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Privacy — Korea Regulation Monitor

What changed in Korea's privacy regime.

Enforcement log

Enforcement actions and effective dates

  • 2026-06Korea's data-protection authority served a corrective order under the Personal Information Protection Act by public notice.
  • 2026-03Korea's data-protection authority gave advance notice of an administrative disposition under the Personal Information Protection Act, served by public notice.

Rulemaking log

Proposed and adopted rules

  • 2026-08Korea's data-protection authority pre-announced a new public notice under the Personal Information Protection Act.
  • 2026-07Korea's data-protection authority pre-announced a new public notice under the Personal Information Protection Act.
  • 2026-06Korea's data-protection authority pre-announced 3 amendments to the PIPA Enforcement Decree.
  • 2026-05Korea's data-protection authority pre-announced a new public notice under the Personal Information Protection Act.
  • 2026-03Korea's data-protection authority pre-announced an amendment to the PIPA Enforcement Decree.
  • 2026-03Korea's data-protection authority pre-announced an amendment to the PIPA Enforcement Decree.

What we're watching

PIPA — domestic representative

PIPC (Art. 31-2)

≥1M daily Korean users or ₩1T revenue · strengthened Oct 2025

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