Facebook Receives New Fine for Sharing User Data with Up to 10,000 Companies

Facebook has just received a new fine, this time in South Korea, where the Personal Information Protection Commission, or PIPC, discovered the social network shared user data without consent. And just as expected, Facebook shared this data with a series of other companies without user consent, and according to a local report, it’s believed no less than 10,000 firms received the info from the social network. The wrongdoing started in May 2012 and lasted until June 2018, according to the same report, with the private information about 3.3 million South Korean users allegedly shared by Facebook without them giving their consent. And it looks like the shared data includes plenty of information, including users’ names, addresses, dates of birth, work experience, relationship status, and possibly other details. Facebook submitted “false documents” Interestingly enough, it’s still unclear how...