Of the facts charged in the instant case, the Defendants are acquitted of violation of the Personal Information Protection Act.

The non-guilty part (the violation of the Personal Information Protection Act against the defendants)

1. The summary of the facts charged: (a) Defendant C was in charge of the general affairs of the business of the living support center of the building building E in Seongbuk-gu from April 201 to August 2013; (b) was demanded from Defendant A and B, a sectional owner of the building A, at around 15:00 on May 21, 201, to print out the unpaid details of the management expenses of the building E-owned from Defendant A and B, a sectional owner of the building A, at the living support room of the building A; and (c) was displayed on the screen to request Defendant A and B to read the unpaid details of the management expenses of 104 Dong 132-1, a F-owned commercial building, using a computer used for his/her business; and (d) the Defendant C divulged the unpaid management expenses of the building, a personal information manager of personal information acquired in the course of performing his/her duties, and the Defendant A, A, and B, despite being aware of such fact, provided the unpaid management expenses to the F for unlawful purposes.

2. Defendant B did not have any fact that he had conversations with Defendant C at the time.

Defendant

A refers to two rooms of F commercial buildings owned by Defendant C, and ask whether the management expenses are unpaid, and there is a fact that he/she has responded to it. However, such information does not constitute “personal information” under the Personal Information Protection Act, and even if it falls under “personal information”, it constitutes information that can be provided to a third party.

3. We examine whether the unpaid management expenses as stated in the facts charged of the judgment falls under “personal information” under the Personal Information Protection Act.

Article 2 subparagraph 1 of the Personal Information Protection Act (hereinafter referred to as "personal information") means information about a living person, which can identify an individual through his/her name, resident registration number, image, etc., and which can not identify a specific individual, but can be identified through simple combination with other information.