Privacy Policy

 

General Data Protection Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Yupoong,Inc (http://design.yupoong.com, “the Company”) processes the personal data of its users, including without limitation, the options that a user selects for the collection, use and disclosure of his or her certain information.

For the purpose of data protection of its users, the Company records processing activities (Article 30 of GDPR), designates a Data Protection Officer (DPO) to operate its business in accordance with GDPR (Article 37), and trains its employees for data protection (Article 39).

The Company formulates legal framework to process personal data (Articles 6) and has the explicit consent to the data processing from a data subject (Article 7).

Additionally, in case of overseas transfer of the data, the Company concludes a contract under Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by a supervisory authority and approved by the Commission (Article 46.2 (c)), and has the explicit consent of a data subject (Article 49).

The Company allows a data subject to exercise his or her rights guaranteed by GDPR as follows: the right to receipt of his or her data (Articles 13 and 14), the right of access (Article 15), the right to rectification (Article 16), the right to erasure (Article 17), the right to restriction of processing (Article 18), the right to data portability (Article 20), the right to object (Article 21) and the right regarding automated individual decision-making including profiling (Article 22).

The Company is in compliance with the obligations of data protection by design and by default (Article 25) and implements technical and organizational measures reasonably necessary to prevent the data from leakage and breach (Article 32). It notifies a personal data breach to the supervisory authority within 72 hours after having become aware of it (Article 33) and communicates a personal data breach to a data subject without undue delay if the personal data breach is likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons (Article 34).

 

About Privacy Notice

The Company notifies a data subject of the Privacy Notice within the reasonable period not later than one month in order to explain the methods and procedures of processing his or her data including his or her certain data if it collects such personal data from the data subject or any third party discloses such personal data (Article 12, 13, and 14)

The Company notifies its users of this Privacy Notice as follows:

 

Contacting Us

If the user has general questions about his/her account or how to contact customer service for assistance, has questions specifically about this Privacy Policy, or use of his/her personal information, cookies or similar technologies, the user contacts our Data Protection Officer, In-ho Bae, Vice President, by email at flexfit_md@yupoong.co.kr.

The data controller of personal information is the Company. If the user contacts us to assist him/her, for safety of users and our safety, the Company may need to authenticate identity of the user before fulfilling the request.

 

Collection of Information

The Company collects and retains information about users such as:

• Information collected automatically by the Company:

- Records of service use and access, information on access IP, device identification number, OS information (country, language), etc.

- Log information such as IP address, log data, use time, search words input by users, internet protocol address, cookies and web beacons, etc.

 

Method of collection

The Company collects the information of the users in the following manner (Under GDPR 6(1)(a)):

• Collection through websites with the prior consent of the users

 

Use of Information

The Company uses information to provide, analyze, administer, enhance and personalize services and marketing efforts, and to communicate with users on these and other topics. For example, the Company uses information to:

• To detect and deter unauthorized or fraudulent use of or abuse of the services

• To improve the existing services and develop new services

• To use the users’ information with their prior consent; or

• To comply with applicable law or legal obligations

 

Disclosure of Information

The Company discloses user’s information for certain purposes and to third parties, as described below:

• Service Providers: The Company uses other companies, agents or contractors (hereinafter referred to as "Service Providers") to perform services on our behalf or to assist the Company with the provision of services to users. For example, the Company engages EASEL DESIGN (Wono Building 2F, 380-6 Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea. 157-87-00275) to provide infrastructure and IT services to optimize Company’s service. In the course of providing such services, these Service Providers may have access to user’s personal or other information. The Company does not authorize service providers to use or disclose user’s personal information except in connection with providing their services.

• Partners: Users may have a contractual relationship with one or more of our Company’s Partners, in which case the Company may share certain information with them in order to coordinate with them on providing the service to users and providing information about the availability of the service.

• Promotional offers: The Company may offer joint promotions or programs that, in order for user participation, will require the Company to share user’s personal information with third parties. In fulfilling these types of promotions, the Company may share user’s personal information in connection with fulfilling the incentive. In addition, these third parties are also responsible for their own privacy policies.

• Protection of the Company and others: The Company and its Service Providers may disclose and otherwise use user’s personal and other information where the Company or its Service Providers reasonably believe such disclosure is needed to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, (b) enforce applicable terms of use, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address illegal or suspected illegal activities, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of the Company, its users or the public, as required or permitted by law.

