Privacy Protection Act

The Enactment of the Data Protection Act and the Responsibility of the Data Protection Commission

요약문: 
The enactment of the Data Protection Act has been a long-cherished wish of many human rights organizations since the controversy over the electronic ID card began in 1996. The main point in this issue is the establishment of an independent data protection supervisory authority named the Korea Data Protection Commission. The Data Protection Commission, which could be considered as independent, seems to have been created, despite an obstacle of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security to further its own interests.
 
Joint Press Statement 
From MINBYUN-Lawyers for a Democratic Society, JinboNet-Korean Progressive Network, Catholic Human Rights Commission
10 March 2011
 
The Enactment of the Data Protection Act and the Responsibility of the Data Protection Commission
 
 
On 9 March 2011, the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea performed an examination of two acts concerning personal data.
발표일자: 
2011/03/10

Conflicts Arise between the Government and Civil Society Organisations Regarding Proposed Privacy Protection Act

요약문: 
Civil society organizations maintain that the privacy protection act should be established under the supervision of an independent body which can deal with both the public and private sectors.

In 2003 the Presidential Committee on Government Innovation and Decentralization, under the influence of the Prime Minister, proposed a law for personal information protection which would incorporate both public and private sectors. As the public’s demand for a general personal information protection act steadily increases, government bodies and civil society organizations are actively monitoring this issue.

발표일자: 
2004/06/22

People's Participation Must be Allowed in Privacy Impact Assessment

요약문: 
On July 1, 2004, the Korean Progressive Network ‘Jinbonet’ held an open conference entitled ‘Tasks and Perspectives of Privacy Impact Assessment’ at the assembly hall of National Human Rights Commission of Korea. The Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is about the institutionalization of the process to protect individual privacy.

(Impact assessment of the information subject for the information subject Government is review of the PIA introduction is definitely welcome. However, given the sterility which exists in current policy making practices, it will not be easy to establish a system which reflects the protection of individual privacy rights. We must guarantee the people's right to participate in the assessment procedure.

발표일자: 
2004/07/20