(1) The Protection Commission shall establish an expert committee for each of the following sectors (hereinafter referred to as “expert committee”) to professionally conduct a preliminary review on the matters to be deliberated and resolved on under Article 7-9 (1) of the Act:

1. Cross-border transfer of personal information;
2. Other sectors deemed necessary by the Protection Commission.

(2) An expert committee established under paragraph (1) shall be composed of up to 20 members with gender equality being taken into consideration, including one chairperson, who are designated or commissioned by the Chairperson of the Protection Commission from among the following persons; and the chairperson of the expert committee shall be designated by the Chairperson of the Protection Commission from among the expert committee members:

1. Commissioners of the Protection Commission;
2. Public officials of a central administrative agency who are responsible for personal information protection-related work;
3. Persons with abundant expertise and experience in personal information protection;
4. Persons belonging to, or recommended by, personal information protection-related organizations or trade associations.

(3) Except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), matters necessary for the composition, operation, etc. of expert committees shall be determined by the Chairperson of the Protection Commission subject to resolution by the Protection Commission.