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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 59 (Prohibited activities)

개인정보 보호법 제59조

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.

Anyone who processes or has processed personal information shall be prohibited from engaging in any of the following activities: <Amended on Mar. 14, 2023>

1. To acquire personal information or to obtain consent to personal information processing by fraud or other improper means;

2. To divulge personal information acquired in the course of performing his or her work, or to provide it for any third party’s use without authority;

3. To use, damage, destroy, alter, forge, or divulge any other person’s personal information without legitimate authority or beyond proper authority.

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