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Agreement of Terms of Service

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Terms of Use Terms of Use

The Terms of Use provide an outline of the uses, processes, and obligations of its Users, along with the obligations of the Korea Foundation (KF) for the Services ("Services") of the KF Application Portal (http://apply.kf.or.kr) ("Portal").

Article 1. Definitions

  • ① "Portal" is the online website administered by the KF to provide information on the KF various support programs.
  • ② "User" is an organization or individual who accesses the Portal and utilizes its Services in accordance with the Terms of Use.
  • ③ "Member" is an authorized user who has satisfied the KF’s application procedures.
  • ④ "e-mail address" is the User’s registered e-mail address that is needed to access and utilize the Portal.
  • ⑤ "Password" is a combination of alphabetic and numeric characters that a Member has selected to protect its private information and to verify its User status.

Article 2. Validity and Revision of Terms of Use

  • ① The Terms of Use are valid and in effect as posted on the Portal for Users.
  • ② The Portal offers Services for the Users that agree to fully comply with the Terms of Use.
  • ③ The KF may revise the Terms of Use whenever necessary. Any such revisions will be valid after being posted on the Portal.
  • ④ Users are required to comply with the Terms of Use and subsequent revisions.

Article 3. Obligations of the KF

  • ① The KF shall not disclose or distribute any private information of Users to any third party without specific consent of the User.
  • ② The KF shall not take any actions that are not authorized by the Terms of Use and the Privacy Act, or deemed contrary to the interests of Users.
  • ③ The KF will put forth its utmost efforts to devise and maintain proper measures to protect the private information of Users.
  • ④ The KF will not distribute any commercial-related e-mail notices to Users.

Article 4. Obligations of Users

  • ① Users agree to fully comply with the Terms of Use and Privacy Act.
  • ② Users agree to not engage in the following actions:
    • 1. enter false or incorrect information when registering or revising private information.
    • 2. use the e-mail address, password, and private information of a third party.
    • 3. modify or delete parts of information posted on the Portal.
    • 4. hack the server, inflict damage to or intentionally disrupt the KF Services.
    • 5. infringe on intellectual property rights, such as the copyright of the KF or any third party.
    • 6. cause harm to the KF or any third party.
    • 7. use the Services for commercial gain/purposes.
    • 8. post or transmit any inappropriate content.
    • 9. plan or use the Services in a manner contrary to national or public interests.
    • 10. commit any unlawful action.
    • 11. violate the Terms of Use or Privacy Act.

Article 5. Registration

  • ① Any User that intends to register as a Member must agree to comply with the Terms of Use, and submit the User’s private information on the KF’s prescribed form.
  • ② The KF does not allow registration in the following situations:
    • 1. if the User submits third-party information.
    • 2. if the User submits false information on the registration form.

Article 6. Withdrawal of Membership

  • ① Members can request a withdrawal of Membership at any time. For a withdrawal of Membership, submit a request via My page.
  • ② The KF can restrict, suspend, or cancel a Membership without notification, if any of the following circumstances are found:
    • 1. submission of false information during registration or revision of private information.
    • 2. the same User registers more than once with different e-mail addresses.
    • 3. use of e-mail address, password, or private information of a third party.
    • 4. modify or delete parts of the information posted on the Portal.
    • 5. hack the server, inflict damage to or intentionally disrupt the KF Services.
    • 6. infringe on intellectual property rights, such as the copyright of the KF or any third party.
    • 7. cause harm to the KF or any third party.
    • 8. use the Services for commercial gain/purposes.
    • 9. post or transmit any inappropriate content.
    • 10. plan or use the Services in a manner contrary to national or public interests.
    • 11. commit any unlawful action.
    • 12. violate the Terms of Use or Privacy Act.

Article 7. Member e-mail Address and Password

  • ① A Member is responsible for managing his e-mail address and password.
  • ② A Member cannot allow a third party to use his e-mail address and password.
  • ③ A Member is required to inform the KF if his e-mail address or password has been used improperly and agrees to comply with the KF’s measures.

Article 8. Protection of Private Information

  • ① The KF requests that Users submit the least amount of private information in order to provide the Services.
  • ② In regard to the private information submitted by Users, the KF agrees to gather this information for proper operation of the Portal and to assure its protection.
  • ③ Private information submitted by Users will be fully protected and shall be used only for the following purposes:
    • 1. statistical analysis for improvement/enhancement of the Services.
    • 2. communication between the User and the KF.
  • ④ Private information shall not be used for any other purposes or distributed to a third party without User consent, and the KF maintains full responsibility for any such disclosure, aside from the following exceptions:
    • 1. when the information is used on a collective basis for statistical analysis, research, or survey efforts.
    • 2. when it is necessary to conduct an investigation of a possible wrong doing.

