Government Survey Finds Most South Koreans Worry About AI Invading Privacy
Nine of 10 South Koreans recognize the importance of privacy and seven in 10 are concerned about invasion of privacy from AI, a survey from the government's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) found.
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Among other key findings: when data subjects provide personal information for an AI service's use, 55% of adults check the content of consent provisions, while just 36% of adolescents do so. The main reason for not checking consent provisions was that they were difficult to understand, the PIPC found.
The survey is a "national recognition statistic" carried out annually for public institutions, private companies and citizens, the watchdog said. It's used as a basis for analyzing the effectiveness of personal information policies and improving them. This current survey added items such as the awareness of risks to personal data from AI.