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Personal Information Protection Act — Article 16 (Restriction on collection of personal information)

개인정보 보호법 제16조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-10-02. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-09-11) — check the Korean original.

(1) A personal information controller shall collect the minimum personal information necessary to attain the purpose when collecting personal information pursuant to Article 15 (1). In such cases, the burden of proof that the minimum personal information is collected shall be borne by the personal information controller.

(2) A personal information controller shall collect personal information by specifically informing a data subject of the fact that he or she may deny the consent to the collection of other personal information than the minimum information necessary in case of collecting the personal information with consent of the data subject. <Added on Aug. 6, 2013>

(3) A personal information controller shall not refuse to provide goods or services to a data subject on ground that the data subject does not consent to the collection of personal information exceeding minimum requirement. <Amended on Aug. 6, 2013>

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