South Korea to raise privacy penalties further under revised enforcement decree
By Wooyoung Lee ( May 12, 2026, 08:15 GMT | Insight) -- Privacy penalties in South Korea are set to increase further after the government revised a decree under the country’s privacy law to allow the privacy regulator to use a higher revenue figure when calculating fines. The revisions to the enforcement decree of the Personal Information Protection Act also gives the privacy regulator discretion not to grant penalty reductions for particularly serious violations. The country is also shifting its broader privacy enforcement strategy toward preventive measures aimed at addressing AI-driven privacy risks.Privacy penalties in South Korea are set to increase further after the government revised a decree under the country’s privacy law to allow the privacy regulator to use a higher revenue figure when calculating fines....
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