Rights commission rules sharing of e-People complaint documents violated human rights
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea ruled that a case in which complaint documents filed through e-People were passed to another person, leaking personal information, constituted a human rights violation. The external sharing of complaint documents containing personal information was the subject of the ruling.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information contained in complaint documents
- Cause / method
- Complaint documents containing personal information were passed to another person
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
- If you’ve suffered harm, report it. Call 118 (no area code) for privacy violations, contact the police for financial losses, and apply for dispute mediation to seek compensation.Personal Information Infringement Report Centre ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
Timeline
- A case in which e-People complaint documents had been passed to another person came to light.
- The National Human Rights Commission of Korea's ruling that the leak of complaint documents containing personal information was a human rights violation became known.
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