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KakaoPay challenges South Korean privacy watchdog after massive data transfer fine

By Jenny Lee ( April 10, 2025, 08:11 GMT | Insight) -- KakaoPay has taken its fight with South Korea's privacy watchdog to court, after being hit with a fine of 6 billion won (about $4.1 million) for transferring personal data abroad without proper user consent, MLex has learned. The payment arm of tech giant Kakao lodged a lawsuit against the Personal Information Protection Commission with the Seoul Administrative Court, on April 4, seeking to overturn the sanctions imposed earlier this year over the transfers of personal data of around 40 million users to China’s Alipay without consent.KakaoPay has taken its fight with South Korea's privacy watchdog to court, after being hit with a fine of 6 billion won (about $4.1 million) for transferring personal data abroad without proper user consent, MLex has learned....

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