Maty Term of Use - Agreement

[Chapter 1 General rules]

Article 1 (Objective)

The objective of this term of use(hereinafter called ‘terms’) is to stipulate in the concrete the terms of admission, facts and figures and other requirements of Maty service (http://www.maty.co.kr, hereinafter called ‘Service’) which is provided by the company between Interways Inc. (hereinafter called ‘Company’) and a user (hereinafter called ‘Member’.

Article 2 (Definition of terms)

(1) Glossary

- ‘Member’ is a user who agreed to this term of use and who signed the contract of use of service and who has been given a member’s ID. Members are divided into ‘full members’ and ‘rank-and-file members’. The service provided to each member can be different according to the company’s discretion.
- 'Agreement of use' means all the contracts including this Terms that are concluded between the Company and the User.
- 'User ID' is a combination of characters and numerals that is given to each user by the company for identification of users and for use of service with applications of members.
- 'Password' is a combination of characters and numerals that a user sets and registers to the company for verification of a user who is identified by his or her User ID.
- 'Withdrawal' means an act that a member terminates an Agreement of use and abandons his or her member rights.
(2) Any term that is not defined in this terms will be defined in a separate terms for an individual service and an individual agreement of use.

Article 3 (Effect and Change of the term)

(1) This terms comes into force when it is published online via Maty with a consent of a member and an acceptance of the company. The company can revise it within the range that it does not violate related laws when a rational reason arises. A revised terms takes effect by being published by Maty through lawful procedures.
(2) Members must check the change of the terms by visiting Maty on a regular basis. The company denies bearing the consequences for the damages of a user due to not knowing the revised terms.
(3) A user who does not agree with a revised terms can terminate the registration. Continuous use of service after the effective date of the revised is considered as a user agreed with the changes of the terms.
(4) A member does not agree with a revised terms can request a termination of a user.
(5) Any article that is not stated in this terms will abide by Telecommunications law, Telecommunications Business Act, The Act on Promotion of Information & Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc., a detail terms of Maty, a notice and a guide of the company and commercial practices.

[Chapter 2 Contract of term of use]

Article 4 (Conclusion of term of use)

(1) This term of use takes effect with an acceptance of a user for the terms and a consent of the company.
(2) Acceptance for the terms is expressed by clicking ‘Accept’ button on the application form when a user fills out the form.
(3) A client who wants to be a member of Maty and use the service should provide all the information that the company requests. The acceptance for the terms means a user agrees to be a member of the services that the company is providing and will provide in the future since all the member DB of web sites run by the company are consolidated.

Article 5 (Application of use and acceptance)

(1) A member should be 18 years old or older on the date of join in the service.
(2) A user who wants to be a member of the service should provide all the information (User ID, Password, Name, Contacts, etc.) that the company requests.
(3) All members should provide their own personal information to use the service. A member who provided other people’s personal information or false information have no right on using the service and can be punished by related laws.
(4) A member can be registered only when his or her own personal information is provided and the company has the right to check the information. A member should be cooperative when the company tries to check the provided information. If a member does not comply with it the company can assume the provided information as illegal or unlawful.
(5) The company can differentiate the time of use, the frequency of use, service menus by segmenting them according to the class of members.
(6) The company can deny the application for the service or can cancel its acceptance in the instances as follows.
- When false information is included in an online application form submitted
- When an application with false name or other person’s name is submitted.
- When a application which does not meet the requirements for Maty member is submitted
- When an application that has unhealthy intention (to ruin peace of the society and public morals) is submitted
- When an application seems to be used in unlawful ways
- When it seems to be used in pursuit of profit
- When a user does not fulfill his or her duty on application (e.g. not providing essential information in an application form
- When it is not possible to accept due to a fault of a user
- The company can cancel its acceptance during the use of service when a member did not fulfill his or her duty.

