The Ministry of National Defense Reserved Command Headquarters yesterday said it would stop using envelopes with windows, which can reveal personal data about the recipient.
"We will begin using new envelopes from now on. The old kind of envelope will not be seen again starting from fiscal year 2007," said Huang Chih-chiang (黃志強), deputy director of the Reserved Command Headquarters' Reserved Personnel Management Department.
Huang made the remarks in response to a query raised by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chiang Lien-fu (
On the front side of the envelop is a large square of transparent material, clearly displaying the reservist's name, ID number, address, military service number and military expertise.
Citing Article 27 of the Law for the Protection of Computer-Managed Personal Information (
Chiang said that statistics he had gathered showed that more than 190,000 reserve soldiers have been recalled over the past three years using envelopes with windows.
If these recalled soldiers all filed a suit, the ministry could be fined up to NT$3.9 billion, he said.
Huang yesterday said the ministry had already decided to stop using the envelopes in April last year.
"To avoid wasting money, we decided to use up all the old envelopes before we switched over to the new ones," Huang said.
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