South Korean watchdog fines Facebook $8.2 million

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South Korean watchdog fines Facebook $8.2 million
A South Korean agency for protecting personal information fined Facebook 6.7 billion won (A$8.23 million) and sought a criminal investigation for providing users' personal information to other operators without consent. The country's Personal Information Protection Commission, launched ...

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