Article 9. User Content

  • ① A User may post on or distribute content through the Portal if such content does not infringe on copyright or intellectual property rights, unless the User has obtained approval for online distribution from the proper source.
  • ② Any content posted on the Portal by Users can be used by the KF for no cost. In part or whole, the KF is allowed to reproduce, publish, translate, or distribute such content. Other Users are also allowed to access, save, or duplicate such content for personal uses. A copyright holder maintains full rights to his content.
  • ③ If there is any on the infringement on the copyright or intellectual property rights related to the content posted by a User, such User shall be wholly responsible for any related damages or claims thereof. The KF will be under no obligation in regard to any compensation related to such damages or claims.
  • ④ The KF may delete any User content, without prior notification, under the following circumstances:
    • 1. if the content contains any inappropriate materials, such as commercial advertisements or defamatory references.
    • 2. if the content is found to infringe on the copyright or intellectual property rights of a third party.
    • 3. if the content is found to violate the Terms of Use and applicable regulations.

Article 10. Reversion of Copyright

  • ① Copyright and intellectual property rights of the Portal content shall revert to the KF, in accordance with relevant laws.
  • ② Aside from educational purposes and personal use, Users are prohibited from using the Services and Portal content for any commercial gain/purposes.

Article 11 Exemption from Responsibility

  • ① The KF shall be exempt from all responsibility for the provision of Services in the event of system maintenance, technical failure, or any other circumstance beyond the KF’s reasonable control.
  • ② The KF disclaims all responsibility for any damages or claims of Users related to the Portal Services. The KF may revise or improve the Services and content whenever necessary or appropriate.
  • ③ The KF disclaims all responsibility for any damages or claims of Users related to any matters that might be caused by other Users.
  • ④ The KF is under no obligation to intervene in any dispute between Users or between a User and third party in regard to the Portal Services.

Article 12. Matters Related to Linked Websites

  • ① The KF disclaims all responsibility for any posted content and protection of private information by websites that are connected to the Portal via link.

Article 13. Other Matters

  • ① Any matters not specified in the Terms of Use are nevertheless subject to the relevant laws of the Republic of Korea
  • ② If any dispute in regard to the Services results in a legal claim, the KF shall designate a competent court or other process for its settlement.

Additional Articles

Article 1. Date of enforcement
The Terms of Use are effective as of January 1, 2013.

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Korea Foundation Privacy Policy Korea Foundation Privacy Policy

1. Purpose of Personal Information Processing

    The Korea Foundation (hereinafter, the Foundation) does not use personal information for any purposes other than the following purposes. The Foundation will seek prior consent of users before any changes to such purposes are made
  • • A. Membership Management
  • - The Foundation collects a minimum amount of personal information required to provide customer services, handle complaints, and implements.
  • • B. New Service Development, Marketing, and Advertisement
  • - The Foundation uses personal information obtained under law and with the consent of information subjects in satisfaction survey, statistics analysis, and smooth communication with customers to offer better services.

2. Collection and Retention of Personal Information

    The Foundation collects and retains personal information under relevant laws and regulations and with information subjects’ consent only. Personal information files retained by the Foundation are as follows
    File Titles Processing Grounds & Purposes Information Stored in Files Retention Period
    KF Customers Data Base Membership management Name, e-mail Until membership withdrawal
    User's Application file Offering Our Supporting Services to Applicants Name, Institution, title, major, educational and professional background, dissertation/publication, address, country, phone/fax numbers, e-mail address, etc. Recipient : Semi-permanent
    Non-recipient : 3 years

3. Provision of Personal Information to Third Party

    It is, in principle, prohibited to provide personal information retained by the Foundation to a third party, except the following cases:
  • • A. For the purpose of collection, the Foundation may provide personal information to a third party when
  • - information subjects give additional consent,
  • - there are applicable laws or such provision is indispensable for fulfilling legal obligations,
  • - such provision is indispensable for conducting activities of public agencies specified by laws,
  • - or such provision is evidently necessary to protect the urgent interests of information subjects or a third party without prior consent because of incorrect address or because information subjects or their legal representatives are in no condition to express their opinion.
  • • B. For other purposes, the Foundation may provide personal information to a third party when
    (※except when there is a concern for unjust infringement on the interests of information subjects or a third party)
  • - information subjects give additional consent,
  • - there are special regulations specified in other laws,
  • - such provision is evidently necessary to protect the urgent interests of information subjects or a third party without prior consent because of incorrect address or because information subjects or their legal representatives are in no condition to express their opinion,
  • - such provision is necessary for the purpose of statistics and academic research, and in this case, information should be provided in a way that it cannot potentially identify a specific individual,
  • - activities specified by laws cannot be conducted unless personal information is used for other purposes or provided to a third party (in this case, a protection committee’s prior deliberation and decision is required),
  • - it is necessary to provide information to foreign governments or international organizations to implement treaties or international agreements,
  • - such provision is necessary to conduct crime investigation and prosecution,
  • - such provision is necessary for court proceedings,
  • - or such provision is necessary for the execution of a sentence, care and custody.

