(1) No credit information company, etc. shall engage in any of the following acts: <Amended on Mar. 11, 2015; Feb. 4, 2020>
1. Deleted; <Feb. 4, 2020>
2. Deleted. <Feb. 4, 2020>
3. Deleted. <Feb. 4, 2020>
4. Finding out a certain person's whereabouts and contacts (hereinafter referred to as "whereabouts, etc.") or investigating his or her private life, other than commercial transaction relationships, including financial transactions; provided, where a credit information company permitted to engage in claims collection business finds out a certain person's whereabouts, etc. to conduct its business or it is allowed to find out a certain person's whereabouts, etc. pursuant to other statutes or regulations, this shall apply;
5. Using titles, including "intelligence service agent", "detective", or other titles similar thereto;
6. Deleted; <May 28, 2013>
7. Deleted; <Feb. 4, 2020>
(2) Where a credit information company, etc. transmits advertising information for profit-making purposes by using personal credit information or information necessary to identify an individual, Article 50 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection shall apply mutatis mutandis. <Added on Feb. 4, 2020>