(1) There shall be established a Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee (hereinafter referred to as the “Dispute Mediation Committee”) to mediate disputes over personal information.

(2) The Dispute Mediation Committee shall be composed of up to 30 members, including one chairperson, and the members shall be ex officio members and commissioned members.

(3) The commissioned members shall be commissioned by the Chairperson of the Protection Commission from among the following persons, and public officials of the national agencies prescribed by Presidential Decree shall be ex officio members:

1. Persons who previously served as members of the Senior Executive Service of the central administrative agencies in charge of personal information protection, or persons who presently work or have worked at equivalent positions in the public sector and related organizations, and have job experience in personal information protection;
2. Persons who presently serve or have served as associate professors or higher positions in universities or in publicly recognized research institutes;
3. Persons who presently serve or have served as judges, public prosecutors, or attorneys-at-law;
4. Persons recommended by data protection-related civic organizations or consumer groups;
5. Persons who presently work or have worked as senior officers for the trade associations comprised of personal information controllers.

(4) The chairperson shall be commissioned by the Chairperson of the Protection Commission from among Committee members who are not public officials.

(5) The term of office for the chairperson and commissioned members shall be two years, and their term may be renewable for one further term.

(6) In order to conduct dispute settlement efficiently, the Dispute Mediation Committee may, if necessary, establish a mediation panel that is comprised of not more than five Committee members in each sector of mediation cases, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. In such cases, the resolution of the mediation panel delegated by the Dispute Mediation Committee shall be construed as that of the Dispute Mediation Committee.

(7) The quorum for holding a Dispute Mediation Committee or a mediation panel shall be the presence of a majority of its members, and any resolution shall require the affirmative votes of a majority of the members present.

(8) The Protection Commission may deal with the business affairs necessary for dispute mediation, such as receiving dispute mediation cases and fact-finding.

(9) Except as provided in this Act, matters necessary to operate the Dispute Mediation Committee shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.