Giheung-gu, Yongin City Strengthens E-Commerce Safety Measures

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] As online transactions have surged due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, Giheung-gu, Yongin City, has taken steps to strengthen e-commerce safety measures.

According to the district on the 22nd, as of that date, 8,994 telemarketing businesses have registered with the district.

This is an increase of 2,787 businesses compared to 6,207 registered as of February last year, before the COVID-19 outbreak. This represents a 150 percent increase.

An average of over 300 businesses are registering monthly, and the district projects that over 9,000 registrations will be completed in the first half of this year.

This appears to be due to the spread of COVID-19 and the activation of non-face-to-face e-commerce aimed at the online market.

In response, the district plans to strengthen e-commerce safety by providing guidance to telemarketing businesses on compliance requirements and major consumer laws they must know, and by enhancing monitoring.

Additionally, the district plans to proceed with administrative cleanup by next month in accordance with relevant laws for approximately 270 e-commerce businesses in the district that have reported business closures to the National Tax Service but have not returned their telemarketing business registration certificates to the district.

A district official stated, "We will accurately and promptly handle civil complaints related to telemarketing to ensure safe transactions," and added, "Above all, to protect consumers, we will continuously provide guidance on compliance requirements and conduct monitoring of operating businesses."