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Mon, October 2, 2023 | 02:56
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Firms face W500-mil. fine for leaking personal data
주민번호 유출 기업에 최대 5억원 과징금 부과추진
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By Kim Tae-gyu

Companies that have their clients' personal information leaked would be subject to a fine of up to 500 million won ($466,000) under a proposal being pushed by the Ministry of Security and Public Administration (MOSPA).

The ministry will announce its plan today to revise the relevant law, which will have to win approval of the National Assembly before going into effect.

The measure came after a series of recent large-scale data thefts which prompted concerns that financial scammers may take advantage of them.

"Private companies are required to step up security in managing people's resident registration numbers via an enhanced sense of responsibility and better technology," an MOSPA official said. "We will also double efforts to prevent recurrence of data leaks, which caused grave concerns to people."

In January, a credit ratings agency employee was found to have stolen personal data of tens of millions of credit card users, which included resident registration numbers, bank accounts and credit ratings.

Regulators and the three card issuers ― KB Kookmin Card, NH Nonghyup Card and Lotte Card ― claim that the leak was contained, but skepticism still lingers.

In addition, hackers are found to have compromised the website of the country's No. 2 wireless operator to steal the personal information en masse from 9.81 million customers.

New KT Chairman Hwang Chang-gyu had to apologize for the mishaps, which led to calls for the country to phase in a new system that is less vulnerable to outside threats.

In particular, privacy advocates claim that the resident registration numbers hold too much personal data ― the 13-digit system is a combination of birth date, gender, first registration region and registration order.

They contend that the personal data-filled number might lead to identity theft, a fast-growing crime in the digital age of today, if it ends up on the hands of unscrupulous people.

The government has tried to usher in a new online identification system to substitute for the resident registration numbers, but such attempts have failed to achieve tangible results thus far.


주민번호 유출 기업에 최대 5억원 과징금 부과추진

모든 공공기관·민간사업자 주민번호 수집 원칙적 금지

8월부터 주민등록번호를 유출한 기업에는 최대 5억원에 이르는 과징금이 부과될 것으로 보인다.

모든 공공기관과 민간사업자는 법 근거 없이 주민등록번호를 수집하는 행위가 원칙적으로 금지된다.

안전행정부는 주민등록번호 유출에 부과되는 과징금과 불법수집에 따른 과태료 부과 기준을 규정한 '개인정보보호법 시행령 일부개정령안'을 19일 입법예고한다고 18일 밝혔다.

개정안에 따르면 관리 부실로 주민등록번호가 유출되면 유출 규모와 피해 방지 후속조처 이행 여부를 고려해 최대 5억원까지 과징금이 부과된다.

법적 근거 없이 주민등록번호를 수집한 공공기관이나 민간사업자에게는 위반 횟수, 동기, 결과를 따져 최대 3천만원까지 과태료를 매긴다.

안행부는 이번 개정안이 확정되면 과태료와 과징금 등 처벌을 엄격히 이행하고 적법하게 수집한 주민등록번호라도 반드시 암호화를 거쳐 보관하도록 할 예정이다.

주민등록번호 암호화 의무를 규정한 '개인정보보호법'은 2016년 1월부터 시행된다.

안행부는 또 주민등록번호 수집 금지제도가 조기 정착되도록 대체수단 도입 기술 컨설팅을 지원하고 수집 금지를 독려하는 민관 합동캠페인을 전개할 계획이다.
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