Find
the answer of protecting personal information in the industrial site
with self-protection
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Establish comprehensive support measures such as the establishment of
self-protection governance and incentives.
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There will be meetings to gather a wide range of public opinion in
order to ensure self-protection of personal information in industrial
sites that deal with personal information, such as online shopping,
medical, and private institutes.
□ Personal
Information Protection Commission (PIPC, Chairman Yoon Jong In) will
conduct a virtual conference to collect on-site opinions on the
establishment and support of the self-protection governance system
for personal information both online and offline.
○ Collecting
opinions on the existing self-protection system in line with the
launch of the integrated PIPC will help prepare a field-oriented
policy direction. And the video conference will be conducted twice in
Sep. 23 & 24.
□ Self-protection
of personal information is an essential foundation for data economy
based on digital trust. The Ministry of Interior and Safety(MoIS)
and the Korea Communications Commission(KCC) have been working on the
self-protection of personal information of public and offline
respectively.
○ The
MoIS has covered 14 organizations(256,355 companies) in the offline
field of travel, real estate, education, medicine, etc. since 2016.
The KCC has been working on 5 organizations (52,420 companies) of
online telecommunications, shopping, and broadcasting since 2017.
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Self-protection policies were introduced in Personal Protection
Information Act in 2016 and have been applied to large-scale major
associations so far. However, the separate operation between online
and offline in the early stage, the lower participation rate from
small businesses and startups has resulted in a lack of effectiveness
of practical policies.
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However, non-face-to-face services are common in all areas due to the
COVID 19, the connection between offline and offline is getting
stronger at industrial sites. And it is becoming more important to
create synergistic effects through the integration of the personal
information self-protection system.
□ As a result, the
integrated PIPC will unify the existing self-regulatory organizations
and come up with comprehensive support measures, such as establishing
the self-protection association and expert support system, and
expanding the incentives, such as rewards or fine reduction, etc..
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PIPC will gather opinions from self-regulatory organizations who
perform self-protection, and prepare site-oriented improvement
measures within the year.
□
Kang Yoo-min, the director-general of the personal information policy
bureau at PIPC, said "In the era of data economy and digital
transformation, in order to gain trust in the protection of the
people's personal information, the self-protection should be
established in all areas in our daily lives." and he added,
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“I will listen to the voices from the sites and make sure that the
self-protection system is established and it can help companies and
people."
- Publication date September 23
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