[Legal Review of Personal Information Collection and Use Consent Form for Job Applicants]

A Company requested Law Firm Veat to review the legal validity of its draft personal information collection and usage consent form as it intended to collect personal information of the direct supervisors and colleagues of job applicants as part of its reference checks prior to new hiring.

Law firm Veat provides an opinion on reviewing the personal information collection and usage consent form, noting that when a personal information processor collects personal information from those other than the principal, it must inform the principal in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act if the principal requests it.

Legal review of the personal information collection and usage consent form, which is inevitably received during the recruitment process, is necessary because, since the “Fair Recruitment Procedure Act” (hereinafter referred to as the Recruitment Procedure Act) came into effect in July 2019, a fine of up to 500만원 may be imposed if personal information unrelated to the job is collected.

If you are a person who needs legal review of the personal information collection and usage consent form for the new recruitment process, please contact Law firm Veat.

Thank you.

Law firm Veat.