중국의 안면인식 정보 보호 법체계에 관한 연구

On July 28, 2021, the Supreme People's Court enacted ‘Regulation of the Supreme People's Court on several issues concerning the application of law in the trial of civil cases involving the use of face recognition technology to process personal information’(‘Regulation’). It is expected that the effective implementation of the ‘Civil Code’, the strengthening of judicial protection regarding personal information, and the development of the digital economy. On November 29, 2021, the Information Commissioner's Office announced that it would impose a 17 million euro fine against ‘Clearview AI’, an U.S. facial recognition technology company. Controversy over infringement of personal information and invasion of privacy related to facial recognition technology is also being raised in countries other than the U.K. As such, the issue of facial recognition information protection is not unique to China. In Korea, on December 30, 2021, the ‘Draft revision of Personal Information Protection Law’ was proposed, which separately stipulates the definition and processing restrictions of biometric information in the Law. Recently, concerns have been raised about the plans to build an artificial intelligence CCTV system of a local government. Therefore, this article will examine the current status of China's facial recognition information protection legal system. And then, by analyzing the legislative trends, it will predict the relevant legislative direction in China. Since the ‘Civil Code’ on January 1, 2021 and the ‘Personal Information Protection Law’ came into force on November 1, 2021, it will focus on judicial protection in private law. In particular, it will examine the background and main contents of the ‘Regulation’ enacted to protect ‘facial recognition information’, and draw implications for the Korean legislation.