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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 69 (Persons deemed to be public officials for purposes of applying penalty provisions)

개인정보 보호법 제69조

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) Among the Commissioners of the Protection Commission, Commissioners other than public officials and employees other than public officials shall be deemed a public official for the purposes of applying penalty under the Criminal Act or other statutes. <Added on Feb. 4, 2020>

(2) Any executive or employee of a relevant agency that performs the works entrusted by the Protection Commission or the head of a related central administrative agency shall be deemed a public official for the purposes of applying Articles 129 through 132 of the Criminal Act. <Added on Feb. 4, 2020>

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