Entering and moving personal information in the AI ​​era becomes easier … Project to protect and use the information to be disclosed

In the future, while the procedure for using the Internet or the social network service (SNS) will be simplified, the standards for the protection of personal information will be significantly strengthened. This is a project proposed by the Personal Information Protection Committee (Protection Committee), launched in August, to capture the “two rabbits” of the protection and usability of personal information.

On the 24th, the Protection Committee prepared the “Basic plan for the protection of personal data (hereinafter referred to as the Basic Plan)” with these contents as the main point and reported to the Council of State. It is a plan that contains national strategies for promoting the protection of personal information and the main policy directions for three years from 2021 to 2023.

Kang Yoo-min (right), Director of Personal Information Protection Policy of the Personal Information Committee and Lee Byung-nam, Director of Personal Information Protection Policy of the Personal Information Protection Committee, are presenting the establishment of a basic personal information protection plan at the Seoul Government Complex meeting room in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of 24. [뉴시스]

The Security Committee will strengthen the personal information protection function in the future by simplifying the entry of personal information and ensuring the right to move. In line with the era of artificial intelligence (AI), it is typical to simplify the consent process when creating accounts on websites or social networking services (SNS). This is a measure to improve the user’s “consent” form as the terms of use and consent to the collection of personal information are long and complex.

The Protection Committee intends to guarantee by law the “right to the circulation of personal information”. This is a method in which personal information provided to the information processor as an SNS can be re-received or transmitted to the information processor as another SNS account. The Protection Committee decided to guarantee the right to move to compensate for the limitations on the transfer of personal information, which was the same in the case of Cyworld in the past. Cyworld, which was forcibly closed in May, had around 32 million photos and videos, but because it’s a private company, there was an issue that subscribers couldn’t request or backup their information.

The decision to strengthen personal data protection policies for individuals, companies and public sectors is also at the heart of this plan. In the case of companies, in order to voluntarily protect personal data, incentives will be granted such as financial support and the reduction of sanctions based on the performance of self-regulation activities. Public institutions comprehensively change the assessment indicators related to the protection of personal information, while improving the management system focused on on-site inspection to prevent personal information breach incidents. In this process, it was decided to nurture personal information protection experts at every stage, as backup personnel, professionals and experts.

Personal information, pseudonymous information and anonymous information. Graphic = Reporter Kim Kyung-jin [email protected]

The Security Committee is also planning to increase the usability of the Data 3 Act (Personal Information Protection Act, Credit Information Act and Information and Communication Network Act) which passed the National Assembly in January so that pseudonymous information can be used. The Security Committee said, “We will develop a comprehensive support system so that the amendment to the Data 3 Act can be resolved and we will promote institutional integration, such as running a government-level board.” Because the core of the Data 3 Act amendment is the use of pseudonymous information without consent, we intend to cultivate experts in pseudonymization and anonymous processing and fully support application management and progress to combine pseudonymous information.

Additionally, in preparation for a society where new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud and autonomous driving will become the order of the day, we will continue to improve standards for protecting personal information. “Delivery robots and drones are the same topic, but they are proposed in a slightly different way, so we have discussed them several times.” We will actively look at improvements such as (settlement deferred for a certain period). ”

Lee Byung-nam, Head of Personal Information Protection Policy of the Personal Information Protection Committee, explains the establishment of the Basic Personal Information Protection Plan at the Seoul Government Complex Boardroom in Jongno-gu, Seoul , on the morning of 24. [뉴시스]

The authority of the Protection Committee for the management of risks connected with the use of personal data is also strengthened. Lee Byung-nam, head of the Security Committee’s Personal Information Protection Policy Division, said, “We have been able to introduce a system that allows the Security Committee to proactively investigate, such as ex officio investigations. and corrective orders. We will also strengthen the right to have investigations, which are strictly sanctioned. ”

In particular, it will strengthen inspection and disposition for public institutions that have large-scale personal information and form a joint pan-government response council to respond to the leak of personal information. One-stop damage advice and assistance services are provided to the public. Director Kang Yoo-min said: “The Security Committee believes that personal information can only be used through active protection.”

Yoon Jong-in, chairman of the Personal Information Protection Committee, said: “The next year the basic plan is implemented will be the 10th anniversary of the Personal Information Protection Act. If the last 10 years were the Time to lay the foundation for the protection of personal information, the next 10 years will be the key. ” She said.

Reporter Heo Jeongwon [email protected]