Apple loses in Korea and pays compensation of 1 million won due to location information problem

With the introduction of a tool called "iPhone Tracker" that reads the history of places you have visited in the past from the personal computer that you are using for synchronization and displays it on the map, the 3G model of iPhone or iPad displays user location information It is obvious that you are recording,In April, Apple had reached the situation of announcing official opinionHowever, it became clear that Apple lost the position information problem.

Apple makes first payout in S. Korea over user location tracking | YONHAP NEWS


Kim Hyung-suk, a 36-year-old male lawyer, said he filed a lawsuit against Apple's local subsidiary on April 26, according to a report from YONHAP NEWS in South Korea.

Mr. Kim insisted that the privacy was infringed on the fact that the iPhone was trying to record location information, and psychological stress caused by using for 5 months without knowing that the location information was recorded I was asking for compensation about things.

Since Apple did not show a stance of contending against this complaint despite being given two weeks of grace, at the end of June, the court gave Mr. Kim 1 million won (about 75,000 yen) Order to pay damages. Although it is currently preparing for class litigation in California, it is said that this is the world's first thing that Apple loses due to location information problems.

By the way, there are about 3 million iPhone users in Korea, and it is reported that 29 iPhone users filing class actions with similar contents in late April.