Data protection

South Korea PM tells US lawmakers Seoul is not discriminating against Coupang

Coupang disclosed in November that personal data for some 33 million customers in South Korea were compromised.

NUSS website briefly offline after security irregularities, no data breach found

NUSS said that there is no indication of any impact on members’ data.

All healthcare service providers must contribute and share patients’ key health information

With the passing of the Health Information Bill, patients' key health information will have to go into a national digital repository instead of only residing in paper records.

Bill on sharing of citizen data passed in Parliament amid MPs’ call for safeguards, transparency

The Public Sector (Governance) Act (Amendment) Bill spells out data sharing requirements with social service agencies, community partners and self-help groups, among others.

Proposed law changes in S’pore will cut red tape in data sharing, speed up social support: Experts

Amendments to the Public Sector (Governance) Act (PSGA) are expected to be tabled for second reading when Parliament sits in the week of Jan 12.

Coupang announces $1.5 billion compensation to South Korean users for data leak

Coupang said users will get vouchers of $44 each for its various services.

Coupang founder Kim Bom apologises for data leak, pledges compensation

Coupang will announce a compensation plan for South Korean customers as soon as possible.

Coupang says all leaked customer information in data breach has been deleted

Coupang said it had identified a former employee confessed to the leak but did not disclose details about the alleged suspect.

South Korea tax agency conducts special audit of Coupang following data leak, Yonhap says

A large team of tax agency officials entered Coupang’s offices in Seoul and secured documents on Dec 22, Yonhap said.

240,000 victims of Coupang data leak sue South Korean company

Personal information from 33.7 million Coupang customer accounts were exposed via unauthorised data access.

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