# Collect and use personal information only with consent and for the stated purpose

- **Record type**: Obligation
- **Instrument**: Individual Privacy Act, 2075 (2018) — Nepal
- **Jurisdiction**: Nepal
- **Category**: privacy_data_protection
- **Binding**: Yes
- **Provision**: Chapter on collection and protection of personal information (reviewer to cite sections)

## In brief

Collect and use personal information only with consent and for the stated purpose is a legal requirement under the Nepal Privacy Act 2075 in Nepal (Chapter on collection and protection of personal information (reviewer to cite sections)). The record carries 1 evidence example and mappings to 1 framework.

## What the duty requires

Personal information may be collected only by authorised persons for a lawful purpose with the individual's consent, and must not be used or disclosed for other purposes without consent, subject to statutory exceptions. AI systems trained on or processing personal data of people in Nepal must respect these limits.

## What an organisation does about it

Document consent and purpose for any Nepal personal data used in AI training or inference.

## Controls that meet this duty

- Privacy and data-protection controls for AI (satisfies): https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/privacy-and-data-protection-for-ai
- Training-data provenance and copyright register (supports): https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/training-data-provenance-and-copyright-register

## Parent instrument

- Individual Privacy Act, 2075 (2018) — Nepal
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/nepal-individual-privacy-act
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/nepal-individual-privacy-act.md

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-OBL-0052 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0052; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/nepal-privacy-act-consent-and-purpose
- **Official source**: https://lawcommission.gov.np/
- **Provision**: Chapter on collection and protection of personal information (reviewer to cite sections)
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Collect and use personal information only with consent and for the stated purpose (Nepal Privacy Act 2075)" [AIPT-OBL-0052, not yet verified]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0052 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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