Research On The Legal Protection Of Personal Information In The Field Of Public Mangement

Mankind's daily live has gone through revolutionary changes since the beginning of the 21st century, with much complication in inter-personal communication, the tremendous expansion in the government's authority, and the prosperous development in the commercial community. A most important factor in catalyzing such changes is the effective grasp and efficient processing of information, particularly individuals'information, by administrative authorities, hospitals, banks and other public services departments. While we enjoy the benefits and conveniences brought by the information age, we also bear the increasing risk of personal or personal information being improperly collected and used. The discussion on personal information protection has gradually evolved from being a traditionally privacy topic into being a more social and legal issue. In this process, one can see both the technical elements as well as the impact of government's expanding authority in driving these changes.The scope of our community's public affairs has never stopped expanding. Public administrative institutions collect, store, process and use vast quantity of individuals' information. The rapid expansion of government authority driven by the increasing need of social security administration is accompanied by increasing danger of public authority infringing on personal rights in the public domain. In order to contain such infringement of public authority on personal rights and to restore the peaceful tranquility in general citizen, it has become eminent that our government urgently needs to set up proper laws to rule against illegal collection and improper abuse on the use of personal information. The objective is to provide a set of rules in the collection, transfer and usage of personal information. This document attempts to analyze the legal aspects of personal information protection, along with comparative study on similar protection laws in a number of foreign countries (USA, Germany and Japan) as illustration, and to provide a number of suggestions on the legal framework for personal information protection.This document is comprised mainly of 4 parts-background, main text and conclusion. The main text consists of 4 sections. Section one starts by determining the definition of personal information, and by ascertaining the judgement standard of "recognition" to analyze its characteristics. This is followed by analyzing the elements of practical requirement, constitutional basis and authority basis to establish the theoretical evidence in personal information protection, In Section 2, I summarize the five main forms of the invasion of personal information and analyzed the causation. Section 3 expands our view to foreign countries beyond China, by describing and comparing respective legislations in countries such as USA, Germany and Japan. It attempts to provide some relevant revelation to our country's situation by analyzing scenarios in other countries. Finally, section 4 concentrates on establishing and improving the public law enforcement framework on personal information protection through studying our country's legal system, fundamental principles, procedural control and authority provisions.