Kim Tae-yeop, Mayor of Seogwipo, "Deep Apology for Personal Information Exposure on Resident Tax Notices"

Kim Tae-yeop, Mayor of Seogwipo City, held a press conference on the 26th to officially apologize for the issuance of resident tax payment notices that included the full resident registration number, raising concerns about personal information leakage.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Chang-won] Kim Tae-yeop, Mayor of Seogwipo City, Jeju Province, officially apologized on the 26th through an "Apology to Citizens for the Failure to Encrypt Personal Information During the Sending Process of the 2020 Regular Resident Tax Payment Notices."

Mayor Kim Tae-yeop of Seogwipo City explained, "We have been faithfully performing our duties under the responsibility of the entrusted institution by contracting with a subcontracted institution for the production and sending of tax payment notices. However, during the production process of this resident tax payment notice, some personal information was printed without encryption."

He stated that it was confirmed belatedly that the notices were sent to taxpayers without recognizing this during the inspection process.

Mayor Kim said, "After recognizing the fact, we immediately conducted a security management inspection and reconfirmed the disposal of electronic mail files," and added, "We have sent cooperation letters to financial institutions in the province to take measures to prevent personal information from being leaked due to the tax payment notices."

He continued, "We will take this incident as a mirror to once again inspect and improve the internal personal information protection management system, using it as an opportunity to further strengthen personal information protection and security levels," and added, "We will thoroughly conduct personal information education and conduct a strict investigation into the related staff to hold them accountable accordingly."

He also expressed, "I am very sorry," and stated, "As the person responsible for Seogwipo City administration, I deeply apologize once again on behalf of all public officials of Seogwipo City Hall."

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