Republic of Korea: Amendments to enforcement decree of Personal Information Protection Act including provisions on restructuring data portability framework enters into force

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Amendments to enforcement decree of Personal Information Protection Act including provisions on restructuring data portability framework enters into force

On 20 August 2026, the amendments to the enforcement decree of the Personal Information Protection Act, including provisions on restructuring the data portability framework enters into force. The amendments split the previously unified category of i…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2026-02-19
adopted

On 19 February 2026, the Personal Information Protection Commission adopted amendments to the enfor…

2026-08-20
in force

On 20 August 2026, the amendments to the enforcement decree of the Personal Information Protection …