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Apple won't comment on $3.2 million fine for mishandling data in South Korea
The South Korean government has levied fines against Apple after it was found using illegally obtained data to predict when users couldn't pay for App Store purchases — and Apple's representatives aren't in the mood to talk about it.
The incident in question stemmed from data collected by Kakao Pay, a mobile payment and digital wallet service based in South Korea. The score was a customer-specific metric used to determine whether a user had enough money to cover when multiple small payments, such as repeat in-app purchases, are bundled into one bill. Alipay was ordered to destroy the model it built with the illegally obtained data, but it is unclear whether the Singapore-based company has incurred any fines of its own.
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