Method for protecting personal information in Audience Measurement of digital broadcasting system

摘要

A method for protecting personal information in Audience Measurement (AM) of a digital broadcasting system is provided, including inserting an indicator, which notifies whether a consumption pattern of a service or content provided by a service provider can be measured, into a service guide, to which the information of the service or content is provided by a service provider; and determining whether the AM can be executed for the service or content in accordance with the indicator when the AM function is implemented in a terminal.