감염병 대응에 따른 개인정보의 공개와 보호

In particular, in the recent Corona 19 anti-virus response process, the personal information is widely exposed due to the detailed disclosure of the movement of the virus confirmed person, and the privacy of the individual is likely to be directly infringed. Not all personal information should be protected equally strongly. Some personal information has a shared property nature because it can be a sign to identify individuals, and acts as a medium to connect communities and individuals. Of course, there may be limitations in the community relevance of personal information. However, if the indexes to be used for the community can be extracted by grasping the tendency and flow of the social community through the accumulation of personal information, it will be able to make a positive evaluation that the social utility will increase. This is the basis for considering the use and protection of personal information together, and personal information is also a kind of information. The reason for disclosing the personal information of infectious disease patients is to prevent the spread of the confirmed person by tracking the infected place. Therefore, even if it is necessary to collect personal information to find contacts of infectious disease patients through epidemiological investigation, it is necessary to minimize the collection of personal information institutionally and clarify the procedures and methods so as not to be misused for other purposes and purposes other than the first collection purpose. Also, if personal information is collected to find close contacts in response to infectious diseases, the risk of privacy infringement is not generated at the time when personal information is collected, but when personal information is used through storage or disclosure, the risk increases. In order to prevent this, it is necessary to strengthen preventive measures required for personal information protection such as encryption and non-identification measures.