4. Entrustment of Personal Information Processing

    When entrusting personal information processing, the Foundation abides by Article 26 of the Personal Information Protection Act. Accordingly, the Foundation stipulates, in a written document, obligations and responsibilities, including the prohibition of personal information processing for purposes other than entrusted services, technical and managerial protection measures, restriction on re-entrustment, supervision of the entrusted party and compensation for damages, and supervises whether the entrusted party safely handles personal information.
    Entrusted Party Entrusted Services Period of Personal Information Retention and Use
    TRUEBON System maintenance and repair Until membership withdrawal or end of entrustment contract
    National information and Credit Evaluation (NICE) i-PIN verification / real name verification No additional preservation is made as the entrusted party already has retained the pertinent information.

5. Rights and Duties of Information Subjects and Methods to Exercise Them

    Users may exercise their rights as Information Subjects as follows: The Foundation may entrust a third party with personal information processing under Article 26 “Restrictions on Personal Information Processing Entrustment” of the Personal Information Protection Act. The Foundation shall make an online announcement of relevant information including purposes, content and period of entrustment, and the entrusted party’s name, address and contact information.
  • A. Access to Personal Information for Inspection
  • Under Article 35 “Access to Personal Information” of the Personal Information Protection Act, information subjects may request access to personal information retained by the Foundation.
  • o Requester (information subject) – Request using a form – Korea Foundation President
  • o Korea Foundation President – Notification of request results within 5 days – Requester (information subject)
  • o Korea Foundation President – Within 10 days after request collection – Access implementation
  • ※ for application please refer to the personal information access request form. Please be informed, however, access may be restricted in the following cases under Item 5, Article 35 of the Personal Information Act:
  • – Certain laws prohibit or restrict such access
  • – There is a possibility of harm to other people’s life or body, or unjustly infringement of their property or interests.
  • – There is a possibility of causing serious impediment to any of the following affairs of pubic organizations:
  • · Affairs related to the implementation of achievement, skill and recruitment examinations, and the screening of qualifications
  • · Affairs related to inspection and investigation in progress under other laws
  • B. Correction and Deletion of Personal Information
  • Information subjects may request the correction or deletion of personal information retained by the Foundation under Article 36 “Correction and Deletion of Personal Information” of the Personal Information Protection Act. They, however, are not allowed to make a request for the deletion of personal information if the collection of such information is stipulated under other laws.
  • – Scope of correction/deletion request
  • – Correction of information incorrectly recorded
  • – Deletion of content not applicable to certain categories
  • ※ For application, please refer to the personal information correction/deletion request form.
  • – Procedures of request for correction or deletion.
  • Requester (information subject) – Request using a form – Korea Foundation President
  • Korea Foundation President – Notification of request results within 10 days (may be extended just once) – Requester (information subject)
  • C. Discontinuance of Personal Information Processing
  • Information subjects may request the discontinuance of the processing of personal information retained by the Foundation under Article 37 “Discontinuance of Personal Information Processing” of the Personal Information Protection Act.
  • ※ For application, please refer to the personal information access request form. The Foundation, however, may refuse to accept the request for the discontinuance of personal information processing under Item 2, Article 37 of the Personal Information Protection Act in the following cases:
  • – There are special regulations in laws or such refusal is indispensable for fulfilling legal obligations.
  • – There is a concern for unjust infringement of other peoples’ life, body, property, or other interests.
  • – Public organizations cannot implement their programs and activities stipulated by other laws if not allowed to process personal information.
  • – Personal information processing is needed to offer services and fulfill contract signed by information subjects who have not made clear their intention to terminate such contract.
  • D. Users may refuse to accept users’ agreement and privacy policy when signing up for membership. In this case, posting and the use of additional services may be partially restricted.
  • E. When signing up, users may fill in personal information selectively, if necessary. There is no disadvantage in receiving services in the case of such selective registration.

6. Types of Personal Information Processed

    Please refer to the aforementioned “2. Collection and Retention of Personal Information” regarding the types of personal information processed by the Foundation.

7. Installation, Operation and Refusal of Automatic Data Collection Tool

  • • A. Purpose of Using Cookies
  • The Foundation uses cookies to offer better services to users by identifying website use pattern, number of users, and other information
  • • B. Installation, Operation, and Refusal of Cookies
  • – Users have the right to choose the installation of cookies. They, therefore, may select options in their web browsers to allow the use of all the cookies, to confirm each time cookies are saved, or to refuse to save all the cookies.
  • – When users refuse to save cookies, they may have difficulties in using some services that need login.
  • – Installation or refusal of cookies can be made with the following methods (in case of Internet Explorer):
  • ① Select [Internet Options] from the [Tools] menu.
  • ② Click the [Personal Information] tab.
  • ③ Set privacy level.

