Korean Law in English
Laws › Personal Information Protection Act › CHAPTER VIII CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT OVER DATA INFRINGEMENT

Personal Information Protection Act — Article 55 (Requirements for permission of lawsuit)

개인정보 보호법 제55조

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 court shall permit a class action only when all of the following requirements are satisfied:

1. That the personal information controller has rejected the dispute mediation or would not accept the mediation award;

2. That none of the descriptions in the application for permission of lawsuit filed under Article 54 is defective.

(2) The court decision that permits, or refuses to permit, a class action may be challenged through immediate appeal.

‹ Article 54All articlesArticle 56 ›

Korean original (law.go.kr) · Get articles as JSON via API

For AI agents and developers — get this article as JSON, with the English and current Korean effective dates and an outdated-translation flag, from the korea-law API or as an MCP tool: https://mcp.apify.com?tools=kr-data/korea-law