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Online real names to be scrapped
정부, `인터넷 실명제' 단계적 폐지 추진
Posted : 2011-08-11 17:20
Updated : 2011-08-11 17:20
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By Kang Hyun-kyung

The government plans to phase out the real-name verification policy to prevent the leaking of bloggers’ personal information amid growing concerns over online privacy.

At a meeting with senior ruling party lawmakers held in the National Assembly building Thursday, officials from the Ministry of Public Administration and Security said the existing policy will be scrapped as it exposes vulnerability to online hacking.

The ministry was initially negative about scrapping the measure because it had helped prevent groundless accusations and cyber defamation in Internet forums and chat rooms.

Under the plan, bloggers are required to pass a verification process to post messages or opinions by entering real names and residential registration numbers.

It was adopted in 2007 after Internet chat rooms, forums and message boards became key vehicles through which false rumors and malicious attacks against people, especially celebrities, were produced and spread rapidly.

The government changed its position on the online verification rule after a recent huge hacking case revealed the loophole of the measure designed to fight cyber defamation.

Approximately 35 million Web users’ personal data, including their residential registration numbers, were leaked after the sites were hacked, raising concerns about online privacy.

To protect online privacy, the public administration ministry will team up with related ministries and government agencies to investigate public and private entities’ use and management of personal data to see if there is any systematic weakness that could lead to the further leaking of bloggers’ private information.

The government also plans to review the tax- and finance-related laws which require Internet users to enter their personal data to get services they want, to look into vulnerabilities and develop technologies to bolster online security.

Government officials and senior ruling party lawmakers participated in the policy coordination meeting.

On the ruling Grand National Party’s side, chief policymaker Lee Ju-young and a few senior lawmakers were briefed on the government’s plan to protect personal data online.

Also joining the meeting on the government side are deputy ministers from the public administration ministry, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, the National Tax Service and the Ministry of National Defense.

정부, `인터넷 실명제' 단계적 폐지 추진
정부는 인터넷 상에서 개인정보 수집을 최소화하기 위해 `인터넷 실명제'를 단계적으로 폐지하는 방안을 추진키로 했다. 행정안전부는 11일 오전 국회 한나라당 정책위의장실에서 열리는 당정회의에서 ▲인터넷 실명제 단계적 폐지 ▲주민번호 민간사용 사전승인제 도입 ▲개인정보 수집 포괄적 동의제 정비 등을 뼈대로 한 `개인정보보호 종합대책'을 보고한다. 인터넷 실명제는 인터넷게시판 이용자의 자기책임성 강화를 위해 2007년 7월에 도입된 본인확인제도로, 대규모 정보유출을 막으려면 이 제도를 폐지해야 한다는 주장이 제기돼왔다. 정부는 당초 인터넷 실명제 폐지에 부정적인 입장이었으나 네이트와 싸이월드 회원 3천500만명의 개인정보가 무더기로 유출되는 사태를 접하고 폐지쪽으로 가닥을 잡은 것으로 알려졌다. 정부는 또 행안부ㆍ방송통신위원회ㆍ금융위원회 등 관계기관 합동으로 개인정보 보호 취약분야에 대한 특별점검을 실시하고, 공공기관과 사업자의 개인정보 처리 및 파기 관리현황을 조사해 대책을 수립하기로 했다. 사업자에 개인정보를 요구하는 조세 및 금융분야 법률을 단계적으로 정비하고 개인정보 유출 방지기술을 개발해 보급하는 한편, 불필요한 개인정보를 지진 삭제토록 하는 범국민운동도 추진키로 했다. 정부는 이와 함께 개인정보보호를 위한 전문기관(개인정보보호진흥원) 및 기금을 설치하고 정보보호에 관한 국가공인 자격증제도 도입키로 했다. 개인정보 유출 피해자의 구제를 위해서는 집단분쟁조정제도 및 권리침해 중지 단체소송제를 시행하고 `개인정보 분쟁조정위원회'의 기능도 확대하기로 했다. 이주영 당 정책위의장이 주재하는 당정회의에는 행안부ㆍ지식경제부ㆍ국방부ㆍ국세청ㆍ문화체육관광부 등 관계부처의 차관이 참석한다. 지경부는 전자상거래법 보완, 국방부는 사이버 안보, 국세청은 전자상거래 개인정보 보호 및 세원 포착, 문화부는 게임 등 콘텐츠 업계 개인정보 관리 등을 각각 보고할 예정이다. 당 정책위 관계자는 "인터넷상 주민번호 수집 이용 제한과 개인정보 유효기간제 도입 등 지난 8일 방통위가 발표한 방안과 함께 아이핀(인터넷 개인 식별번호)제 및 주민번호 변경 신청제 도입 등도 방안도 논의될 것"이라고 말했다.
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