Email Collection Refusal

We reject the automated harvesting and unauthorized commercial use of emails on this site.

1. Rejection of Unauthorized Email Collection

We strictly refuse the collection of email addresses posted on this website using automated email harvesting programs or other technological devices.

The 'Medifact' service provided by Medifact Inc. is designed for medical fact-checking and academic references. Extracting email addresses from this platform for commercial marketing, sales pitch, or spam distribution without our prior written consent is strictly prohibited.

2. Legal Ground (Information and Communications Network Act)

Harvesting, selling, distributing, or using email addresses in violation of restrictions for advertising is punishable under the "Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc."

Article 50-2 (Prohibition of Unauthorized Collection of E-mail Addresses, etc.)

  1. No person shall collect e-mail addresses from an Internet homepage using automated e-mail harvesting programs or other technical devices without the prior consent of the operator or administrator of the homepage.
  2. No person shall sell or distribute e-mail addresses collected in violation of paragraph (1).
  3. No person shall knowingly use e-mail addresses, the collection, sale, or distribution of which is prohibited under paragraphs (1) and (2), for transmitting information.

Article 74 (Penal Provisions)

Any person who collects, sells, distributes, or uses e-mail addresses for transmitting information in violation of Article 50-2 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 10 million KRW.

Last Modified: July 3, 2026 Effective Date: July 3, 2026