1) Current Status - Amid increasing impact of exposure of personal information on infringements of privacy, there is a c oncern that the ｢Protection of Communications Secrets Act｣ is insufficient to protect individual informa tion related to communications. In particular, with regards to “provision of the communication confirma tion data” under Article 13 of the Protection of Communications Secrets Act 10, an amendment draft wa s proposed at the National Assembly, and civil society organization called for amendment for excessive ly infringing the secret and freedom of privacy. - In July 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that the part that “Any prosecutor or judicial police offic er may, when he/she deems it necessary to conduct any investigation, ask any telecommunications busi ness entity under the Telecommunications Business Act for the perusal or the provision of the commun ication confirmation data under Article 2 (11)(f)(g) 11 of Article 13 (1) of the Protection of Communicat 10 ｢Protection of Communications Secrets Act｣ Article 13 (Procedures for Provision of Comm unication Confirmation Data for Criminal Investigation) (1) Any prosecutor or judicial police officer may, when he/she deems it necessary to conduc t any investigation or to execute any punishment, ask any telecommunications business entit y under the Telecommunications Business Act (hereinafter Referred to as "telecommunication s business entity") for the perusal or the provision of the communication confirmation data (hereinafter referred to as "provision of the communication confirmation data"). (2) Any prosecutor or judicial police officer shall, when he/she asks for the provision of the communication confirmation data under paragraph (1), obtain permission therefor from the competent district court (including any ordinary military court; hereinafter the same shall ap ply) or branch court with a document in which the reason for such asking, the relation with the relevant subscriber, and the scope of necessary data are entered: Provided, That if the urgent grounds exist that make it impossible to obtain permission from the competent distric t court or branch court, he/she shall obtain permission immediately after asking for the pro vision of the communication confirmation data and then send it to a telecommunications bu siness entity. (3) Any prosecutor or any judicial police officer shall, when he/she is provided with commu nication confirmation data due to the urgent grounds under the proviso of paragraph (2) bu t he/she fails to obtain permission therefor from the district court or branch court, abando n the communication confirmation data provided to him/her without delay. 11 ｢Protection of Communications Secrets Act｣ Article 2 (11) - The term "communication con