SOUTH KOREA

TECHNOLOGY LAWS
EXISTING LAWS ON TECHNOLOGY
EXISTING LAW
01
 ACT ON SPECIAL MEASURES FOR STRENGTHENING AND PROTECTING
COMPETITIVENESS OF NATIONAL HIGH-TECH STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES
The Special Act aims to:
(1) maintain national and economic security;
(2) protect and foster strategic technologies; and
(3) enhance the competitiveness of Korea’s high-tech industry.
 Key Provisions of the Special Act

• Korean Government-Supervised Adjustment Allowed for Supply

Stabilization in Emergency Situations

• Strategic Technology Holders Must Take Protective Measures

• Prohibits Leaks and Misappropriation of Strategic Technology with
Enhanced Penalties

• Future Support for Companies Engaged in Strategic Industries

 Special Taxation Act

Under the Special Taxation Act, certain technologies will be newly designated as
"National Strategic Technology," and tax benefits will be provided to companies
(including foreign-invested enterprises) that research, develop or commercialize
National Strategic Technology in Korea.
 Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)
PIPA acts as a general law on personal data protection that is applied in combination
with the Network Act to all incidents of data privacy infringement, including
cyberattacks and data leaks.

The purpose of this Act is to prescribe matters concerning the management of

personal information in order to protect the rights and interests of all citizens and
further realize the dignity and value of each individual by protecting personal privacy,
etc. from collection, leakage, misuse and abuse of individual information.
 Protection of Information and Communications
Infrastructure Act (PICIA)
The Protection of Information and Communications Infrastructure Act (PICIA) is
more engaged with the protection of information and communications
infrastructure against ‘electronic intrusion’, which is defined as an act of attacking
information and communications infrastructure by hacking, computer viruses, logic
bombs, email bombs, denial of service, high-power electromagnetic waves and
other means.
 Telecommunication Business Act
AKA
Anti-Google Law

This law prohibits app store operators, such as Google and Apple, from forcing their
own payment system for all in-app purchases. The amendment not only requires
these tech giants to allow more payment options, which will allow developers to avoid
the high fees set by both companies, but it also prohibits discriminating against or
penalizing developers who decide to seek other options.
PROPOSED LAW
02
 ANTI-DEEPFAKE BILL
A deepfake is a video produced by machine learning and artificial intelligence
technologies, and involves changing images and audio to falsify someone's identity,
words or actions.

Experts said there should be tougher penalties for abusing deepfakes intentionally as
it is getting harder to distinguish what is real with the rapid development of deepfake
technology, and manipulated videos could be used to defraud people and
organizations.
 ANTI-FAKE NEWS BILL
"Given the fake news bill that prohibits the spread of deliberate
disinformation
THANK YOU!