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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 64 (Corrective measures)

개인정보 보호법 제64조

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 Protection Commission may order a person who violates this Act (excluding central administrative agencies, local governments, the National Assembly, the Court, the Constitutional Court, and the National Election Commission) to take the following measures: <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017; Feb. 4, 2020; Mar. 14, 2023>

1. To suspend personal information breach;

2. To temporarily suspend personal information processing;

3. Other measures necessary to protect personal information and to prevent personal information infringement.

(2) A local government, the National Assembly, the Court, the Constitutional Court, or the National Election Commission may order their affiliated entities and public institutions, which are found to have violated this Act, to take the measures provided in the subparagraphs of paragraph (1). <Amended on Mar. 14, 2023>

(3) When a central administrative agency, a local government, the National Assembly, the Court, the Constitutional Court, or the National Election Commission violates this Act, the Protection Commission may recommend that the head of the relevant agency take any of the measures provided in the subparagraphs of paragraph (1). In such cases, upon receiving the recommendation, the agency shall comply therewith unless there is a compelling reason not to do so. <Amended on Mar. 14, 2023>

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