※ Article 40 of the Act (Establishment and Composition)
① There shall be established a Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee (the "Dispute Mediation Committee") to mediate disputes over personal information.
The Dispute Mediation Committee is comprised of not more than 20 members, including one chairperson, and the members shall be ex officio members and
commissioned members.
In order to conduct dispute settlement efficiently, the Dispute Mediation Committee may establish a mediation panel that is comprised of not more than five
Committee members in each sector of mediation cases. One of the panel members should be a licensed attorney-at-law.
The resolution of the mediation panel delegated by the Dispute Mediation Committee is construed as that of the Dispute Mediation Committee.
(Sources: Article 40, Paragraphs 2-6 of the Act, and Article 49 of the Enforcement Decree of the Act)
The Dispute Mediation Committee may recommend the parties to the mediation a settlement before mediation, if necessary.
In addition, the Dispute Mediation Committee may request disputing parties to provide materials necessary to mediate the dispute, in which cases,
such parties shall comply with the request unless any justifiable ground exists. The Committee may require disputing parties or relevant witnesses to
appear before the Committee to hear their opinions, if deemed necessary, as well.
Through the examination of dispute cases, the Dispute Mediation Committee makes compensation orders, engages in preventive actions against damage from personal
information-related accidents, proposes improvement of legal system, and provides recommendation of correction against the wrong behaviors of business
transactions by commercial enterprises, etc. Based on these works, the Committee contributes to improvement of both the protection of citizens'
rights and the efficiency of business activities, and to construction of safe and sound environments to use personal information
(Sources : Article 47 of the Act)
In addition to the issues relating to personal information defined under the Act, the Dispute Mediation Committee has been applying its service to the issue of
personal information infringement which are prescribed by several other relevant laws, such as the Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network
Utilization and Information Protection, Etc., the Credit Information Use and Protection Act, Medical Service Act, and Civil Act. In particular, with the
enforcement of the Act, disputes against public institutions become the subject of the Committee's mediation procedures, as well.
Provided, however, that the Committee deems that a case is more appropriate to be resolved by another institution or agency, it may exclude the case from the list
by a resolution.
(Sources : Article 40, Paragraph 1 of the Act)