• Business transfers: In connection with any reorganization, restructuring, merger or sale, or other transfer of assets, the Company will transfer information, including personal information, provided that the receiving party agrees to respect user’s personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Whenever in the course of sharing information, the Company transfers personal information to countries outside of the European Economic Area and other regions with comprehensive data protection laws, the Company will ensure that the information is transferred in accordance with this Privacy Policy and as permitted by the applicable laws on data protection.

Personal information transferred may be saved electronically on servers operated by the Company’s Service Providers for record keeping purposes and other purposes as set out in this Privacy Policy.

 

Need to disclose Personal Information

The personal information provided by users is the requirement for the service use contract between a user and the Company so that the Company provides the users with great services. The users may be restricted to use the Company’s services unless they give consent to the collection of required personal information while they can use the Company’s services except the services which require the consent to the collection of the optional information if they refuse to give consent to the collection of such optional information.

Overseas Transfer of Information

The Company can disclose users’ personal information to the companies located outside of the EU for any purpose specified in this Privacy Policy. The Company takes reasonable measures for the companies where personal information is transmitted, retained or processed in order to protect such information. The Company discloses the users’ personal information in accordance with the documents including standard clauses of personal data protection approved or adopted by the recipient of personal data or European Committee (Under GDPR 46).

 

User’s right

The users or their legal representatives, as subjects of the information, can exercise the following rights regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information by the Company:

• the right to access by the data subject (Under GDPR 15);

• the right to rectification (Under GDPR 16)

• the right to erasure (Under GDPR 17)

• the right to restriction of processing (Under GDPR 18)

• the right to data portability (Under GDPR 20)

• the right to object (Under GDPR 21)

• the right regarding automated individual decision-making, including profiling (Under GDPR 22); and

• the right to request the withdrawal of prior consent (Under GDPR 7(3))

In order to exercise any of the foregoing rights, the users submit written documents using Data Subject Form provided by the Company to the Company (or DPO, agent) or contact by email, and the Company will immediately take actions for the request by the data subject. Provided, that, however, the Company may refuse such request if and to the extent there are reasonable grounds prescribed in the law or equivalent thereto.

Upon the request from a data subject, the Company takes actions as follows:

• To take actions for a data subject’s request after asking proof of his or her ID (or his or her legal representative);

• To ask if a subject requires the information to be provided in writing or whether he or she will accept it in an electronic form;

• To have a standard process for the Company to effectively inspect all relevant systems and to communicate with other departments;

• To notify a data subject if there is no information that he or she has requested;

• To formulate reasonable criteria to determine whether to correct or disclose personal information if the personal information requested by a data subject includes the information of other individuals; provided however, such information can be disclosed if the other individuals explicitly give the consent thereto. The Company should consider the impact of such disclosure and the possible breach of others’ personal information if no explicit consent is available, in which case, it should document the justification of such disclosure;

• To take actions in accordance with the request of a data subject in such a manner as he or she can understand, including the requirements under Article 15 of GDPR;

• To make no available the transfer system which can be traceable in case of providing a data subject with the information he or she has requested. Such information should be disclosed in a safe electronic means if individually agreed upon with the data subject; or

• To document the actions which have been taken for the request of a data subject

Also, the users or their legal representatives have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Under GDPR 13(2)(d), GDPR 14(2)(e)).

 

Security

The Company takes the security of personal information seriously. It has the following security measures to prevent the unauthorized access to, or disclosure, use or change of the personal information (Under GDPR 32). 

• Take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data these include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices.

• restrict access to personal information to YUPOONG employees, agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve the service

 

Checklist to Respond to Data Leakage and Breach

It is specified in Articles 33 and 34 of GDPR that in case of a personal data breach, the controller should without undue delay notify the personal data breach to a data subject and a supervisory authority. To this end, the Company responds to personal data leakage and breach before and after the occurrence of an incidence in accordance with the following checklist:

• Preparing for a data breach

- To know how to recognize a data breach;

- To have prepared a response plan for addressing any personal data leakage and breach that occur;

- To have allocated responsibility for managing breaches to a dedicated person or team; and

- To train staff to knows how to escalate a security incident to the appropriate person or team in its organization to determine whether a breach has occurred

• Response to a data breach

- To have in place a process to assess the likely risk to individuals as a result of a leakage;

- To have a process to notify the supervisory authority of a breach within 72 hours of becoming aware of it;

- To have Breach Notification Form to be submitted to the Supervisory Authority if a data leakage and breach occur;

- To have a process to inform an affected data subject about a breach without undue delay;

- To know what information about a breach the Company must provide to data subjects, and to provide advice to help them protect themselves from its effects; and

- To document all breaches

• Process of report and notification of data leakage

- To contact the relevant supervisory authority of a breach within 72 hours after having become aware of it;

- To directly contact the individuals affected by a breach if it is likely to result in a high risk to their rights and freedoms; and

- To have Breach Notification Form to the Supervisory Authority and Breach Notification Form to the Data Subject

 

Children

The Company does not collect any information of the children under 13 or those of minimum age under law. The Company’s service is not intended for, nor does the Company believe they are appealing to, children.

