The ‘University Student Monitoring Team for Responding to Illegal Distribution of Personal Information,’ in which young people directly identify posts illegally distributing personal information online and inspect privacy protection vulnerabilities on major digital platforms, is beginning its full-scale operations.
The Personal Information Protection Commission announced on the 10th that it held an inauguration ceremony for the ‘2026 University Student Monitoring Group for Responding to Illegal Distribution of Personal Information’ together with the Korea Internet & Security Agency at the Jeongdong 1928 Art Center in Jung-gu, Seoul.
This monitoring team consists of 50 undergraduate and graduate students selected from 33 universities nationwide and 5 mentors from previous cohorts, and will carry out various activities to create a safe digital environment for about six months until this coming December.
The monitoring team constantly monitors posts illegally distributing personal information online and carries out activities to prevent personal information leakage and illegal trading.
In addition, they will directly use major digital platform services frequently used by the youth, such as social networking services (SNS) and second-hand trading platforms, to check whether companies are complying with personal information protection principles.
In addition, it plans to participate in creating a safe digital ecosystem by proactively detecting and analyzing factors and vulnerabilities regarding personal information infringement discovered during service usage, and by seeking practical improvement measures.
In particular, starting this year, a new ‘monitoring mentor’ system has been introduced to enhance the professionalism of the activities.
Senior members of the existing monitoring team who achieved outstanding results participate as mentors to pass on techniques for detecting illegally distributed posts and practical experience gained in the field to new members.
Through this, we plan to help new members adapt quickly and improve activity performance.
Various practical programs, including mentoring, visits to related organizations, special lectures by experts, and campaigns, are also operated to help participating members grow into future personal information protection experts.
At the end of the year, we plan to comprehensively evaluate activity performance and award the top 5 performers.
“The monitoring group is a meaningful activity in that it allows young people, the protagonists of the digital age, to directly participate in protecting the public’s valuable personal information,” said Song Kyung-hee, Chairperson of the Personal Information Protection Commission. “I hope this activity will serve as a valuable foundation for them to grow into personal information protection experts who will lead the future data era.”
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