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Samsung Union Leader and Employee Sent to Prosecution for Blacklist Data Theft

Six individuals, including a Samsung union leader, were sent to prosecution for illegally collecting employee data to create a blacklist.

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Choi Seung-ho, chairman of the Samsung Electronics Early Career Labor Union, and an unnamed union official were sent to prosecution for creating a blacklist of employees based on their union membership status. [1] The Hwaseong Dongtan Police Station in Gyeonggi Province sent six individuals to prosecution for violating the Personal Information Protection Act. [2] The leader of Samsung Electronics Co.'s largest labor union and a senior union official are under investigation on suspicion of stealing the personal information of about 100,000 company employees to create a union blacklist. [3] Samsung Group's initial labor union leader Choi Seung-ho and other union officials were remanded to prosecutors on April 4 for allegedly violating the Personal Information Protection Act. [4] Samsung Electronics and the union reached a tentative agreement on a wage negotiation on May 20 to end the strike, but the company and union did not submit withdrawal requests for the criminal charges. [5] Samsung Electronics confirmed on April 10 that a list containing department names, names, employee IDs, and union membership status for dozens of employees was delivered to a specific department chat room. [6] Samsung Electronics filed a complaint against the union official on April 16, accusing him of illegally collecting personal information of a large number of employees through the company's internal system approximately 20,000 times over about an hour. [7] The unidentified union official, who used to handle the company's internal systems, is suspected of unlawfully obtaining a file containing the names of more than 100,000 company employees and handing it over to the labor union. [8] Choi Seung-ho is accused of collecting personal information of over 100,000 Samsung employees to create a list identifying union membership status ahead of a potential general strike. [9] Samsung Electronics reported that an internal system was accessed abnormally, with one official querying employee data over 20,000 times in approximately one hour. [10] Four other Samsung employees were remanded to prosecutors for accessing personal data of other employees, though they did not create or distribute a separate list. [11]
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  1. Choi Seung-ho, chairman of the Samsung Electronics Early Career Labor Union, and an unnamed union official were sent to prosecution for creating a blacklist of employees based on their union membership status. · 세계일보
  2. The Hwaseong Dongtan Police Station in Gyeonggi Province sent six individuals to prosecution for violating the Personal Information Protection Act. · 세계일보
  3. The leader of Samsung Electronics Co.'s largest labor union and a senior union official are under investigation on suspicion of stealing the personal information of about 100,000 company employees to create a union blacklist. · Yonhap News Agency
  4. Samsung Group's initial labor union leader Choi Seung-ho and other union officials were remanded to prosecutors on April 4 for allegedly violating the Personal Information Protection Act. · 동아일보
  5. Samsung Electronics and the union reached a tentative agreement on a wage negotiation on May 20 to end the strike, but the company and union did not submit withdrawal requests for the criminal charges. · 세계일보
  6. Samsung Electronics confirmed on April 10 that a list containing department names, names, employee IDs, and union membership status for dozens of employees was delivered to a specific department chat room. · 세계일보
  7. Samsung Electronics filed a complaint against the union official on April 16, accusing him of illegally collecting personal information of a large number of employees through the company's internal system approximately 20,000 times over about an hour. · Yonhap News Agency
  8. The unidentified union official, who used to handle the company's internal systems, is suspected of unlawfully obtaining a file containing the names of more than 100,000 company employees and handing it over to the labor union. · Yonhap News Agency
  9. Choi Seung-ho is accused of collecting personal information of over 100,000 Samsung employees to create a list identifying union membership status ahead of a potential general strike. · 동아일보
  10. Samsung Electronics reported that an internal system was accessed abnormally, with one official querying employee data over 20,000 times in approximately one hour. · 동아일보
  11. Four other Samsung employees were remanded to prosecutors for accessing personal data of other employees, though they did not create or distribute a separate list. · 동아일보
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