An information collection system, comprising: a server apparatus; a plurality of edge apparatuses; and a collection rules storage unit that stores collection rules in association with an edge apparatuses of the plurality of edge apparatuses and first information that is acquired by the server apparatus from the edge apparatus, the collection rules being information indicating any one or more of: content of information included in second information; a frequency of acquiring the second information; and the edge apparatus to which the collection rules are applied, wherein the edge apparatus includes: a first information generation unit that generates the first information; and a second information generation unit that generates the second information, wherein the server apparatus includes: a first information acquisition unit that acquires the first information from the edge apparatus; a second information acquisition unit that acquires the second information from the edge apparatus; and a collection rules acquisition unit that acquires from the collection rules storage unit the collection rules corresponding to the first information acquired by the first information acquisition unit and the edge apparatus that has generated the first information, wherein the collection rules storage unit stores the collection rules in association with a collection load, the collection load being is a load on the information collection system caused by acquisition of the second information performed based on the collection rules, wherein the server apparatus comprises an upper limit storage unit that stores a load upper limit that is an upper limit of a load that the information collection system tolerates, the load being a load on a communication network through which the server apparatus and the edge apparatus are connected to each other, and wherein the collection rules acquisition unit acquires the collection rules based on a determination that a sum of the collection load associated with the collection rules is equal to or less than the load upper limit. a server apparatus; a plurality of edge apparatuses; and a collection rules storage unit that stores collection rules in association with an edge apparatuses of the plurality of edge apparatuses and first information that is acquired by the server apparatus from the edge apparatus, the collection rules being information indicating any one or more of: content of information included in second information; a frequency of acquiring the second information; and the edge apparatus to which the collection rules are applied, wherein the edge apparatus includes: a first information generation unit that generates the first information; and a second information generation unit that generates the second information, a first information generation unit that generates the first information; and a second information generation unit that generates the second information, wherein the server apparatus includes: a first information acquisition unit that acquires the first information from the edge apparatus; a second information acquisition unit that acquires the second information from the edge apparatus; and a collection rules acquisition unit that acquires from the collection rules storage unit the collection rules corresponding to the first information acquired by the first information acquisition unit and the edge apparatus that has generated the first information, a first information acquisition unit that acquires the first information from the edge apparatus; a second information acquisition unit that acquires the second information from the edge apparatus; and a collection rules acquisition unit that acquires from the collection rules storage unit the collection rules corresponding to the first information acquired by the first information acquisition unit and the edge apparatus that has generated the first information, wherein the collection rules storage unit stores the collection rules in association with a collection load, the collection load being is a load on the information collection system caused by acquisition of the second information performed based on the collection rules, wherein the server apparatus comprises an upper limit storage unit that stores a load upper limit that is an upper limit of a load that the information collection system tolerates, the load being a load on a communication network through which the server apparatus and the edge apparatus are connected to each other, and wherein the collection rules acquisition unit acquires the collection rules based on a determination that a sum of the collection load associated with the collection rules is equal to or less than the load upper limit.