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[Yonhap] SK PIPC fines Source Music 3M Won for leaking personal info during Gfriend fan's weverse refund process


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On 4/15/2022 at 3:25 AM, No1 said:

Not even 3k...

This 3M won (less than 3k USD) is just the penalty fine, not the compensation amount. 
The personal info leak of 22 Buddy accounts in the Google form for the Weverse shop refund of the Gfriemd fan membership happened for only 9 minutes.
Also SouMu self-reported the leak to the PIPC once they received word of it, 
which would explain why they received a smaller penalty than they would have if the victims reported it to the PIPC first. 

Re the compensation amount, Source Music is rumored to have offered the victims around 100k won (90 USD). 
But this is a rumor that came out before the PIPC decision was released, 
So it's not certain if the compensation would be increased/decreased now that the decision is out -- or if it even existed in the first place.
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On 4/15/2022 at 4:44 AM, UMJI MOODS said:

At least it makes it easier for affected parties to sue the company.if they want. 

Exactly. 
If the 22 victims of the private info leak wish to sue for compensation then they can use the PIPC finding to bolster their case. 
Aside from the personal info leak, Buddies have many other complaints, not just against SouMu, but against Weverse too. 

TLDR: Weverse intl transfer fee reaching almost same price (80%) as the refund amt in some cases, Weverse offering shop points instead of bank transfer/paypal as refund for intl Buddies w/ non-USD currency bank accounts, Buddies demanding response re cancelled Gfriend fansign, etc. 

Basically, the PIPC decision is not the end of Buddies fight for compensation vs Source Music, Weverse, and HYBE, just the beginning.

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