South Korean Supreme Court rules on legal status of insurance agent who leaked customer data
South Korea's Supreme Court ruled that an insurance agent who leaked customer information cannot be considered a personal information controller. The timing of the leak, the scale of the damage and the insurer involved could not be confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Customer information leaked
- Cause / method
- Leak of customer information by an insurance agent
- 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 ↗
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