Cybersecurity Policy Report, TikTok, Apple Face Privacy Fines in South Korea, (Jul 24, 2026)
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TikTok and Apple, Inc., are facing fines in South Korea after the nation’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) determined the companies violated South Korean privacy law.
TikTok was fined 10.3 billion won ($7 million) over its collection and use of “third-party behavioral information” without first obtaining consent from users, the PIPC said yesterday in a news release. Similar violations led to a 252 million won ($171,000) fine for Apple, it said.
The PIPC warned that foreign companies should “fully implement measures to ensure the transparency of the processing of personal information of data subjects in the Republic of Korea and to ensure the right to self-determination of personal information.”
It also said it would “continue to check the processing status of personal information of overseas operators and strictly respond to misconduct without discrimination between domestic and foreign companies, so that the personal information of our citizens can be protected safely and transparently in complex environments beyond national borders.”
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