Privacy Litigation - Kim & Chang

Overview

Since the early 2000s, even before the issue of electronic personal data protection became a salient issue, Kim & Chang has specialized in this field. With years of experience and know-how, we have successfully represented and advised many clients in high-profile cases involving personal data protection.

Large-scale leakages of personal data due to hacking, gross negligence/willful misconduct by employee(s), or both have become more frequent. Companies may face serious consequences for such leakages, including not only administrative sanctions, but also criminal sanctions and civil liability for damages. Lately, an increasing number of lawsuits are being filed against companies for damage compensation based on personal data leakages. Criminal and civil complaints alleging personal data leakage have a negative impact on the reputation and credibility of accused companies, and in many instances, the amount of damage compensation that they may be ordered to pay could be significant.

Additional information regarding protection of personal data can be found on the Privacy & Data Security Practice’s webpage.

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Key Experienceshow

Some of our Privacy Litigation Practice’s representative works are as follows:

Civil and criminal identity theft cases involving a large online gaming company.
Civil lawsuit involving a foreign “open marketplace” company in connection with a large-scale leakage of personal data.
Criminal and administrative actions involving a large capital venture firm in connection with a theft of personal data due to hacking.
Criminal and administrative actions involving a major online gaming company related to a leakage of personal data.
Criminal and administrative actions involving a portal site and online social network company related to a leakage of personal data.
Civil, criminal, and administrative actions involving a major communications company in connection with a leakage of personal data.
Civil and criminal actions involving a foreign conglomerate distributor that arose from its delivery of personal data to a third party.
Civil, criminal, and administrative actions involving three [3] credit card companies in connection with a leakage of personal data.
Civil and criminal actions involving a foreign medical information analysis company that arose from its collection, use and provision of personal data.

In addition to the above cases, our exceptional group of attorneys who specialize in the area of privacy laws and experienced IT security technology experts as well as research professionals, have obtained outstanding results for our clients in numerous privacy-related matters.

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