institution.
Article 69 (Legal Fiction of Officials in Applying Penal Provisions)
The officers and employees of the authorities concerned, who are conducting the job
entrusted by the Minister of Public Administration and Security or the head of central
administrative department or agency concerned, shall be deemed officials in applying
Articles 129 through 132 of the Criminal Act.
CHAPTER IX. PENAL PROVISIONS
Article 70 (Penal Provision)
Any person, who has caused the suspension, paralysis or other severe hardship of work of
public institutions by altering or deleting the personal information processed by the said
institutions for the purpose to disturb the personal information processing of the said
institutions, shall be subject to imprisonment with prison labor for not more than 10 years
or by a fine not exceeding 100 million won.
Article 71 (Penal Provision)
Any person referred to in any of the following Subparagraphs shall be subject to
imprisonment with prison labor for not more than 5 years or by a fine not exceeding 50
million won:
1. A person who has provided personal information to a third party without consent of data
subjects in violation of Article 17(1) i even though Article 17(1) ii is not applicable, and
knowingly received the said personal information;
2. A person who has used, or provided a third party with, personal information in violation
of Articles 18(1) and (2), 19, 26(5) or 27(3), and knowingly received the said personal
information for the profit-making or unfair purposes;
3. A person who has processed sensitive data in violation of Article 23;
4. A person who has processed the Unique Identifier in violation of Article 24(1);
5. A person who has leaked, or provided to other persons without authority, the personal
information acquired on business in violation of Article 59 ii, and knowingly received the
said personal information for the profit-making or unfair purposes; or
6. A person who has damaged, destroyed, altered, forged or leaked the personal information
of others in violation of Article 59 iii.
Article 72 (Penal Provision)
Any person referred to in any of the following Subparagraphs shall be subject to
imprisonment with prison labor for not more than 3 years or by a fine not exceeding 30
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