TikTok, Apple affiliates fined over data collection, transfers in South Korea
By Wooyoung Lee ( July 23, 2026, 08:30 GMT | Insight) -- TikTok and two Apple affiliates have been sanctioned by South Korea’s privacy regulator for unlawful data collection and violations of cross-border data-transfer requirements, as part of the regulator’s enhanced scrutiny of global technology companies and their data-processing practices in South Korea.TikTok and two Apple affiliates have been sanctioned by South Korea’s privacy regulator for unlawful data collection and violations of cross-border data-transfer requirements, as part of the regulator’s enhanced scrutiny of global technology companies and their data-processing practices in South Korea....
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