Consent for Collection and Use of Personal Information (Membership)

Purpose of Collection and Use of Personal Information

Provision of services for Art Terms members

Items of Personal Information to be Collected

Name, Email, Telephone, Address

Period of Retention and Usage

In principle, the personal information is destroyed without delay upon the achievement of purposes of the collection and use of the personal information; provided, however, that the following information shall be retained for specified duration for such reasons set out below:

1. Retention of information pursuant to internal regulations of the company · Storage in accordance with the prevention of illegal transaction and operation policy: 5 years
2. Retention of information in accordance with the related laws and regulations
1. Record on agreement or withdrawal
• Reason: Act on the Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, etc.
• Period: 5 years
2. Record on payment and supply of goods, etc.
• Reason: Act on the Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, etc.
• Period: 5 years
3. Record on settlement of customer complaints or conflict
• Reason: Act on the Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, etc.
• Period: 3 years
4. Record on server log
• Reason: Protection of Communications Secrets Act
• Period: 3 months

Privacy Policy

Art Terms Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) is committed to protecting the customers’ personal information and complies with the ‘Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc.’ By this Privacy Policy, the Company informs you of the details on how your personal information will be used for what purposes and of any measure being taken for protecting your personal information. In case of any modification to this Privacy Policy, the Company will provide notification on website (or personal notification). 

The Company is collecting the following personal information for purposes of membership, consultation and application of the services:

Purposes of Collecting and Using Personal Information

The Company will utilize the collected personal information for the following purposes:

• Fulfillment of the agreement on services, fees settlement for the provision of services, provision of contents, purchases and fees payment, goods delivery or shipment to billing addresses, etc. Member management
• Personal verification for the use of membership service, personal identification, age identification, confirmation on whether the legal representative has consented to the collection of personal information of a child under the age of 14, delivery of notification
• Utilization on marketing activities and advertisement Understanding of access frequency or compiling statistics on the members’ service usage.

Retention and Usage Period of Personal Information

The Company will promptly destroy without exception the related information upon the achievement of the purposes of collecting and using the personal information.

Process and Method of Destroying Personal Information

In principle, the Company will destroy without delay the related information upon the achievement of the purposes of collecting and using the personal information. The process and method of destruction are as follows:

• Process of Destruction Data you have entered for signing up for membership will be transferred to a separate DB (a separate filing cabinet in case of paper documents) upon fulfillment of the purposes thereof and will be destroyed after kept for a certain period in accordance with internal rules and other grounds of protection under the related laws and regulations. The personal information transferred to a separate DB will not be used for any purpose other than for retention except as otherwise legally required.
• Method of destruction The personal information stored in the form of an electronic file will be deleted by using the technical methods where any record thereof cannot be played.

Provision of Personal Information

The Company, in principle, will not disclose externally any personal information of its users; provided, however, that this shall not apply to the following cases:

• When the users has given prior consent to such disclosure
• When the disclosure is in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations or is required by investigation agencies under a specific process and method as provided in such laws and regulations for investigation purposes.

Consignment of Collected Personal Information

The Company does not outsource any personal information of customers to outside agencies without consent of the users. If any necessity for so doing arises in the future, the Company will notify the users of any consignee and details of the outsourcing services. 

Rights of Users and Legal Representatives and the Methods of Exercising Such Rights

A user and his/her legal representative may access or modify personal information of him/herself or a child under the age of 14 and request the termination of the membership service. 

In order to access and modify personal information of a user or a child under the age of 14, you can click ‘modify personal information’ (or ‘modify membership information’ etc.), and for termination of the membership (consent withdrawal), click ‘withdraw membership’ and you may directly access, modify the information and/or withdraw from the membership. If you contact a person in charge of personal information management in writing or via telephone or email, the Company will promptly take measures.

In the event you have requested to correct errors in your personal information, the Company will not use or provide the personal information concerned until such correction is completely made. Further, in the event the incorrect personal information has already been provided to a third party, the details of correction will be notified to a third party without delay.

For any personal information revoked or deleted at the request of users or legal representatives, Artterms is handling such formation in accordance with the stipulation provided in “retention and usage period of personal information collected by Artterms and makes sure it is not accessed or used for any purpose other than this.

Installment, Operation and Refusal of Device for Automatic Collection of Personal Information

The Company operates ‘cookie’, etc. for storing and finding out your data. Cookie means a small piece of text file which is sent out from a server used for the operation of Artterms’s website to your browser and is stored on your computer’s hard disk. The Company uses cookies for the following purposes:

•  Purpose of using cookies, etc.

To provide targeted marketing and customized services by analyzing access frequency or visiting time of members and non-members, understanding users’ preferences and interests, tracking the users and figuring out the participation rates in various events and the number of visits. 

You have an option for setting a cookie. Hence, you may allow all cookies, or go through verification process whenever the cookies are stored, or, otherwise you may reject the storage of all cookies.

• How to reject setting cookies

For example, you may allow all cookies, or go through verification process whenever the cookies are stored or reject the storage of all cookies by choosing an option in your web browser.

Setting method (for Internet Explorer)

Select Tool menu at the top of the browser > Internet Options > Personal Data 

However, when you rejects setting a cookie, you may have some difficulties in using the service.

Civil Affairs Service on Personal Information

The Company designates relevant department and a person in charge of managing personal information as follows in order to protect the customers’ personal information and deal with any complaints thereon.

Tel: +82 1599-1093

Email: [email protected]

You may report to a person in charge of personal information management or to a relevant department, any civil complaint on the protection of personal information that arises while using the Company’s service. The Company will provide prompt and thorough answers to the users’ complaints or reports.

For other reports or consultations regarding privacy infringement, please contact the following institutions.

1. Cyber Investigation Department, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (cybercid.spo.go.kr)

2. Cyber Terror Response Center, National Police Agency (www.ctrc.go.kr/02-392-0330)

※ In case of any discrepancies between English version and Korean version, Korean version shall prevail.

For Korean version https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jgSpNUjXgp4CXiXETMKd4BDVRR-9pygS/view?usp=sharing