Incident Background

The client is an individual who assists in customer management tasks for an online sales company.

The client was accused of violating the Stalking Punishment Act and the Personal Information Protection Act after contacting a customer's phone number obtained during the process of managing the customer's order information.

Assistance from Cheongchul Law Firm

Attorney Baek Gi-hyung and Lee Young-gyeong from Cheongchul Law Firm first understood the outline of the case based on the client's explanation and organized the additional matters that needed verification to communicate with the client, thereby grasping the circumstances of the incident and the main issues.

Through the attorney's opinion letter, Cheongchul Law Firm explained that in the case of the reported facts of the complainant regarding the violation of the Stalking Punishment Act, the conditions for punishment as prescribed by law were not met, and argued that the client was not in the position of a personal information processor as defined by the Personal Information Protection Act, nor in the position of a person who received personal information from a personal information processor.

Subsequently, Attorney Baek Gi-hyung directly participated in the investigation of the accused and provided assistance. Specifically, while coordinating the date and time of the investigation, he compiled requests regarding the existence of materials favorable to the client, the content of those materials, and methods of acquisition, and submitted them to the investigative agency, thus providing comprehensive assistance.

Case Result

The prosecutor in charge of this case confirmed that there were no charges against the client and issued a 'No Indictment Decision'.