Professor discloses grade-appealing student's score in email to entire class
A professor disclosed the exam score of a student who had appealed their grade in an email to all students. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea ruled this a human rights violation.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Exam score of a student who appealed their grade disclosed
- Cause / method
- Professor disclosed the student's exam score in an email to all students
- 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
- The National Human Rights Commission of Korea's ruling that disclosing a student's exam score in an email to the entire class was a human rights violation came to light.
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