KED Global News Network (hereinafter referred to as ‘Company’) places great importance on the protection of users’ personal information, and strictly abide by the laws and regulations for personal information protection such as the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, Etc. and the Personal Information Protection Act of the Republic of Korea.
The Company’s policy for proceeding the personal information can be modified in accordance with the changes in government law and guidelines and changes in internal policies, and the Company will immediately notify the change of the policy on the website (or by individually).
The table of contents of this Privacy Policy is as follows.
1.Purpose of collecting and using personal information
2.Information to be collected and method of collection
3.Period for retention and use of personal information
4.Procedure and method of destruction of personal information
5.Sharing and provision of personal information
6.Commission for collected personal information
7.Right of users and their legal representative and the method of exercise
8.Matters concerning the installation, operation, and rejection of device that automatically collects personal information
9.Technical, managerial and physical measures for protection of personal information
10.Guide to staff responsible for personal information protection, personal information officer by service, and access request
11.Notification obligation
1. Purpose of collecting and using personal information
The Company collects personal information for following purposes. The personal information being processed shall not be used for any purpose other than the followings, and necessary measures shall be taken including obtaining separate consent in accordance with Article 18 of the Personal Information Protection Act if there is a change in the purpose of use.
1) Membership signup and management
2) Utilize for developing new services and marketing advertisement
3) Newsletter service
4) Others
2. 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. However, sensitive personal information (including race and ethnicity, thoughts and belief, place of origin and place of family register, political opinions, criminal record, information on health and sex life) and resident registration number that may violate members’ basic human right are not collected unnecessarily without legal ground.
2) Method of Collection
The company collects the personal information in a way of the following.
3. Period for retention and use of personal information
The company destructs personal information of users without delay when a user withdraws membership or the consent to the collection and use of the personal information, when the purpose of collection and use of personal information has been achieved, and when the period of possession and use expires. However, the following information shall be retained for specified period for the following reasons.
1) Personal information to be retained and the period of retention when withdrawing membership
2) Reasons for information retention under the relevant laws and regulation
3) Preservation of user information who has not logged in for a long time
If there is no record of use (e.g. Log-in) by a member for one year in a row, the Company saves and manages it for 1 year separately before destroying it as well as the Company notifies the member in advance. However, if required to preserve the personal information by the relative laws and regulations, it shall be preserved for a specified period. (Article 39-6 of the Personal Information Protection Act and Article 48-5 of the Enforcement Decree of the Personal Information Protection Act of the Republic of Korea)
4. Procedure and method of destruction of personal information
In principle, the Company destructs the information immediately after the purpose of its collection and use have been achieved without delay.
The procedure and method of destruction is as follows.
1) Procedure of destruction
2) Method of destruction
5. Sharing and provision of personal information
The Company uses personal information of users within the scope announced in ‘1. Purpose of collecting and using personal information’, and do not use it beyond the scope without users’ prior consent or disclose it to others in principle.
However, the following cases are exceptions.
1) Exceptions to sharing personal information
2) Third party provider of personal information in case the user has agreed to the sharing and provision of personal information in advance
Separate consent shall be obtained from the users of the service. The company partners with a content provider in order to provide better service to users, and safely delivers personal information as little as possible to a third party and manages it.
6. Commission for collected personal information
To carry out service better, the Company commissions external professional companies to process personal information as follows, and stipulates necessary matters for the safe management of personal information when contracting commission in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.
The Company’s personal information commission agency and the contents of commission is as follows.
If there is a change in commission agency, the name of commission agency and the contents of commission shall be notified on notice page or privacy policy page on the website.
7. Right of users and their legal representative and the method of exercise
Users and legal representatives may access and modify their registered personal information and the personal information of children under the age of 14 legally represented by them at any time, and may refuse to agree to or withdraw the membership if they do not agree with the privacy policy of the Company. In the case, however, it may be difficult to use all or part of the service.
To access and modify the information of users or the children under the age of 14, it is possible for themselves to access and modify the information after confirming identification on “Mypage” of the service.
To withdraw the membership of users or the children under the age of 14, it is possible to withdraw the membership by contacting the customer center by telephone or email.
Or it will be immediately taken care of after confirming identity if requested to the personal information manager in writing, by telephone, or by e-mail.
If a user requests correcting error of personal information, the personal information shall not be used or provided until the correction is complete. In addition, if the wrong personal information has been already provided to a third party, the correction result shall be notified to a third party without delay so that the correction can be made.
The company takes care of personal information cancelled or deleted by the request of users or their legal representatives in accordance with statement in ‘3. Period for retention and use of personal information’ and makes it impossible to read or use it for other purposes.
8. Matters concerning the installation, operation, and rejection of device that automatically collects personal information
The company uses a ‘cookie’ which saves the members’ information and retrieves it at any time in order to provide personalized and customized service.
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 members' device (PC, smartphone, Tablet PC, etc.) A cookie is used to maintain the members’ setting and to provide customized information by reading a cookie that is saved in the hard-disk of the members’ device when they visit the website.
The purpose of company’s use of cookies is to provide marketing service or personalized service for members by analyzing Company’s each service visited by the member, frequency of visits, time of visits, and the number of visits and by understanding their usage behaviors and event participation information. The cookie expires when the member closes browser or log out from the service.
A member may refuse to install a cookie or delete it anytime. Therefore, a member may allow all cookies, go through confirmation every time the cookie is saved, or refuse to save all cookies by setting up options on the web browser. However, it may be difficult to use some of the Company’s service that require login if a member refuse to save cookie.
How to set up whether to allow installation of cookies (in Internet Explorer) is as follows.
1) Click [Tools] > [Internet Options] on the top of web browser,
2) Click [Personal Information]
3) Set up [Privacy Level]
9. Technical, managerial and physical measures for protection of personal information
1) Technical measures
2) Managerial measures
3) Physical measures
4) Management of personal ID and Password
10. Guide to staff responsible for personal information protection, personal information officer by service, and access request
The company designates a staff responsible for personal information protection and request for access to process the collected personal information of members, and responses promptly and sincerely to information-related inquiries.
If you need to request access to other personal information, report, or consult, you may contact the following organization.
Korea Personal Information Infringement Report Center (operated by Korea Internet & Security Agency)
Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee
Cyber Crime Investigation Division at Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea
Cyber Bureau at Korea National Policy Agency
11. Notification obligation
Details on protection of personal information including this Privacy Policy are disclosed at the bottom of the website main page operated by the Company so that members can easily read it at any time. The contents of this Privacy Policy may change frequently, so you may check it when visiting the website.
In case of addition, deletion, and modification of the contents of this Privacy Policy due to changes in relevant laws and regulations, policies, or security technology, the reason and contents of the change shall be notified on THE KOREA ECONOMIC DAILY GLOBAL EDITION website at least 7 days before the revision.