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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 60 (Confidentiality)

개인정보 보호법 제60조

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.

Any person who performs or has performed the following work shall not divulge any confidential information acquired in the course of performing his or her duties to any other person, nor use such information for any purpose other than for his or her duties; provided,, this shall not apply except as provided in other statutes: <Amended on Feb. 4, 2020; Mar. 14, 2023>

1. Work of the Protection Commission provided in Article 8;

2. Work of designating specialized institutions and duties of specialized institutions under Article 28-3;

3. Certification of personal information protection provided in Article 32-2;

4. Privacy impact assessments provided in Article 33;

5. Work of designating institutions specializing in managing personal information and affairs of such institutions under Article 35-3;

6. Dispute mediation of the Dispute Mediation Committee under Article 40.

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