[Invest&Law] Jipyong Recruits Sungim Park, Former Personal Information Protection Commission Attorney

Strengthening Advisory Capabilities in Personal Information and Data

Sungim Park, Attorney at Jipyung Law Firm. Provided by Jipyung

Jipyong Law Firm announced on June 17 that it has recruited attorney Sungim Park, a first-term bar exam pass holder who previously worked at the Personal Information Protection Commission. With this recruitment, Jipyong plans to further strengthen its advisory capabilities in the fields of personal information, data, and information and communications.

Attorney Park has worked for over a decade at major regulatory agencies including the Personal Information Protection Commission and the Korea Communications Commission. After performing policy and legislative work at the Korea Broadcasting Commission and the Korea Communications Commission, she worked at the Personal Information Protection Commission for five years from its inaugural year, participating in the amendment of the Personal Information Protection Act, subordinate regulations, and the drafting and revision of related guidelines. She also oversaw the interpretation of the Commission's regulations, contributing to the establishment of interpretation standards for the Personal Information Protection Act.

Attorney Park will join Jipyong's Intellectual Property (IP) & IT Group as well as the Personal Information, Data, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Team, where she will provide legal services in the areas of personal information, privacy, digital regulation, and information and communications.

Choi Jungkyu, Head of the IP & IT Group and Personal Information, Data & AI Team at Jipyong, stated, "Attorney Park is an expert who has directly experienced the process of amending the personal information protection laws and establishing interpretation standards. With her recruitment, we expect our advisory capabilities in the fields of personal information and digital regulation to become even more robust."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.