Yoon Seok-yeol's Pledge to Improve Library Guardian Consent Process: "Library Cards Can Be Issued Without Parents Accompanying"

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, announced that he will improve the guardian consent procedure at libraries so that children under 14 years old can borrow books even if their guardians (legal representatives) find it difficult to visit the library in person for guardian verification.

On the 30th, Candidate Yoon stated in his "Seok-yeol's Heart-Throbbing Promise" that "we will improve the inconvenient guardian consent procedure when children borrow books from libraries."

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Until now, children had to agree to the collection and use of personal information under the Personal Information Protection Act to issue a library loan membership card. Accordingly, for children under 14 years old, it is stipulated that parents or other legal representatives must visit the library in person to give consent.

However, in cases such as single-parent families, grandparent-headed families, or dual-income households where legal representatives find it difficult to visit the library in person, children cannot obtain a loan membership card. Because of this, children have had to turn away without borrowing picture books and other materials when their legal representatives could not visit directly.

Candidate Yoon announced that he will improve the guardian consent procedure so that children under 14 years old can borrow books even if their guardians (legal representatives) find it difficult to visit the library in person for guardian verification. To this end, he promised to introduce an identity guarantee system through cooperation with schools or local community institutions and a non-face-to-face guardian verification system.

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