8. Disposal of Personal Information

    Users may exercise their rights as Information Subjects as follows: The Foundation may entrust a third party with personal information processing under Article 26 “Restrictions on Personal Information Processing Entrustment” of the Personal Information Protection Act. The Foundation shall make an online announcement of relevant information including purposes, content and period of entrustment, and the entrusted party’s name, address and contact information.
  • • A. Disposal Process
  • In accordance with internal guidelines and relevant laws, the Foundation disposes of information entered by users when the retention period has expired or processing purposes are fulfilled.
  • • B. Disposal Timing
  • Users’ personal information is destroyed within 5 days after the end date of the retention period or after it is deemed that the processing of such information is unnecessary due to the fulfillment of processing purposes.
  • • C. Disposal Methods
  • The Foundation disposes of personal information in the following way:
  • ① Information in electronic form shall be destroyed permanently in a way that it cannot be restored.
  • ② Information in non-electronic form shall be destroyed by shredding or incineration.

9. Management of Message Board Information

    To protect personal information, content in the Foundation’s message board (Contact the President, Q&A, and Policy Recommendations) is destroyed without delay two years after posting, and such disposal is recorded. Disposal records are managed by a department in charge of website maintenance.

10. Management of Dormant User Accounts

    Dormant members are those who have not logged in for two years since they last logged in to the Foundation’s services. Such members’ accounts are considered dormant, and the Foundation may restrict their use of services offered by the Foundation. They need to go through authentication to use the Foundation’s services again after their accounts were classified as dormant ones.

11. Personal Information Protection Managers

    The Foundation appoints personal information protection managers as follows to ensure appropriate collection and processing of personal information, thereby protecting users’ rights and interests and properly conducting programs and activities.
    Name E-mail Phone Number
    Senior Manager for Personal Information Protection KANG Young-Pil, Executive Vice President of Finance and Operations ypkang@kf.or.kr 064-804-1014
    Manager for Personal Information Protection PARK Ji-Young, Director, Resource Management Department jypark04@kf.or.kr 064-804-1061
    Staff Member for Personal Information Protection LEE Gwang-Ho, Senior Program Officer Resource Management Department ghlee@kf.or.kr 064-804-1064

12. Changes to Privacy Policy

    When there are any changes made to its privacy policy, the Foundation shall announce such changes in its homepage to make them readily available to information subjects, and shall keep records of such changes in compliance with Article 30 “Establishment and Disclosure of Privacy Policy” of the Personal Information Protection Act.
  • ※ Changes to Privacy Policy (January 31, 2012)
  • ※ Changes to Privacy Policy (August 26, 2013)
  • ※ Changes to Privacy Policy (December 22, 2013)
  • ※ Changes to Privacy Policy (August 6, 2014)
  • ※ Changes to Privacy Policy (February 5, 2015)
  • ※ Changes to Privacy Policy (February 5, 2015)

13. Measures to Secure Safety of Personal Information

    Under Article 29 “Obligations for Safety Measures” of the Personal Information Protection Act, the Foundation takes technical, managerial, and physical measures for the safety of personal information as follows:
  • • A. Restriction on Access to Personal Information
  • The Foundation controls access to personal information by granting, changing, and cancelling access rights to database system for personal information processing, and blocks unauthorized access by using firewall and detection systems.
  • • B. Retention and Anti-Tampering of Access Records
  • The Foundation stores records of access to its website for at least six months, and makes sure such records are not tampered, stolen, or lost.
  • • C. Technical Measures against Hacking
  • To prevent personal information leakage and damage by hacking or computer virus, the Foundation installs, renews, and checks safety programs on a regular basis, installs system in an access-restricted area, and conducts technical and physical surveillance and blocking.
  • • D. Physical Access Control on Unauthorized Personnel
  • The Foundation has set up personal information system in a separate physical area, and controls physical access to the system based on its own access control procedures.

14. Remedy for Infringement on Rights and Interests

    Information subjects may contact the Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee, the Personal Information Protection Center of the Korea Internet and Security Agency, or other relevant organizations for counselling or dispute settlement regarding any infringement on personal information-related rights and interests. When they find counselling or remedy offered by the Foundation’s Personal Information Protection Managers unsatisfactory, they many inquire at the following organizations:
  • - Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee: (without area code) 118 (Ext. 2)
  • - E-Privacy Mark Certification Committee: 02-550-9531 (www.eprivacy.or.kr)
  • - High-Tech Crime Investigation Department, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office: 02-3480-2000 (www.spo.go.kr)
  • - Cyber Terror Response Center, Korean National Police Agency: 02-392-0330 (www.ctrc.go.kr)

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