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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 28-5 (Prohibited acts in processing pseudonymized information)

개인정보 보호법 제28조의5

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) No person who processes pseudonymized information under Article 28-2 or 28-3 shall process such information for the purpose of uniquely identifying an individual. <Amended on Mar. 14, 2023>

(2) When information that can uniquely identify an individual is generated in the process of processing pseudonymized information under Article 28-2 or 28-3, a personal information controller shall immediately cease the processing of the relevant information, and shall retrieve and destroy the information without delay. <Amended on Mar. 14, 2023>[This Article Added on Feb. 4, 2020]

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