Protecting Your Personal Information and Photos in Your Audition Application
Audition scams
How to spot audition application processes that ask for your Resident Registration Number, ID copy, or verification code, and protect submitted photos and videos from misuse.
1. Information Needed for the First-Round Application
Usually, your name, age (date of birth), contact information, audition category, profile photo, and video are enough. Submit only the items listed in the official audition notice.
2. Stop If They Ask for These
- Your full Resident Registration Number (Korean national ID number): The Personal Information Protection Act prohibits processing Resident Registration Numbers without a legal basis. Be suspicious if an application asks for the digits after the hyphen as well.
- Copies of your ID, passport, or bankbook: These are usually not needed before the contract stage.
- Your mobile phone verification code or app login details: Never share these with anyone.
- Requests to install remote-control apps or apps from unknown sources
3. Managing Photos and Videos
- When filming audition videos to post on public social media, make sure your school name, surroundings near your home, and school uniform name tag are not visible.
- If someone asks you to send photos through a private messenger, direct them to the official submission channel.
- If your photo is used by a fake account or in manipulated content, take a screenshot and report it to the platform. If it is sexually explicit manipulated content, contact the Digital Sex Crime Victim Support Center (02-735-8994) for help getting it removed.
4. If You Suspect a Data Leak
- Contact the Korea Internet & Security Agency's Personal Information Infringement Report Center at 118 for advice.
- If you sent a copy of your ID, register with the Financial Supervisory Service's Personal Information Exposure Accident Prevention System, then use the Identity Theft Prevention Service (M-Safer) to check whether a mobile phone has been opened in your name.
Source: 한국인터넷진흥원
Translated from Korean by StagePass. The Korean original is authoritative.