Privacy Policy

Article 1 (Personal Information)

“Personal information” means “personal information” as defined in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information: information about a living individual which can identify a specific individual by the name, date of birth, address, telephone number, contact details or other descriptions contained in that information, as well as information which can identify a specific individual on its own (personal identification information), such as data relating to appearance, fingerprints or voiceprints, and the insurer number of a health insurance card.

Article 2 (How Personal Information Is Collected)

The Company may ask for personal information such as name, telephone number, email address and company name when users request materials or make an enquiry.

Article 3 (Purposes of Collecting and Using Personal Information)

The Company collects and uses personal information for the following purposes:

1. To provide and operate the Company’s services
2. To respond to enquiries from users (including verifying their identity)
3. To inform users of new features, updates and campaigns of the service they are using, of other services and business activities provided by the Company, and to contact them regarding meeting requests
4. To contact users as necessary, for example for maintenance or important notices
5. To identify users who violate the terms of use or who intend to use the Service for fraudulent or improper purposes, and to refuse their use of the Service
6. Purposes incidental to the above

Article 4 (Change of Purpose of Use)

1. The Company shall change the purpose of use of personal information only where the changed purpose is reasonably recognised as relevant to the purpose before the change.
2. If the purpose of use is changed, the Company shall notify users of the changed purpose, or announce it on this website, by the method prescribed by the Company.

Article 5 (Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties)

1. The Company shall not provide personal information to third parties without the prior consent of the user, except in the following cases and as otherwise permitted under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other laws and regulations:
   1. Where it is necessary to protect a person’s life, body or property and it is difficult to obtain the person’s consent
   2. Where it is particularly necessary to improve public health or promote the sound development of children and it is difficult to obtain the person’s consent
   3. Where it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, a local government, or a party entrusted by either in carrying out affairs prescribed by laws and regulations, and obtaining the person’s consent is likely to hinder the performance of those affairs
   4. Where the following matters have been notified or announced in advance and the Company has filed a notification with the Personal Information Protection Commission:
      • That the purpose of use includes provision to third parties
      • The items of data provided to third parties
      • The means or method of provision to third parties
      • That provision of personal information to third parties will be stopped at the person’s request
      • How the person’s request is received
2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the recipient of the information shall not be deemed a third party in the following cases:
   1. Where the Company entrusts all or part of the handling of personal information within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use
   2. Where personal information is provided in connection with the succession of business due to a merger or other reasons
   3. Where personal information is used jointly with a specific party, and the Company has notified the person in advance — or placed the information within the person’s easy reach — of that fact, the items of personal information jointly used, the scope of joint users, the purpose of use by those users, and the name of the person or entity responsible for the management of that personal information

Article 6 (Disclosure of Personal Information)

1. When the Company is requested by a person to disclose their personal information, the Company shall disclose it to the person without delay. However, where disclosure would fall under any of the following, the Company may decline to disclose all or part of it, and shall notify the person without delay if it decides not to disclose:
   1. Where disclosure risks harming the life, body, property or other rights or interests of the person or a third party
   2. Where disclosure risks seriously hindering the proper conduct of the Company’s business
   3. Where disclosure would otherwise violate laws or regulations
2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, information other than personal information, such as history information and characteristic information, shall in principle not be disclosed.

Article 7 (Correction and Deletion of Personal Information)

1. Where a user’s personal information held by the Company is incorrect, the user may request that the Company correct, add to or delete it (“Correction, etc.”) by the procedure prescribed by the Company.
2. Where the Company receives a request under the preceding paragraph and judges it necessary to respond, the Company shall carry out the Correction, etc. of the personal information without delay.
3. The Company shall notify the user without delay when it has carried out a Correction, etc. under the preceding paragraph, or when it has decided not to do so.

Article 8 (Suspension of Use of Personal Information)

1. Where the Company is requested by a person to suspend the use of, or erase, their personal information (“Suspension, etc.”) on the grounds that it is being handled beyond the scope of the purpose of use or that it was obtained by wrongful means, the Company shall conduct the necessary investigation without delay.
2. Where, based on the results of the investigation under the preceding paragraph, the Company judges it necessary to respond, it shall carry out the Suspension, etc. of the personal information without delay.
3. The Company shall notify the user without delay when it has carried out a Suspension, etc. under the preceding paragraph, or when it has decided not to do so.
4. Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, where Suspension, etc. involves substantial cost or is otherwise difficult, and alternative measures can be taken to protect the user’s rights and interests, the Company shall take those alternative measures.

Article 9 (Changes to This Privacy Policy)

1. The contents of this Policy may be changed without notice to users, except for matters otherwise provided by laws and regulations or by this Policy.
2. Except as otherwise specified by the Company, the amended privacy policy shall take effect from the time it is posted on this website.

Article 10 (Contact)

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