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Personal Data Protection Act  CH

Amended Date: 2025.11.11 (Articles 1-1, 1-2, 12, 18, 20-1, 21, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, 21-4, 21-5, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 41, 47, 48, 49, 51-1, 52, 53, 53-1, 55 amended,English version coming soon)
Current English version amended on 2023.05.31 
Article 48 If a non-government agency violates any of the following provisions, the central government authority in charge of the industry concerned or the special municipality, county (city) government concerned shall order the non-government agency to rectify the violation within a specified period of time; if the non-government agency fails to rectify the violation in time, a fine of not less than NT$20,000 but not more than NT$200,000 shall be imposed on the non-government agency for each occurrence of the violation:<br/>1. Article 8 or Article 9;<br/>2. Article 10, Article 11, Article 12, or Article 13;<br/>3. paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 of Article 20.<br/>If a non-government agency violates paragraph 1 of Article 27 or fails to establish a security and maintenance plan for the protection of personal data files or rules on disposing of personal data following a business termination under paragraph 2 of Article 27, the central government authority in charge of the industry concerned or the special municipality, county (city) government concerned shall impose a fine of not less than NT$20,000 but not more than NT$2,000,000 on the non-government agency, and shall order the non-government agency to rectify the violation within a specified period of time. If the non-government agency fails to rectify the violation in time, a fine of not less than NT$150,000 but not more than NT$15,000,000 shall be imposed for each occurrence of the violation.<br/>If a non-government agency violates paragraph 1 of Article 27, or fails to establish a security and maintenance plan for the protection of personal data files or rules on disposing of personal data following a business termination under paragraph 2 of Article 27, which is of a serious violation, the central government authority in charge of the industry concerned or the special municipality, county (city) government concerned shall impose a fine not less than NT$150,000 but not more than NT$15,000,000 on the non-government agency to rectify the violation within a specified period of time; if the non-government agency fails to rectify the violation in time, a fine shall be imposed for each occurrence of the violation.