Republic of Korea: KFTC Investigation into Google Regarding Google Play Store Commissions
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
08 Oct 2020 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Republic of Korea
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: app stores
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Announced investigation into Google regarding commission in Google Play Store
On 8 October 2020, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) opened an investigation into Google's plan on taking a 30% commission on all in-app purchases as part of its updated Google Play Store Guidelines.
SourceEvent type
investigation
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
competition authority