Republic of Korea: Bill amending Act on Protection and Use of Location Information including provisions on consolidating obligations with Personal Information Protection Act (No. 2219307)

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
17 Jun 2026 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Republic of Korea
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: internet and telecom services
platform intermediary: user-generated content
platform intermediary: e-commerce
platform intermediary: other
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

17 Jun 2026
under deliberation

Bill amending Act on Protection and Use of Location Information including provisions on consolidating obligations with Personal Information Protection Act was introduced to National Assembly

On 17 June 2026, the bill amending the Act on Protection and Use of Location Information was introduced to the National Assembly. The amendment applies to location information businesses and location-based service providers operating across sectors,…

Event type law
Action type introduction
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament