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KakaoPay, Apple fined in South Korea over illegal Alipay data transfers

By Jenny Lee ( January 23, 2025, 04:10 GMT | Insight) -- KakaoPay and Apple have been hit with combined fines of 8.4 billion won (about $5.8 million) by South Korea's privacy watchdog for illegally transferring personal data overseas without proper user consent and disclosure. According to the Personal Information Protection Commission, KakaoPay, the payment arm of South Korean tech giant Kakao, received the larger fine of 6 billion won for transferring the personal data of around 40 million users to China’s Alipay without consent.KakaoPay and Apple have been hit with combined fines of 8.4 billion won (about $5.8 million) by South Korea's privacy watchdog for illegally transferring personal data overseas without proper user consent and disclosure....

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