This study analyzes the legal issues and institutional limitations in the provision of personal information collected and retained by the National Assembly of South Korea, and proposes protective and regulatory measures for improvement. The National A...
This study analyzes the legal issues and institutional limitations in the provision of personal information collected and retained by the National Assembly of South Korea, and proposes protective and regulatory measures for improvement. The National Assembly holds politically sensitive information such as access records, fixed CCTV footage, and mobile video devices (body-worn cameras), yet the standards and procedures for provision remain unclear, creating risks of rights violations. The study reviews the constitutional foundation of the right to informational self-determination, examines relevant legal frameworks including the Personal Information Protection Act and the Act on Disclosure of Information by Public Agencies, and assesses the current practices of data collection and provision by information type. The findings reveal major problems such as procedural opacity, insufficient anonymization, legal gaps in operating mobile video devices, and arbitrariness in internal decision-making. To address these issues, the study recommends refining provision standards by information type, strengthening procedural safeguards through prior notification, post-provision notice, and record management, legislating operating rules for body cameras, and establishing an independent review body. These measures aim to restructure the National Assembly’s information governance to balance publicity and the protection of fundamental rights, while also offering practical implications for access control and video information management in other national institutions and the private security sector.