A local government official was sentenced to a fine for attempting to approach job seekers by sending private KakaoTalk messages several times using personal information managed while in charge of recruitment and job registration.
Chuncheon District Court Wonju Branch Criminal 2nd Judge Lee Ji-soo sentenced Mr. A, who was charged with violating the Personal Information Protection Act, to a fine of 7 million won.
Mr. A, a public official of a local government in the province, was given access to the Employment Security Information Network system and was in charge of tasks such as job search and job registration on Worknet, job seeker data entry, and follow-up management.
Mr. A saved the phone numbers of the women he got to know through this job on his cell phone and then added them as KakaoTalk friends. For five months from March 2017 to July of the same year, Mr. He was handed over to trial for sending KakaoTalk messages.
Mr. A, who received and conducted business with the personal information of those subject to employment security information network system job offer and job search registration under the direction and supervision of the local government, who is the personal information manager, was accused of using it for private purposes even though it should not be used for any purpose other than the purpose. revealed.
For this, the local government imposed a severe punishment on Mr. A last year.
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