The defendant's appeal is dismissed.

1. Summary of grounds for appeal;

A. Fact-misunderstanding 1) On the violation of the Personal Information Protection Act, the entrance of the management office of the apartment of Gwanak-gu in Seoul Special Metropolitan City (hereinafter “the apartment of this case”), the entrance of the representative council of occupants, and the CCTV installed within the representative council of occupants (hereinafter “the CCTV of this case”) had already been installed before April 7, 2014, when the defendant worked as the head of the management office of the apartment of this case (hereinafter “the management office of this case”), and was established under the agreement of the representative council of occupants of the apartment of this case (hereinafter “the representative council of occupants of this case”) for the purpose of reducing the occurrence of disputes arising from the contents of the meeting by accurately recording the details of the meeting at the representative council of occupants of the apartment of this case (hereinafter “the representative council of occupants of this case”).

The Defendant’s act of recording each of the instant CCTV was conducted by means of minimizing the infringement of communications secrets, such as recording, as part of passive defense against the Defendant’s act of impairing the reputation in connection with the dispute within the instant apartment complex, by making use of the recording function as part of passive defense against the Defendant’s act of impairing the reputation in relation to the dispute within the instant apartment complex, as part of the instant CCTV’s purpose of establishment, the duties of the president of the said occupant’s representative meeting, and the management office under the consignment contract with the said occupant’s representative meeting. The use of the above CCTV’s recording function is for the public purpose of clarifying facts pertaining to the contents of the statement at the said occupant’s representative meeting, and the use of the recording function is for the public purpose of clarifying the facts in relation to the contents of the statement at the said council’s representative meeting, and by making use of the recording function as part of the dispute resolution and the need for the management of apartment complex.