개인정보 보호와 개인영향평가제도

A Study on Personal Information Protection and Privacy Impact Assessment

Since e-government maturing of privacy and personal information is emerging a key issues among others. The personal information protection act established in March, 2011 in Korea. But the personal information protection act have many problems. First, it must promote the efficiency of the law. Second, it must improve the organization personal information protection. Third, it must harmonies another acts on the personal information protection. Fourth, it must well perform the personal information impact Assessment. The legislation of the Personal Information Protection Act(hereinafter 'PIPA') streamlined various Acts related personal information, and made the privacy right for the information subject reinforce. Albeit better than before, there are some articles to provide reasonable adjustment to make them clear what is to be achieved firstly, the correction of legal terminologies and legal sentences for getting the legislative purposes of this PIPA, secondly, the harmonization between the PIPA and the other related Acts, based on PIPA which is the center for the protection of personal information, thirdly, the legislative consideration of the emerging 'right to be forgotten'. The personal information protection act will promote the level of personal information protection. And the establishment of personal information protection committee enables institution and policy changes differently from the personal information protection and promote the efficiency of the law the collection and use of personal information.