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Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection — Article 66 (Confidentiality)

정보통신망 이용촉진 및 정보보호 등에 관한 법률 제66조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-10-01. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-10-02) — check the Korean original.

A person who is or was engaged in a job related to any of the following business affairs shall not divulge to another person any secret that he or she has learned while performing his or her duties, nor does he or she use it for any purpose other than performance of his or her duties; provided, the same shall not apply if any other statute provides otherwise: <Amended on Feb. 17, 2012; Jun. 9, 2020>

1. Deleted; <Mar. 29, 2011>

2. Certification of an information security management system under Article 47;2-2. Deleted; <Feb. 4, 2020>

3. Evaluation of information security systems under Article 52 (3) 4;

4. Deleted; <Feb. 17, 2012>

5. Conciliation of disputes by the defamation dispute conciliation division under Article 44-10.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 13, 2008]

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