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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 17 (Provision of personal information)

개인정보 보호법 제17조

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.

(1) A personal information controller may provide (or share; hereinafter the same shall apply) the personal information of a data subject to a third party in any of the following cases: <Amended on Feb. 4, 2020; Mar. 14, 2023>

1. Where consent is obtained from the data subject;

2. Where the personal information is provided within the scope of purposes for which it is collected pursuant to Articles 15 (1) 2, 3, and 5 through 7.

(2) A personal information controller shall inform a data subject of the following matters when it obtains the consent under paragraph (1) 1. The same shall apply when any of the following is modified:

1. The recipient of personal information;

2. The purpose for which the recipient of personal information uses such information;

3. Particulars of personal information to be provided;

4. The period during which the recipient retains and uses personal information;

5. The fact that the data subject is entitled to deny consent, and disadvantages, if any, resulting from the denial of consent.

(3) Deleted. <Mar. 14, 2023>

(4) A personal information controller may provide personal information without the consent of a data subject within the scope reasonably related to the purposes for which the personal information was initially collected, in accordance with the matters prescribed by Presidential Decree taking into consideration whether disadvantages are caused to the data subject, whether measures necessary to secure safety, such as encryption, have been taken, etc. <Added on Feb. 4, 2020>

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