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Rejection of email collection

This website is strictly banning unauthorized collection of email address from this website, in accordance with the concerned law below.

Act On Promotion Of Information And Communications Network Utilization And Information Protection Article 50

(1) If any person intends to transmit advertising information for profit by using an electronic transmission medium, he or she shall obtain express prior consent from an addressee of such information: Provided, That he or she need not obtain prior consent in any of the following cases:

  1. Where a person who has directly collected contact details from the addressee in his or her dealings of goods, etc. intends to transmit advertising information for profit on the same kinds of goods, etc. as those he or she manages and has dealt with the addressee within a period prescribed by Presidential Decree;
  2. Where a telemarketer under the Act on Door-to-Door Sales informs prospective customers of the collection source of their personal information by voice, and solicits them to buy products or services by means of a telephone call.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where an addressee expresses his or her intention to refuse to receive information or revokes his or her prior consent, no person who intends to transmit advertising information for profit by using an electronic transmission medium shall transmit advertising information for profit.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a person who intends to transmit advertising information for profit by using an electronic transmission medium during the time between 9:00 pm and 8:00 am of the following day shall obtain express prior consent from the addressee of such information: Provided, That the forgoing shall not apply to media prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(4) A person who transmits advertising information for profit by using an electronic transmission medium shall specify the following matters in advertising information, as prescribed by Presidential Decree:

  1. The name and contact details of a sender;
  2. Matters regarding measures and methods by which an addressee can readily express his or her intention to refuse to receive information or to revoke his or her consent to receive information.

(5) No person who transmits advertising information for profit by using an electronic transmission medium shall take any of the following measures:

  1. Measures to avoid or interfere with, an addressee's refusal to receive, or revocation of his or her consent to receive, advertising information;
  2. Measures to automatically generate an addressee's contact information, such as telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, by combining figures, codes, or letters;
  3. Measures to automatically register telephone numbers or e-mail addresses for the purpose of transmitting advertising information for profit;
  4. Various measures to hide the identity of the sender of advertising information or the source from which advertising is transmitted;
  5. Various measures to induce an addressee to reply by deceiving him or her for the purpose of transmitting advertising information for profit.

(6) A person who transmits advertising information for profit by using an electronic transmission medium shall take necessary measures so that an addressee does not incur any cost, such as telephone charges, when the addressee refuses to receive or revokes his or her consent to receive such information, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(7) Where an addressee gives prior consent under paragraph (1) or expresses his or her intention to refuse to receive, or revoke his or her consent to receive, advertising information under paragraph (2), a person who intends to transmit advertising information for profit by using an electronic transmission medium shall inform the relevant addressee of the outcomes of measures taken in relation to consent to receive, refusal to receive, or revocation of consent to receive, advertising information, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(8) A person who obtains consent to receive advertising information pursuant to paragraph (1) or (3) shall regularly verify whether an addressee of advertising information consents to receive such information, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.
[This Article Wholly Amended on May 28, 2014]

Personal Information Protection Act Article 15 (Collection and Use of Personal Information)

(1) A personal information controller may collect personal information in any of the following circumstances, and use it with the scope of the purpose of collection:

  1. Where consent is obtained from a data subject;
  2. Where special provisions exist in other laws or it is inevitable to observe legal obligations;
  3. Where it is inevitable for a public institution’s performance of its duties under its jurisdiction as prescribed by statutes, etc.;
  4. Where it is inevitably necessary to execute and perform a contract with a data subject;
  5. Where it is deemed manifestly necessary for the protection of life, bodily or property interests of the data subject or third party from imminent danger where the data subject or his or her legal representative is not in a position to express intention, or prior consent cannot be obtained owing to unknown addresses, etc.;
  6. Where it is necessary to attain the justifiable interest of a personal information controller, which such interest is manifestly superior to the rights of the data subject. In such cases, processing shall be allowed only to the extent the processing is substantially related to the justifiable interest of the personal information controller and does not go beyond a reasonable scope.

(2) A personal information controller shall inform a data subject of the following matters when it obtains consent under paragraph (1) 1. The same shall apply when any of the following is modified.

  1. The purpose of the collection and use of personal information;
  2. Particulars of personal information to be collected;
  3. The period for retaining and using personal information;
  4. The fact that the data subject is entitled to deny consent, and disadvantages, if any, resulting from the denial of consent.

(3) A personal information controller may use personal information without the consent of a data subject within the scope reasonably related to the initial purpose of the collection as prescribed by Presidential Decree, in consideration whether disadvantages have been caused to the data subject and whether necessary measures have been taken to secure such as encryption, etc. < This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 16930, 4. February, 2020 >