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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 39-5 (Revocation of confidentiality order)

개인정보 보호법 제39조의5

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) Where there are facts or circumstances that do not correspond to the points in the subparagraphs of Article 39-4 (2), the person who has applied for a confidentiality order or the person who has received a confidentiality order may request the court that keeps the litigation records (if there is no court keeping the records, it refers to the court that issued the confidentiality order) to revoke the confidentiality order.

(2) When a court makes a decision on a request to revoke a confidentiality order, it shall serve a written decision on the applicant for request and the other party.

(3) An immediate complaint may be raised against a decision on revocation of a confidentiality order.

(4) A decision to revoke a confidentiality order shall take effect when it becomes final and conclusive.

(5) When a court decides to revoke a confidentiality order, it shall immediately notify a person to whom a confidentiality order of the relevant trade secret was issued, if any, of the fact that a decision is made to revoke the confidentiality order, in addition to the applicant for request to revoke the confidentiality order and the other party.[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 14, 2023]

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