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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 8-2 (Assessment of personal information breach incident factors)

개인정보 보호법 제8조의2

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 head of a central administrative agency shall request the Protection Commission to assess the factors of personal information breach incident where a policy or system that entails personal information processing is adopted or changed by the enactment or amendment of any statute under his or her jurisdiction.

(2) Upon receipt of a request made pursuant to paragraph (1), the Protection Commission may advise the head of the relevant agency of the matters necessary to improve the relevant statute or regulation by analyzing and reviewing the personal information breach incident factors of such statute or regulation.

(3) Matters necessary for the procedure and method to assess the personal information breach incident factors under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.[This Article Added on Jul. 24, 2015]

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