개인신용정보 보호법제의 중복규제 및 해소방안 연구 ― 신용정보의 이용 및 보호에 관한 법률을 중심으로 ―

While degree of practical use of personal credit information has been gradually increasing for precise information of administration and convenience in both public and private sector, it also should be noted that such usage should be strictly protected and regulated lest basic right enshrined in the constitution should be infringed due to imprudent collection and utilization of personal information for realization of a welfare state and e-government in so-called big data environments. However, domestic use of personal credit information is not only inter-contradictory in prioritization of legal application due to duplicated regulation but also not consistent in actual applications. Since this could cause both discrepancy in prioritization and one in degree of regulation application, it deems to be necessary to enforce efficient protection and regulation of personal credit information in more thorough fashion. ‘Credit Information Use and Protection Act’ (hereinafter referred to “Credit Information Act”) as was revised in 1995 to foster a sound credit information business, promoting an efficient utilization and systematic management of credit information, and protecting privacy, etc. from the misuse and abuse of credit information properly, thereby contributing to the establishment of sound practices in credit transaction. ‘Personal Information Protection Act’ was established by law in 2011 in which application of the act is subject to the whole industries as a general law unless it is stipulated otherwise in other special law. In the similar fashion, ‘Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information protection, etc.’ (hereinafter referred to “Information Network Act”) whose purpose is to protect security of online financial transaction and personal information has been applied to respective industries. However, due to the previously elaborated ambiguity in provision stipulation and interpretation, many occasions occur where relationship between Credit Information Act and Information Network Act are not clear and two acts are applied redundantly. Albeit same or similar contents and intentions are contained in Credit Information Act and Information Network Act, since provisions in those acts could be interpreted differently and Credit Information Act could be applied to where Personal Information Act is not applicable, financial institutions such as banks have been burdened by compliance and interpretation of two acts. To make a point of regulation alignment to Credit Information Act for legal regulation of credit information, Financial Services Commission announced an expedient plan for bridging the gap between personal information related acts reflecting what is not covered in Credit Information Act whereas covered in Personal Information Act. Even with legislative modification in 2014, 2016 and 2017, several special laws have deepened a level of equivocality in provision interpretation and prioritization issues from each legislation has not been cleared yet. To sort out confusion in regulation system and to position Credit Information Act as a special law which should be applied to financial enterprises as framework of protection system of personal information, CreditInformationAct, especially in Article3-2(Relationship to other Acts) should be fundamentally revised to stipulate that Credit Information Act is a speciall with regard to Persona lInformation Act.