Artificial Intelligence Policy Tracker

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Kyung Hee Song

Chairperson, Personal Information Protection Commission

Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) · South Korea · in the role since

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Role in AI policy

The PIPC's English pages state that she has chaired the commission since 7 October 2025. The commission supervises Korea's personal data law, including how personal data is used to build AI. A PIPC release of 20 August 2026 reports that the National Assembly passed an amendment creating a special exception for using personal data in AI development, subject to public value, stronger safeguards and the commission's deliberation and approval; she is quoted describing it as widening data use alongside a matching oversight system.

Official profile

Public statements in the role

  1. (보도자료) 안전한 인공지능 개발을 ... (PIPC press release on the AI development exception) Personal Information Protection Commission