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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 47 (Dispute mediation)

개인정보 보호법 제47조

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) The Dispute Mediation Committee may prepare a proposal of mediation including the following matters:

1. Suspension of the violation to be investigated;

2. Restitution, compensation and other necessary remedies;

3. Any measure necessary to prevent recurrence of the identical or similar violations.

(2) Upon preparing proposal of mediation pursuant to paragraph (1), the Dispute Mediation Committee shall present the proposal of mediation to each party without delay.

(3) If a party presented with the proposal of mediation prepared under paragraph (2) fails to notify the Dispute Mediation Committee of his or her acceptance or denial of the proposal of mediation within 15 days from the date of receipt of such decision, he or she shall be deemed to have accepted the decision. <Amended on Mar. 14, 2023>

(4) If the parties accept the draft mediation decision (including deemed acceptance under paragraph (3)), the Dispute Mediation Committee shall prepare a written mediation decision and deliver the original copies thereof to each party or his or her agents after the chairperson of the Dispute Mediation Committee and the parties affix their names and seals thereto; provided, in cases of deemed acceptance under paragraph (3), the names, seals, and signatures of each party may be omitted. <Amended on Mar. 14, 2023>

(5) The mediation agreed upon pursuant to paragraph (4) shall have the same effect as a settlement before the court.

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