South Korea fines Meta €13.8m for illegally collecting Facebook user information

South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission concluded that Meta unlawfully collected sensitive information about around 980,000 Facebook users. Picture: Alamy/PA

South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won (€13.8m) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users and sharing it with thousands of advertisers.

The information included data about their political views and sexual orientation.