Seoul, South Korea — South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and ...

Meta Platforms Inc. has been fined $15 million by South Korea for unlawfully gathering sensitive personal information from Facebook users.

Meta, the U.S.-based parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has been fined approximately 21.6 billion won (around $15.43 million) for using sensitive personal information from 980,000 Facebook users in South Korea for targeted advertising.

South Korea has ordered Facebook owner Meta Platforms to pay 21.62 billion won ($15.67 million) in fines after finding it had collected sensitive user data and given it to advertisers without a legal basis,

Sensitive information such as religious, political and sexual preferences has been collected without users' consent, says South Korea privacy watchdog.

Meta fined $15.67 million by South Korea for unauthorised data sharing and blocking user access, highlighting rising global regulatory pressure on tech giants.

After a four-year investigation, South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) concluded that Meta had illegally collected sensitive information from around 980,000 Facebook users. The data collected included information about users' religion,

South Korea imposed a fine of 21.62 billion won (approximately US$15.67 million) on Meta due to data privacy concerns. Meta was collecting and then revealing co

The Personal Information Protection Commission, Seoul’s data protection agency, has fined Meta almost $15.7 million for collecting user data without

The country's privacy watchdog said Meta amassed sensitive information by analyzing users' likes and the ads they opened.