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Republic of Korea: Korean implementation of Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum

Progress

Current status
adopted
02 May 2022 adopted

Scope

Implementers
Republic of Korea
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

02 May 2022
adopted

Announced data protection certification scheme

On 2 May 2022, the Republic of Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) issued a statement announcing that domestic and foreign companies can demonstrate their level of international data protection towards users through a certifica…

Source
Event type outline
Action type adoption
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority