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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 56 (Effect of conclusive judgment)

개인정보 보호법 제56조

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.

When a judgment dismissing a plaintiff's complaint becomes conclusive, any other organizations provided for in Article 51 cannot file a class-action lawsuit regarding the identical case; provided, this shall not apply in any of the following circumstances:

1. Where, after the judgment became conclusive, new evidence has been found by the State, a local government, or a State or local government-invested institution regarding the said case;

2. Where the judgment dismissing the lawsuit proves to have been caused by intention by the plaintiff.

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