PogoWasRight.org

Menu
  • About
  • Privacy
Menu

Tesco’s Homeplus Investigated By South Korea Over Privacy Breach and Competition Rigging

Posted on September 23, 2014 by pogowasright.org

Lianna Brinded reports:

Tesco-owned Asian supermarket Homeplus is under investigation in South Korea after prosecutors accused the group’s managers for selling customers’ private information to insurance companies.

South Korean authorities are also probing Homeplus for rigging a customer competition following allegations that employees rigged the results so friends would snap up the main prize of a BMW.

Tesco serves over six million customers in South Korea every week across 400 stores and 198 franchise shops.

Read more on International Business Times.

Category: BreachesBusinessNon-U.S.

Post navigation

← Do you really need to include that personal information?
Is Apple Picking a Fight With the U.S. Government? →

Now more than ever

Search

Contact Me

Email: [email protected]

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Categories

Recent Posts

  • The Markup caught 4 more states sharing personal health data with Big Tech
  • Privacy in the Big Sky State: Montana’s Consumer Privacy Law Gets Amended
  • UK Passes Data Use and Access Regulation Bill
  • Officials defend Liberal bill that would force hospitals, banks, hotels to hand over data
  • US Judge Invalidates Biden Rule Protecting Privacy for Abortions
  • DOJ’s Data Security Program: Key Compliance Considerations for Impacted Entities
  • 23andMe fined £2.31 million for failing to protect UK users’ genetic data

RSS Recent Posts on DataBreaches.net

  • CoinMarketCap Hacked, Scrambles to Remove Malicious Wallet Verification Popup
  • Montana Attorney General launches investigation into Lee Enterprises data breach
  • AT&T gets preliminary approval for $177 million data breach settlement
  • Aflac notifies SEC of breach suspected to be work of Scattered Spider
  • Former JBLM soldier pleads guilty to attempting to share military secrets with China
©2025 PogoWasRight.org. All rights reserved.