Article 49 (Protection of Secrets) Any person shall be prohibited from harming the
information of other persons or from stealing or disseminating the secrets of other
persons that are processed, stored or transmitted by information and communications
networks.
Article 50 (Restrictions on the Transmission of Advertisement Information)
(1)Pursuant to the addressee's explicit rejection of advertisement information, any
person shall be prohibited from transmitting advertisement information with the
objective of earning profits.
(2)Under the conditions stipulated by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and
Communication, any person who intends to transmit any advertisement information for
the purpose of earning profits under paragraph (1) by email shall expressly indicate the
matters falling under each of the following subparagraphs in the email:
1.The objective and main contents of the transmission;
2.The name and contact means of the addressor;
3.Matters concerning the addressee’s declared intention to reject advertisement
information reception.
Article 51 (Restrictions on Outflow of Major Information into Foreign Nations)
(1)The Minister of Information and Communication may have every information and
communications service provider or every information and communications service user
take requisite protective steps regarding major domestic industry, economy, science and
technology information from being flowing out of Korea into foreign nations.
(2)Presidential Decree shall stipulate the breadth of the major information referred to in
paragraph (1) and details of the protective steps concerning such major information.
Article 52 (Korea Information Security Agency)
(1)The Government shall establish a Korea Information Security Agency (hereafter
referred to as the "Security Agency") to put into practice the requisite protective steps
for secure information distribution.
(2)The Security Agency shall be a juristic person.
(3)The Security Agency shall complete the projects falling under each of the following
subparagraphs:
1.Survey and research information protection policies and systems;
2.Analysis of the negative effects of informationalization and countermeasures research;
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