(1) The amounts of fees and postage provided for in Article 38 (3) of the Act shall be determined by the relevant personal information controller within the actual expenses necessary for the processing of the request for access, etc.; provided, if a personal information controller is a local government, they shall be prescribed by ordinance of the relevant local government , and the fees under the proviso of Article 38 (3) of the Act shall be calculated in accordance with the standards determined and publicly notified by the Protection Commission in consideration of the characteristics of information subject to request for transmission, expenses incurred in establishing and operating necessary facilities, etc. <Amended on Feb. 25, 2025>
(2) A personal information controller shall not demand any fee or postage if the cause for submitting the request for access, etc. lies with the personal information controller.
(3) Any fee and postage provided in Article 38 (3) of the Act shall be paid as follows; provided, a personal information controller, which is the National Assembly, the Court, the Constitutional Court, the National Election Commission, a central administrative agency, or its affiliated body (hereafter in this Article referred to as "national agency") or a local government, may claim such fee and postage by the electronic payment means defined in subparagraph 11 of Article 2 of the Electronic Financial Transactions Act, or telecommunications billing services defined in Article 2 (1) 10 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection: <Amended on Sep. 12, 2023>
1. Where the fee or postage is paid to a personal information controller that is a national agency: Revenue stamp;
2. Where the fee or postage is paid to a personal information controller that is a local government: Revenue certificate;
3. Where the fee and postage is paid to other personal information controller than a national agency or local government: In the manner determined by the relevant personal information controller.
(4) If a general specialized agency, special specialized agency, or general recipient requests third-party transmission on behalf of a data subject pursuant to the former part of Article 42-5 (3), the information transmitter may charge the general specialized agency, special specialized agency, or general recipient with a fee under the proviso of Article 38 (3) of the Act. <Added on Feb. 25, 2025>