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Act on the Protection and Use of Location Information — Article 15 (Prohibition on collection of location information)

위치정보의 보호 및 이용 등에 관한 법률 제15조

(1) No one shall collect, use, or provide any location information without consent of the subject of relevant location information; provided, this shall not apply in any of the following cases: <Amended on May 14, 2012; Apr. 17, 2018>

1. Where an emergency rescue agency requests emergency rescue under Article 29 (1) or for the issuance of a warning under Article 29 (7);

2. Where a police agency makes a request under Article 29 (2);

3. Where special provisions in other statutes so require.

(2) No one shall obtain personal location information about another person by deceiving a personal location information provider or a location-based service provider (hereinafter referred to as "personal location information provider or a location-based service provider"), by copying the person’s telecommunications device or misappropriating such information. <Amended on Apr. 17, 2018>

(3) A person that sells, lends, or transfers an object with a built-in device capable of collecting location information shall notify a person that purchases, borrows, or acquires such object of the fact that the object has such built-in device capable of collecting location information. <Amended on Apr. 17, 2018; Jun. 9, 2020>

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