 

Profiling

The Company may use the users’ personal information to create individual or collective profiles (hereinafter referred to as “profiling”) for the purpose of identifying how to provide the users with better services, for example, providing the users with customized content of services by analyzing what attracts the users most regarding the Company and the services rendered by the Company, and how the users use the services. In addition, the Company uses the personal information for the following purposes: to create user clusters to identify the users’ interest in the Company’s services; to analyze the market and statistics or; to enhance the Company’s services (all websites, etc.). It may integrate the data provided by all its websites and applications with the users’ personal information that the Company receives. The processing of personal information for profiling is carried out in line with the guarantees and measures specified in applicable law (Under GDPR 22).

 

Retention Policy

For the purpose of protecting its users’ personal information, the Company complies with the principle of Data Minimization where the processing of personal information should be appropriate and limited to the extent solely necessary for the purposes for which the data are processed (GDPR 5.1.(c)). To this end, the Company abides by the following retention policy:

• Users’ personal information protected by the Company’s retention policy are subject to the all personal information processed by the Company;

• Personal information are retained for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal information are processed. The Company will destroy the personal information one year after the expiry of such period. However, the personal information may be stored for longer periods insofar as the personal information will be processed solely for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes subject to implementation of the appropriate technical and organizational measures required by this Regulation in order to safeguard the rights and freedoms of the data subject (Article 5.1 (e) of GDPR);

• The Company abides by the methods set forth in the ‘Security’ of this Privacy Policy to delete physical and digital data;

• The Data Protection Officer designates the strict retention period regarding the storage of users’ personal information and does not retain the data more than the period which requires the data. The Company monitors the compliance regarding the data retention on a regular basis and deletes the data, if no longer necessary, in a safe manner (Recital Article 39 of GDPR);

• The Company schedules regular review of stored data to determine whether the information is still required;

• The Company forthwith takes the actions set forth in the ‘User’s right’ of this Privacy Policy if a user exercises his or her right guaranteed by GDPR as a data subject;

• The Company is in compliance with relevant regulations such as GDPR, etc. in relation to the retention of users’ personal information;

• The Company makes sure that all employees are aware of the data retention policy prescribed in this Privacy Policy and GDPR;

• The Company sets this Privacy Policy by documenting a GDPR data retention policy. This Privacy Policy may need to be provided to regulators in the event of an audit or investigation of a complaint of a user or an employee; and

• This Privacy Policy may be used as the data proving that the Company complies with the requirements of GDPR.

 

Privacy Policy Regarding Company’s Employees

The Company trains and monitors its staff members including the ones in the HR team who handle personal information of the Company’s employees as well as the staff members involving user’s personal information, in order for them to process personal information in compliance with GDPR (Article 39 of GDPR). The Company documents training-related details (date, time, list of employees to be trained, list of participants, training content, training conductor, DPO’s role) of training for employees.

The Company delivers this Privacy Policy in a hard copy form or electronically. Staff members who process personal information have rights, etc. to request correction of fault information in relation to personal information concerned to the employer. 

 

Modification of Privacy Policy

The Company has the right to amend or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time, in which case, the Company will make a public notice of it through bulletin board of its website (or through individual notice in writing or by fax or e-mail) and have the consent of the users if required by relevant law.

 

Cookies

The Company may collect collective and impersonal information through 'cookies' or 'web beacons'.

Cookies are substantially small text files to be sent to the browser of the users by the server used for the operation of the Company’s websites and are stored in hard-disks of the users' computers.

Web beacons are a small quantity of code which exists on websites and e-mail. By using web beacons, the Company can identify whether a user has interacted with certain webs or the contents of email.

These functions are used for evaluating, improving services and customizing user experience so that the Company provides way improved services for the users.

The items of cookies to be collected by the Company and the purpose of such collection are as follows:

• Required cookies: This kind of cookies is indispensably necessary for the users to use the functions of the Company’s website. No services can be provided for a user unless he or she accepts these cookies. These cookies do not collect any information which can be used for marketing or store the sites that the users have visited.

