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Enforcement Decree of the Personal Information Protection Act — Article 29 (Notification of transfer of personal information following business transfer)

개인정보 보호법 시행령 제29조

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) "Manner prescribed by Presidential Decree" in the provisions, with the exception of the subparagraphs, of Article 27 (1) of the Act and the main clause of Article 27 (2) of the Act means in writing, etc.

(2) Where a person who intends to transfer personal information pursuant to Article 27 (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "business transferor, etc." in this Article) fails to inform the data subjects of the matters stated in Article 27 (1) of the Act in the manner stated in paragraph (1) without his or her negligence, the person shall post the relevant matters on the website for at least 30 days; provided, if there is a good reason for not being able to post the required information on its website, the business transferor, etc. may inform the data subjects of the matters stated in each subparagraph of Article 27 (1) of the Act through any of the following methods: <Amended on Aug. 4, 2020>

1. Posting the information at easily noticeable places of the workplace, etc. of the business transferor, etc. for at least 30 days;

2. Publishing the information in a general daily newspaper, weekly newspaper, or online newspaper, as defined in subparagraphs 1 (a) and (c) or 2 of Article 2 of the Act on the Promotion of Newspapers which mainly covers the City/Do where the business transferor, etc.’s workplace, etc. is located.

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