Republic of Korea: Personal Information Protection Commission issued order requiring Coupang to cease publishing results of self conduct data breach investigation

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Personal Information Protection Commission issued order requiring Coupang to cease publishing results of self conduct data breach investigation

On 14 January 2026, the Personal Information Protection Commission issued an order requiring Coupang to cease publishing the results of its self-conducted breach investigation on its application (app) and website. The Commission determined that Coup…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2025-11-30
under deliberation

On 30 November 2025, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) announced an investigati…

2025-12-03
under investigation

On 3 December 2025, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) convened an emergency ful…

2026-01-14
under investigation

On 14 January 2026, the Personal Information Protection Commission issued an order requiring Coupan…

2026-06-10
under investigation

On 10 June 2026, the Personal Information Protection Commission imposed a fine of KRW 624.681 billi…

2026-06-12
under investigation

On 12 June 2026, the Personal Information Protection Commission resumed and consolidated two collec…