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Samsung Electronics Union Leaders Under Probe over 'Union Blacklist'

Police referred the union leader and a former systems handler after Samsung said they accessed employee records about 20,000 times, officials said.

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The leader of Samsung Electronics' largest labor union and a senior union official are under investigation on suspicion of stealing the personal in...

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(Seoul, Hwaseong = Yonhap News) Reporters Kang Young-hoon, Kim Min-ji, and Kim Ji-won = Samsung... suspected of extracting the personal information of approximately 100,000 Samsung Electronics employees to create a 'union blacklist'

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Samsung Electronics employees who illegally used other people's personal information within the company's internal system to check union membership status and collected and leaked related information have been referred to the prosecution. The Hwaseong Dongtan Police Station in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 4th that it had referred six Samsung Electronics employees without detention on charges of violating the Personal Information Protection…

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Six employees of Samsung Electronics were referred to the police for violating the Personal Information Protection Act by exploiting the company's internal system to check employees' union membership status and collect personal information. The Hwaseong Dongtan Police Station identified the suspects through search and seizure and analysis of access records.

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[Digital Daily Reporter Kang So-hyun] Six employees, including the chairman of the Samsung Electronics branch of the Samsung Group’s supra-enterprise union, have been referred to the prosecution in connection with allegations of a so-called "union blacklist" involving the use of personal information to verify union membership status. On the 4th, the Hwaseong Dongtan Police Station in Gyeonggi Province referred a total of six individuals without…

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조선일보 broke the news on Friday, September 4, 2026.
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