South Korea fines Google, Meta over privacy violations

South Korea fines Google, Meta $72 million over privacy violations

Hi Yeah, do *** quick google search of yourself. I do it sometimes I'm going to admit it. What pops up maybe *** link to your twitter or your instagram or facebook but then there are the searches that reveal your personal information, your phone number, your email, even your home address and in the hands of *** criminal or someone out to get you. That is scary. *** lot of people complain to google about this and they are finally listening. Google is working to remove personal contact information from its search results. But I've received so many messages from you asking how do I do that? I'm here to help. I'm gonna walk you through this step by step so grab the remote hit record 100 DVR so you can go back to it if you miss anything. Let me first bring up my computer here. I'm going to type my own name into google. My full name. Use your full name, Jeffrey, Adam Rawson. And look at this. The third link down in the search takes you to this website which lets everything about me that is my birthday. It says my address right here. We're gonna beat this but it's correct. It even has my apartment number right there and look at that. It doesn't just list my phone number that is my accurate phone number. That is also my wife's phone number two and under previous addresses. This is even really scared of me. That's my parents house, here's the thing. Google used to only remove sites that have things like your credit card or social security number on it. But this this right here the personal information now qualifies for removal and I want it off google. So do you probably, so here's what you do. You're going to come here right over here to the google support page. It's *** long U. R. L. It's *** long web address. I'm going to post it on my website so you can just copy and paste it in or just google google support. It'll bring you down. It wants to know where you saw the information that you want to have removed. You click right here in google search results and on *** website it'll ask you more questions like what's the information that you want removed. I'm clicking here personal information then contact information like address, phone number or an email address click on that. Of course google will ask for your contact information like your name and email. If you're on the secure google website it's okay to give to them and finally google needs to know what it's taking down. So it's asking for the U. R. L. Of the website. It's asking for the web address. So go on back to that page that had all my information on it right and I'm gonna come up here to the box with the U. R. L. On it. I'm gonna copy that. Then I'm going to paste it right here into the google form. Once you submit the form, google will email you *** confirmation Google says it will take *** few days to get to your request, but it will most likely be granted. The only way they won't is if it's something like *** government file or *** news article that they can't get rid of and this is what google is going to do now. It can't remove the website entirely, right? It's not their website, you have to contact the website owner for that. But it will scrub this link from the google search, which is huge. So if someone were to google me again, this won't pop up, Google says it's going to keep an eye on this and they plan to make it even easier to remove your personal information. The form is, it's *** little convoluted, we walk you through it, but they're planning on making it easier. We're going to post this because you can do this right now and any update they make to my website in real time. Go there. Rawson Reports dot com. Stay safe out there, back to you

South Korea fines Google, Meta $72 million over privacy violations

South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Google and Meta a combined $72 million for tracking consumers�� online behavior without their consent and using their data for targeted advertisements.Video above: How to remove your personal information from GoogleSouth Korea’s Personal Information and Protection Commission said it fined Google $50 million and Meta $22 million after a meeting where officials agreed that the companies�� business practices might cause “serious�� privacy infringements.The fines were the biggest ever penalties imposed by South Korea for privacy law violations, the commission said in a press release.Both companies refuted the commission’s findings and Meta indicated it could challenge its fine in court. The fines can be appealed through administrative lawsuits, which must be filed within 90 days after the companies are formally notified of the commission’s decision.According to the commission, Google and Meta, which operates Facebook and Instagram, didn’t clearly inform users or obtain their consent as they collected information about their online activities when they used other websites or services outside their own platforms. Such data was used to analyze their interests and create individually customized advertisements, the commission said.The commission ordered the companies to provide an “easy and clear�� process of consent giving people more control over whether to share information about what they do online.“Google did not clearly inform consumers that it would collect and use their behavioral information about their use of other companies�� (services) when they signed up,�� the commission said.“Meta did not present the content of consent in a way that could be easily seen by consumers when they signed up, and just included the content in their full data policy statement. It did not specifically inform consumers of the legally required notifications and did not obtain their consent.�� The commission said the companies�� practices seriously threatened privacy rights as more than 82% of South Koreans using Google and more than 98% using Meta have let the companies track their online activities.Google, a search and email giant that also operates the YouTube video platform, disagreed with the commission’s findings. It said in a statement that it has always demonstrated a commitment to “making ongoing updates that give users control and transparency.�� The company said it will review the commission’s findings once it receives the fully written decision.Meta said it will consider “all options,�� including seeking a court ruling.“We are confident that we work with our clients in a legally compliant way that meets the processes required by local regulations,�� Meta said in an emailed statement.

SEOUL, South Korea —

South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Google and Meta a combined $72 million for tracking consumers�� online behavior without their consent and using their data for targeted advertisements.

Video above: How to remove your personal information from Google

South Korea’s Personal Information and Protection Commission said it fined Google $50 million and Meta $22 million after a meeting where officials agreed that the companies�� business practices might cause “serious�� privacy infringements.

The fines were the biggest ever penalties imposed by South Korea for privacy law violations, the commission said in a press release.

Both companies refuted the commission’s findings and Meta indicated it could challenge its fine in court. The fines can be appealed through administrative lawsuits, which must be filed within 90 days after the companies are formally notified of the commission’s decision.

According to the commission, Google and Meta, which operates Facebook and Instagram, didn’t clearly inform users or obtain their consent as they collected information about their online activities when they used other websites or services outside their own platforms. Such data was used to analyze their interests and create individually customized advertisements, the commission said.

The commission ordered the companies to provide an “easy and clear�� process of consent giving people more control over whether to share information about what they do online.

“Google did not clearly inform consumers that it would collect and use their behavioral information about their use of other companies�� (services) when they signed up,�� the commission said.

“Meta did not present the content of consent in a way that could be easily seen by consumers when they signed up, and just included the content in their full data policy statement. It did not specifically inform consumers of the legally required notifications and did not obtain their consent.��

The commission said the companies�� practices seriously threatened privacy rights as more than 82% of South Koreans using Google and more than 98% using Meta have let the companies track their online activities.

Google, a search and email giant that also operates the YouTube video platform, disagreed with the commission’s findings. It said in a statement that it has always demonstrated a commitment to “making ongoing updates that give users control and transparency.�� The company said it will review the commission’s findings once it receives the fully written decision.

Meta said it will consider “all options,�� including seeking a court ruling.

“We are confident that we work with our clients in a legally compliant way that meets the processes required by local regulations,�� Meta said in an emailed statement.

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South Korea fines Google, Meta $72 million over privacy violations

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