Refusal of Unauthorized Email Address Collection

The email addresses posted on this website must not be collected without authorization using email harvesting programs or any other technical means.
Any violation of this policy may result in criminal penalties under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, and users are advised to take note of this restriction.

Legal Basis

Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc.
(Partially amended on December 18, 2002, Act No. 6797)

Article 50-2 (Prohibition of Unauthorized Collection of Email Addresses, etc.)
1. No person shall collect email addresses using automated programs or other technical means from an internet website that has explicitly expressed its refusal of email address collection.
2. No person shall sell or distribute email addresses collected in violation of Paragraph 1.
3. No person shall use such email addresses for information transmission while knowing that they were collected, sold, or distributed in violation of Paragraphs 1 and 2.

Article 65-2 (Penalties)
Any person who falls under any of the following cases shall be subject to a fine of up to KRW 10,000,000:
1. Engaging in technical measures in violation of Article 50, Paragraph 4
2. Sending commercial advertising information for profit in violation of Article 50, Paragraph 6
3. Collecting, selling, distributing, or using email addresses for information transmission in violation of Article 50-2