South Korea dismisses a request by Google to utilize local mapping information in the organization's worldwide maps benefit in a hotly anticipated deciding Friday that had separated the nation for a considerable length of time.
The organization said it was disappointed by the decision, which the land ministry said depended on worries over national security.
"We're disappointed by this decision. We've generally considered security concerns important and will keep on providing helpful guide benefits in consistence with Korea's present guide information send out direction," Taj Meadows, a Google representative, said in an announcement.
The South Korean government said the dangers exceeded profits by trading the nation's mapping information to Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc.
South Korea, confronting the unmistakable risk of adversary North Korea, bars sending out nearby mapping information to outside organizations that don't work local data servers.
The decision was normal in August, yet the government postponed the declaration by two more months to hold further arrangements with Google. The government had proposed allowing consent to Google to utilize local mapping information for Google Maps if the organization would obscure touchy data on South Korean military offices on its satellite guide.
"Our position from the begin was that in the event that it erases security offices, we would permit sending out (the local mapping information)," said Kim Tong-il, an authority at the land service.
In South Korea, however, Google is challenging the legislature. South Korea is among a modest bunch of nations where Google isn't the No. 1 search engine, nearby China, and Russia.
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