'Seeking Best Practices in Pseudonymized Data Usage' Competition Held... Total Prize Money 20 Million KRW

Jointly Hosted by Personal Information Protection Commission, Ministry of Science and ICT, Financial Services Commission, Ministry of Health and Welfare, and Related Ministries
1st 'Pseudonymized Information Utilization Best Practice Competition' Held

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] The government is seeking excellent cases and ideas for the use of pseudonymized information processed in a way that makes it impossible to identify a specific individual without additional information, by deleting some personal information or partially/completely replacing it to protect personal data.

The Personal Information Protection Commission, Ministry of Science and ICT, Financial Services Commission, and Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on the 14th that they will hold a pseudonymized information utilization contest in November. This contest is promoted to discover and publicize excellent cases of pseudonymized information use since the amendment of the Data 3 Act established the legal basis for pseudonymized information utilization, and to expand the safe use of pseudonymized information among the public.

The contest will be divided into ▲ utilization cases category and ▲ utilization ideas category. Citizens who wish to participate can apply on the contest website from the 15th until August 31. After one or two rounds of expert evaluations in August and September, finalists will be selected. In the finals scheduled for early November, 13 excellent cases will be selected through on-site presentations (participants) and on-site evaluations (experts and online voting), including 5 grand prize winners (Minister’s Award) and 8 excellence award winners (Commissioner’s Award). The grand prize carries a reward of 3 million KRW, and excellence awards 1 million KRW each, totaling 20 million KRW in prize money.

The finally selected excellent cases and ideas will be compiled and distributed as a collection of outstanding pseudonymized information utilization cases. For excellent ideas, support such as consulting on pseudonymized information utilization and commercialization will be provided.

Park Sanghee, Secretary General of the Personal Information Protection Commission, said, “Since the amendment of the Data 3 Act to activate data utilization, the pilot results of pseudonymized information linkage have become visible, increasing interest and demand for pseudonymized information use. The Personal Information Protection Commission will discover and widely promote creative excellent cases and ideas for pseudonymized information use to expand its utilization.”

Song Kyunghee, Director of AI-based Policy at the Ministry of Science and ICT, stated, “With the amendment of the Data 3 Act, pseudonymized information will be utilized across all fields, and various successful cases are expected to be created. The Ministry of Science and ICT will support safe pseudonymization and anonymization processing and consulting for pseudonymized information utilization through data vouchers and other means, laying the foundation for diverse pseudonymized information use.”

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