[New Year's Message] Yoon Jong-in, Chairperson of the Personal Information Commission, "We Must Realize a Safe Personal Information Society"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] Yoon Jong-in, Chairman of the Personal Information Protection Commission, held a New Year's ceremony through a video conference on the 3rd and emphasized "realizing a society where citizens' personal information is secure" as a key focus for this year.

Chairman Yoon first stated, "We must establish a system for preventing personal information leaks and responding swiftly, strengthen the protection of personal information for children and adolescents, and enhance protection to eliminate blind spots such as digital labor monitoring and online personalized advertising."

He continued by emphasizing "activating a trust-based data economy," saying, "We will accelerate innovation with pseudonymized information and MyData as the two main pillars, support the development of new technologies that promote safe data utilization, and also back efforts to strengthen the protection capabilities of small and medium-sized enterprises and small business owners."

Finally, Chairman Yoon mentioned "advancing personal information protection in the public sector," stating, "We must fundamentally block excessive collection of personal information by public institutions, strengthen response capabilities in case of leaks, and especially manage the use of sensitive biometric information meticulously."

Chairman Yoon urged, "At the end of every year, I feel that time passes very quickly. I hope you will strive to carry out each task a little faster than planned so that they can be implemented on time."

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