Google's alleged transfer of sexual-abuse victims' data draws South Korean scrutiny
By Wooyoung Lee ( September 11, 2026, 07:28 GMT | Insight) -- The recent exposure of South Korean digital sexual-abuse victims’ data contained in removal requests submitted to Google on an external website has drawn intense scrutiny from the South Korean government, with the country’s privacy and communications regulators and gender equality ministry examining whether Google and the website where the data was exposed violated South Korean law.A recent exposure of South Korean digital sexual-abuse victims’ data, originally contained in removal requests submitted to Google, has drawn intense scrutiny from the South Korean government, with the country’s privacy and communications regulators and gender equality ministry examining whether Google and a website where the data was exposed violated South Korean law....
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