Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions |
| Article 51 | The provisions of this Law are not applicable to the following situations:
- When an individual who collects, processes or uses personal information in the course of personal activity of a domestic nature; and
- 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.
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| Article 51-1 | Regarding the supervision and management matters concerning non-governmental agencies stipulated under Paragraphs 1 and 3 to 7 of Article 22, Articles 23 to 26, and Articles 47 to 50, within six (6) years from the date of establishment of the competent authority, the competent authority will propose to the Executive Yuan for announcement of a specified scope of non-governmental agencies that shall remain under the jurisdiction of the central government authorities in charge of the industries concerned, special municipal governments, and county (city) governments.
The competent authority shall, after consultation with relevant authorities every two (2) years, propose to the Executive Yuan the adjustment or reduction of the scope of non-government agencies specified in the announcement referred to under the preceding paragraph.
The central government authorities in charge of the industries concerned may require non-government agencies within the scope announced in the preceding two paragraphs to formulate personal data file security and maintenance plans or methods for processing personal data after business termination.
The central government authorities in charge of the industries concerned will prescribe, pursuant to the regulations prescribed by the competent authority under Paragraph 2, Article 20-1, the regulations on the content, implementation methods or standards, and other relevant requirements for the plans and processing methods referred to under the preceding paragraph, and may prescribe stricter requirements. |
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| Article 52 | The competent authority may commission other authorities (institutions), non-departmental public bodies, or public interest organizations to exercise its authority under Paragraph 2 of Article 12, Paragraphs 1, 3, 5, and 7 of Article 22, Article 23, and Article 24.
Within the scope announced under Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the preceding article, the central government authorities in charge of the industries concerned, special municipal governments, or county (city) governments may delegate their subordinate authorities or commission other authorities (institutions), non-departmental public bodies, or public interest organizations to exercise their authority under Paragraphs 1, 3, 5, and 7 of Article 22, Article 23, and Article 24 to its subordinate authorities.
Members of the entities commissioned or delegated under the preceding two paragraphs shall bear a duty of confidentiality regarding any information learned or received in the course of performing such duties.
A public interest organization referred to under Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not be granted the legal standing to sue by the data subjects under Paragraph 1, Article 34 to file damage compensation lawsuits in its own name. |
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| Article 53 | The competent authority shall prescribe specific purposes and categories of personal data, and provide the same to government and non-government agencies for reference and use. |
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| Article 53-1 | Those dissatisfied with an administrative disposition rendered by the competent authority under the PDPA may resort to administrative litigation directly.
Non-government agencies within the scope announced under Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 51-1 may file administrative appeals with the competent authority against the administrative dispositions rendered by central government authorities in charge of the industries concerned, special municipal governments, or county (city) governments under the PDPA. However, where an administrative disposition is made by an independent agency established under the Basic Code Governing Central Administrative Agencies and Organizations, administrative litigation may be initiated directly.
For administrative dispositions rendered under the PDPA prior to the effective date of the amendments enacted on October 17, 2025, administrative appeals shall be filed with the competent authority.
Administrative appeals accepted but not yet concluded before October 17, 2025, the effective date of the amendments to the PDPA, shall continue to be processed by the original accepting authority in accordance with the Administrative Appeal Act after the effective date of the amendments. |
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| 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 Rules of the PDPA shall be prescribed by the competent authority. |
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| Article 56 | The 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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