Act on the Protection and Use of Location Information

위치정보의 보호 및 이용 등에 관한 법률

Act · 방송미디어통신위원회 · English text effective 2025-10-01 · Korean current 2025-10-01

Articles

• CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Article 1 Purpose
• Article 2 Definitions
• Article 3 Seeking measures to protect and use location information
• Article 4 Relationship to other statutes
• CHAPTER II PERMISSION FOR LOCATION INFORMATION BUSINESS
• Article 5 Registration of location information business handling personal location information
• Article 5-2 Reporting on location information business not handling personal location information
• Article 6 Grounds for disqualification of executive officers or employees
• Article 7 Acquisition of location information business or merger of corporations
• Article 8 Temporary or permanent closure of location information business
• Article 9 Reporting on location-based service business
• Article 9-2 Reporting on location-based service business of micro enterprises
• Article 10 Acquisition of location-based service business or merger of corporations
• Article 11 Suspension or discontinuation of operations of location-based service business
• Article 12 Disclosure of terms and conditions of user agreement
• Article 13 Revocation of registration and discontinuation or suspension of business operations
• Article 14 Imposing penalty surcharges
• CHAPTER III PROTECTION OF LOCATION INFORMATION
• SECTION 1 Common Provisions
• Article 15 Prohibition on collection of location information
• Article 16 Measures for protecting location information
• Article 17 Prohibition on divulging location information
• Article 17-2 Notification of processing of location information to subjects of personal location information
• SECTION 2 Protection of Personal Location Information
• Article 18 Collection of personal location information
• Article 19 Use or provision of personal location information
• Article 20 Provision of personal location information by location information providers
• Article 21 Restriction on use and provision of personal location information
• Article 21-2 Disclosure of privacy policy
• Article 22 Notification of transfer of business
• Article 23 Destruction of personal location information
• SECTION 3 Rights Held by Subjects of Personal Location Information
• Article 24 Rights held by subjects of personal location information
• Article 25 Rights held by legal representatives
• Article 26 Use of location information for protecting children under age of 8 or other such persons
• Article 27 Compensation for damages
• Article 28 Mediation in disputes
• CHAPTER IV USE OF PERSONAL LOCATION INFORMATION FOR EMERGENCY RESCUE
• Article 29 Use of personal location information for emergency rescue
• Article 30 Requests for personal location information, and method thereof
• Article 30-2 Use of computerized information about registration of family relationships
• Article 31 Reduction of, and exemption from, costs
• Article 32 Submission of statistical data
• CHAPTER V CREATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR USE OF LOCATION INFORMATION
• Article 33 Development of technology
• Article 34 Promotion of standardization
• Article 35 Promotion of use of location information
• Article 35-2 Korea location information industry association
• CHAPTER V-2 SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
• Article 36 Requesting submission of materials and conducting inspections
• Article 36-2 Corrective measures
• Article 37 Hearings
• Article 38 Delegation and entrustment of authority
• Article 38-2 Legal fiction as public officials for purposes of applying penalty provisions
• Article 38-3 Provisions applicable mutatis mutandis
• CHAPTER VI PENALTY PROVISIONS
• Article 39 Penalty provisions
• Article 40 Penalty provisions
• Article 40-2 Penalty provisions
• Article 41 Penalty provisions
• Article 42 Joint penalty provisions
• Article 43 Administrative fines

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