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South Korea maps toughest privacy shake-up with 10% turnover fines, AI-ready data rules

By Jenny Lee ( December 12, 2025, 09:52 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea’s privacy watchdog is planning its toughest shake-up in years, seeking punitive fines of up to 10 percent of companies’ total turnover and expanding group lawsuits to allow damages as it scrambles to rebuild public trust after a string of mega-breaches while clearing the way for AI-driven innovation. Unveiling the Personal Information Protection Commission’s 2026 policy agenda at a briefing on Friday, chair Song Kyung-hee said the regulator will move away from ex-post enforcement toward on-site inspections and prevention, and shift from strict, collection-centric rules to a risk-based approach that still enables data use for AI.South Korea’s privacy watchdog is planning its toughest shake-up in years, seeking punitive fines of up to 10 percent of companies’ total turnover and expanding group lawsuits to allow damages as it scrambles to rebuild public trust after a string of mega-breaches while clearing the way for AI-driven innovation....

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