정보주체의 개인정보자기결정권 보장과 개인정보의 활용

This thesis analyzes legal guarantee for the right to decision-making and control of personal information and the use of personal information. The research methods employed in this thesis examines the development of the legal system and case laws related to this problem in Korea. The right to self-determination of personal information is the right of data subjects to decide for themselves when, to whom, and to what extent their information is known and used. In order to legally guarantee the right to self-determination of personal information, the Personal Information Protection Act stipulates the right to consent, the right to request access to personal information, the right to request correction of personal information and the right to request deletion/blocking, the right to request suspension of processing of personal information, and the right to claim damages. To expand the use of personal information, the revised Personal Information Protection Act introduced the pseudonymous information and anonymous information system and the extended use of personal information without the consent of a data subject within the scope reasonably related to the initial purpose. The improvement of this system can be evaluated positively in terms of utilization of personal information. However, it can be pointed out as a major task in the future to establish an appropriate control system for the broad technical and professional discretion recognized in these legal systems. In addition, to overcome the guideline administration excessively admitted in these fields and to establish the rule of law_is a major topic of institutional reform in the future.