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Temu's privacy penalty in South Korea exacerbated by obstruction of investigation (update*)

By Wooyoung Lee ( May 15, 2025, 07:45 GMT | Insight) -- Chinese e-commerce giant Temu has been fined a total of 1.38 billion won ($992,000) by South Korea’s privacy regulator for multiple violations of the country’s privacy law, an amount exacerbated by the company’s failure to cooperate during the investigation.Chinese e-commerce giant Temu has been fined a total of 1.38 billion won ($992,000) by South Korea’s privacy regulator for multiple violations of the country’s privacy law, an amount exacerbated by the company’s failure to cooperate during the investigation....

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