and stores users' data with companies in several countries, including China, Singapore, South Korea and Japan, according to Seoul's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC).But the company "failed to disclose in its privacy policy or notify users that personal data would be entrusted to overseas entities," it said in a PIPC said it fined Temu around 1.39 billion won (US $997,624) for violating the data protection watchdog said Temu also failed to supervise overseas companies, including on data protection, and did not properly inspect their handling of personal of 2023, an average of 2.9 million users in South Korea were using Temu daily, but the company did not designate a local representative as required by South Korean data protection law, the watchdog also complicated the account deletion process with seven steps, making it "difficult for users to exercise their rights", it respects the "decision by Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission and cooperated fully with the investigation", a company spokesperson told AFP."We made improvements during the process to align with local requirements. We support efforts that promote consumer trust and strengthen data transparency," they announcement comes weeks after the watchdog said Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek was transferring personal data to a cloud services platform without users' Korea has previously blocked downloads of DeepSeek and moved to restrict its use on government-linked South Korean watchdog also fined AliExpress around 1.98 billion won last year for illegally transffering Korean users' data it fined social media giant Meta 21.6 billion won last year for illegally harvesting sensitive data including sexual orientation from nearly a million South Korean Facebook users and sharing it with advertisers.
New Straits Times
15-05-2025
- Business
- New Straits Times
Temu hit with nearly US$1mil fine over illegal data transfers to China
SEOUL: South Korea has fined Chinese e-commerce giant Temu nearly one million dollars for illegally transferring Korean users' personal information to China and other countries, a data protection watchdog said Thursday. Chinese platforms such as Shein, Temu and AliExpress have skyrocketed in global popularity in recent years, offering a vast selection of products at stunningly low prices that have helped them take on US titan Amazon. Temu outsources and stores users' data with companies in several countries, including China, Singapore, South Korea and Japan, according to Seoul's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC). But the company "failed to disclose in its privacy policy or notify users that personal data would be entrusted to overseas entities," it said in a statement. The PIPC said it fined Temu around 1.39 billion won (US$997,624) for violating the data protection act. The watchdog said Temu also failed to supervise overseas companies, including on data protection, and did not properly inspect their handling of personal information. As of 2023, an average of 2.9 million users in South Korea were using Temu daily, but the company did not designate a local representative as required by South Korean data protection law, the watchdog said. Temu also complicated the account deletion process with seven steps, making it "difficult for users to exercise their rights", it added. Temu respects the "decision by Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission and cooperated fully with the investigation", a company spokesperson told AFP. "We made improvements during the process to align with local requirements. We support efforts that promote consumer trust and strengthen data transparency," they added. Thursday's announcement comes weeks after the watchdog said Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek was transferring personal data to a cloud services platform without users' consent. South Korea has previously blocked downloads of DeepSeek and moved to restrict its use on government-linked devices. The South Korean watchdog also fined AliExpress around 1.98 billion won last year for illegally transfering Korean users' data overseas. And it fined social media giant Meta 21.6 billion won last year for illegally harvesting sensitive data including sexual orientation from nearly a million South Korean Facebook users and sharing it with advertisers.--AFP
Time of India
15-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
South Korea fines China's Temu for user data violations
South Korea has fined Chinese ecommerce giant Temu nearly one million dollars for illegally transferring Korean users' personal information to China and other countries, a data protection watchdog said Thursday. Chinese platforms such as Shein, Temu and AliExpress have skyrocketed in global popularity in recent years, offering a vast selection of products at stunningly low prices that have helped them take on US titan Amazon. Temu outsources and stores users' data with companies in several countries, including China, Singapore, South Korea and Japan, according to Seoul's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC). by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like If You Eat Ginger Everyday for 1 Month This is What Happens Tips and Tricks Undo But the company "failed to disclose in its privacy policy or notify users that personal data would be entrusted to overseas entities," it said in a statement. The PIPC said it fined Temu around 1.39 billion won (US $997,624) for violating the data protection act. Live Events The watchdog said Temu also failed to supervise overseas companies, including on data protection, and did not properly inspect their handling of personal information. Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories As of 2023, an average of 2.9 million users in South Korea were using Temu daily, but the company did not designate a local representative as required by South Korean data protection law, the watchdog said. Temu also complicated the account deletion process with seven steps, making it "difficult for users to exercise their rights", it added. Temu respects the "decision by Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission and cooperated fully with the investigation", a company spokesperson told AFP. "We made improvements during the process to align with local requirements. We support efforts that promote consumer trust and strengthen data transparency," they added. Thursday's announcement comes weeks after the watchdog said Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek was transferring personal data to a cloud services platform without users' consent. South Korea has previously blocked downloads of DeepSeek and moved to restrict its use on government-linked devices. The South Korean watchdog also fined AliExpress around 1.98 billion won last year for illegally transffering Korean users' data overseas. And it fined social media giant Meta 21.6 billion won last year for illegally harvesting sensitive data including sexual orientation from nearly a million South Korean Facebook users and sharing it with advertisers.
