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영어

This study was conducted with the goal to identify the degree to which elementary school students’ knowledge about personal information protection practices impacted their actual behavior with regard to privacy protection. To fulfill this goal, knowledge about personal information protection was set as (1) knowledge about concepts of personal information, (2) knowledge of the rights of information holders, (3) knowledge about the code of conduct for information protection, and (4) awareness of the value of personal information. As for students’ behaviors to ensure their personal information protection those were set as their habits to comply with the personal in-formation protection code of conduct and their efforts to respond and recover from any personal information violation. This study was conducted targeting 510 elementary students. The degree of the students’ knowledge and their behaviors was measured by first distributing a self-report survey to the students and then analyzing their responses. The results of the analysis revealed the following: First, it was found that there are no differences among the four factors of knowledge and behavior according to the status of their education. Second, the two factors that primarily affected their personal information protection behavior were found to be their awareness of the information protection code of conduct and awareness of the value of personal information. This study holds significance in that it makes suggestions as to how personal protection practices should be taught to public school students.

한국어

본 연구는 개인정보보호에 관한 지식이 실제 행동에 미치는 영향에 대해서 분석하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 개 인정보보호 관련 지식은 개인정보 개념, 정보주체 권리, 정보보호 행동수칙, 개인정보 가치인식의 영역으로 구성 하였고, 개인정보보호 행동은 개인정보보호수칙의 준수, 개인정보침해에 따른 피해구제 노력으로 설정하여, 초등 학생 510명을 대상으로 조사하였다. 자기기입식의 방법으로 지식과 행동의 연관성을 측정하고, 행동에 미치는 영향 요인을 분석하였다. 연구결과, 첫째, 교육 유무에 따라서 지식과 행동의 4개 요인은 차이가 없었다. 둘째, 개인정보보호 행동에 영향을 미치는 요인으로 정보보호 행동수칙의 인지와 개인정보 중요성에 대한 가치인식에 관한 지식이었다. 본 연구는 개인정보보호에 관한 교육에 있어서, 어떤 지식을 위주로 제공해야 하는지에 대한 시사점을 제시했다는 데 의의가 있다.