Annual Report 2013
discontinuation of school work is so important to affect the formation of
personal character of the dropouts in a society where education is
highly valued; such information may be, on the part of the dropouts,
sensitive information they do not want to release; school student
information records contain sensitive information of personal information
owners including their personal particulars, and various other detailed
information on privacy; and that it was not desirable for the bill to
enable the Minister of Gender Equality and Family to collect, keep, and
manage
the
whole
records
of
school
student
information.
The
Commission, therefore, issued its opinion, on June 27, 2013, that the
Minister is asked to collect, keep, and manage the least information as
needed for the conduct of the Minister's responsibilities.
□ Opinion on the compatibility of the homepages of government entities
The NHRCK received a complaint that it was not possible to fill out
service
application
forms
on
the
homepage
of
the
Ministry
of
Employment and Labor if the users did not use the Internet Explorer.
As such, the complaint urged that other web browsers should access the
service application forms. The Commission reviewed the complaint to see
if such an arrangement might infringe on the right of access or the
right of use of web services.
With the recent technology development and mobile-oriented access to
the Internet, the Commission found, that the market share of the
Internet Explorer had continuously decreased. Most of web services,
including those of government entities, nonetheless, were found to be
optimalized for the Internet Explorer. As such, the Commission found
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