Personal Identification Number Leak Victims, Change Review Period Shortened from 6 Months to 90 Days

Establishing Grounds for Resident Registration Transfer Reports at All Eup, Myeon, and Dong Offices Nationwide

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The deadline for changing resident registration numbers for victims whose numbers have been leaked due to voice phishing, domestic violence, digital sex crimes, and other incidents will be shortened from within 6 months to within 90 days, and the review extension period will also be reduced from 3 months to 30 days.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that it will publicly notify a partial amendment to the Resident Registration Act containing these details starting from the 27th.

The amendment first shortens the review and resolution period of the Resident Registration Number Change Committee from 6 months to 90 days to quickly assist victims who have suffered serious damage due to personal information leakage and to prevent secondary damage. Additionally, even if the review is extended for clear verification of damage facts, the extension period will be reduced from 3 months to 30 days to reflect changes promptly.

According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, since the resident registration number change became possible in 2017, a total of 2,810 applications for number changes have been received as of September 25 this year, and among them, 1,728 numbers were changed. The most common reason for change applications was voice phishing damage with 991 cases, followed by identity theft with 539 cases, and domestic violence with 398 cases.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to actively support processing resident registration number changes within 90 days even before the law is amended, considering the time required for the legislative process.

Through the amendment to the Resident Registration Act, in-person moving-in reports, which were previously only possible at the local community service centers of the new residence, will be available at all eup, myeon, and dong community service centers nationwide.

Since the online moving-in report via Government24 was implemented in 2009, more than 78% of moving-in reports have still been made by visiting community service centers in person. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety expects that changing the in-person moving-in report, which was only possible at the new residence, to be available at any nearby eup, myeon, or dong community service center will improve administrative service accessibility for digitally vulnerable residents such as the elderly and disabled.

Besides this, the amendment establishes a provision for the introduction of a 'Resident Registration Card Mobile Verification Service' to allow verification of resident registration via mobile phones, and reorganizes the resident registration legal system by elevating the regulations on viewing moving-in households, which were stipulated in the enforcement rules of the Resident Registration Act, to the Resident Registration Act itself.

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