Korean Employees Justified In Covering Security Cameras

The Korean Supreme Court has held that employees were justified in covering security cameras that had been installed without proper consultation.

The case

This case involved union members who covered various security cameras at the work site, and were prosecuted and convicted for interference with the employer's business. On 29 June 2023 the Korean Supreme Court upheld the guilty verdicts against the union members with respect to their interference with the employer's security cameras that were not aimed at the employees themselves, such as cameras installed at the fences of the worksite.

But the Supreme Court ruled that the employees were justified in covering up cameras that were aimed at the employees or could regularly film them, and had been installed without the proper procedures required by Korean privacy laws for filming the employees in their workplace and at the entrance.