The Personal Information Protection Commission received a personal data breach report from the National Election Commission and began verifying the facts in connection with an incident in which counter slips from the voter list containing voters' personal information were exposed outside at the Jamsil 7-dong No. 2 polling station in Songpa-gu, Seoul.
On the 6th, according to the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), the National Election Commission filed a personal data breach report on the matter with the PIPC the previous afternoon.
The Jamsil 7-dong No. 2 polling station was where a shortage of ballots occurred during the main vote in the 9th Nationwide Local Elections (June 3 local elections). After that, protesters alleging election fraud blockaded the polling station for two nights and three days, and the ballot box was moved to the counting center only after police dispersed the crowd on the 5th.
After the ballot box was taken out, some protesters who entered the polling station found counter slips from the voter list left on site, took photos, and livestreamed online. In the process, personal information such as voters' names and sex was exposed externally.
The counter slips in question were reportedly a kind of waiting ticket distributed to voters who could not vote immediately due to a ballot shortage on election day.
The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) is currently determining how the counter slips were exposed and whether there were any problems in the National Election Commission's management process. Based on the verification results, the PIPC plans to review whether there was a violation of the Personal Information Protection Act and follow-up measures.
An official at the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said, "The National Election Commission filed a report on the matter yesterday, and before formally starting an investigation in accordance with procedures, we are first confirming the facts."