South Korean court requests for personal data to portal operator Naver up by 18%
( July 31, 2015, 07:36 GMT | Insight) -- Naver Co., a South Korean Internet portal operator, said that requests by domestic courts to disclose data on users increased by 18 percent in the first half of this year compared with the same period two years ago, Yonhap News Agency reported. The company...Naver Co., a South Korean Internet portal operator, said that requests by domestic courts to disclose data on users increased by 18 percent in the first half of this year compared with the same period two years ago, Yonhap News Agency reported. The company’s disclosure comes amid growing public worries over cyber surveillance undermining personal privacy. The country’s Supreme Court in 2012 ruled that companies don’t have to provide courts with information on users, so whatever is disclosed is done voluntarily. Naver said it received 5,054 court requests to submit dialogues, sign-in logs and IDs between January and June of this year, an increase from 4,283 requests two years ago. It said it provided 61,734 different pieces of information, and in 14 different instances, it gave prosecutors wiretapping access. Naver’s CEO, Kim Sang-hon, said the company is “trying to be as transparent as possible with how it handles personal information.”...
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