South Korea plans to speed up and enhance pseudonymized data use for AI
( September 24, 2025, 08:10 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: South Korea will make the pseudonymization of data more effective and accessible while ensuring quality of pseudonymized data and its usability, as part of presidential initiatives to promote the use of high-quality data for AI development. The Personal Information Protection Commission announced plans to reform the current data pseudonymization procedure so that more public institutions can access and utilize it more easily, while reducing legal risks and administrative burdens. The reform aims to cut the average processing time from 310 days to under 100 days by 2027. The reform will also ensure that pseudonymized data maintains its quality and potential value, while enhancing usability for research and innovation. The follow-up steps under the presidential initiative to ease excessive regulation will involve revisions to data-pseudonymization guidelines and the privacy law. The statement, in Korean, is attached....
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