"Why Did You Remove the Notice?"... Office Manager Fined 1 Million Won for Posting Residents' Faces

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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Hee-eun Park] The head of an apartment management office posted a CCTV capture image showing the face of a resident who repeatedly removed a public notice on the notice board. As a result, the court imposed a fine.

On the 18th, Nam Seong-woo, Chief Judge of Criminal Division 1 at Cheongju District Court, announced that A (79), who was indicted without detention on charges of violating the Personal Information Protection Act, was sentenced to a fine of 1 million won.

A, who is the temporary representative of the apartment and the head of the management office, was brought to trial for posting a CCTV capture image showing the face of resident B in the hallway and elevator of an apartment in Sangdang-gu, Cheongju City, on May 14 last year.

According to the investigation, A took such action to warn B, who repeatedly removed the public notice posted in the management office.

Chief Judge Nam explained that the apartment management office CCTV is for security and crime prevention purposes according to the Enforcement Rules of the Act on the Management of Multi-Unit Housing, and that the reasons claimed by the defendant fall outside of these purposes.

He further ruled that considering the means and methods of A’s actions, they do not constitute justifiable conduct.

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