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Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act — Article 9-7 (Keeping Confidentiality)

부정경쟁방지 및 영업비밀보호에 관한 법률 제9조의7

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2024-08-21. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-05-28) — check the Korean original.

(1) No person shall eliminate, damage, alter, forge, or leak any electronic fingerprints registered with an original document certification agency or other information related thereto.

(2) No person who is, or was, an executive officer or employee of an original document certification agency, shall divulge any confidential information he or she has learned in the course of performing his or her duties.[This Article Newly Inserted on Jul. 30, 2013]

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