유비쿼터스(Ubiquitous)시대의 개인정보보호법제

Abstract

It is undisputed that a future world full of smart and cooperating artifacts will pose great risks to our personal privacy. The emergence of ubiquitous sensor networks(USN) and robust data mining techniques will amplify the tracking and profiling capabilities of personal information. Adherence to fair information practices requires personal information collectors to provide suitable means of notice and consent to users, but the sheer volume of collection events would arguably overwhelm the general public if expected to acknowledge and (possibly) consent to every collection event. A simpler means of managing everyday privacy is necessary. As important as it is to take to existing laws and codes of practices into account, which can and must serves as important guidelines for creating privacy- respecting infrastractures- it is equally important to remember that laws can only work together with the social and technological reality, not against them. If certain legal requirements are simply not enforceable, technological or procedural solutions need to be found, or the law changed.