Moved Due to Stalker Harassment but Useless... "Incheon Public Health Center Revealed My Home Address"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyun-joo] The police have launched an internal investigation after a complaint was raised that an employee at a public health center in Incheon disclosed the address of a victim who had moved to avoid a stalker to the perpetrator impersonating the victim's family.

According to Bupyeong District in Incheon and the Samsan Police Station in Incheon on the 12th, a complainant identified as A recently filed complaints on the National Petition Board, the district office, and the Blue House National Petition Board, claiming that a public health center employee leaked their personal information.

According to the petition A posted on the Blue House National Petition Board on the 9th, A, who had been suffering from stalking, moved to a different area outside Incheon on April 15 to escape the perpetrator B.

On the evening of the moving day around 7 p.m., A received a call from an employee of the Bupyeong District Public Health Center in Incheon, informing them that they had been classified as a contact of a confirmed COVID-19 case and requesting the address for self-quarantine. A provided the new home address where they had moved.

According to A, the stalker B contacted them around 8:50 p.m. B recited A's home address via KakaoTalk messenger and said that the public health center had provided it.

Later, when A contacted the public health center employee again to verify the address, asking, "Did you disclose my home address to someone else?" the employee initially denied it but eventually admitted the mistake under continued questioning, saying, "Ah, sir, I am sorry. I thought it was a family member..."

It was determined that the public health center employee disclosed the home address to B, who impersonated A's family, without verifying the facts.

A, who suffered personal information leakage from a public health center in Incheon, posted a petition on the Blue House National Petition Board on the 9th. Photo by Blue House National Petition Board capture.

A said, "This situation is so absurd, and I felt so exhausted and scared as my efforts to escape the stalker seemed to have been in vain," adding, "The public health center took no action and instead insisted it was my fault, saying they were not at fault and to handle it legally."

The police are conducting an internal investigation based on the complaint A filed on the National Petition Board to verify the facts.

A Bupyeong District official stated, "B created a situation where the employee had no choice but to believe they were family by presenting personal information related to A, which led to the disclosure of the address," adding, "We apologized to A, provided re-education to the employees to prevent recurrence, and plan to monitor the police investigation and decide on follow-up measures."

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