Article 63 (Request for Materials and Inspection)
(1) The Minister of Public Administration and Security may, if any of the following
Subparagraphs is applicable, have the personal information processor furnish the relevant
materials such as goods, documents, etc.:
1. Where any breach of this Act has been found or suspected;
2. Where the breach of this Act has been reported or civil complaint thereon has been
received; or
3. Where it is necessary for data protection of the data subjects as stated in the Presidential
Decree.
(2) When the personal information processor fails to furnish the materials pursuant to
Paragraph (1), or are deemed to have violated this Act, the Minister of Public
Administration and Security may have its officials enter the office or business place of the
said personal information processor to inspect current business operations and examine
ledger and books, or other documents, etc. In this case, the officials, who conduct the
inspection or examination, shall carry certificates showing their authority, produce them to
persons concerned.
(3) The head of central administrative department or agency concerned may request the
personal information processor to furnish the materials pursuant to Paragraph (1), or
conduct inspection or examination pursuant to Paragraph (2) in accordance with laws under
its jurisdiction.
(4) The Minister of Public Administration and Security and the head of central administrative
department or agency concerned shall not provide to a third party the documents, materials,
etc. furnished by or collected from the personal information processor, nor make them
public, except otherwise required by this Act.
(5) In case the Minister of Public Administration and Security and the head of central
administrative department or agency concerned received the materials submitted via the information and communications networks, or made them digitalized, they shall take systemic
and technological security measures lest the personal information, trade secrets, etc. should
be leaked out.
Article 64 (Corrective Measures, etc.)
(1) The Minister of Public Administration and Security may, when it deems that any
infringement upon personal information is substantially grounded and to leave it unattended
likely causes irreparable injury, order the violator of this Act (excluding the central
administrative departments and agencies, local governments, the National Assembly, the
Court, the Constitutional Court and the National Election Commission) to take the relevant
measures applicable to any of the following Subparagraphs:
1. To suspend any violation of personal information;
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