Two tech giants accused of violating privacyTwo multinational tech giants of Google and Meta Platforms have been ordered to pay fines amounting to 100 billion won ($72 million) in Korea for violating the country’s privacy regulations.The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) held a gener
Lawmakers plan to call Google Korea CEOSouth Korean lawmakers are set to hold hearings on Google whose in-app payment system has caused controversies across the country (see the Korea News Plus article on July 6).Rep. Kim Yeung-shik of the ruling People Power Party made the comments in a recent inte
Search giant's in-app payment system causes controversiesAll the controversies started this April when Google introduced a new policy for in-app payment on the Play Store _ the tech giant forced developers to use its own billing system.And beginning this month, Google started removing non-compliant