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Act on the Protection and Use of Location Information — Article 38 (Delegation and entrustment of authority)

위치정보의 보호 및 이용 등에 관한 법률 제38조

(1) Part of the authority of the Korea Media and Communications Commission vested under this Act, may be delegated to the heads of its affiliated agencies, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(2) Some of the following tasks assigned to the Korea Media and Communications Commission under this Act, may be entrusted to the Korea Internet and Security Agency established under Article 52 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection or the Telecommunications Technology Association founded under Article 34 of the Framework Act on Broadcasting Communications Development, as prescribed by Presidential Decree: <Amended on Oct. 19, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Inspection, conducted under Article 16 (3), of technical and managerial measures and the preservation status of records thereof (limited to technical support tasks);

2. Inspection of the status of destroying personal location information under Article 23 (3);

3. Promotion of standardization under Article 34;

4. Requesting the submission of materials and conducting inspections under Article 36 (1) through (4) (limited to technical support tasks).[This Article Wholly Amended on Feb. 3, 2015]

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