Academic Records and Job Application Information Can Be Sent Where You Want... MyData Demonstration Project Launched

Personal Information Protection Commission Launches Demonstration of Intermediary Infrastructure in Employment and Education Sectors

Consortium Led by Koscom; Collaboration with Korea Employment Information Service, Chonnam National University, and Hanyang University

Verification of Transfer Systems for Job Applications, Employment Support, Student Records, Grades, and Graduation Information

The Personal Information Protection Commission and the Korea Internet & Security Agency announced on July 14 that they will officially launch the "2026 MyData Intermediary Infrastructure Demonstration Support Project."

Song Kyunghee, Chairperson of the Personal Information Protection Commission, is speaking at the 5th plenary meeting held at the Government Complex Seoul on March 25, 2026. Photo by Jo Yongjun

The right to request the transfer of personal information to a third party allows individuals to ask an institution that holds their personal data (the data sender) to send their information to another institution (the data recipient) of their choice.

The Commission is gradually expanding the implementation of the right to request third-party transfers of personal information by sector. This year, it will promote a demonstration project for intermediary data transfer in the employment and education sectors. The project aims to identify the data subject identifiers and data transfer methods used by data senders, and to establish a transfer system reflecting these characteristics. After starting with the healthcare and telecommunications sectors last year, the initiative will be expanded next year to include the welfare, transportation, real estate, and distribution sectors.

The intermediary demonstration project is being carried out by a consortium led by Koscom, with the Korea Employment Information Service, Chonnam National University, and Hanyang University participating as partner organizations. They will support the project to ensure it reflects real-world operational environments. Specifically, in the employment sector, the project will demonstrate the transfer of job application and job support information to third parties, while in the education sector, it will cover the transfer of student records, course enrollment, grades, and graduation information.

In addition, the entire data transmission process will be verified, including authentication, data standardization, management of transfer records, integration with On-MyData, and requests for personal transmission. To help data senders build their transfer systems more easily, a "Guidebook for Transfer Systems in the Employment and Education Sectors" will also be provided. This is intended to minimize technical trial and error at the initial stage of the system implementation and to ensure the stability and reliability of data transfers.

Shin Minpil, Director-General of the Pan-Ministerial MyData Promotion Team, stated, "It is necessary to secure intermediary infrastructure in advance to ensure smooth implementation of the right to request personal information transfer," and added, "I hope the project will reduce the development burden on new data senders as the system expands, and realize a stable and secure data transfer system that enables safe utilization of personal information."

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