Data protection policy
Security of survey data
- When participating in the census over the Internet, respondents set a password after the identity verification process through a mobile phone. This unique password is required to view their own questionnaire.
- In the case of the interviewing method, enumerators enter data through a tablet PC to which security measures are applied, and the responses of questionnaires are encrypted and safely managed.
Data security in accordance with the Statistics Act
1) Protection of secrets and prohibition of data use other than statistical purposes
Article 33 (Protection of Secrets)
- Matters belonging to the confidential information of individuals, corporations, organizations, etc. that have become known in the course of producing statistics shall be protected.
- Data belonging to the confidential information of individuals, corporations, organizations, etc. that have been collected for the production of statistics shall not be used for any purpose other than that of producing statistics.
2) Prohibition of disclosure of personal information
Article 34 (Duty of Statistics Staff, etc.)
Any person who is or was a statistics staff member or who is or was engaged in the business of producing statistics after being entrusted with all or part of such business shall not use the information that they have come to know in the course of conducting the duty for any purpose other than the relevant duty, nor shall provide them to other persons.
3) Penalty provisions
Article 39 (Penalty Provisions) Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than three years or by a fine not exceeding 30 million won.
- Any person who uses matters classified as confidential information of individuals, corporations, organizations, etc., which are gathered or received (including the provision under Article 31 (2)) for the purpose of production of statistics, for a purpose other than Residential facility, or provides them to other persons
- Any person who peruses or is provided with matters classified as confidential information of individuals, corporations, organizations, etc. by deceit or fraud, which are gathered or received (including the provision under Article 31 (2)) for the purpose of production of statistics
- Any person who alters or erases basic data, such as questionnaires gathered, kept or managed by a statistics service agency for the production or dissemination of statistics without justifiable grounds or who intentionally fabricates statistical data: Provided, That the person who corrects or alters any errors in a survey, entry errors, etc. in accordance with the procedures of examination of details or with the statistics service techniques inside the statistics service agency shall be excluded.
Article 41 (Administrative Fines) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding one million won.
- Any person who uses administrative data (excluding the matters classified as confidential information) provided by public institutions for a purpose other than Residential facility, or provides them to other persons, in violation of Article 24 (4)
- Any person who rejects or obstructs the provision of data, or submits false data, in violation of Article 25 (4)
- Any person who rejects, obstructs, or evades a request for submission of related data or for an answer, or submits false data or gives a false answer, in violation of Article 26 (3)
- Any person who uses statistical data (excluding the matters classified as confidential information) provided by a statistics service agency for a purpose other than that for which it is provided, or provides them to other persons, in violation of Article 30 (3) or 31 (4)
- Any person who uses the matters (excluding the matters classified as confidential information) that he/she came to know in the course of performing his/her duties for a purpose other than for the duties, or provides them to other persons, in violation of Article 34