D&S DIES Co., Ltd. (hereinafter the "Company") places great importance on protecting the personal information of the users it manages, and does its utmost to ensure that the personal information provided online to the Company when users use the Services is protected. Accordingly, the Company complies with the personal information protection provisions of relevant statutes that information and communications service providers must observe, such as the Protection of Communications Secrets Act, the Telecommunications Business Act, and the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization, as well as the personal information protection guidelines established by the Ministry of Information and Communication.
Through this Privacy Policy, the Company informs users of the purposes and manner in which the personal information they provide is used, and of the measures being taken to protect personal information.
The Company discloses this Privacy Policy on the front page of its website so that users may readily view it at any time.
The Company's Privacy Policy may be changed from time to time due to changes in government laws and guidelines or changes in the Company's internal policies, and the Company has established the procedures necessary for the continuous improvement of the Privacy Policy accordingly. When the Privacy Policy is revised, the Company will immediately post the changes on its website and assign a revision date so that users can easily identify the revised matters. Users are advised to check regularly when visiting the site.
The Company's Privacy Policy contains the following.
Consent to the Collection of Personal Information
The Company provides a procedure by which users can click the "Agree" button regarding the contents of the Company's Privacy Policy or Terms of Use, and clicking the "Agree" button is deemed to constitute consent to the collection of personal information.
Purpose of Collection and Use of Personal Information
"Personal information" means information about a living individual that can identify the individual by means of items contained in the information, such as name, telephone number, and e-mail address (including information that, even if it alone cannot identify a specific individual, can readily identify the individual when combined with other information).
The Company's Services consist of menus that can be used at any time without separate user registration and menus that cannot. However, the Company collects users' personal information in order to provide users with more improved, high-quality services through its services and supplementary services. The Company does not arbitrarily disclose users' personal information without their prior consent,
and the collected information is used as follows.
First, more useful services can be developed based on the personal information provided by users. When developing new services or expanding content, the Company can more efficiently prioritize the services to be developed based on the personal information provided to the Company by existing users, and can reasonably select and provide content that users will need.
Second, the purpose of collection for each type of collected information is as follows.
(1) Name, ID, password, e-mail address: Identity verification in connection with the use of the Services.
(2) E-mail address, telephone number: Delivery of notices, confirmation of the individual's intent, handling of complaints and other means of securing smooth communication channels, and guidance on the latest information.
(3) Other optional items: Data for providing personalized services.
Items of Personal Information Collected by the Company and Methods of Collection
When users register as members in order to use the member services, the Company collects online the information essential for providing the Services. The essential information collected at the time of membership registration is name, e-mail, and contact information. In addition, in order to provide high-quality services, the Company collects additional information as items that users may optionally enter.
In addition, at the time of events held within the Company, the Company may selectively request the entry of personal information for purposes such as statistical analysis or the provision of prizes. However, the Company does not, as far as possible, collect sensitive personal information that may infringe upon users' fundamental human rights (such as race and ethnicity, ideology and creed, place of origin and registered domicile, political inclinations and criminal records, health status and sexual life), and where such collection is unavoidable, the Company will always obtain users' prior consent. Furthermore, under no circumstances will the Company use the information you enter for any purpose other than the purpose disclosed to users in advance, nor will it disclose such information externally. Please note, however, that openly available information such as name, e-mail, and website address may be collected for any purpose.
Please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to information that is openly available on the Company.
Retention and Use Period of the Personal Information Collected by the Company
While a user, as a member of the Company, uses the services provided by the Company, the Company continuously retains the user's personal information and uses it for purposes such as service provision. However, in the case of information that the Member has personally deleted or modified, or where the Member has requested cancellation of membership, all information except name and ID is completely deleted from the disk by an unrecoverable method and processed so that it cannot subsequently be viewed or used. As a rule, your personal information is destroyed once the purpose of its collection or the purpose for which it was provided has been achieved, as follows. However, in the cases below, member information is retained. In addition, where retention is required under the provisions of relevant statutes such as the Commercial Act and the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, the Company retains member information for the period prescribed by the relevant statutes. In such cases, the Company uses the retained information solely for the purpose of such retention.
- Records concerning contracts or withdrawal of offers: 5 years
- Records concerning payment and the supply of goods: 5 years
- Records concerning consumer complaints or dispute handling: 3 years
Sharing and Provision of the Personal Information Collected by the Company
The Company uses users' personal information within the scope disclosed in the purposes of collection and use of personal information, and, as a rule, does not use it beyond such scope or disclose users' personal information externally without the users' prior consent. However, the following cases are exceptions.
First, where users have consented in advance to the disclosure.
Second, where the terms of use of the Company's services posted on the site, or the terms of use of other member services, have been violated.
Third, where there are sufficient grounds to determine that personal information must be disclosed in order to take legal measures against a person who has caused mental or material harm to others by using the Company's services.
Fourth, where it is judged in good faith to be otherwise required by law (e.g., where there is a request from a government agency through lawful procedures pursuant to the relevant laws).
