Personal Information Protection Commission

Profile

• Name

  Ko, Haksoo

• Year of Birth

  1967

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, Columbia University, New York, USA, 2001
• J.D., Columbia University School of Law, New York, USA, 1998
• M. Phil. in Economics, Columbia University, New York, USA, 1998
• M.A. in Economics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 1991
• B.A. in Economics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 1989

Professional Activities

1. 2022

   2010 – Present : Professor, Seoul National University School of Law (leave of absence)
   2022 – 2022 : Director, Korea Data Agency

2. 2021

   2021 – 2022 : Chair, the Presidential Committee on the 4th Industrial Revolution, Special Committee on Data, Task Force on Legal Matters
   2021 – 2022 : Member, Korea Financial Supervisory Service, Advisory Board for Financial Supervision

3. 2020

   2020 – 2022 : President, Korean Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law
   2020 – 2022 : Vice Director, AI Institute, Seoul National University

4. 2019

   2019 – 2022 : President, Asian Law and Economics Association
   2019 – 2021 : Director, Seoul National University Asia-Pacific Law Institute
   2019 – 2022 : Auditor, Korea Health Information Service

5. 2018

   2018 – 2022 Member, Health and Medical Data Policy Advisory Board, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

6. 2017

   2017 – 2022 : Member, Advisory Committee, Korean Supreme Court Sentencing Commission
   2017 – 2022 : Member, Big Data Advisory Board, Korea Financial Security Institute
   2017 – 2022 : Expert Panel, Adequacy Assessment for Personal Information De-Identification: Korea Credit Information Service; Korea Financial Security Institute; National Health Insurance Service; Korea Internet & Security Agency

7. 2015

   2015 – 2019 : President, Korea Law and Economics Association

8. 2014

   2014 – 2022 : Director, Center for Law and Economic Studies, Seoul National University

9. 2010

   2010 – 2012 : Member, Korea Communications Commission, Board of Legal Advisors
   2010 – 2022 : Academic Member, Korea Ministry of Justice, Legal Advisory Committee for International Investment Disputes and Intellectual Property Rights

10. 2007

    2007 – 2010 : Associate Professor, Seoul National University School of Law

11. 2005

    2005 – 2007 : Associate Professor, Yonsei University College of Law

12. 2004

    2004 – 2005 : Attorney at Law, Shin & Kim, Seoul

13. 2000

    2000 – 2004 : Attorney at Law, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York