Terms and conditions, Private Information collect and use agreement, and Information about related events and service are included.
Terms and Conditions
Article 1. (Purpose)
The purpose of these Terms and Conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) is to provide for the terms and conditions of use and operation of all sites operated by Reed K. Fairs Ltd. and SeoulMESSE Co., Ltd. (“Site”).
Article 2. (Definition)
As used in these Terms and Conditions, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
① “Member(s)” means a person who has consented to the Terms and Conditions of the Site; has been registered by providing certain personal information; and who has entered into a Use Agreement with the Site and uses the Site in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
② “Use Agreement” means an agreement between the Site and a Member in relation to the use of the Site.
③ “Member ID” (hereinafter referred to as “ID”) means a unique combination of letters and numbers assigned to each Member for the identification of and the use of services by such Member.
④ “Password” means a combination of letters and numbers created by a Member used for verifying that the Member corresponds to the Member who has been assigned with ID.
⑤ “Operator” means an individual who has established and is operating a homepage for the service.
⑥ “Termination” means a termination of the Use Agreement by a Member.
Article 3. (Rules other than Terms and Conditions)
The Operator may, if necessary, notify operational policy separately. In the event that such operational policy and these Terms and Conditions overlap, the operational policy may take precedence over these Terms and Conditions with the consent of a Member.
Article 4. (Use Agreement)
① Use Agreement shall be deemed to have been executed with the consent of a person who intends to use the Site after being registered as a Member and by approval of the Operator of such application.
② Any person who intends to use the service after being registered as a Member shall, at the time of application for registration, read these Terms and Conditions and indicate his/her intention of an agreement thereto by selecting “I Agree” located below.
Article 5. (Application for Use of Service)
① Any user who intends to use the Site after being registered as a Member shall provide all information requested by the Site (ID, Password, Nickname, etc.).
② A Member who has failed to register truthful personal information by misappropriating another person’s information or by registering false information may not claim any right in relation to the use of the Site and may be punished in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.
Article 6. (Privacy Policy)
The Site and the Operator do not keep Password among the personal information provided at the time of registration and abide by the Private Policy of the Operator in relation to handling personal information. The Operator shall make efforts to protect the personal information of Members, including membership registration information, as prescribed by relevant laws and regulations.
With regard to handling the personal information of Members, it is in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and the Privacy Policy set by the Site.
Provided, the Operator shall not be responsible for any information exposed due to a Member’s fault.
The Operator may view and submit a Member’s data to the relevant institution upon request pursuant to relevant laws and regulations in the event that such Member publishes or distributes an illegal material that violates public morals or national security.
Article 7. (Obligation of the Operator)
① When the Operator recognizes that any opinion or complained raised by a Member is justifiable, the Operator shall handle it promptly; provided, however, that if it is difficult to handle such issue promptly due to personal circumstances, the Operator shall use its best efforts by posting a notification or contacting such Member by message or an-email.
② For the provision of Site continuously and stably, the Operator may, without delay, request the Site to repair or restore when equipment is damaged or lost; provided, however, that the operation of the Site may be temporarily suspended due to reasons attributable to natural disaster or the Operator’s circumstance.
Article 8. (Obligations of Members)
① Members shall comply with the rules set forth in these Terms and Conditions and matters notified by the Site, such as general rules, notices, and operational policies set by the Operator, and with relevant laws and regulations, and shall not conduct any act that interferes with the business of the Site or damages the reputation of the Site.
② Without the express consent of the Site, Members may not allow a third party to use ID and Password, transfer, give to, or provide as collateral to another person the rights to use services or any other status under the Use Agreement.
③ Members must exercise due care in managing ID and Password, and must not provide to a third party their IDs without the consent of the Operator or the Site.
④ Members shall not infringe the intellectual property of the Operator, the Site, or any third party.
Article 9. (Service Use Hours )
① The service use hours shall be 27/7 throughout a year unless there is business or technical issue; provided, however, that the Site may suspend the services temporarily due to maintenance, installation, or replacement of the system, and such temporary suspensions due to scheduled work will be notified in advance on the Site’s website.
② However, the Site may temporarily or permanently suspend services without prior notice in the event of:
- Emergency system inspection, installment, replacement, or malfunction or error;
- Force majeure such as a state of national emergency, power outage, or natural disasters;
- Cancellation of telecommunication services by a key telecommunications service provider set forth in the Telecommunications Business Act; or
- Normal use of services is interrupted due to excessive use of the services.
③ In the event of a suspension of services due to a reason in Paragraph (2), the Site will notify the Members of such suspension of services through public notice, etc. in advance; provided, however, that if it is infeasible to give prior notice of suspension of services due to a reason beyond the control of the Site, an ex post facto notice will follow.
Article 10. (Termination)
① Member may request for termination of use at any time to the Site, and if a Member intends to terminate the Use Agreement with the Site, such Member must file an application for termination of registration online.
② Upon application for termination, a program related to the Site provided by the Site is automatically deleted from a membership management screen, and the Operator can no longer see the information of the applicant for termination.
