英文摘要 |
The purpose of the Personal Data Protection Act, is intend to balance and promote both effective information privacy protection and free flow of information. Therefore, in promoting and enforcing appropriate information privacy protection, there also a need to consider the value of Personal Data Protection Act to information social. In order to realize the purpose, the Act has provided provisions which exclude some categories of Personal data from the scope of regulation, an unnecessary restriction to the flow of information will be avoided. Base on the Act, two categories of Personal data are excluded from the scope of regulation. One, the Act is not intended to apply to an individual who collects, holds, processes or uses Personal data in connection with the individual's Personal, family or household affairs. The other, the Act has limited application to the personal data about an individual, that the individual knowingly makes or permits to be made available to the public. The first this article describe the elements of Personal data. The second, discuss those provisions about two categories of Personal data that is excluded from regulation scope, analysis those provisions whether make clear the extent of exclusive scope, and to examine the exclusive scope which is really provide adequate protection to individuals. Particularly the Act how to deal with Google Street View is an important issue. The articles also introduce the similar provisions in Japanese and Canadian personal data protection Act. |