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Act on the Protection and Use of Location Information — Article 41 (Penalty provisions)

위치정보의 보호 및 이용 등에 관한 법률 제41조

Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than 1 year or by a fine not exceeding 20 million won: <Amended on May 14, 2012; Feb. 3, 2015; Apr. 17, 2018; Jun. 9, 2020>

1. A person that changes a location information system, without reporting thereon, in violation of Article 5-2 (3) 3 or 9 (3) 3, or who reports the change of a location information system by fraud or other improper means;

2. A person that fails to destroy location information, in violation of Article 8 (4) or 11 (1) or (2);

3. A person that violates an order issued to discontinue business operations under Article 13 (1);

4. A person that fails to take technical and managerial measures in violation of Article 16 (1) (including persons to whom said provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis under Article 38-3);4-2. A person that fails to ensure that data verifying the collection, use, and provision of location information are to be automatically recorded and preserved in a location information system, in violation of Article 16 (2);

5. A person that refuses a request by an emergency rescue agency or a police agency, in violation of Article 29 (5); or that refuses to issue a warning, in violation of Article 29 (7).

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