South Korea Fines Meta $15.67M for Illegally Sharing Sensitive User Data with Advertisers

November 6, 2024 at 02:36AM Meta has been fined $15.67 million by South Korea’s data privacy agency for illegally collecting sensitive data from about 980,000 Facebook users and sharing it with advertisers without consent. The watchdog cited failures in user consent and security measures, and will continue monitoring Meta’s compliance with regulations. ### Meeting Takeaways … Read more

FTC Bans InMarket for Selling Precise User Location Without Consent

January 22, 2024 at 03:03AM The U.S. FTC has banned InMarket Media from selling precise location data without consumer consent and ordered it to destroy collected data subject to user approval. InMarket and Outlogic faced bans for allegations of improper location data use. InMarket allegedly harvested location data from various apps, while a study revealed … Read more