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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 38 (Methods and procedures for exercise of rights)

개인정보 보호법 제38조

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 data subject may authorize his or her representative to file requests for access under Article 35, transmission under Article 35-2, rectification or erasure under Article 36, suspension of processing and withdrawal of consent under Article 37, and refusal and requests for explanation, etc. under Article 37-2 (hereinafter referred to as "request for access, etc.") by the methods and procedures prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as written documents. <Amended on Feb. 4, 2020; Mar. 14, 2023>

(2) The legal representative of a child under 14 years of age may file a request for access, etc. to the personal information of the child with a personal information controller.

(3) A personal information controller may charge a person who files a request for access, etc. a fee and postage (only in cases of a request to mail the copies), as prescribed by Presidential Decree; provided, in cases of a request for transmission under Article 35-2 (2), the personal information controller may assess a fee, taking into account additional facilities necessary for transmission and other factors as well. <Amended on Mar. 14, 2023>

(4) A personal information controller shall prepare detailed methods and procedures to enable data subjects to file requests for access, etc., and disclose such methods and procedures so that the data subjects may become aware of them. In such cases, the methods and procedures for filing requests for access, etc. shall be no more difficult than the methods and procedures for the collection of the relevant personal information. <Amended on Mar. 14, 2023>

(5) A personal information controller shall prepare and provide necessary procedures for data subjects to raise objections regarding the denial of a request for access, etc. from such data subjects.

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