South Korea slaps Coupang with record privacy fine over breach, tracking practices
( June 11, 2026, 02:35 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Coupang was hit with a record 624.7 billion won ($409 million) fine by South Korea’s privacy watchdog over a massive data breach affecting about 37.6 million people and a separate finding that it unlawfully collected records of users’ online activity across third-party websites and apps. The Personal Information Protection Commission said weak authentication-key management and inadequate access controls enabled a former employee to exfiltrate personal data from about 33.2 million member accounts and at least 4.3 million non-member data subjects. Separately, the regulator found Coupang had collected and stored third-party browsing and app-usage records of about 11.2 million users without a legal basis for personalized advertising. The watchdog also imposed 248 million won in penalties on Coupang Fulfillment Services over unlawful collection of journalists’ personal data and misuse of employees’ health information.Statement is attached (in Korean)....
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