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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 26 (Restriction on personal information processing subsequent to entrustment of work)

개인정보 보호법 제26조

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 shall, when entrusting the processing of personal information to a third party, do so in a document that states the following: <Amended on Mar. 14, 2023>

1. Prevention of personal information processing for other purposes than performing the entrusted work;

2. Technical and managerial safeguards of personal information;

3. Other matters prescribed by Presidential Decree to ensure safe management of personal information.

(2) A personal information controller who entrusts the processing of personal information pursuant to paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "person entrusting") shall disclose the details of the entrusted affairs and the entity that processes personal information (including a third party re-entrusted from a person entrusted with the processing of personal information; hereinafter referred to as "person entrusted") in the manner prescribed by Presidential Decree so as to be easily recognizable by data subjects at any time. <Amended on Mar. 14, 2023>

(3) The person entrusting shall, in case of entrusting the promotion of goods or services, or soliciting of sales thereof, notify data subjects of the entrusted work and the person entrusted in the manners prescribed by Presidential Decree. The same shall apply where the entrusted work or the person entrusted has been changed.

(4) The person entrusting shall educate the person entrusted so that personal information of data subjects may not be lost, stolen, divulged, forged, altered, or damaged owing to the outsourcing of work, and supervise how the person entrusted processes such personal information safely by inspecting the status of processing, etc., as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Jul. 24, 2015>

(5) An person entrusted shall not use any personal information beyond the scope of the work entrusted by the personal information controller, nor provide personal information to a third party.

(6) A person entrusted shall, when he or she intends to re-entrust the processing of entrusted personal information to a third party, obtain consent from the person entrusting. <Added on Mar. 14, 2023>

(7) With respect to liability for damages arising out of the processing of personal information entrusted to an person entrusted in violation of this Act, the person entrusted shall be deemed an employee of the personal information controller. <Amended on Mar. 14, 2023>

(8) Articles 15 through 18, 21, 22, 22-2, 23, 24, 24-2, 25, 25-2, 27, 28, 28-2 through 28-5, 28-7 through 28-11, 29, 30, 30-2, 31, 33, 34, 34-2, 35, 35-2, 36, 37, 37-2, 38, 59, 63, 63-2, and 64-2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to outsourcees. In such cases, "personal information controller" shall be construed as "person entrusted". <Amended on Mar. 14, 2023>

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