Cybersecurity Policy Report, South Korea Highlights Major Personal Information Dispute Cases, (May 27, 2026)
South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has announced the publication of the 2025 Casebook of Major Personal Information Dispute Mediation Cases, which “compiles cases of personal information dispute mediation involving various types of infringement that occurred last year.”
PIPC publishes “a collection of dispute mediation cases annually for the purpose of preventing personal information-related disputes in advance and informing the public of methods to resolve disputes if they arise,” it said in a news release.
The casebook contains 121 cases categorized by the type of infringement and includes cases that frequently occur in daily life with infringements that companies and institutions are prone to overlook.
The PIPC said numerous cases were included regarding (1) data use for purposes other than the purpose of collection or provision to a third party, (2) collection and use of personal information without the consent of the data subject, and (3) refusal to comply with requests for access, correction, or deletion of personal information.
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