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Internet users will be able to become members of web portals and other websites without having to register their resident registration numbers from October. The move is part of government efforts to better protect individuals’ private information online, following a recent series of hackings. Instead of asking users to provide resident numbers, perhaps the most sensitive personal data that can be misused for various criminal activities, websites will be required to come up with alternative ways of verifying an individual identity for membership. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security said Tuesday that Cabinet has passed an ordinance concerning the protection of personal information. The ordinance mandates Internet sites with over 10,000 daily users on average not to collect resident numbers from users for membership. It also requires businesses in both public and private sectors to make public how they handle the personal information of their clients. The companies will be obliged to tell the public of measures they take to protect sensitive and private data. “In light of the high-profile leak of personal information by popular websites, the government has come up with an institutional basis to protect personal information. We will make every effort to let businesses know about the ordinance and what they need to do,” a ministry official said. He said the new rule on managing and protecting private information will likely go into effect from the end of September. The ordinance also adds genetic information and criminal records to the country’s list of “sensitive data.” Currently, individuals’ ideological beliefs, political views, affiliation with labor unions and political parties, and general health conditions are subject to high-level protection. The ministry will set up the so-called “Personal Information Protection Committee” under the direct order of the President. The committee will review and approve legal systems concerning personal information, as well as advise state bodies on how to manage private information. The latest government move came after a series of large-scale security breaches at popular local websites. In July, Cyworld, the country’s most popular social networking site, and Nate, the third-most visited Web portal, were hacked, leaking the personal information of their 35 million users. Users’ ID, password, resident identification number, phone number, home address and other personal information stored on the two sites were leaked by hackers using an Internet protocol address based in China.The Korea Communications Commission and SK Communication, the operator of the two sites, issued a warning that voice phishing could surge as phone numbers were leaked, adding that spam mail could also increase as email addresses were exposed. Using phone numbers, voice phishing scammers call their victim, posing as either the police, bank officials or even kidnappers, duping them into sending money to a bank account.
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