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The Personal
Information Protection Commission, which will be launched in August,
will strengthen communication with the private sector to reform its
system. - Gathering opinion from the private sector for direction
setting in policy and governance of the integrated commission - -
Institutional Innovation Advisory Group, which has completed phase 1,
will be operated expansively after its launch -
In order
to reform the system of personal information protection, the
'Institutional Innovation Advisory Group(IIAG)' wrapped up its
five-month activities.
<Background>
The
Personal Information Protection Commission(PIPC) is continuing its
active communication with the private sector to reform the system in
the field of personal information protection before launching the
integrated commission (August 5th, 2020).
In order
to achieve the task of protecting and utilizing personal information
in the digital era, the PIPC includes the voice of different external
stakeholder groups in the policy as a personal information control
tower in the future.
<Activate the advisory
functions of civilian experts>
As part of this effort, the
PIPC held a general meeting of the IIAG at the Seoul Government
Complex on Wednesday, July 22nd to strengthen its
commitment to public-private communication and cooperation. About 40
advisors, including acting chairperson of PIPC, Kim Il-jae, attended
a plenary session to share the results of discussion and policy
suggestions from each division, completing the five-month advisory
group's activities in the first phase.
The IIAG was launched
in March and held a total of 30 meetings in six sub-divisions and
discussed a broad range of policy tasks in the medium to long-term as
well as practical matters related to preparations for the launch of
the integrated commission. The advisors emphasized the importance of
△ strengthening voluntary protection
activities of the private sector, △
readjusting special regulations for information and
communication service providers under the Personal Information
Protection Act(PIPA), △ preparing
post-corona countermeasures, including the proper processing of the
personal information collected during pandemic.
In addition,
suggestions were made on △ the need
for the introduction of a Korean-style data transfer mechanism, △
the operation of help-desk to support compliance with the PIPA
on industrial sites such as small and medium-sized enterprises, △
the efficient promotion of personal information protection
policies. After the launch of the integrated commission, the advisory
group will be expanded to about 100 people to further strengthen the
gathering of opinions in various fields.
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