사물인터넷(IoT) 환경에서의 개인정보보호에 관한 규범적 고찰

Internet of everything (IoT) has evolved from the individual and closed form within specific organizations or companies to an ‘Everything as a Service’, forming a kind of ecosystem by combining with surrounding technology, and ass it is applied to the actual living territory at the center of internet- based convergence, various economical value, increase in efficiency and increase in convenience are expected to become real. But because of this, individual’s all behaviors and information may be collected involuntarily through objects, and cause serious problems regarding the protection and security of privacy or personal information using big data. In other words, it is directly applied to all objects in the real life and extends the threats in cyber space to real life, individuals are facing the threat of personal information invasion or privacy invasion in the midst of the development of IoT that connects all objects and those objects to humans. To people that are defenselessly exposed to the leakage of personal information due to continuous hacking incidents, a serious consideration on whether there is only a bright future in IoT or not should be accompanied, and before calculating the profit due to revitalization of industry, practical protection plans and serious legal consideration for the protection of user information are needed.