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[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] The Supreme Court ruled that Google should disclose details of providing personal information of domestic users to third parties, including U.S. intelligence agencies.
The Supreme Court's third division (Supreme Court Justice Roh Jung-hee) returned the case to the Seoul High Court on the 13th, breaking the original ruling that ruled partially in favor of the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by six people, including a human rights activist and Google service user surnamed Oh, against Google and Google Korea.
Oh and others asked Google headquarters and Google Korea in February 2014 to disclose the status of personal information and service use using Google accounts such as Gmail.
In July 2014, Oh and others disclosed the details of personal information and services collected and held by Google to a third party, and suffered damages by not responding to ②Google's request to disclose the details, so they filed a lawsuit to pay 500,000 won in compensation per person.
The Supreme Court, however, broke the original ruling, saying, "Even if foreign laws stipulate non-disclosure obligations, domestic courts should examine the contents of the regulations in detail."
"Even if justifiable reasons (the duty of non-disclosure under foreign statutes) are recognized, the non-disclosure items should be specified and notified of the reasons for the refusal to be disclosed," the Supreme Court said. "Even if we provided information to foreign investigative agencies for reasons such as national security or criminal investigation, we should notify the user of the information when the reason ends."
"It is very important for Google to protect user data and privacy," Google said. "We plan to review the ruling closely."
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