South Korea게임산업진흥에 관한 법률 (Game Industry Promotion Act), Article 12-3, Game Time Selection System
게임산업진흥에 관한 법률 (Game Industry Promotion Act, Act No. 20485, amended ), Art. 12-3
In force since .
An age-appropriate design code rule binding private bodies.
- Private right of action
- No
- Age threshold
- 18
- Covered services
- Online games provided to users in South Korea
- Verification methods
- Parental consent, Self declaration
- Audit expectation
- on_request
- Who audits it
- Regulator
- Where the report goes
- Produced on request
What it requires
- Applies to providers of online games to users in South Korea.
- Comply with a request from a minor under 18, or the minor's legal guardian, to restrict the minor's game access to specific hours or a set daily duration.
- You need not shut games off overnight for minors: the mandatory shutdown system was repealed effective , leaving this request-based system as the only statutory game-time control.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text. Also read by: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (문화체육관광부) (guidance, recorded ).
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (문화체육관광부)
Settledness
- As of
- Guidance link
- https://www.mcst.go.kr/site/s_policy/game/game01.jsp
- Guidance body
- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (문화체육관광부)
What it makes you log
Who may demand the log
Regulator
Logging duty
No clause names a log or a retention period. The duty is implicit because the provider must produce data on the measures on request (Article 12-3(4)) and report within 10 days the results of a corrective order (Article 12-3(6)), which cannot be done without records of the verification and the time limits applied.
- Kind
- Implicit
- As of
- Provision
- Game Industry Promotion Act, Art. 12-3(1) and (4): an online game provider must take preventative measures including verifying members' real names and ages and restricting game time on a youth's or guardian's request, and must submit data on those measures to the Minister when asked
- Trigger
- age_assurance
What this law does
Lets a minor under 18 or the minor's legal guardian request that an online game provider restrict the minor's game access to specific hours or a set daily duration, and requires the game provider to comply with the requested restriction. Since the parallel mandatory overnight shutdown system was repealed effective , this parental-choice system is the sole statutory game-time control for minors.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app serves under-18s.
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