F. Civil Rights and Freedoms
Issue 12 Privacy
62. Referring to §103 of the Second Report, the NHRC found from
children's forums that some schools directly posted grades of every
student in the class, students' national IDs, addresses, and identities to
social media groups in order to verify information.
63. Students launched the "Stop Making Our Exam Results Your News"
initiative to prevent over-emphasis on grades and suppression of
different forms of achievements and personal interests.
64. Recommendations:
(1) Information released by schools must comply with the Personal
Information Protection Act and Regulations Regarding the
Assessment of Elementary and Junior High Students' Academic
Performance.
(2) The MOE and the NCC should take specific actions to discourage
turning the results of competitive exams into news, to prevent the
media from reinforcing the stereotype associated with top
performers and from violating test-takers’ privacy, and to
supervise schools so they do not volunteer students' private
information to the media.
Issue 13 Name and Nationality
Amendment to the Immigration Act
65. According to Article 14 of the 2019 amended Regulations Governing
the Residency, Long-term Residency or Residency for Naturalization of
the People of the Mainland China Area Living with a Relative in the
Taiwan Area, mainland Chinese spouses who do not have custody of
their children at the time of divorce but have visitation right and provide
support to their children may continue to reside in Taiwan; however,
Article 23 of the Immigration Act is not applicable to new immigrants
from other areas.
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