The National Human Rights Commission of Korea gave a corrective recommendation to the National Court Administration to revise Article 9 of its Regulations on Court Record Form in order to protect personal information of the parties in a lawsuit.
Ms.Lee(31) filed a complaint to the NHRCK after receiving an order for payment form Court ‘A’. The order issued by the court contained personal information of 19 other parties of the lawsuit including their name, social security number and insurance premium.
Mr.Kang(25) also appealed to the NHRCK out of concerns that the accused might come to his place ,as the summary order he received from Court ‘B’ indicated the name and address of the defendant and accused.
Court ‘A’ and ‘B’ explained that a number of parties of different cases could be written as co-parties if the purpose of their lawsuit is same. In addition, the name, address and social security number can be written in the court record form or summary of order, which is legal according to Article 9 of the Regulations on Court Record Form.
However, the NHRCK viewed that revealing a list of litigants with their personal information including social security number and address is not necessary for trials, and it violates rights to self-determination of personal information.
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea recommended to avoid direct exposure of personal information by deleting some part of the social security number or address, and revise Article 9 of the Regulations on Court Record Form accordingly.
