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Lotte Card fined 9.6 billion won for leaking users' social registration numbers

Lotte Card was fined 9.6 billion won ($6.5 million) by the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) after 450,000 users' social registration numbers were leaked.

2026-03-12

Privacy regulator demands Coupang re-notify users of data breach as personal information 'leak'

The Personal Information Protection Commission said that e-commerce giant Coupang did not properly notify customers of its recent data breach and demanded a corrected notification, specifying personal information “leak,” not “exposure.”

2025-12-03

Regulator likely to finalize penalties for SK Telecom over major data leak as early as this month

Korea's data protection regulator is likely to finalize penalties against SK Telecom as early as this month over a major data breach that affected all of its 25 million users, officials said Tuesday.

2025-08-05

Papa John's Korea confirms customer data breech exposing names, contact info, addresses

Pizza franchise Papa John's Korea has confirmed a customer data breach caused by a security vulnerability, prompting an official investigation by the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC).

2025-06-26

Jeonbuk National University, Ewha Womans University slapped with surcharges for data leaks

The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) announced on Thursday that it had decided to slap penalty surcharges of 623 million won ($459,000) on Jeonbuk National University and 343 million won on Ewha Womans University.

2025-06-12

Privacy watchdog chief signals substantial fine for SKT over data breach

Korea’s privacy regulator chief said Thursday that SK Telecom (SKT) is likely to face a substantial fine, citing the severity of the recent data breach caused by the hacking incident.

2025-05-08

Privacy watchdog probes data leak potentially impacting insurance customers

Korea’s data protection authority has launched an investigation after two major insurance general agencies (GAs) reported data breaches likely affecting hundreds of thousands of customers.

2025-05-08

Google and Meta hit with huge fines for violating privacy in Korea

Google and Meta Platforms have been fined a total of 100 billion won ($72 million) for violating a privacy law.

2022-09-14