Fifth, where the information is provided to advertisers, partner companies, or research organizations in a form that cannot identify a specific individual, for the purposes of compiling statistics, academic research, or market surveys.
In addition, the Company may share users' personal information for the development of new technologies or the provision of better services. Even in such cases, prior to collecting or providing information, the Company will inform users of which institution or organization the personal information will be shared with, what information is needed and why, and until when and how it will be protected and managed, and will go through a procedure to obtain consent; where users have not consented, the Company does not arbitrarily collect or share additional information.
Even when placing and sending advertisements to groups defined by gender, age, or other specific conditions, users' personal information is not provided to the individuals or companies that commissioned the advertisements, and even where necessary for statistical processing, academic research, or market surveys, information is provided only in a form that cannot identify a specific individual.
Matters Concerning Users' Management of Their Own Personal Information (Viewing, Correction, Deletion, etc.)
Users may at any time view or modify their registered personal information through the Company's website, and may also request cancellation of membership.
To view and modify their personal information, users can log in to the Company using their ID and password, and may modify all entered items except the ID and name. In addition, if a user has forgotten their password, they can click "Find ID/Password" at the bottom of the member login menu and enter the information required for identity verification, upon which the ID and password will be sent to the e-mail entered at the time of registration.
Cancellation of membership is processed by entering the items on the member information modification page according to the website's instructions and selecting membership withdrawal.
Users may cancel membership or discontinue use with respect to the member ID of the Company's services, but this does not render all services unavailable; only certain member-only services will become unusable. The Company processes personal information that has been canceled or deleted at the user's request in accordance with the "Retention and Use Period of the Personal Information Collected by the Company," and handles it so that it cannot be viewed or used for any other purpose.
Matters Concerning the Operation of Sessions
In order to provide users with specialized, personalized services, the Company uses sessions that store users' information and retrieve it from time to time. A session is a small amount of information stored on the server used to operate the website.
The Company uses sessions to maintain the member authentication status in order to provide users with suitable and more useful services.
Technical and Administrative Measures Regarding Personal Information
In handling users' personal information, the Company takes the following technical measures to ensure security so that personal information is not lost, stolen, leaked, altered, or damaged. Users' personal information is thoroughly protected by passwords. The password for a member ID is known only to the individual, and confirmation and modification of personal information are possible only by the individual who knows the password. Therefore, users must not disclose their password to anyone. To this end, the Company generally recommends that, after finishing use on a PC, users log out online and close the web browser. In particular, where a PC is shared with others or used in a public place (such as a company, school, library, or Internet café), the above procedures will be all the more necessary to prevent personal information from being disclosed to others.
The Company does its utmost to prevent Members' personal information from being leaked or damaged by hacking, computer viruses, and the like. To guard against damage to personal information, the Company backs up data from time to time, uses the latest anti-virus programs to prevent users' personal information and data from being leaked or damaged, and enables personal information to be transmitted securely over the network through encryption algorithms and the like. In addition, the Company controls unauthorized external access using an intrusion prevention system and strives to equip itself with every possible technical device to ensure systemic stability. However, the Company is not liable for the leakage or damage of information due to unavoidable causes such as hacking or viruses.
The Company limits its personal information handling staff to designated persons, grants them separate passwords for this purpose that are regularly updated, and, through frequent training of the persons in charge, always emphasizes compliance with the Company's Privacy Policy.
Entrusted Processing of Personal Information
In order to improve its services, the Company may entrust the processing of users' personal information to external specialized companies. Where the Company entrusts the processing of personal information, it will notify users of this fact in advance. In addition, through the entrustment contract and the like, the Company will clearly stipulate the service provider's strict compliance with instructions regarding personal information protection, the maintenance of confidentiality regarding personal information, the prohibition of provision to third parties, and the assumption of liability in the event of an incident, and will retain the contents of such contract in writing or electronically.
Matters Concerning the Gathering of Opinions and Handling of Complaints Regarding Personal Information
The Company gathers your opinions regarding personal information protection and has established all procedures and methods for handling complaints. Users may report complaints by telephone or e-mail with reference to the name and contact information of the Company's Privacy Officer and person in charge specified below, and the Company will provide prompt and sufficient responses to users' reports. Alternatively, users may apply for complaint handling to the Personal Information Infringement Report Center operated by the government (http://www.cyberprivacy.or.kr, telephone 02-1336, PC communication go eprivacy), the Privacy Mark Certification Committee (www.privacymark.or.kr, 02-580-0533), or the National Police Agency (http://www.police.go.kr).
Name and Contact Information of the Company's Privacy Officer
The Company does its utmost to ensure that you can safely use quality information. In the event of an incident that runs contrary to the matters disclosed to you in protecting personal information, the Privacy Officer shall bear responsibility.
Responsibility for maintaining the security of the password of an ID associated with a user's personal information rests with the user themselves. The Company never directly asks users for their password by any means, so please take special care not to disclose your password to others. In particular, you should be even more cautious when connected online in a public place. The Company has designated a personal information manager responsible for gathering opinions and handling complaints regarding personal information, and the contact information is as follows.
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