Koscom said on the 13th that it was designated last month by the Personal Information Protection Commission as the operator of the "one-stop support center for pseudonymous information." The one-stop support center pseudonymizes personal information held by public institutions and verifies the risk of reidentification to help research institutes, corporations, schools, and public institutions use it safely.
Until now, public institutions have struggled to provide pseudonymous information due to a lack of specialized personnel, budget constraints, and legal risk burdens. Koscom plans to ease those burdens by supporting the entire process of providing pseudonymous information through the operation of this support center.
Koscom will carry out pseudonymization through data specialists and verify the appropriateness of the outputs through an independent verification system by separate experts.
The government is set to enforce the "regulations on the provision and management system of pseudonymous information by public institutions" in Sep. In line with this, each public institution must establish internal procedures and accountability systems for providing pseudonymous information, including appointing a chief officer for pseudonymous information.
Accordingly, Koscom plans to support public institutions so they can respond stably to the institutional changes by linking related specialized support systems such as the pseudonymous information utilization support center and the personal information innovation zone.
Pseudonymous information held by public institutions is large-scale yet refined data, making it useful for improving the performance and reliability of artificial intelligence (AI) models. There are also expectations that, based on statistical data at the national population level, more fair and universal policies and service development will be possible in areas such as welfare, health care, and finance.
Kim Do-yeon, head of Koscom's Data Business Division, said, "Because pseudonymous information is a key to AI commercialization and solving social problems, we will strive to support the provision of pseudonymous information that combines both utility and security."