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South Korea to tighten privacy oversight of AI services, data-heavy sectors

By Wooyoung Lee ( January 23, 2025, 08:12 GMT | Insight) -- In announcing its 2025 enforcement priorities today, the South Korean privacy regulator revealed plans to focus on areas that rapidly integrate AI technologies while handling sensitive information, including AI agent services, AI-powered human resources systems and legal tech tools. The agency also pledged to maintain enhanced oversight of data-heavy sectors closely tied to daily life, including travel platforms, fintech, real estate services.  Artificial intelligence-powered services, such as AI agents, human resources and legal tech tools will face preliminary fact-finding inquiries by South Korea’s privacy watchdog in 2025 as part of the regulator's efforts to preemptively identify and address personal data protection vulnerabilities in emerging services....

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