South Korea\'s Broadcasting Media Communication Commission said on Thursday it will bring forward by four months the start of mandatory separate storage of resident registration numbers and linked information (CI), to January 2027 from May. The commission approved an amendment to a notice revising standards on the generation and processing of CI. It said the measure aims to block the risk of both sets of information being leaked together and to strengthen security.

Victims of a large personal data leak at South Korean streaming service Tving called for changes to the current relief system, saying compensation should not require separate applications by users. They also urged institutional measures to prevent companies from collecting and storing more personal data than necessary. A government investigation found information linked to 39.54 million accounts was leaked, including names, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth and payment histories.