Facebook Breaches South Korean Privacy Laws

Facebook doesn't comply with South Korea's laws on privacy, a regulator in that nation said today.

Facebook doesn’t comply with South Korea’s laws on privacy, a regulator in that nation said today.

The social network needs to make more of an effort to obtain consent from users when requesting personal information, the Korea Communications Commission said.

The KCC filed a formal complaint to Facebook and gave it 30 days to reply, according to the IDG News Service.

IDG said the KCC criticized Facebook’s privacy policy and how the company handles personal information, including sharing that data with third parties.

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