Annual Report 2013
ICTs and human rights which correspond to international human rights
treaties and ICTs-related international standards. The Commission,
then, gathered the comments to this report from the experts of various
areas. It also issued its opinions on such controversial issues of
information human rights as the fingerprint reader, sharing the personal
information
of
civilians
among
government
entities,
and
the
compatibility of web browsers.
With regard to the problem of surveillance of workers at workplace,
especially due to the development of ICTs, the NHRCK led discussions for
institutional improvement by conducting an Investigation on Violations on
the Right of Labor by Information Devices. The Commission attended, for
monitoring purposes, domestic and international meetings which discussed
tapping of countries, collection by ICT companies of personal information,
censorship violating the freedom of expression, digital divide, etc.
B. Major Activities
1) Opinion on the Improvement of Laws and Policies Related to Human Rights
□ Opinion on the violability of human rights by the fingerprint reader for recording
attendance of military medical officers
The Military Medical Command asked for the opinion of the
Commission on the violability of human rights by the fingerprint reader
for recording attendance of military medical officers. As the personal
information ownership is protected by the Constitution, the Commission
thought, only statutes can limit the ownership even taking into
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II. Major Activities of the Commission