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South Korea has general laws and several special laws covering data protection and an individual’s privacy. South Korea's data protection regime is considered one of the strictest data protection regimes owing to its notification requirements, opt-in consent, extensive data subject rights, mandatory data breach notifications, and heavy sanctions in case of non-compliance.

South Korea's comprehensive central data protection law is the Personal Information Protection Act 2011 (the "PIPA"), which regulates the collection and processing of personal information. The PIPA was subsequently amended in 2020 and 2023. The PIPA has undergone several major revisions, notably in 2020, 2023, and 2026. While the baseline 2023 amendments came into effect on September 15, 2023, specific rights had staggered enforcement: the right to question automated decision-making took effect in March 2024, and the right to data portability became effective in March 2025. Furthermore, a landmark amendment passed in March 2026 (effective September 11, 2026) introduced stricter breach notification triggers upon the mere "possibility" of a breach, clarified CEO accountability, and increased maximum administrative penalties to up to 10% of total revenue for severe or repeated violations.  Moreover the Enforcement Decree of the PIPA provides detailed regulations on the amended PIPA.

The PIPA applies extraterritorially to South Korean companies and foreign entities that process personal information in South Korea. Under recent updates, foreign businesses targeting South Korean users are also required to appoint a domestic representative to handle local privacy matters and regulatory compliance. .

The solution

Securiti enables organizations to comply with the South Korean PIPA regulations through AI-driven PI data discovery, DSR automation, documented accountability, enhanced visibility into data processing activities, and AI-driven process automation.

South Korea PIPA Compliance solution

See how Securiti helps you comply with various sections of PIPA.

 

Customize a Data Subject Rights Request Portal for Seamless Customer Care

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Create customized web forms according to your brand image with the DSR request format and accept verified data subject rights requests. Automate the initiation of fulfillment workflows when verified requests are received.

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Automate Data Subject Access Request Handling

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Data subjects need to be notified about their data privacy rights and organizations are required to simplify the initiation of verified DSR requests. Automating the delivery and generation of secure data access reports greatly reduces the risk of compliance violations and reduces the workforce required to comply with all requests.

Secure Fulfillment of Data Access

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Disclosure of personal information to the data subjects within a limited time frame of receiving a verifiable data request is a must for any organization looking to comply. This will be free of charge and delivered through a secure, centralized portal.

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Automate Processing of Rectification Requests

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With the help of automated data subject verification workflows across all appearances of a subject’s personal information, you can seamlessly fulfill all data rectification requests.

Automate Erasure Requests

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Fulfill data subject’s erasure requests swiftly through automated and flexible workflows.

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Automate Objection and Restriction of Processing Requests

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Create a framework for restriction and objection of processing handling based on business requirements with collaborative workflows.

Continuous monitoring and tracking

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Keep track of risks involved by continuously scanning and monitoring data against non-compliance to subject rights, security controls, or data residency.

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Automate People Data Graph

Discover personal information stored across all your internal and external systems within the organization and link them back to a unique data subject. Also, visualize personal data sprawl and identify compliance risks.

Meet Cookie Compliance

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Automatically scan the web properties within your organization, categorizing tags and cookies. Also, build customizable cookie banners, collect consent, and provide a preference center.

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Monitor and Track Consent

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Track consent revocation of data subjects to prevent the transfer or processing of data without their consent. Seamlessly demonstrate consent compliance to regulators and data subjects.

Assess PIPA Readiness

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With the help of our multi-regulation, collaborative, readiness, and privacy impact assessment system, you can gauge your organization's posture against PIPA requirements, identify the gaps, and address the risks. Seamlessly being able to expand assessment capabilities across your vendor ecosystem to maintain compliance against PIPA requirements.

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Map Data Flows

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Track data flows in your organizations, trace this data, catalog, transfer, and document business process flows internally and to service providers or third parties.

Manage Vendor Risk

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Keep track of privacy and security readiness for all your service providers from a single interface. Collaborate instantly with vendors, automate data requests and deletions, and manage all vendor contracts and compliance documents.

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Breach Response Notification

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Automates compliance actions and breach notifications to concerned stakeholders in relation to security incidents by leveraging a knowledge database on security incident diagnosis and response.

Key Rights Under PIPA

Access

Data subjects have the right to know whether an entity has collected data about them, what data has been collected about them, how that data is being processed, and with whom it has been shared. Data subjects also have the right to request access (including copies of their personal information).

Right to be Informed

Under the PIPA, data subjects have the right to be informed of the processing of their personal information.

Consent

The data subjects have the right to determine whether or not to consent and the scope of consent regarding the processing of their personal information.

Objection, Correction, and Erasure

Data subjects have the right to suspend the processing of and to request correction, deletion, and destruction of their personal information.

Right to Redressal

Data subjects have the right to appropriate redress for any damage arising out of the processing of their personal information through a prompt and fair procedure.

Right to Data Portability

Data subjects have the right to require transfer of their PI to themselves or to another data controller, or one of the data management institutions.

Right to Refuse Automated Decision-Making

PIPA provides for the right to refuse personal information in automated decision-making in cases where consent is the legal basis for processing personal information.

Facts related to PIPA

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The most recent amendments to PIPA were promulgated on March 10, 2026, and officially entered into force on September 11, 2026. This follows the previous major legislative overhaul that took effect in September 2023.

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The 2026 Amendments Introduced:

  • A new punitive penalty tier allowing fines of up to 10% of total annual revenue for severe, repeated, or intentional data privacy violations.
  • A lowered threshold for breach notification, requiring organizations to report the mere "possibility or potential" of a data breach, rather than waiting for a confirmed leak.
  • The expansion of the definition of a data breach to include data forgery, alteration, or destruction (e.g., ransomware attacks where data doesn't leave the network).
  • Statutory board-level accountability, designating the business owner or CEO as ultimately responsible for data protection.
  • Incentives offering significant penalty reductions (up to 40%) for organizations that proactively invest budget and personnel into privacy protection.
3

Under the PIPA, all data handlers must appoint a chief privacy officer.

4

The PIPA regulates cookies, IP information, etc., as personal information.

5

Under the 2023 and 2026 amendments, fines are now based on total revenue (not just related sales) and can reach up to 3% standard, or up to 10% for severe, repeated, or intentional violations.

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