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Personal Information Protection Act

1. Objective
- To increase the people’s rights and to ensure the protection of the people’s dignity and values

2. Principles of personal information protection
- Goal specification, minimum collection, accuracy of information, safe management etc.

3. The establishment of the Personal Information Protection Commission
- Independently performs affairs under the direct jurisdiction of the President - Deliberates on and resolves matters concerning the protection of personal information

4. Protection guideline in each step of processing personal information
- Minimum collection based on consent of information - Prohibition of personal information management for other purposes - Careful protection of sensitive information and unique identifying information - Guarantee of access to individual information - Prompt destruction of information that has met its initial objective and/or exceeded its holding period

5. Regulation of image data processing equipment
- Guideline of installation and operation of data processing equipment like CCTV etc.

6. Introduction of the Personal Information Impact Assessment
- Analyze risk factors and discover improvements in managing personal information files

7. Remedies for violations of personal information
- Liability for compensation for damage - Establishment of Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee - Introduction of collective dispute mediation and Class Actions