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JOO-SEON CHOI
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Attorney Joo-Seon Choi is a legal expert specializing in personal information protection, intellectual property, and artificial intelligence. She has participated in the development of digital policy and legal frameworks while serving as a member of the Legislative Interpretation Advisory Group and the Self-Evaluation Committee of the Personal Information Protection Commission, a member of the Public Data Strategy Committee, a member of the Policy Advisory Committee and Regulatory Review Committee of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, and a member of the Seoul Metropolitan Government Personal Information Protection Review Committee.
She has also built a strong track record of leading cases in the fields of privacy and copyright through her involvement in major Korean privacy and IT disputes, including the Nate and Cyworld personal information leakage damages litigation, administrative litigation arising from personal information leaks involving KT, WeMakePrice, and Interpark, administrative litigation relating to the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal and Meta’s behavioral information collection practices, the administrative litigation concerning the leakage of personal credit information at the National Credit Union Federation of Korea, the Open Capture copyright litigation, and the JobKorea–Saramin database rights litigation.
In addition, after serving as Managing Partner of Law Firm Minhu, she became Chief Executive Officer of Nepla Co., Ltd., a legal-tech company, and Chair of the Korea Posthuman Institute. Through publications such as Humans in the Posthuman Era, EU Data Protection Law: Focusing on the GDPR, and Virtual Personality: Questioning Human Personhood in the Age of AI, she has been recognized as an expert combining both practical and academic expertise.
She has also built a strong track record of leading cases in the fields of privacy and copyright through her involvement in major Korean privacy and IT disputes, including the Nate and Cyworld personal information leakage damages litigation, administrative litigation arising from personal information leaks involving KT, WeMakePrice, and Interpark, administrative litigation relating to the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal and Meta’s behavioral information collection practices, the administrative litigation concerning the leakage of personal credit information at the National Credit Union Federation of Korea, the Open Capture copyright litigation, and the JobKorea–Saramin database rights litigation.
In addition, after serving as Managing Partner of Law Firm Minhu, she became Chief Executive Officer of Nepla Co., Ltd., a legal-tech company, and Chair of the Korea Posthuman Institute. Through publications such as Humans in the Posthuman Era, EU Data Protection Law: Focusing on the GDPR, and Virtual Personality: Questioning Human Personhood in the Age of AI, she has been recognized as an expert combining both practical and academic expertise.
Education
- B.A. in Philosophy, Seoul National University
- Completed Advanced International Management (AIM) Program, KAIST
- Completed Chief AI Officer (CAIO) Program, KAIST
Experience
- Professional Training, National Assembly Research Service
- Civil Mediator, Suncheon Branch of Gwangju District Court
- Acting Prosecutor, Incheon District Prosecutors' Office
- Review Committee Member for Legal Philosophy, 1st Stage of the 53rd Bar Examination
- Secretary General, Korea Posthuman Society
- Member, Research Committee, Korea Posthuman Society
- Member, Publication and Editorial Committee, Korea Posthuman Society
- Full Member, Personal Information Experts Association (PIEA)
- Compliance and Integrity Ombudsman, Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA)
- Fair Trade Ombudsman, Korea Intellectual Property Strategy Agency (KISTA)
- Honorary Attorney, Sangmyung University Girls' High School
- Member, 'Child and Youth Personal Information Protection Research Group', Personal Information Protection Commission
- Member, 'Penalty Calculation Standards Research Group', Personal Information Protection Commission
- Member, 2nd Personal Information Legal Interpretation Advisory Panel, Personal Information Protection Commission
- Member, Special Committee on AI and LegalTech, Seoul Bar Association
- Managing Partner, Minwho Law Group
- CurrrentChairman of the Board, Korea Posthuman Institute
- CurrrentCEO, NEPLA Inc.
- CurrrentMember, 6th Public Data Strategy Committee
- CurrrentMember, 8th Policy Advisory Committee, Ministry of the Interior and Safety
- CurrrentMember, 14th Regulatory Review Committee, Ministry of the Interior and Safety
- CurrrentMember, Information System Grade Deliberation Committee, Ministry of the Interior and Safety
- CurrrentDigital Service Reviewer, Ministry of Science and ICT
- CurrrentMember, 2nd & 3rd Self-Evaluation Committee, Personal Information Protection Commission
- CurrrentMember, Policy Transparency Deliberation Committee, Personal Information Protection Commission
- CurrrentMember, Official Merit Review Committee, Personal Information Protection Commission
- CurrrentMember, Seoul Metropolitan Government Personal Information Protection Deliberation Committee
- Partner, One Law Partners, LLC
Major book & Thesis
- Books
- (Co-author) Humans in the Posthuman Era (2016, Akanet)
- (Co-author) EU Personal Data Protection Act – Centered on GDPR (2017, Parkyoungsa)
- (Co-author) Virtual Persona - Questioning Human Personality in the AI Era (2026, Phaidon)
- Academic Papers & Articles
- Co-author, 'V. In-Depth Study on NPEs-Related Laws and Systems (Study on the SHIELD Act and Regulations on NPE Activities)' in the 2013 1st Quarter NPEs Trend Issue Report, Korea Intellectual Property Protection Association
- Co-author, 'Recent U.S. Legislative Trends Regarding Regulations on NPEs (Patent Trolls) and Patent Reform' in the 2013 2nd Quarter NPEs Trend Issue Report, Korea Intellectual Property Protection Association
- Co-author, '2013 Trends on NPEs and Future Countermeasures' in the 2013 Annual Report, Korea Intellectual Property Protection Association
- Co-author, 'Part 1 Chapter 5: Key Status of Personal Data Protection (Major Personal Data Protection Precedents)' in the 2013 Personal Data Protection Annual Report, National Information Society Agency
- Co-author, 'The Analysis of Foreign Industrial Espionage Case and Implications'
Main Business case
- Nate/Cyworld Personal Information Leak Civil Damages Lawsuit
- First judicial confirmation of negligence regarding unestablished maximum timeout limits in technical safeguards for personal information; re-established legal standards for evaluating civil negligence in data breach cases.
- OpenCapture Software Copyright Confirmative Lawsuit on Non-Existence of Obligation
- Initiated the first corporate class-action litigation against a "copyright troll" and achieved a total victory.
- Rigveda Wiki Mirror Site Civil Lawsuit
- Established the first legal precedent defining database rights in User-Created Content (UCC) platform environments.
- JobKorea v. Saramin Database Rights Lawsuit
- Litigation establishing key legal standards regarding database rights disputes between online platforms.
- KT Personal Information Leak Administrative Lawsuit
- Established the first legal precedent determining whether web servers qualify as "personal information processing systems."
- WE MAKE PRICE (Wemakeprice) Personal Information Leak Administrative Lawsuit
- Established the first legal principle on defining the scope of "services" used as the baseline for calculating related sales in administrative fine assessments.
- Interpark Personal Information Leak Administrative Lawsuit (Total victory in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd instances)
- Established various pioneering legal precedents concerning calculation methodologies for administrative fines under privacy law.
- Facebook Cambridge Analytica Scandal Administrative Lawsuit (Total victory in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd instances)
- Confirmed crucial legal standards governing the collection and secondary use of publicly available personal information.
- Meta Unlawful Cross-Site Behavioral Data Collection Administrative Lawsuit (Total victory in 1st instance)
- Litigation regarding Meta's unauthorized collection of off-site behavioral tracking data for personalized advertising.
- National Credit Union Federation (Shinhyup) Personal Credit Information Leak Administrative Lawsuit (Total victory in 1st instance)
- Litigation challenging administrative sanctions related to personal credit data breaches.
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