Data Protection Atlas

Taiwan

Tier 3 Comprehensive law Asia-Pacific

Principal framework: PDPA (2023 amendments) (2010). Regulator: PDPC (being established). The 2023 amendment created an independent Personal Data Protection Commission after a Constitutional Court deadline; its establishment has been phased through preparatory offices.

At a glance

Principal law
PDPA (2023 amendments)
Regulator
PDPC (being established)
Breach notification
Notify affected subjects; sectoral rules set authority reporting
Maximum penalty
2023 amendments raised fines to NT$15m for serious security failures
DPO required
2023 amendments require security personnel in designated sectors
Digital consent age
No statutory age — civil capacity
Extraterritorial reach
Limited

Structure

Structural pattern
Not assessed
Sub-jurisdictions
None — no sub-national axis
ISO code
TW

A Pattern 4 jurisdiction has no sub-national layer to model. Devolution elsewhere in the legal system does not imply it here — check each Act rather than reasoning from the country.

Transfers and adequacy

EU member
No
EEA member
No

Instruments

No instrument profiled yet.

Sources

No source recorded yet. This record cannot rise above Tier 3 until it has one — see depth tiers.

Never independently verified — seeded from the prototype.