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South Korea's Kakao appeals court loss in KakaoTalk open-chat privacy case

By Jenny Lee ( January 22, 2026, 04:19 GMT | Insight) -- South Korean tech giant Kakao has moved to keep its privacy fight alive, filing an appeal this week against a lower court ruling that dismissed the company’s challenge to the privacy watchdog’s sanctions over the KakaoTalk open-chat data breach. Kakao filed a notice of appeal on Tuesday, court records indicate, five days after the Seoul Administrative Court dismissed its challenge to the 15.1 billion won ($10.3 million) fine and corrective orders issued by the Personal Information Protection Commission. South Korean tech giant Kakao has moved to keep its privacy fight alive, filing an appeal this week against a lower court ruling that dismissed the company’s challenge to the privacy watchdog’s sanctions over the KakaoTalk open-chat data breach....

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