Travel & People

On December 21, 2018, a data protection (DP) seminar was held at Jeonnam University Law School in Gwangju. The seminar was co-organized by the Law Institute of Jeonnam University and the Public Interest and Industrial Law Center of Seoul National University regarding the "Latest Developments of Data Protection Regime and Current Issues". The detailed subjects and speakers were: * Legal aspects o..

In 2017, Prof. Whon-il Park was commissioned by NAVER to contribute an article on the data localization to its Privacy White Paper. In the early September, Prof. Park visited the head office at Bundang, South of Seoul to discuss the framework and contents of the article. NAVER is the largest portal or IT business which would dwarf Google in South Korea. To our surprise, the main building library..

2017년 12월 12일 저녁 서울 양재동 엘타워에서 '개인정보보호인의 밤' 행사가 열렸다. 개인정보보호에 관한 유공자 표창이 있었는데 나도 개인정보보호에 관한 정책 제언과 현재 진행 중인 EU 적정성평가, EU 개인보보호규정(GDPR) 해설 작업에 공적이 많다며 방송통신위원회 위원장 표창을 받았다. 젊었을 적엔 아무리 일 잘해도 공을 차지하는 사람은 따로 있었는데 때 되니 적은 공으로도 큰 상을 받네 When I was young, Whatever efforts I took became other's work. Now I enjoy a big reward for small endeavors. 같은 날 NAVER 웹사이트 Privacy Whitepaper 자료실에는 내가 기고한 "Data Localiza..

In the early February 2011, I met with a student from Sydney whom Prof. Graham Greenleaf introduced to me. Her name is Joni Sham, Chinese Australian, and was working as an intern reporter of JoongAng Daily News for one month. The following is the excerpt of the interview, which took place in my office at Kyung Hee University on February 7, 2011, regarding the significance of data protection in K..