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Enforcement Decree of the Personal Information Protection Act — Article 22 (Exception to restriction on installation and operation of fixed visual data processing devices)

개인정보 보호법 시행령 제22조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-03-13. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-09-11) — check the Korean original.

(1) "Cases prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 25 (1) 6 of the Act means any of the following cases: <Added on Sep. 12, 2023>

1. Where any photographed visual data is temporarily processed to compute statistical values or statistical characteristic values, such as the number, genders, and ages of visitors;

2. Other cases equivalent to that prescribed in subparagraph 1, which have been deliberated and resolved on by the Protection Commission.

(2) "Facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree" in the proviso of Article 25 (2) of the Act means the following facilities: <Amended on May 29, 2017; Aug. 4, 2020; Sep. 12, 2023>

1. Correctional facilities defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Execution of Sentences and Treatment of Inmates;

2. Mental medical institutions (with accommodation facilities), mental treatment facilities, and mental patient rehabilitation facilities defined in subparagraph 5 through 7 of Article 3 of the Act on the Improvement of Mental Health and the Support for Welfare Services for Mental Patients.

(3) The head of a central administrative agency may establish a Privacy Policy which includes the detailed matters necessary to minimize infringement on the privacy of data subjects; and may encourage the personal information controllers under his or her jurisdiction to comply with the Privacy Policy when they install and operate fixed visual data processing devices at the facilities referred to in the subparagraphs of paragraph (2) pursuant to the proviso of Article 25 (2) of the Act. <Amended on Sep. 12, 2023>[Title Amended on Sep. 12, 2023]

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