韩国《个人信息保护法》的主要特色及对中国的立法启示

Features of The Law on Protection of Personal Information of Korea and the Significance to China

经过8年多的立法历程,韩国于2011年3月29日公布了《个人信息保护法》。韩国《个人信息保护法》对个人信息保护的基本原则、个人信息保护的基准、信息主体的权利保障、个人信息自决权的救济等问题作出了全面的规定。其统一的立法模式,分阶段、全方位的权利保障模式与注重权利救济的立法理念,都为我国正在制定的"个人信息保护法"提供了很多有益的启示,值得我国积极借鉴。

The Law on Protection of Personal Information was finally promulgated on 29th, Mar. 2011 in Korea after a course of legislation of more than 8 years. The Law stipulates comprehensively the basic principles, ground rules, measures to protect the right and relief to the right of self-determination. The u- nified mode of legislation, the phased and all-round mode of right protection as well as the legislative ideol- ogy focusing on the relief to right provide China with useful references to make its ＂the law on protection of personal information＂.