• Performance cookies: This kind of cookies collects information of how the users use the Company's website such as the webpages most frequently visited by the users. Such data helps to optimize the Company’s website so that the users can search more conveniently on its website. Such cookies do not collect any information regarding users’ identification. All or any information collected by this kind of cookies are anonymous since the information is collectively processed.

• Functionality cookies: This kind of cookies is used to store the set-ups so as to provide services and improve the user experience. No information collected by these cookies identifies individual user.

The users have an option for cookie installation: accepting all cookies, making each cookie confirmed whenever it is saved, or refusing the storage of all cookies. However, such refusal by a user may result in the limit to the part of the Company's services.

 

The latest update date: AUG 27, 2020

 

 

Terms of Use

 

Article 1 (Purpose)

The purpose of this Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as the “Terms”) is to prescribe rights, obligations and responsibilities of the Company and members with regard to the use of digital content and relevant services provided by Yupoong,Inc (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) through online at http://design.yupoong.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”).

 

Article 2 (Definition)

The terms used herein are defined as follows:

1.     “Service” means the service that the Company provides to members through the Website, specifically the service providing materials which are helpful for design such as hat idea sample materials, trend analysis materials, etc. 

2.     “Member(s)” means the person who made an agreement of use with the Company in order to use content and relevant services provided by the Company in accordance with this Terms by accessing the Website.

3.     “Content” means materials or information expressed with symbols·letters·voice·audio·images or video, etc. that are created or processed in an electronic form for improving effectiveness in preservation and use.

4.     “ID” means a combination of letters or numbers designated by a member and approved by the Company for verification of the member and use of the services.

5.     “Password” means a combination of letters or numbers designated by a member to confirm whether a member is the member matched with the ID and to protect confidentiality.

 

Article 3 (Effectiveness and Amendment of the Terms)

1.     The Company shall, for easy recognition by members, display content of the Terms on the initial page of the Website; provided, however, that content of the Terms may be displayed through a link page.

2.     The Terms shall take effect for all members who have provided consent to the Terms.

3.     The Company may, if necessary, amend the Terms to the extent that it does not violate relevant laws and regulations.

4.     When the Company makes an amendment to the Terms, the announcement stipulating the date of application and the cause of amendment shall be posted on the initial page of the Website with current Terms from 7 days prior to the date of application to the day before the date of application. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such amendment becomes disadvantageous to users, it shall be announced at least 30 days prior to the date of application and other than such announcement, the Company notifies members with it by sending an e-mail, etc. for a certain period of time. The announcement shall include content specifying the modification on a before-and-after basis for easier understanding of members.

5.     Even if the Company specifically notify members of the point that ‘if intention to refuse is not expressed by the expected date of application of the amended Terms, it shall be deemed to be approved’, announcing or notifying amended Terms in accordance with the immediate preceding paragraph, but a member does not expressly indicate intention to refuse, it shall be deemed that the member gives consent to the amended Terms.

6.     If a member does not give consent to the amended Terms, the Company shall not apply content of the amended Terms to such member, in which case, the member may withdraw his/her membership; provided, however, that if there is a special circumstance that the Company may not apply existing Terms to the member who did not give consent to application of the amended Terms, the Company may terminate an agreement of use with the member concerned.

 

Article 4 (Rules Outside the Terms)

Any matter not specified herein shall follow relevant laws and regulations and commercial practice. 

 

Article 5 (Signing Up for Membership)

1.     Signing up for membership is complete when the Company approves application for joining as a member after a user gives consent to content of the Terms and applies for signing up for membership.

2.     Following items shall be provided when singing up for membership.

a.    Name

b.    Name of Buyer

c.     ID (E-mail Address) and Password

d.    Other matters deemed necessary by the Company

3.     In principle, the Company approves application for signing up for membership; provided, however, that the Company may not approve applications falling under following cases:

a.    Where an applicant have lost its membership in the past in accordance with the Terms;

b.    Where an applicant is not under real name or uses another person’s name;

c.     Where an applicant has filled false information or omitted items required by the Company;

d.    Where an approval is unable to be provided due to applicant’s fault or an applicant has applied for signing up for membership by violating other matters stipulated.

4.     The Company may suspend the approval if it is not equipped with enough facilities concerning services or there is a technical or business-related problem. 

