The government on Friday decided to allow global tech giant Google to transfer government-supplied high-precision map data of South Korea to its overseas facilities, contingent on supplementary measures to address security concerns.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, which oversees national mapping policy, made the decision after holding a meeting with officials from foreign, defense and other related ministries.
"We approved the overseas transfer on condition that Google strictly comply with security guidelines," the ministry said, adding that the conditions include measures to mask sensitive facilities, restrict the exposure of precise coordinates and use local servers to process data.
Regarding data processing, in particular, the government called on Google to handle raw data at its Korean partner's data center located in the country while allowing only navigation service-related map data to be transferred overseas.
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