Article 11. (Restrictions on Use of Service)
Any Member shall not engage in any of the following acts. In the event that a Member engages in any of the following acts, the Site may restrict the Member’s use of the service and take appropriate legal measures; suspend the provision of the services for a specific period of time, or terminate Use Agreement if the same act is repeated twice or more or the cause is not corrected within thirty (30) days.
① Providing false information at the time of registration for membership or modification thereof after being registered;
② Interfering the use of another person or misappropriating personal information of another person;
③ Impersonating as the Operator, an employee, or a related person of the Site;
④ Infringing the personal rights or intellectual property rights or interfering the business of the Site or another person;
⑤ Improperly using another Member’s ID;
⑥ Collecting, storing, or disclosing another Member’s personal information without consent;
⑦ Engaging in any activity that is objectively deemed to be linked to a crime; or
⑧ Engaging any other act that violates relevant laws, these Terms and Conditions, and public order and morals.
Article 12. (Management of Published Materials)
① The Operator is responsible for the management and operation of published materials and data on the Site. The Operator shall always monitor for inadequate materials and data, and if the Operator discovers or receives a report on inadequate material or data, the Operator shall delete it and warn the Member who has published such material or data. On the other hand, with regard to any published materials by a Member, such Member is responsible for its own publication, and thus Members shall not publish materials that violate these Terms and Conditions.
② The Operator may delete or move published materials without the prior consent of a Member if there is a request for correction in accordance with the laws of public institutions such as the Korea Internet Safety Commission.
③ The criteria for the determination of inadequate materials is as follows:
- Content that seriously defames or damages the reputation of another Member or a third party;
- Disseminating or linking any content violating public order or morals;
- Promoting illegal copying or hacking;
- Advertisement for commercial purposes;
- Material that is objectively deemed to be linked to a crime;
- Infringing other rights such as copyright, etc., of another Member or a third party; and
- Violating other relevant laws and regulations.
④ In the event of receiving a request from a third party to suspend a published material on the grounds of defamation, infringement of intellection property rights, etc., the Site or the Operator may temporarily suspend (stop transmission) the published material, and if a lawsuit, agreement, or other decision of a related institution is made between the party requesting suspension and the publisher and is submitted to the Site, the Site will follow such.
Article 13. (Storage of Published Material)
In the event that the Operator suspends the Site due to unavoidable circumstances, the Operator shall provide a prior notice thereof to Members and make necessary efforts to facilitate the transfer of published materials.
Article 14. (Copyright of Published Materials)
① The copyright of published material on the Site shall belong to the Member who has published. The Site may not use published materials for commercial use without the consent of the publisher; provided, however, that for non-profit use, published materials may be used without consent by not disclosing or anonymizing the personal information of the publisher and the Site shall have a right to publish.
② Members may not commercially use the information published on the service by arbitrarily processing or selling such information published on the service.
③ The Operator may delete, move, or refuse to publish without prior notice if it is determined that the contents of materials to be published or registered fall under the grounds set forth in Article 12.
Article 15. (Compensation for Damage)
① Members are primarily responsible for all civil and/or criminal liabilities occurring on the Site.
② No damages incurred by a Member from the Site shall be compensated if such damages are caused by force majeure, such as natural disasters, or intention or negligence of the Member.
Article 16. (Indemnification)
① The Operator shall be exempted from liability for damages, etc. arising out of Member’s failure to obtain subjective benefits expected from the provision of services on the Site or the selection or use of service data.
② The Operator shall be exempted from liability in the event of damages caused by a failure of services infrastructure or the telecommunication service provided by other telecommunication service providers and shall be exempted from liability for damage caused by the service infrastructure of the Site.
③ The Operator shall not be held liable for any damage that occurs in relation to data stored, published, or transmitted by a Member.
④ The Operator shall not be held liable for any loss incurred in connection with the failure to use the services due to reasons attributable to Member.
⑤ The Operator shall not be held liable for any damages arising from any activities (including data transmission and other community activity) between Members or between a Member and a third party, whether or not occurred within or outside of the service.
⑥ The Operator shall not be held liable for any damage caused by the content, such as the authenticity, reliability, accuracy, etc. of all materials published or transmitted by Members that others Members can receive from this Site.
⑦ The Operator shall not be held liable for any loss incurred from a transaction of goods between Members or between a Member and a third party through the services as a medium.
⑧ The Operator shall not be held liable for any dispute arising between Members or between a Member and a third party without any reason attributable to the Site and for any damages arising therefrom.
⑨ The Operator shall not be held liable for damages to Members arising out of system failures that may occur in the course of managing, checking, repairing, replacing, or operating software, either intentionally or without gross negligence equivalent to an intentional act; a system failure due to an attack by a third party; the spread of computer virus, etc. for which no countermeasures have been developed by domestic or foreign research institutions or security-related companies; or any other force majeure beyond the control of the Operator.
Supplementary Provision
These Terms and Conditions shall become effective on July 8, 2021.
August 30 - September 1, 2023
