Personal Data Protection Act Article 19

Except for the personal data specified under paragraph 1 of Article 6, the collection or processing of personal data by non-government agencies shall be for specific purposes and on one of the following bases:1.where it is expressly required by law;2.where there is a contractual or quasi-contractual relationship between the non-government agency and the data subject, and proper security measures have been adopted to ensure the security of the personal data;3.where the personal data has been manifestly made public by the data subject or publicized legally;4.where it is necessary for statistics gathering or academic research by an academic institution in pursuit of public interests, provided that such data, as processed by the data provider or as disclosed by the data collector, may not lead to the identification of a specific data subject;5. where consent has been given by the data subject;6.where it is necessary for furthering public interests;7.where the personal data is obtained from publicly available sources unless the data subject has an overriding interest in prohibiting the processing or use of such personal data; or8.where the rights and interests of the data subject will not be infringed upon.A data collector or processor shall, on its own initiative or upon the request of the data subject, erase or cease processing or using the personal data when it becomes aware of, or upon being notified by the data subject, that the processing or use of the personal data should be prohibited pursuant to the proviso to subparagraph 7 of the preceding paragraph.