Recent Developments

On December 4, Lee & Ko and Korea University School of Cybersecurity jointly hosted a seminar titled “Legal Issues and Response Strategies Concerning Data Breaches and Hacking,” organized by the Korea In-House Counsel Association.

The seminar commenced with welcoming remarks from Mr. Sanggon Kim, Managing Partner of Lee & Ko, and Senior Advisor Seok Young Jang, followed by a presentation session and a Q&A session.

The first presentation was delivered by Professor Kyungho Lee of Korea University School of Cybersecurity, who spoke on “Technical Issues and Challenges Regarding Hacking and Data Breaches,” addressing key technical considerations in security incident response, analyses of recent major data breach cases, and legal issues surrounding digital evidence.

The second presentation was given by Mr. Jongseob Park, Advisor at Lee & Ko, under the theme “Practical Response Strategies to Data Breaches – Case Study.” Mr. Park discussed response strategies during the critical 72-hour period immediately following a data breach, as well as the role of in-house legal teams in incident management.

The final presentation was delivered by Ms. Sunghee Chae, Partner at Lee & Ko, who spoke on “Legal Issues in Data Breach Incidents Through Major Court precedents and Regulatory Decisions,” examining key legal considerations in data breach incidents, major regulatory decisions on the presence of data breach, and significant court precedents concerning security measures to protect personal data.

During the Q&A session, moderated by Mr. Hwan Kyoung Ko of Lee & Ko, Partner and Head of Privacy/DPC Group at Lee & Ko, the three speakers were joined by Mr. Tae Joo Kim and Mr. Kyung Min Son, both Partners at Lee & Ko, who addressed questions submitted in advance as well as those raised on site by the participants.

Lee & Ko has accumulated extensive practical experience in the fields of privacy, security incident and data breach response through its Privacy/DPC Group. Recently, the firm established a dedicated “Hacking Response Team” to further strengthen collaboration between technical and legal experts. Through this enhanced structure, Lee & Ko provides comprehensive, tailored advisory services for security incidents based on the characteristics of each industry sector and type of incident.

On September 29, 2021, Jong Soo Yoon, an attorney at Lee & Ko, was featured in a Digital Today news article on the Personal Information Protection Commission’s one-year anniversary seminar entitled “One Year After the Launch: Discussing the Present and the Future”.

During his presentation on “The Right to Self-Determination of Personal Information in the Digital Economy Era”, Mr. Yoon underlined that “the consent framework should be converted to a consensus model for mutual benefit in order to realize the right to self-determination of personal information in the digital economy era”, and stated that “cooperation of stakeholders, including data subjects, data controllers, and the public, is necessary”.