National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea consideration the special character of the military and of the chain of command among public officials. The Commission, then, reviewed the violability with the Personal Information Protection Act as standards. For use of the fingerprint reader, several conditions should be met. First, personal information owners, after clearly recognizing the implications of the fingerprint reader, should agree. Second, personal information owners should be granted the right of refusing. Third, a different way of recording attendance should be available. The Commission checked with the process of agreement conducted by the Military Medical Command, and found that the Command received agreement from military medical officers after the fingerprint readers had been put in operation. As such, the Commission issued, on May 23, 2013, its opinion that military medical officers should be allowed to freely choose to make agreement. The rational for such an opinion was that personal information owners should be complete freedom to refuse to agree in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of the Personal Information Protection Act. □ Opinion on the bill on the support of school dropouts outside schools As the Bill on the Support of School Dropouts out of Schools was proposed, the Minister of Gender Equality and Family asked for the opinion of the NHRCK. The bill purports to, among others, provide for an information system for school dropouts outside schools so that their supporting services may not have blind spots. The Commission concluded that such information as the Chapter 1. Improvement of Laws and Regulations, Institution, Policies, and Practices ▪▪▪ 99