Launch of the Inter-Ministerial Personal Information Protection Policy Council... First Meeting on the 18th

Yoon Jong-in, Chairman of the Personal Information Protection Commission, is conducting a non-face-to-face on-site inspection of COVID-19 personal information management practices at the Government Seoul Office Building on the 16th.
[Photo by Personal Information Protection Commission]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] The government will break down barriers between agencies to jointly promote related policies and respond to current issues for personal information protection.

The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) announced on the 17th that it will form a Personal Information Protection Policy Council and hold its first meeting on the 18th to discuss agenda items such as cross-ministerial shared matters related to pseudonymized information processing and linkage, government-wide personal information breach prevention and response measures, and the council's operating regulations.

The Personal Information Protection Policy Council is a cross-ministerial consultative body led by the PIPC with participation from relevant central administrative agencies. It was established to ensure consistent implementation of personal information protection policies and to facilitate consultation among related central administrative agencies on matters concerning personal information.

At this meeting, the Financial Services Commission, Korea Communications Commission, Ministry of Science and ICT, Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and Welfare, and Statistics Korea will attend to share opinions on current personal information protection issues.

The PIPC also plans to request each ministry to thoroughly review personal information protection perspectives during the government's major projects or system improvement processes, such as the Korean New Deal and regulatory sandbox initiatives.

Starting with this policy council, the plan is to expand personal information protection governance through city and provincial personal information protection related agency councils, various public-private councils, and international consultative bodies.

Choi Young-jin, Vice Chairman of the PIPC, said, "With the launch of the Personal Information Protection Commission, expectations inside and outside the government regarding personal information have increased. We will actively strive to ensure that personal information is used safely and valuably in a data-driven society."

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