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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 13 (Promotion and support of self-regulation)

개인정보 보호법 제13조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-10-02. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-09-11) — check the Korean original.

The Protection Commission shall establish policies necessary for the following matters to promote and support self-regulating activities of personal information controllers to protect personal information:<Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017; Feb. 4, 2020>

1. Education and public relations concerning the protection of personal information;

2. Promotion and support of agencies and organizations related to the protection of personal information;

3. Introduction and facilitation of privacy mark;

4. Support for personal information controllers in the establishment and implementation of self-regulatory rules;

5. Other matters necessary to support the self-regulating data protection activities of personal information controllers.

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