5.     If the Company disapproves or suspends the approval of the application in accordance with Paragraph 3 and 4, it shall notify the applicant of it. The case that the Company is unavailable to notify the applicant of it without the Company’s fault shall be an exception.

6.     A membership agreement deems to be concluded at the time that an approval from the Company reaches to an applicant.

 

Article 6 (Change of Member Information)

1.     A member may view and change his/her personal information at any time through the personal information management page.

2.     A member shall notify the Company of changes, if any, in information entered at the time that he/she signed up, in the way of changing it via online or sending an e-mail to the Company, etc.

3.     The Company is not responsible for any disadvantage arising out of absence of notification to the Company with regard to the changes prescribed in Paragraph 2.

 

Article 7 (Obligations to Management of Member’s ID and Password)

1.     Members are responsible for management of their ID and password and shall not allow a third party to use them.

2.     If a member recognizes that his/her ID and password are stolen or being used by a third party, the member shall immediately notify the Company of it and follow the instruction of the Company.

3.     In case of Paragraph 2, the Company is not responsible for any disadvantage arising out of failure to notify the Company of such fact or to comply with the instruction of the Company after notifying.

 

Article 8 (Notification to Members)

1.     When the Company sends notification to members, it may send to the e-mail address designated by members.

2.     In the event of notification for all members, display of a notification on the Website for 7 days or more may replace notification prescribed in Paragraph 1; provided, however, that the Company shall send notification prescribed in Paragraph 1 with regard to the matters which may have a significant influence on members. 

 

Article 9 (Withdrawal from Membership and Loss of Eligibility)

1.     A member may request, at any time, to withdraw membership to the Company and the Company immediately processes the request.

2.     The Company may limit or suspend membership if a member falls under any of following cases:

a.    where a member has entered false information at the time of signing up for membership;

b.    where a member fails to fulfill obligation of payment regarding use of the service;

c.     where a member interferes with others to use the service of the Company or steals others’ information;

d.    where a member uses the Company to do a deed prohibited by laws and these Terms or to act against public order and morals

3.     After a member’s membership has been restricted·suspended by the Company, if the same acts are repeated twice or more or if the cause of restriction·suspension is not rectified within 30 days, the Company may disqualify a member for his/her membership

4.     When the Company disqualifies membership, registration of membership will be destroyed. In such a case, the Company notifies a member of it and gives at least 30 days or more to grant an opportunity to explain the cause prior to such destruction.

 

Article 10 (Provision of the Service)

1.     The Company offers services providing members with materials that are helpful for design such as hat idea sample materials, trend analysis materials, etc. through the Website.

2.     Members shall not use materials such as hat idea sample materials, trend analysis materials, etc. provided by the Company for any purposes other than members’ own work or for unlawful purposes, and shall not provide a third party with it or disclose it to a third party.

3.     In principle, the service is provided 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

 

Article 11 (Suspension of the Service)

1.     The Company may temporarily suspend provision of its service in case of maintenance, replacement or breakdown of information communications equipment including computers, loss of communications, or any other reasonable causes in operation, in which cases, the Company notifies members of the reason in the way prescribed in Article 8; provided, however, that the Company may notify afterwards for inevitable events for which prior notification is not available.

2.     The Company compensates damages suffered by members due to temporary suspension of provision of the service for no good reason; provided, however, that this shall not apply in case that the Company proves that there is no intention or negligence.

3.     The Company may conduct regular maintenance if necessary for provision of the service, and the time of regular maintenance will follow an announcement on the Website.

 

Article 12 (Changes in the Service)

1.     The Company may change the service provided by the Company on the basis of operational or technical necessity if there is a reasonable grounds.

2.     In the event of changes in content, usage methods, usage hours in the service, the Company displays reasons of changes, content and date of provision of the service to be changed, etc. on the initial page of the Website for at least 7 days before such changes.

3.     In case of Paragraph 2, if changed content is material or disadvantageous to members, the Company notifies members to which the Company provides such service of it in the way prescribed Article 8 and receives consent from them, in which case, the Company will provide the service before changing, for those who have refused to provide consent; provided, however, that if the Company is unavailable to provided such service, it may terminate an agreement of use.  

4.     The Company compensates damages, if any, suffered by members due to changes in the service in stipulated Paragraph 1 and termination of an agreement of use specified in Paragraph 3.

 

Article 13 (Provision of Information and Display of Advertisement)  

1.     The Company may provide members with various kinds of information which are deemed to be necessary for use of content by means of announcement, sending e-mail, etc.; provided, however, that members may decline to receive them via e-mail, etc. at any time.

