12,000 Join Coupang Lawsuit Recruitment... Daegu Solidarity for Participation Extends Deadline to January 10 Next Year

Daegu Solidarity for Participation announced on the 29th, "Within just over 20 days since we began recruiting plaintiffs for a class action lawsuit seeking damages against Coupang for leaking the personal information of 33.7 million people, approximately 12,000 people have joined." The organization added, "While some law firms in Seoul started their own class action plaintiff recruitment earlier, the fact that more than 500 people per day on average have participated in a local civic group's recruitment effort shows that public interest is very high."

Daegu Solidarity for Participation stated, "Initially, we planned to conduct the first round of plaintiff recruitment until the 24th, leaving open the possibility for additional recruitment, but we have now decided to extend the recruitment period until January 10 next year. This is because inquiries continue to come in from citizens who learned about the class action late and from those who are increasingly outraged by Coupang's irresponsible and arrogant attitude."

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Daegu Solidarity for Participation also said, "Coupang's Chief Financial Officer sold shares worth approximately 3.2 billion KRW on November 10, a week before the data breach was reported in the media. On November 17, a key executive in charge of search and recommendation technology sold shares worth about 1.1 billion KRW immediately after resigning. Furthermore, last December, Coupang donated 1 million dollars to the Trump Presidential Inaugural Committee, and over the past five years, spent about 15.5 billion KRW in lobbying funds targeting the U.S. administration and Congress. As a result, the U.S. political establishment has issued absurd statements criticizing the Korean government and National Assembly's 'Coupang sanctions.' Despite an ongoing joint public-private investigation, Coupang released its own investigation results to downplay and distort the situation. Then, only after a month had passed since the data breach incident, the company reluctantly issued an apology while announcing it would not attend the National Assembly hearing, thereby mocking Korean society."

Daegu Solidarity for Participation emphasized, "No citizen can tolerate Coupang's actions any longer. Workers and citizens must unite to show Coupang the consequences, and the government and National Assembly must respond with uncompromising measures." The organization continued, "We are extending the plaintiff recruitment period under the same conditions until January 10 next year, and we hope even more concerned citizens will participate. Daegu Solidarity for Participation will continue to work with citizens to demand accountability for Coupang executives and employees, improve personal data protection and labor rights, and advocate for institutional reforms such as the introduction of a class action law and punitive damages system."