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South Korea’s privacy regulator fines OpenAI 3.6 million won over ChatGPT data leak

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Source: Asia IP: South Korea’s PIPC imposes administrative sanctions on OpenAIAlso reported by MediaNama

South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission fined OpenAI 3.6 million won (about $3,000) on 26 July 2023 for failing to meet breach-notification duties after a bug in an open-source cache library exposed ChatGPT Plus subscribers’ names, email addresses and partial payment details between 20 and 21 March 2023. The exposure affected 687 Korean users. The commission also issued improvement recommendations, a formal measure under the Act, calling on OpenAI to prevent a repeat, comply with the Personal Information Protection Act and cooperate with its future monitoring of AI services.

Why it matters

OpenAI and other foreign chatbot providers learned that Korea’s privacy regulator would apply the Personal Information Protection Act to generative AI services and their breach notices.

When
26 Jul 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0163
Who
Personal Information Protection Commission, OpenAI
Authority
Personal Information Protection Commission (South Korea)
Target
OpenAI
Action
fine; 3.6 million won (imposed)
Status
imposed · Enforcement ledger

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Asia IP and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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WTA-N-2023-0163: “South Korea’s privacy regulator fines OpenAI 3.6 million won over ChatGPT data leak.” wheresthe.ai, 26 Jul 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/kr-pipc-openai-fine-chatgpt-leak-2023-07/ (source: Asia IP: South Korea’s PIPC imposes administrative sanctions on OpenAI).

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