Court rejects injunction lawsuit by Coupang over data breach-related fine
A Seoul court Thursday rejected an injunction lawsuit by e-commerce firm Coupang filed against a fine of some 423 billion won ($315 million) levied by a state-run data protection agency over its massive data leak. The Seoul Administrative Court said there is no need to nullify the fine imposed by the Personal Information Protection Commission in June this year over privacy violations, including a…
A Seoul court rejected an injunction lawsuit by e-commerce giant Coupang against a fine of approximately 423 billion won ($315 million) imposed by the Personal Information Protection Commission in June. The court ruled that there is no need to nullify the fine, which was the largest ever imposed on a single company by the regulator for privacy violations.
The infringement included a massive data breach in November last year, affecting over 37 million users' personal information such as names, phone numbers, and delivery details. According to the personal information protection law, companies responsible for data leaks can face fines up to 3 percent of their annual sales, with sales unrelated to the violation potentially excluded. Coupang's annual sales averaged about 36 trillion won over the past three years.
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