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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 7-8 (Business affairs under jurisdiction of Protection Commission)

개인정보 보호법 제7조의8

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.

The Protection Commission shall perform the following affairs: <Amended on Mar. 14, 2023>

1. Matters relating to the improvement of statutes or regulations relating to personal information protection;

2. Matters relating to the establishment or execution of policies, systems or plans relating to personal information protection;

3. Matters relating to investigation into infringement upon the right of data subjects and the ensuing dispositions;

4. Handling of complaints or remedial procedures relating to personal information processing and mediation of disputes over personal information;

5. Exchange and cooperation with international organizations and foreign personal information protection agencies to protect personal information;

6. Matters relating to the investigation and study, education and promotion of statutes or regulations, policies, systems and status relating to personal information protection;

7. Matters relating to support for and dissemination of technological development relating to personal information protection, the standardization of technologies, and nurturing of experts;

8. Matters provided in this Act and other statutes or regulations as affairs under the jurisdiction of the Protection Commission.[This Article Added on Feb. 4, 2020]

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