(2)Under the terms stipulated by Presidential Decree, the Minister of Information and
Communication may delegate concerns regarding the facilitating information and
communications network use, as prescribed in Article 13, to the National
Computerization Agency established pursuant to Article 10 of the Informationalization
Promotion Framework Act.
Article 57 (Secrets) Any person who is, or was, engaged in matters falling under each
of the following subparagraphs shall not disseminate secrets they have learned while
performing their duties to any other person or use said secrets for purposes other than
those of their duties: Provided that the same shall not apply in a situation where the
provisions of other Acts specially exclude the prohibition:
1.The business of dispute mediation conducted by the Dispute Mediation Committee;
2.The business of awarding certification on the information protection and management
system;
3.The business of information protection system evaluation under Article 52 (3)4.
Article 58 (Application to Person other than Provider of Information and
Communications Services)
Stipulated by Presidential Decree, the provisions of Articles 22 through 32 shall apply
mutatis mutandis to situations in which any person, other than information and
communications service providers who provide goods or services, collects, provides or
uses personal information of any person who is provided with said goods or services.
When this happens the "information and communications service provider" shall be
deemed the "provider of goods or services" and the "user" shall be deemed the "person
provided with goods or services", respectively.
Article 59 (Korea Association of Information and Telecommunication)
(1)As stipulated by Presidential Decree, information and communications service
providers and people who operate a business related to information communications
networks may establish a Korea Association of Information and Telecommunication
(hereafter referred to as the "Association") to promote the use and protection of
information and communications networks after obtaining permission from the Minister
of Information and Communication.
(2)The Association shall be a juristic person.
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