新기술(빅데이터) 등장과 개인정보의 보호

Information and communications technology has been used in transforming industries from analogy industry to digital industry, and currently to smart industry. It has contributed in enhancing industrial and social life in terms of convenience and cost-reduction. One such example is the change of paper-based documentation to e-mail and electronic documentation. Currently, Big Data technology is used to analyze mass data/information which has successfully been used in various areas of weather prediction, development of new drugs, gene analysis, etc. However, the mass data also includes personal identifiable information which does not consider the privacy protection policy that is defined in the Personal Protection Act in Korea. For example, the Big Data can improve the way of living and bring high economical profit when used in various services such as weather forecast, emergency prevention. But, the privacy information that is contained in the Big Data can also be used maliciously to cause economical and psychological damage to an innocent individual. The exposed personal information are not easily discarded or forgotten and can be re-used permanently, thus, an method to prevent this exposure beforehand is urgently needed. This paper proposes a solution to properly settle Big Data technology in the market by economical and legal analysis of the changes in the market environment and economical impact with the advent of the Big Data.