2.     In the event that information stipulated in Paragraph is intended to be sent out via call or FAX, members’ prior consent is required for sending it.

3.     The Company may display advertisements on the content page, Website, e-mail, etc. in connection with provision of the service. Members who received an e-mail containing advertisements may refuse to receive it to the Company.

 

Article 14 (Ownership of Copyrights, etc.)  

1.     Copyrights and other intellectual property rights to works created by the Company belong to the Company.

2.     Amongst services provided by the Company, copyrights and other intellectual property rights to works provided by a partnership agreement belong to the provider concerned.

3.     Members shall not use, for the purpose of profit, or allow a third party to use, information to which the Company or a provider owns intellectual property rights, among information obtained by using the services provided by the Company, by means of reproducing, transmitting, publishing, distributing, broadcasting or others.

 

Article 15 (Protection of Personal Information)

1.     The company makes an effort to protect members’ personal information in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. For protection and use of personal information, relevant laws and regulation and the Company’s Privacy Policy will apply. 

2.     The Company collects and uses members’ personal information to the extent of the purpose and scope consented by members for seamless provision of the service.

3.     Unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations or consented by members, the Company does not disclose members’ personal information collected to a third party or use it for another new purpose. 

4.     In the event that the Company receives consent in Paragraph 1 or 2, the Company shall specify the purpose of collection and use of personal information, details concerning provision of information to a third party, etc. in advance, and members may withdraw their consent at any time. 

5.     Members may request, at any time, access to and correction of errors for their information processed by the Company, and the Company shall take a necessary action therefor without any delay.

6.     The Company or any third party who received personal information from the Company shall, without any delay, destroy personal information once the purpose of collection or receipt of personal information has been achieved.

7.     The Company shall not have the box for consent for collection·use·provision of personal information set to be ticked in advance. Also, the Company shall specify services that will be restricted if members do not agree to collection·use·provision of personal information.

 

Article 16 (Obligations of the Company)

1.     The Company shall exercise its rights and fulfill its obligations prescribed in laws and regulations and these Terms in good faith.

2.     In order for members to use content safely, the Company shall equip with security systems for protection of personal information and announce and comply with the Privacy Policy.

3.     If the Company recognizes that opinions and complaints made by members in relation to the use of content are reasonable, it will immediately conduct handling thereof. For opinions and complaints made by members, the Company utilizes a notice board or sends an e-mail to deliver information about how those are processed and the results. 

4.     The Company compensates damages suffered by members due to violation of obligations specified in the Terms.

 

Article 17 (Obligations of Members)

1.     Members shall not do any deed falling under any of following cases:

a.    Entering false information in membership application for signing up for membership or at the time of changing member information;

b.    Stealing other’s information;

c.     Infringing intellectual property rights such as copyrights of the Company and other third parties;

d.    Engaging in an act that harms the reputation or interrupts the operation of the Company and other third parties;

e.    Using materials such as hat idea sample materials, trend analysis materials, etc. provided by the Company for purposes other than members’ own work or for unlawful purposes;

f.      Disclosing or divulging materials such as hat idea sample materials, trend analysis materials, etc. provided by the Company to a third party;

g.    Engaging in other illegal or unlawful acts

2.     The Company shall comply with relevant laws and regulations, these Terms, matters to be noted that are announced with regard to content and matters notified by the Company, and shall not do any deed that interrupts business of the Company.

 

Article 18 (Indemnification)

1.     The Company is exempt from any responsibility for provision of content in the case that content is unavailable to be provided due to natural disaster or equivalent force majeure events

2.     The Company is not responsible for disruption of use of the service caused by reasons attributable to members.

3.     The Company is not responsible for reliability, accuracy, etc. of information, materials or facts provided to members through the Website.

4.     The Company is not responsible for any dispute resulting from content as medium between members or between a member and third party.

 

Article 19 (Resolution of Dispute)

In case of any dispute, the Company takes a proper and prompt action by reflecting reasonable opinions or complaints made by member; provided, however, that if it is difficult to be handled promptly, the Company will notify members of the reason and expected schedule for handling thereof.

 

Article 20 (Jurisdiction and Governing Law)

1.     If a lawsuit is filed against the Company in connection with these Terms and services, it will be resolved by a lawsuit under jurisdiction of Seoul Central District Court.

2.     Any lawsuit filed due to a dispute prescribed in Paragraph 1 shall be governed by the law of the Republic of Korea.

 

Addendum

These Terms will take effect on JAN 18, 2022