It has been pointed out that Naver has collected a large amount of sensitive personal information from domestic users and stored it on a server in Hong Kong.

In addition, Democratic Party Rep. Kim Young-bae said today (20th) "Naver indiscriminately collected from the user's intimate body size to family photos." Principle."

Currently, Naver collects and stores the size of the top and bottom of the shopping service user, the nickname and family photo of the child service user, the employment and graduation certificate of the person search service, and the contact information stored in the smartphone, starting with essential personal information. I pointed out.

He emphasized, "It is a situation in which most services can be used through'accepting the terms and conditions' along with fine print." "We are not fully aware of the fact that the relevant data is being collected and stored by the company."

In addition, it has urged authorities, such as the Korea Communications Commission, to investigate this information, saying it has been transmitting to overseas corporations in Hong Kong since 2016 without user consent.


In response to this, Naver said, “It does not correspond to the “sensitive information” established by the Personal Information Protection Act,” but also fully understands that it may be considered sensitive from a privacy perspective. There is."

Naver also said, "It is a method that is very commonly used in recent customized storytelling functions." In the process of using the service, if necessary, the minimum information required for each service is "optionally used."

In the meantime, he said he has been moving data backup centers to Singapore after the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (Hong Kong Security Law), which recently greatly strengthened the censorship authority of the Chinese government.

"The backup data stored in the Hong Kong area was all deleted earlier this month and the server format was completed," said Naver. "Personal information data has no possibility of being viewed by outside third parties by applying stronger encryption than required by domestic law." "I added.

(Photo = Democratic Party of Korea, Young-Bae Kim's office, Yonhap News)