1. Information to be collected and method of collection
(1) Personal information items to be collected
Personal information items to be collected by the Company are as follows:
• Information collected while the users use services
Besides of information directly provided by the users, the Company may collect information in
the course that the users use the service provided by the Company.
[Option to select 'personal information items' in Appendix <1-2> of Personal Privacy Policy]
(2) Method of collection
The Company collects the information of users in a way of the followings:
• webpage, written form, fax, telephone calling, e-mailing, tools for collection of created information
• provided by partner companies
2. Use of collected information
The Company uses the collected information of users for the following purposes:
• Member management and identification
• To detect and deter unauthorized or fraudulent use of or abuse of the Service
• Performance of contract and service fee settlement regarding provision of services demanded
by the users
• Improvement of existing services and development of new services
• Making notice of function of company sites or applications or matters on policy change
• To help you connect with other users you already know and, with your permission, allow
other users to connect with you
• To make statistics on member’s service usage, to provide services and place advertisements
based on statistical characteristics
• To provide information on promotional events as well as opportunity to participate
• To comply with applicable laws or legal obligation
• Use of information with prior consent of the users (for example, utilization of marketing advertisement)
The Company agrees that it will obtain consent from the users, if the Company desires to use
the information other than those expressly stated in this Policy.
3. Sharing collected information
Except for the following cases, the Company will not share personal information with a 3rd party:
• when the Company shares the information with its affiliates, partners and service providers;
When the Company's affiliates, partners and service providers carry out services such as bill
payment, execution of orders, products delivery and dispute resolution (including disputes on
payment and delivery) for and on behalf of the Company
• when the users consent the sharing in advance;
∘ when the user selects to be provided by the information of products and services of certain
companies by sharing his or her personal information with those companies
∘ when the user selects to allow his or her personal information to be shared with the sites or
platform of other companies such as social networking sites
∘ other cases where the user gives prior consent for sharing his or her personal information
• when the sharing is required by the laws
- if required to be disclosed by the laws and regulations; or
- if required to be disclosed by the investigative agencies for detecting crimes in
accordance with the procedure and method as prescribed in the laws and regulations
4. Cookies, Beacons and Similar Technologies
The Company may collect collective and impersonal information through 'cookies' or 'web beacons'.
Cookies are very small text files to be sent to the browser of the users by the server used for
operation of the websites of the Company and will be stored in hard-disks of the users'
computer.
Web beacon is a small quantity of code which exists on the websites and e-mails. By using web
beacons, we may know whether a user has interacted with certain webs or the contents of
email.
These functions are used for evaluating, improving services and setting-up users' experiences so
that much improved services can be provided by the Company to the users
The items of cookies to be collected by the Company and the purpose of such collection are as
follows:
[Option to select 'collecting cookies' in Appendix <5>of Personal Privacy Policy]
The users have an option for cookie installation. So, they may either allow all cookies by setting
option in web browser, make each cookie checked whenever it is saved, or refuses all cookies to
be saved: Provided that, if the user rejects the installation of cookies, it may be difficult for that
user to use the parts of services provided by the Company.
5. Users' right to access and option
The users or their legal representatives, as main agents of the information, may exercise the
following options regarding the collection, use and sharing of personal information by the
Company:
• exercise right to access to personal information;
• make corrections or deletion;
• make temporary suspension of treatment of personal information; or
• request the withdrawal of their consent provided before
If, in order to exercise the above options, you, as an user, use the menu of 'amendment of
member information of webpage or contact the Company by using representative telephone or
sending a document or e-mails, or using telephone to the responsible department (or person in
charge of management of personal information), the Company will take measures without
delay: Provided that the Company may reject the request of you only to the extent that there
exists either proper cause as prescribed in the laws or equivalent cause.