The information, which included data about political views and sexual orientation, was shared with thousands of advertisers.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with thousands of advertisers.
South Korean Personal Information Protection Commission's director Lee Eun Jung speaks during a briefing at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Following a four-year investigation, South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission concluded that Meta unlawfully collected sensitive information about around 980,000 Facebook users, including their religion, political views and whether they were in same-sex unions, from July 2018 to March 2022.
The company categorized ads to identify users interested in themes such as specific religions, same-sex and transgender issues, and issues related to North Korean escapees, said Lee Eun Jung, a director at the commission who led the investigation on Meta. In September, European regulators hit Meta with more than $100 million in fines for a 2019 security lapse in which user passwords were temporarily exposed in an un-encrypted form.
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