South Korea hits Google and Meta with $72 million in fines over privacy law violations

14 September 2022
The two companies were accused of not acquiring legitimate consent from users before collecting and using behavioral data for targeted advertising. 

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blue, 14 Sep 2022There's always a solution - don't use it.I don't use Facebook, but avoiding Google completely is rather difficult if you use Android.

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    SShock, 14 Sep 2022You keep repeating I'm bitter and how my XR is slower ... moreAny decent midranger is miles better. Pretend that your iPhone is better and be happy.

      Samath N8 808 owner, 14 Sep 2022This fine itself is tomfoolery. I repeat, such a FINE is a... moreYour comment seems like a template, because I saw an exact same comment in other article

        blue, 14 Sep 2022There's always a solution - don't use it.Their services keep running in the background, when I didn't use their apps. Maybe I should turn off my phone and back to cave

          This fine itself is tomfoolery.
          I repeat, such a FINE is a PUBLIC SCAM.

          Facebook never gets banned even for 1 day. All the govts. do is fine them, and we common people will pay for it by watching more & more ads.
          See Youtube, it has become trash, there are skippable and unskippable ads before a video, in middle of videos, in the end, text ads in the footnote. Same with FB.

            Samsung user, 14 Sep 2022It's always the older and cheaper iphone model despera... moreYou keep repeating I'm bitter and how my XR is slower than today's midrangers. Couldn't be further from the truth. I'm happy with XR, only one bitter here is you, endlessly repeating how midrangers are faster in every reply you make. Are you a broken record or something?

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              With violation or no violation, it doesn't matter to people because no one really reads the terms of services. Install, next, next, next, yes, agree. Done.

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                Pumpino, 14 Sep 2022Google and Meta are possibly the worst two companies in the... moreThere's always a solution - don't use it.

                  Samsung user, 14 Sep 2022It's always the older and cheaper iphone model despera... moreI think most people with newer iPhones don't care about the "phone wars", which adds to your point

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                    Pumpino, 14 Sep 2022Google and Meta are possibly the worst two companies in the... moreMan apple is even worse and some aps like Twitter, Whatsapp, Instargam, Viber, Tik Tok, Snapchat etc.

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                      SShock, 14 Sep 2022Has Apple violated anything? No? Then why? Just because you... moreYou are a joke apple fanboy after all.

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                        SShock, 14 Sep 2022You're crying over Apple in totally unrelated article.... moreYou are android ? 🙂

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                          Kiwi, 14 Sep 2022They should've been fined more. $72 million is like c... moreEu gave them 4 billion

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                            They should've been fined more.
                            $72 million is like chump change for them.

                              AnonD-1065015, 14 Sep 2022Don't cry over it You're crying over Apple in totally unrelated article. You people have a self awareness of a lumber.

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                                SShock, 14 Sep 2022Has Apple violated anything? No? Then why? Just because you... moreDon't cry over it

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                                  Being the search giant that they supposedly are, I guess Google should search for a way out of this mess that they find themselves in...

                                    Google and Meta are possibly the worst two companies in the world when it comes to privacy. Most people don't appreciate how invasive they are. People are being exploited for corporate greed.

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                                      SShock, 14 Sep 2022Ladies and gentlemen, this is what desperation looks like. ... moreIt's always the older and cheaper iphone model desperate users (in this case iphone XR user) that speak louder defending Apple.

                                      But it's understandable, since iphone xr runs slower than todays samsungs midrange, so probably the user only using it to write comments.

                                        Rosso, 14 Sep 2022Batterygate never happened ladies and gentlemen Ladies and gentlemen, this is what desperation looks like. Dragging in unrelated thing from ages ago to s**t on Apple because you have issues. That's rich. If you've actually read the news, it's about privacy violations. Now tell me genius, what has "batterygate" to do with any of it?

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