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Apple collected user location data without consent, says Korea; company fined

June 13, 2024

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A South Korean regulator has said that Apple collected user location data without consent, and fined the company 210 million won (around $153k) for a privacy violation.

Apple was one of 188 companies found to have violated the Act on the Protection and Use of Location Information …

The Korea Times reports.

Apple’s Korean unit was also ordered to pay a fine of 210 million won for allegedly collecting location data without consent, violating the clause on disclosing its policy on location data and others, the commission said […]

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