Privacy Notice – Korea Privacy Schedule
This Korea Privacy Schedule supplements our General Privacy Notice and applies where the Personal Information Protection Act of Korea applies to our processing of personal information.
For the purposes of this Privacy Schedule, “personal information”, “processing”, “data subject” and related terms have the meanings given under Korean law.
Otherwise, unless defined herein, capitalised terms in this Privacy Schedule shall be as defined in our General Privacy Notice. In particular, “Agency” and “Agency Group” refer to the specific agency, legal entity or group of entities responsible for the relevant processing, as described in the General Privacy Notice.
1. Controller and privacy contact
The controller responsible for your personal information will usually be the Agency Group entity with which you or your organisation has a relationship.
You may contact our privacy team at: DPO@the-independents.com
Where required, we will identify a local privacy officer or responsible contact separately.
2. Personal information processed, purposes and retention periods
We process the following personal information for the following purposes:
We do not usually collect sensitive information or unique identification information from business contacts. Where we are required to process such information, we will obtain consent where required by Korean law.
3. Third-party provision of personal information
We may provide personal information to third parties where necessary for the purposes described in our General Privacy Notice, where permitted by law or where you have consented.
Where required by Korean law, we will provide specific details of third-party provision, including the recipient, purpose, items provided, retention period and whether consent is required.
Current third-party provision arrangements may include:
4. Outsourcing of personal information processing
We may outsource processing of personal information to service providers who process personal information on our behalf.
Outsourced processing may include:
We supervise outsourced processors in accordance with Korean law and require appropriate contractual and security controls.
Where Korean law requires publication of named processors, the names and details of relevant processors will be made available on request or in a separate Korean local notice, on the Agency’s website, or otherwise as required by applicable law. Please see our General Privacy Notice for further details.
5. Overseas transfers
Your personal information may be transferred outside Korea to The Independents Group entities and service providers in other jurisdictions, including the UK, EEA, United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Switzerland, UAE and other jurisdictions in which we or our service providers operate.
Where required by Korean law, we will provide further details and obtain consent or rely on another lawful basis for overseas transfer.
6. Destruction of personal information
When personal information is no longer required, we will destroy it without undue delay unless retention is required by law or necessary for legitimate business purposes.
Electronic records will be deleted or anonymised using appropriate technical measures. Paper records, where any exist, will be shredded, securely destroyed or otherwise disposed of securely.
7. Security measures
We maintain appropriate technical, organisational and administrative safeguards to protect personal information, including access controls, system security, confidentiality obligations, internal policies, training, monitoring and incident response procedures.
8. Your rights
Subject to applicable law, you may request:
- access to your personal information;
- correction of inaccurate personal information;
- deletion of personal information;
- suspension of processing;
- withdrawal of consent; and
- information about processing, third-party provision, outsourcing and overseas transfers.
To exercise your rights, please contact: DPO@the-independents.com
We may need to verify your identity before responding
9. Complaints and remedies
If you have concerns about our processing of your personal information, please contact us first at: DPO@the-independents.com.
You may also contact the Korean Personal Information Protection Commission or other relevant Korean authorities.
Updated: April 2026