ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Commission decided to launch a policy review as it recognized that the case might have been related to ill-practices in the sports circle against the human rights of athletes. As a result of the investigation, the Commission found that the club had been monitoring the entrance and behavior of players through CCTVs installed on the isles of the player lodgings for away games for nearly two months under the direction of its CEO. It was also confirmed that the club did not receive prior consent from its players or notify them about the surveillance. Therefore, the Commission decided that the case was infringement on players’ right to privacy, freedom, and informational self-determination, according to the Constitution. It also recognized that the case was an example of ill-practices in the domestic sports circle, which put gaining control over players before respecting their human rights. To eliminate such illpractices, the Commission expressed its opinion on March 5th to the President of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) to come up with preventive measures against player surveillance pursuant to the Commission’s “Recommendation on the Sports Human Rights Guideline” in 2010. In addition, the Commission notified the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs of its decision and requested the ministry to take measure against the violation of the Personal Information Protection Act. In response, the KBO announced that it would spread the details of the 2010 recommendations to all the professional baseball clubs in Korea and come up with preventive measures. L. ‌Expression of opinion on the implementation of the electro-magnetic card system in the gambling industry The National Gaming Control Commission (NGCC) under the Prime Minister made a proposal to prevent the side-effects of the gambling industry (gambling addiction, bankruptcy due to excessive gambling, etc.) by introducing electro-magnetic cards (e-cards). It immediately provoked controversy because e-cards were to collect bio-information (finger vein) of an individual, and use the information to prevent the use of multiple cards. Although the Commission acknowledged the purpose, it decided that the proposal was unacceptable and expressed its opinion on March 26th to the NGCC Chairperson for the following reasons: 1. ‌The proposal needs to come up with a stronger legal basis, because forcing an individual to get an e-card issued and have his or her personal information for identification clearly restricts the constitutional rights to freedom of action and informational self-determination. 34 | National Human Rights Commission of Korea