National Cancer Center Korea holds privacy protection workshop

Bokuen News, September 8, 2026

The following is an English summary of the original Korean article.

National Cancer Center Korea (President Hanwang Yang) held a privacy protection workshop on August 27 at the International Conference Hall of its National Cancer Screening building. Against the backdrop of tightening privacy laws and government policy, the workshop was organized to share the center’s achievements in protecting personal information and to discuss how to use AI safely while responding to the new threats that come with its spread.

The first session covered the policy measures that earned the center an S grade, the top rating in Korea’s privacy protection level assessment, along with the recently amended Personal Information Protection Act and the direction of government policy. Professor Hangbae Chang of Chung-Ang University’s Department of Industrial Security then spoke on new security threats arising from wider AI use and how to respond.

The second session focused on the center’s research and innovation cases: Hyunjin Kim, head of the Data Linkage Team, on balancing privacy protection and AI innovation, and Jaedong Lee of the AI Business Team on privacy-preserving AI research that does not use personal information directly.

CEO Jwayeon Jeong of Cogniterm presented on “Requirements and application of guardrails for the safe use of AI,” outlining technical controls needed when using AI and practical strategies for applying guardrails in the field.

The speakers then joined a panel discussion on a balanced way forward that expands the use of AI and data while keeping personal information safe. President Yang described the S grade as the result of the center’s efforts to protect personal information, including patients’ sensitive information, and said the center would strengthen legal and technical guardrails as AI spreads to build a cancer research and care environment the public can trust.

Source: Bokuen News, reporter Areum Kim

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