Republic of Korea: Investigation into alleged violations of Personal Information Data Protection Act by AI System Iruda
Progress
Current status
in force
28 Apr 2021 in force
Scope
Implementers
Republic of Korea
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Fined Scatterlab Inc for violations of Personal Information Protection Act in developing AI chatbot "Iruda"
On 28 April 2021, the Republic of Korea Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) fined Scatterlab Inc., the developer of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot system Iruda, KRW 103.3 million (USD 92'900) for eight violations of the Personal …
SourceEvent type
investigation
Action type
ruling
Government branch
executive
Government body
data protection authority