Ko Hak-su, Chairman of the Personal Information Protection Commission, is holding a press conference at the Government Seoul Office Building on the 24th.
The Personal Information Protection Commission will announce a plan in June to create a ‘MyData’ ecosystem that allows individuals to utilize their personal information as they wish.
On the 24th, Koh Hak-soo, Chairman of the Personal Information Protection Commission, stated at a press briefing held at the Government Seoul Office, “We are preparing detailed regulations such as laws and systems to materialize MyData,” adding, “We are carefully designing it to prevent personal information from being leaked or exposed to fraud.”
The comprehensive amendment to the Personal Information Protection Act, which centers on the introduction of MyData, passed the National Assembly at the end of February, and MyData is expected to be applied across all sectors after a grace period of about one to two years. For example, if a patient hospitalized in a nursing hospital requests to send their medical information to a care platform, the results analyzed from this data can be easily checked by their caregiver.
Regarding MyData, Chairman Koh said, “In the short term, we are considering a two-track approach: discovering areas where concrete results can be achieved and building infrastructure,” adding, “We are prepared to carry out the MyData project without significant investment or burden, prioritizing places that are willing, and will proceed by identifying areas with high public awareness.”
Concerning the ‘National MyData Promotion Strategy’ to be released in June, he said, “Personal information should be transferred in a way that reflects the intentions and preferences of the data subject,” and added, “We plan to establish a system to prevent the use of data in ways that distort the subject’s intentions, such as through dark patterns (deceptive design), to avoid damaging trust in the data ecosystem.”
Chairman Koh emphasized, “If MyData operates independently of or against the will of the data subject, it becomes problematic, so we are designing systems to prevent such cases,” and “If such cases occur, the trustworthiness of data will be severely damaged, and the key foundation for this is trust.”
Regarding the ‘Act on Fostering the Artificial Intelligence Industry and Establishing a Trust-Based System’ (AI Act), currently under review by the National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee, Chairman Koh said, “I believe the role of the Personal Information Protection Commission will not be reduced at all if the law passes,” and “There is rather a possibility that it will expand.”
On AI regulation, Chairman Koh explained, “AI is applied and implemented in various forms across diverse industries, so side effects in daily life can be significant in some cases and minimal or nonexistent in others,” adding, “Controls proportional to the risks are necessary, and if there is no risk, no separate control is needed.” He also mentioned that regulations will shift from being ‘rule’-centered to ‘principle’-centered to reflect practicality.
Meanwhile, on the 14th, the government announced at the Digital Platform Government Implementation Plan briefing that it will provide customized services for citizens by integrating information scattered across ministries and agencies into a single platform based on AI.
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