National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea suggested review plan is abstract and does not cover the prohibition of the use of resident registration number except for resident registration administrative affairs and legal administrative affairs. Moreover, it concluded that the reply from the Speaker of the National Assembly to encourage the relevant committee to consider its recommendations and review the related legislations lacks substantiation and clarity. Therefore, on January 8, 2015, the NHRCK publicly announced the partial non-acceptance of its recommendations by the government and the National Assembly. ■ Recommendation on Institutional Improvement of the Current Fingerprint Information Collection Practices The Commission surveyed the current practices of financial institutions and telecommunication companies’ saving photo copies of resident registration cards, finding they usually collect fingerprint information by making photocopies of both sides of an identification card as a procedure of identification in opening a new account, issuing an authentication certificate, or joining a membership club. The practice of collecting a photo copy of an ID card for identification was also widely found in both public and private organizations. In this regard, the NHRCK concluded that the practice of collecting and saving fingerprint information without encoding it, as part of an identification process, causes excessive restriction over the consumers’ right to have their personal information kept private and that making a photocopy of one’s fingerprint and saving the information without the consent of the service user, and even refusing to delete held information, likely violates the Personal Information Protection Act and the Act on the Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc., given the special nature of biometric information such Chapter 1. Improvement of Laws, Regulations, Institutions, Policies and Practices ▪▪▪ 87