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Act on the Protection and Use of Location Information — Article 21 (Restriction on use and provision of personal location information)

위치정보의 보호 및 이용 등에 관한 법률 제21조

Unless a location information provider, etc. have obtained consent from a subject of personal location information or except in the following cases, they shall neither use personal location information or data verifying the collection, use, and provision of location information beyond the scope specified in their terms and conditions or notified to the subject in accordance with Articles 18 (1) and 19 (1) and (2) nor provide such information to any third party: <Amended on Feb. 3, 2015>

1. Where data verifying the collection, use, and provision of location information are required to calculate fees related to the provision of location information and location-based services;

2. Where data is processed in such a way that any specific person cannot be identified, and provided for the purpose of statistics, academic research, or market research.

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