Republic of Korea: Introduced Bill amending Personal Information Protection Act including domestic representative designation requirement

On 5 December 2022, Bill No. 2120089, amending the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) of the Republic of Korea (ROK), was introduced to the National Assembly. The Bill would require overseas businesses processing personal data to designate a domestic agent for certain tasks related to privacy management, notification, reporting, and document submission. The overseas business would be required to provide the information on the designated domestic agent, including the agent's name, address, telephone number, and email address, in its Privacy Policy. The Bill specifies that the thresholds and criteria that overseas businesses have to meet to be subject to this requirement will be established by Presidential Decree.