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Act on the Protection and Use of Location Information — Article 12 (Disclosure of terms and conditions of user agreement)

위치정보의 보호 및 이용 등에 관한 법률 제12조

(1) Either of the following persons shall disclose to the public, details of the services that the person intends to provide and fee rates, terms and conditions, etc. regarding collecting, using and providing location information (hereinafter referred to as "terms and conditions") by posting such terms and conditions on the person's website or by any of the methods prescribed by Presidential Decree so that subjects of personal location information and users of the location-based service business can easily access such terms and conditions at any time; shall disclose grounds for and details of any intended amendment to such terms and conditions by any of the methods prescribed by Presidential Decree, when the person intends to amend the terms and conditions; and shall take measures to ensure that the amended terms and conditions can be easily noticed:

1. A location information provider;

2. A person that has reported on their location-based service business in accordance with Article 9 (1) or a person that engages in the location-based service business in accordance with Article 9-2 (1) (hereinafter referred to as "location-based service provider").

(2) If the Korea Media and Communications Commission deems that the terms and conditions of a person falling under either subparagraph of paragraph (1) are likely to compromise personal location information, fair competition, or public interest, it may order such person to revise such terms and conditions. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 17, 2018]

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