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South Korea investigates Facebook for allegedly breaching privacy laws

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Facebook is facing scrutiny and an investigation by data protection authorities in South Korea for allegedly not getting user consent before collecting personal information, though the site's terms and conditions do a standard job of covering the topic. See: South Korea: Facebook Doesn't Comply With Our Privacy Laws

This is interesting, but also should be a reminder that online properties effectively operate in multiple jurisdictions and need to keep in mind that there are a myriad of privacy laws out there.


Full post as published by The Canadian Privacy Law Blog on December 08, 2010 (boomark / email).

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