( July 14, 2026, 03:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: South Korea’s privacy regulator has launched a pilot project to build and test the intermediary infrastructure needed to extend the country’s MyData regime to the employment and education sectors. The Personal Information Protection Commission and the Korea Internet & Security Agency said Tuesday the project will test the transfer of job-search registration and application data, as well as enrollment, course, grade and graduation records, to designated third-party recipients. It will cover the full transmission process, including authentication, data standardization, transfer-record management, integration with the On-MyData platform and requests for data to be sent directly to individuals, while producing guidance for organizations building transmission systems.Statement is attached (in Korean)....
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