Coupang faces class-action lawsuits in US

Coupang, the nation’s largest e-commerce platform operator, is facing class action lawsuits in the United States following a data breach that compromised the personal information of 33.7 million customers. The litigation follows Coupang Inc.’s recent share-price plunge on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), triggered by a widespread backlash and anger over the massive data leak. Coupang Inc. is the parent company of Coupang’s Korean operation, Coupang Corp., which accounts for about 90 percent of the U.S. company’s total sales. SJKP, the U.S. branch of Daeryun Law Firm, said during a press conference in Manhattan on Sunday (local time) that it will announce plans to file a lawsuit in a U.S. court in Seattle seeking punitive damages against Coupang Inc. The lawsuit follows revelations on Nov. 29 that nearly all Coupang customers in Korea had their names, email addresses, phone numbers, delivery information and purchase histories stolen by a former Coupang employee who had access to the company’s database. Daeryun said litigation will proceed simultaneously in Korea and the UniteWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times