Coupang was fined for tracking users on other websites
The South Korean retail giant collected the browsing history and IP addresses of 11 million users without consent, leading to a record-breaking penalty.
Privacy regulators in South Korea issued a historic fine of 624.6 billion won against the e-commerce giant Coupang. The penalty, which is more than four times larger than any previous privacy fine in the country, was triggered by a massive data breach and the unauthorized collection of customer behavior across the internet.
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