전자정부의 개인정보 공동이용에 따른 개인정보보호에 관한 법적 연구

With the introduction of e-government, changes have occurred in the methods of using information for administrative processing. Administrative information previously handled through documents began to be processed in the electronic methods using computers. With an advent of the Internet, administrative information is now jointly used by administrative organizations through the integrated information center. The jointly used information includes a large percentage of personal information. Compared to other information, personal information is closely related to the right of personality and the right of privacy stipulated in the Constitution. Therefore, it holds a significant legal importance. In particular,privacy in the public sector is applied to the society at large and includes diverse personal information. As much as so, the importance is all the more significant in comparison to that in the private sector. Although the 「Electronic Government Act」 in force prescribes joint use of personal information to uphold the ideology and to fulfill the objectives of the Administrative Procedures Act, the issues relating to privacy protection must not be overlooked. This led to the establishment of the 「Act on the Protection of Personal Information Maintained by Public Institutions」. In addition, the Privacy Protection Act (bill) is currently submitted to the National Assembly. In the joint use of personal information by e-government, privacy protection is an area that requires attentive consideration. Studies must be carried out on legal policies in the future so that to have the use of personal information kept to the minimum required level based on the principle of proportionality.