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Meta Fined $15.7 Million for Processing Sensitive User Data Without Consent
A South Korean data protection agency has fined Meta, the parent company of Facebook, a significant sum after finding that it processed sensitive user information without proper consent and shared it with advertisers. The agency discovered that the social media giant collected data on users' interests, behaviors, and affiliations, including those related to politics, sexuality, and religion.

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Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/meta-found-to-have-exposed-info-on-north-korean-defectors-to-advertisers/