Aekyung Chemical (hereinafter referred to as 'company’) places great importance on your personal information and complies with the “Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection.”

Through the privacy policy, the company informs of the purpose and method of using the personal information you provide and what measures are being taken to protect personal information.

If the company revises the privacy policy, the company will notify through the website notice (or via individual notice).

 

■ Personal information collected

The company collects the following personal information for membership registration, consultation, service request, etc.:

º Items collected: Name, date of birth, gender, log-in ID, password, question and answer for the password, home telephone number, home address, cellular phone number, e-mail address, job, company name, department, position, company telephone number, hobby, marital status, anniversary date, information of legal representative, personal identification number, service use log, connection log, connection IP information, and payment log.

º How personal information is collected: Website (membership registration), in papers

 

■ Purpose to collect and use personal information

The company uses collected personal information for following purposes:

º Implementation of contract related to service provision, payment content provided in accordance with service provision, purchase and payment process, delivery of goods or bills, etc.

º Member management

Identification confirmation, personal identification, age verification, confirmation of the consent of the legal representative when collecting personal information from children under the age of 14, and delivery of notices according to the use of the membership service.

º Marketing and advertising.

To analyze statistics on the access frequency and use of the service by members

 

■ Retention and processing period of personal information

Once the purpose of collection is fulfilled, your personal information is immediately disposed of without exceptions.

 

■ Disposal procedure and method of personal information

In principle, the company disposes information without delay after the purpose of collecting and using personal information is fulfilled. The procedure and method of disposal are as follows.

º Disposal procedure

The information you entered for membership registration, etc., will be transferred to a separate database (separate document box in the case of paper) and disposed after being stored for a certain period of time (see retention and processing period) according to internal policies and other related laws.

Personal information transferred to a separate database is not used for any purpose other than being preserved unless needed by the law.

º Disposal method

Personal information stored in electronic file format is d using a technical method that cannot save records.

 

■ Sharing personal information

In principle, the company does not provide your personal information to third parties. However, exceptions are made in the following cases:

- When you have given your consent in advance,

- When it is a required by investigating authorities in accordance with the procedure and method specified by the law for the purpose of the investigation or by the regulation of the law,

 

■ Consignment of the personal information collected

In order to provide and improve services, the company entrusts personal information as follows and is regulating policies as needed in accordance with the related law to ensure that personal information is safely managed during the consignment agreement.

 

 

 

■ Rights of users and legal representatives and exercising methods

Users and legal representatives may at any time inquire or modify the personal information of themselves registered or children under the age of 14 and request cancellation of membership.

Users or children under the age of 14 can directly read, correct, or withdraw information after going through the identity verification process by clicking "change personal information" (or "revise member information") or "withdraw membership"(withdraw consent) to cancel registration. Or, if you contact the person in charge of personal information management by writing, phone, or e-mail, we will take action without delay.

If you request correction of personal information errors, we will not use or provide the personal information until the correction is completed. In addition, if wrong personal information has already been provided to a third party, we will notify the third party of the correction process without delay so that the correction can be made.

 

■ Installation, operation and refusal of the automatic personal information collection device

The company operates "cookies" that store and find your information at any time. Cookies are very small text files sent to your browser by the server used to run the website which are stored on your computer's hard disk. The company uses the cookies for the following purposes:

▶ Purpose of use of cookies

- Target marketing and personalized services are provided by analyzing the access frequency and visit time of members and non-members, identifying users' preferences and interests, and identifying the level of participation in various events and number of visits.

You have the right over installing cookies. Therefore, you can permit all cookies by setting the options in your web browser, go through confirmation every time you save cookies, or refuse to save any cookies.

Example of configuration method (In case of Internet Explorer)

: Tools at top of the web browser > Internet options > Personal information

However, if you refuse to install cookies, there may be difficulties in providing full services.

 

■ Civil service regarding personal information

In order to protect customers' personal information and handle complaints related to personal information, the company designated departments and personal information manager as follows:

Customer service department: Management department

You can report any personal information protection-related complaints arising from using the company's services to the personal information manager or the department in charge. The company will respond quickly and sufficiently to users' reports.

 

If you need to report or consult on other personal information infringement, please contact the institution(s) below.

1. Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee (https://www.kopico.go.kr/main/main.do/1833-6972)

2. Information Protection Mark Certification Committee (www.eprivacy.or.kr/02-550-9531)

3. Supreme Prosecutors’ Office Cyber Crime Investigation (https://www.spo.go.kr/site/spo/02/10206010000002018100812.jsp /1301)

4. Korean National Police Agency Cyber Bureau (https://cyberbureau.police.go.kr/182)