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KOMBC to conduct emergency inspection of Tving after customer CI leak
The Korea Office of Media, Broadcasting and Communication will conduct an emergency inspection of how streaming service Tving manages customer connecting information (CI) following a personal data leak. Starting on June 4, the regulator will check whether CI was processed within the purpose for which it was provided, whether CI is encrypted during storage and transmission, and whether an incident response plan was established. It may impose fines or corrective orders if violations are confirmed.
AI & Enterprise
South Korea privacy watchdog launches probe into Tving personal data leak
South Korea\'s Personal Information Protection Commission has opened an investigation into a personal data leak involving online video service Tving. The commission said it received a leak report from Tving at 2 a.m. on June 3 and began a probe. Tving reported signs of unauthorised access to its database storing user information. Exposed data include IDs, names, birth dates, gender, phone numbers, emails, refund account numbers and passwords.
Telecommunications & Media
Korea commission approves 75 operators to generate and process CI, including Naver
South Korea\'s Broadcasting Media Communications Commission said on April 20 it approved 75 operators as suitable to generate and process Connecting Information (CI) after reviewing whether their procedures and safeguards met requirements. Approved operators include identity verification agencies such as NICE Information Service and Naver, as well as mobile electronic notification and financial MyData businesses. The review examined procedure adequacy, security plans and user rights protection. The commission said it will continue to supervise approved operators.