According to the 2019 Statistical Yearbook of Administrative Safety, there are 103,000,879 public institution CCTVs installed nationwide (as of the end of 2018). Experts believe that even if it includes CCTV installed by the private sector, it has already exceeded 10 million units. It is difficult to estimate how long it will be if you consider moving CCTV and automobile black boxes.

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea said in the early 2010s, "We are being filmed on CCTV every 9 seconds." . It can be called'CCTV Republic'.

CCTV and workplaces everywhere are no exception. I will look into my work being monitored by CCTV, what are the examples, and how to respond, in [Pick Q&A].


Q. I'm worried about CCTV and my work, but I'm not sure which case is being monitored.

A. Let's list some cases.

○ CCTV installed in the office without the staff agreed and said, "I saw it as CCTV," said his duties intellectual

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○ Customers It is said that you used your mobile phone in the absence of time to write it as if you had seen it on CCTV.

○ When you exchange KakaoTalk with a business partner, you report to CCTV and say, "You do something different."

○ The incident was monitored by CCTV, and panic disorder caused by stress.

There are also occasions . Q. Are those cases recognized as'workplace injuries'?

A. This is a content released by the civic group'Work Glove 119' as a collection of reports of CCTV-related damage received since its launch in November 2017. Workplace 119 is a group created by labor lawyers and labor lawyers, and they believe that all of these cases are illegally installing CCTV to monitor workers.

Workplace 119 points out that "CCTV prices are getting cheaper and CCTVs that can be monitored 24 hours a day with smartphones are being used, and CCTV is being used as a means to monitor employees and catch fire."

Q. What is the basis for claiming that it is not an'bad feeling', but an'illegal act of the employer'?

A. There is a'Personal Information Protection Act' regulation.

Installing CCTVs in public places, such as outdoor spaces, to monitor labor, or to deceive the purpose of installation in a private place or to monitor with CCTV without properly obtaining consent to collect personal information, is subject to a fine of less than 50 million won.


Q. How can I file a problem with the employer or report it to the relevant organization?

A. Because it is a violation of the Personal Information Protection Act, you can report it to the “Personal Information Infringement Report Center” under the Ministry of Public Administration and Security. You can call 118 without the country code or use the website for reporting personal information infringement (https://privacy.kisa.or.kr/main.do). CCTV can be used for labor surveillance in the workplace as well as for CCTV-related privacy infringement.

Q. If it is not just monitoring labor through CCTV, but exploiting it for the purpose of harassment?

A. Being subjected to unwanted surveillance by CCTV is subject to the Personal Information Protection Act, but if it is accompanied by harassment, it may also appeal to labor-related laws and regulations.

Labor law office'stone flower' Kim Yu-kyung, labor manager, said, "In many cases, security guards or call center employees are often abused by CCTV for the purpose of harassment or disadvantage in personnel beyond their business purpose." It can be applied."

According to the Prohibition of Harassment at Work workplace, you can file a complaint first and report it to the competent labor office.

"If a worker is monitored by CCTV and harassed, it is also possible to report it in parallel to the Personal Information Infringement Reporting Center and the Labor Office," said Labor Relations Officer Kim Yu-kyung.

'News Pick'.