아동의 개인정보보호를 위한 법정대리인의 동의제도와 연령기준에 대한 연구

Because of the occurrence of massive data leaks, the social unrest is increasing more and more. Despite the spreading of the matter of personal information in whole society, children’s privacy seems to be overlooked in the face of seriousness. Though it seems like children’s privacy has also been leaked among the leaked massive data, the relief steps are not working as actively as the adults' case. This is not only difficult problem to take a certain step by children themselves, but also, there are some problems in the steps of provision of personal information. Therefore this thesis has sought the improvements with the consent of legal representative when the manager of personal information collects and uses it in the middle of several issues for personal information protection of children. To be more specific, it reviewed the legal character of the consent and expansion of scope of legal representative and it also reviewed the need of reexamination on the age standard of children’s privacy through the consent of legal representative, then suggested the improvement as follows. Firstly, for enhancing the consent of legal representative, it should be established on the foundation not for a disposable consent but for continuing interests. For this, expiration date of consent may be considered. Secondly, it needs to shorten the period of notification on the contents of use. Thirdly, with the standard on how much children recognize of their personal information, children’s age may be departmentalized. And in the case where there is a need for specific age for protection, the consent process should be strengthened. Also in the case which shows that it is able to be recognized in the autonomy, it needs to simplify the consent process.