个人信息保护法研究

Research on Personal Information Protection Law

中国在社会信息化转型过程中所面临的法制环境依然很严峻。目前,个人信息保护立法任务已经现实地摆在我们面前。然而制定符合中国实际,又能与国际接轨的个人信息保护法并非易事。自律机制是美国保护个人信息的基础机制,发挥了良好的社会功用,但它并不适合我国。欧盟"资料保护"制度的基本经验告诉我们,个人信息保护关涉基本人权,应由立法进行。我国宜借鉴安全港模式,积极进行个人信息保护立法,同时倡导行业主动采取自律手段保护个人信息。我国台湾资料法可谓兼顾中西的一个尝试,对我国大陆制定个人信息保护法有直接的借鉴作用。

During the process of transformation of social information, how to formulate personal information protection law is a China still faces the sever legal environment. At present, realistic problem in front of us. Thus, it isn＇t easy to formulate the law, which not only accords with China＇ s reality, but also joins international track. In America, selfregulation mechanism is the basic mechanism to protect personal information, and it plays good social function. But it doesn＇t fit for China. The basic experience of EU＇s personal data protection system tells us, personal information should be protected by legislation, because this relates to human rights. China can draw lessons from safe habor model to formulate personal information protection law actively, and advocate industries actively adopt self-discipline methods to protect personal information. Taiwan Region＇s data law is an attempt of compromise between Orient and West, and its successful experience can be used as a reference for China mainland＇ s legislation.