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South Korea's Woori Card fined $9.2 million for unauthorized personal data use

By Jenny Lee ( March 27, 2025, 03:43 GMT | Insight) -- Woori Card, a major South Korean credit card company, has been fined 13.5 billion won (about $9.2 million) by the country's privacy regulator for illegally using the personal data of merchant owners without proper consent. The Personal Information Protection Commission today said its investigation revealed that between July 2022 and April 2024, Woori Card's Incheon Sales Center systematically accessed and misused the personal information of more than 200,000 merchant owners to drive credit card sales. Of these merchants, close to 75,000 had never consented to having their information used for marketing purposes.Woori Card, a major South Korean credit card company, has been fined 13.5 billion won (about $9.2 million) by the country's privacy regulator for illegally using the personal data of merchant owners without proper consent....

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