Myungsung Co.,Ltd.

Privacy Policy

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'Myungsung Co., Ltd.' (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") values ​​your personal information and complies with the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection. Through its Privacy Policy, the Company informs you of how and for what purpose your personal information is used and what measures are taken to protect it.

1. Personal information items collected

2. Purpose of collection and use of personal information

3. Retention and use period of personal information

4. Personal information destruction procedures and methods

5. Provision of personal information

6. Entrustment of collected personal information

7. Rights of users and legal representatives and how to exercise them

8. Matters regarding the installation, operation, and refusal of automatic personal information collection devices

9. Personal information complaint services

10. Other

11. Notification obligations

1. Personal information collected

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The company collects the following personal information for membership registration, consultation, and service applications.

Method of personal information collection: Website (membership registration, bulletin board, application form) 

1. Login ID

2. Password

3. Nickname

4. Email

5. Service Usage History

6. Access Log

7. Cookies

8. Access IP Information

9. Payment History

2. Purpose of collection and use of personal information

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 The company uses the collected personal information for the following purposes.

1. Contract performance and billing for service provision

Content provision, product delivery or invoice issuance, identity verification, purchase and payment, and fee collection

2. Member management: Identity verification, personal identification, prevention of fraudulent use by delinquent members and unauthorized use, and confirmation of intent to join membership services.

3. Marketing and advertising: Determining access frequency and collecting statistics on member service use.

3. Retention and use period of personal information

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In principle, personal information is destroyed without delay once the purpose of collection and use has been achieved.

However, if retention is required by applicable laws and regulations, the company retains member information for a specified period of time as stipulated by applicable laws and regulations.

1. Items Retained: Login ID, Payment History

2. Basis for Retention: Credit Information Use and Protection Act

3. Retention Period: 3 years

Records of display/advertisement: 6 months (Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, etc.)

Records of contracts or cancellations: 5 years (Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, etc.)

Records of payment and supply of goods: 5 years (Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, etc.)

Records of consumer complaints or dispute resolution: 3 years (Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, etc.)

Records of collection/processing and use of credit information: 3 years (Act on the Use and Protection of Credit Information)

4. Procedures and methods for destroying personal information

In principle, the company destroys personal information without delay after the purpose of collection and use has been achieved. The destruction procedures and methods are as follows.

1. Destruction Procedure

The information you entered for membership registration and other purposes will be transferred to a separate database (or, in the case of paper, a separate file cabinet) after the purpose has been achieved.

In accordance with internal policies and other relevant laws and regulations for information protection (see Retention and Use Period), the information will be stored for a specified period of time before being destroyed.

Personal information transferred to a separate database will not be used for any purpose other than its retention, unless required by law.

2. Destruction Method

Personal information stored in electronic files is deleted using technical methods that render the records unrecoverable.

5. Provision of personal information

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In principle, the company does not provide users' personal information to external parties. However, exceptions may be made in the following cases.

1. When the user has given prior consent.

2. When requested by an investigative agency pursuant to legal provisions or for investigative purposes, in accordance with procedures and methods prescribed by law.

6. Entrustment of collected personal information

7. Rights of users and legal representatives and methods of exercising them

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Users can view or edit their registered personal information at any time and request cancellation of their membership.

To view or edit personal information, click "Change Personal Information" (or "Edit Member Information"). To cancel your membership (withdraw consent), click "Cancel Membership." After completing the identity verification process, you can directly view, edit, or cancel your membership.

Alternatively, contact the Personal Information Manager in writing or by email, and we will take action without delay.

If you request correction of errors in your personal information, we will not use or provide the personal information until the correction is complete. Furthermore, if incorrect personal information has already been provided to a third party, we will promptly notify the third party of the correction process to ensure the correction is made.

8. Matters concerning the installation, operation, and refusal of automatic personal information collection devices.

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The company uses "cookies" to periodically store and retrieve your information. Cookies are very small text files that the server used to operate the company's website sends to your browser and are stored on your computer's hard drive. The company uses cookies for the following purposes.

1. Purpose of Cookie Use: Analyze access frequency and visit time of members and non-members, identify user preferences and interests, and track user activity.

Provide targeted marketing and personalized services by understanding participation in various events and number of visits.

Users have the option to choose whether to install cookies. Therefore, by configuring their web browser options,

users can allow all cookies, request confirmation each time a cookie is saved, or reject all cookies.

2. How to reject cookie settings

Example: As a way to reject cookie settings, you can select the option of the web browser you use to allow all cookies, 

to confirm each time a cookie is saved, or to reject the saving of all cookies.

Example of setting method (for Internet Explorer): Tools at the top of the web browser > Internet Options > Personal Information 

However, if you refuse to install cookies, there may be difficulties in providing services. To the list 9. Personal Information Complaint Service The company 

Designates a personal information manager as follows to protect users' personal information and handle complaints related to personal information.

9. Complaint service regarding personal information

The company has designated a personal information manager as follows to protect users' personal information and handle complaints related to personal information. 

You may report any complaints related to personal information protection that occur while using the company's services to the personal information manager. The company will promptly and sufficiently respond to users' reports. 

If you need to report or consult about other personal information infringements, please contact the following organizations.

1.Personal Information Protection Infringement Center (www.privacy.kisa.or.kr / 02-405-5118)  

2.Information Protection Mark Certification Committee (www.eprivacy.or.kr / 02-580-9531~2)  

3.Supreme Prosecutors' Office Cybercrime Report (www.spo.go.kr / 02-3480-2000)  

4.Cyber ​​Security Bureau, National Police Agency (www.ctrc.go.kr / 1566-0112)   

10. Others

Please be advised that this "Privacy Policy" does not apply to the individual collection of personal information by websites linked to the homepage.

11. Obligation to notify

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If the contents of the current privacy policy are changed, we will notify you through the “Notices” section of the website at least 7 days prior to the revision.

- Announcement Date: December 13, 2023

- Effective Date: December 13, 2023