2020 Volume 3 Issue 2 Pages 171-194
Anonymously processed data was expected to be a type of data that could protect the rights and interests of individuals while maintaining a high level of usefulness of the original personal data. In the private sector, the "Anonymously processed information" was introduced by the revision of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information in 2017, and it became possible to provide personal information to a third party without the consent of the person or use it for a purpose other than the intended purpose if a business operator processes personal information based on standards under certain conditions. The "Anonymized Personal Information" was also introduced in the public sector of national institutions and incorporated administrative agencies.
Currently, the system for anonymously processed data has been developed with a series of applications in mind, in which private companies collect, distribute, aggregate, process and provide personal data to third parties. On the other hand, sorting out systems for the use and utilization of anonymously processed data in the public sector has been shelved, and in cases where anonymously processed information is shared and used between private businesses and the public sector, it is considered important to sort out issues and form a consensus on countermeasures. In particular, the handling of anonymously processed information received by national universities and research institutes for joint research and joint projects with private businesses, as well as the handling of such information within the public sector and the provision of such information to private businesses, should be considered.
In this paper, we examine the utilization systems of "Anonymously Processed Information" and "Anonymized Personal Informatioin" in the private sector, and summarize issues concerning the handling of "Anonymously Processed Information" in the public sector.
