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Personal Data Protection Act  CH

Amended Date: 2023.05.31 
   Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions
Article 51    The provisions of this Law are not applicable to the following situations:
  1. When an individual who collects, processes or uses personal information in the course of personal activity of a domestic nature; and
  2. if the audio-visual information is collected, processed or used in public places or public activities and not associated with the other personal information.
    The provisions of this Law are applicable to the government agency and the non-government agency, when they collect, process or use the personal information of the citizens of the Republic of China outside the territory of the Republic of China.
Article 52The duties of the central government authorities in charge of the industries concerned or the special municipality, county (city) governments concerned under Articles 22 through 26 may be delegated to their subordinate agencies, other agencies or public interest groups. The personnel of such agencies or public interest groups shall be obligated to keep confidential all the data they become aware of during the performance of the duties so delegated or commissioned.
The public interest groups referred to in the preceding paragraph shall not receive any data subject's delegation of litigation rights to file a lawsuit for damages in their names in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 34.
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Article 53    The Ministry of Justice shall, in conjunction with the competent authority in charge of the subject industry at the central government level, prescribe, and provide government and non-government agencies for reference and use with, the specific purpose and the classification of personal information.
Article 54    After the enforcement of the amendments to this Act on December 15, 2015, any processing or use of personal information that was furnished before the amendments to this Act on May 26, 2010 not by the Party, shall be notified to the Party pursuant to Article 9 before such processing or use.
    The notification prescribed in the preceding Paragraph may be given at the time where such personal information is first used after the enforcement of the amendments to this Act on 15 December, 2015.
    Any use of personal information without notification given in accordance with the preceding two Paragraphs is deemed and punished as a violation of Article 9.
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Article 55    The Enforcement Rule of this Act shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Justice.
Article 56The enforcement date of the PDPA shall be set by the Executive Yuan.
The deletion of Articles 19 through 22 and Article 43 on May 26, 2010, and the revision of Article 48 under the amendment to the PDPA made on May 16, 2023, shall become effective on the date of promulgation.
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