Annual Report 2014 as a fingerprint which represents individual authenticity and identification. Therefore, on August 21, 2014, the Commission recommended the Minister of Security and Public Administration (the current Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs), Chairperson of Financial Services Commission, and Chairperson of Korea Communications Commission to direct, and supervisethe disposal of fingerprint information collected and saved in a process of photocopying an ID card, take disciplinary action for non-compliance after the grace period, and amend the related legislation. ■ Recommendation on Institutional Improvement for Guaranteeing the Accessibility of the Elderly to Information With the development of new IT technologies, the access to information has become recognized as a fundamental right determining the quality of life. The government is obliged to strive to reduce digital information disparity and stipulates related support, content development and education for narrowing information disparity by the Framework Act on National Informatization. However, the survey on the current status of the elderly’s access to information, conducted by the Commission’s Monitoring Group on the Rights of the Elderly, showed that in practice, the elderly’s use of and access to information remains to be at a relatively low level. In this regard, on December 18, 2014, the NHRCK recommended the Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning to come up with plans and policy improvements for the development of the user-oriented devices, interface and contents easily accessible by the elderly, while recommending the Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs, Minister of Health and Welfare, and heads of metropolitan local governments to establish a public/private partnership to provide more effective ICT education for the elderly. 88 ▪▪▪ Part II. Major Activities of the Commission