Article 6 (Disclosure and Protection of Member’s information)

(1) The company tries its best to protect members' personal information according to the related laws. The related laws and the company’s Privacy Statement are applied to protection and use of personal information. However, the company’s Privacy Statement does not applied to linked sites but to the company’s official site only. A member should strictly control his or her personal information such as password not to be revealed to other people and the company denies any responsibility when a member’s personal information leaked by the fault of a member.
(2) The company can provide a member’s personal information to a third party in the cases stated below within the boundary of law.
- When the company is requested to provide the information by a body of investigation or other governmental bodies
- When it is required to check for any fraudulent acts including a member’s infringement of any law or terms
- When it is required by other laws

[Chapter 3 Use and Limit of Service]

Article 7 (Providing and Change of Service)

(1) The services that the company provides
- Making out a member’s profile and perusal of other member’s profile service
- Communication services such as chatting, note
- Offline event such as parties and blind dates
- Other online contents
- All the services that the company developed by itself or that is provided by collaboration with other companies
- The services that are provided in Maty networks
(2) The company can change and provide the services stated in the sub clause (1) of Article 7 after it gives a notice to users about the change and the effective date with a good reason.
(3) The company will publish the change of a service which can infringe members’ rights and interests severely 7 days before the service starts.

Article 8 (Data entry and management in Bulletin board)

(1) The company has the copyrights and the intellectual properties of posts or works that the company made.
(2) The copyright of the published contents by a member in the service belongs to the member who published them. However, the company can use the contents that are published by a member without a separate permission of the member, for free, for the purpose of operation of service, display, transmission, publication and publicity as far as the use complies with just customary practices of copyright laws and within reasonable extent.
- Creation of edited works that does not affect the original job such as duplication, modification, change, display, transmission, publication
- When it provides, displays and promotes the member’s publication to service partners such as mass media, telecommunication companies. However, the company does not provide member’s personal information other than the member’s User ID without the member’s consent.

(3) The contents listed below (including published texts and attachments, hereinafter called ‘posts’) are not allowed to be published in the bulletin board of Maty. The company can delete the posts without a prior notice on detecting those and can limit, stop or erase the member’s membership.

- Publication including abusive language and cursing
- Publication including lewd texts, files or information
- Publication considered pursuing profits and interests
- Publication including slanders and personal abuses with other member’s ID or real name in it
- Publication that infringe others’ privacy
- Publication which tends to infringe copyrights of the company, members or a third party
- Publication that is determined to have relations with a crime
- Publication that may give discomfort to other members
- Publication that may harm Maty service
- Other publications that are decided to be disobedient to related laws

(4) Deleted publications can be restored for confirmation when there is a report from a member notifying they belong to the cases in the sub clause (3) right above and can be a reason for sanctions of members.
(5) Publications in Maty service will be preserved for 1 year. Any publication excess 1year in duration can be deleted without a prior notice.
(6) The company denies any responsibility when a problem occurs due to wrong and improper contact information or e-mail address within published contents by the member himself.
(7) The company can cooperative with any body of investigation when it is lawfully requested to cooperate with for any case occurred due to the bulletin board.

Article 9 (Communications among members)

(1) This article applies to all the communication methods among all the members within Maty site including e-mails, notes and chatting.
(2) The company can limit, stop or delete the membership of a member when a member is reported to the report center for faulty members of Maty for the cases listed below and the fact is confirmed or the faulty act is detected by the company.

- When it is obviously seeking for profits and interests
- When there are lewd, sexually harassing words or lewd information links
- When there are abusive language and cursing
- When there are slanders and personal abuses with other member’s ID or real name in it
- When it can harm other members such as stocking
- When it can give other members discomfort
- When it causes confusion sharing his or her ID with other people
- When it can harm Maty service
- When it is determined to have relations with crime
- Others that are decided to be disobedient to related laws

Article 10 (Limit and Suspension of Service)

(1) The company can take proper measures such as limiting use of service, initialization, terminating of terms of use when a member violates the case listed below in using the service.

- When a member registers foul contents or embezzles other people’s personal information such as User IDs and passwords. Or, when a member trades or provides User IDs with other people
- When a member circulates vulgar, lewd contents that violate public order and laudable custom or some information, sentences, diagrams, sounds and movies that can infringe other people’s privacy to other people by means of transmission, publishing, e-mail or other methods
- When a member harasses or threats other members or gives discomfort continuously to a specific user
- When a member changes client programs of the company without acquiring special right from the company or hacks the server of the company or, changes all or a part of the published information or the web site of the company
- When a member duplicates the information that is acquired through the service without a prior consent from the company or uses it for publication and broadcasting or provides it to a third party
- When a member interrupts the operation of normal service with false acts such as misrepresentation of administrators, staffs, participants, or intentional interruptions
- When there is a correction request from a public agency such as Korea Internet Safety Commission
- When a member violates related laws (for example, violating the rules including this terms that the company prepared) or when it is objectively believed to be linked to a criminal act

(2) A member should indemnify the damage that has been done to the company or other members due to the member’s fault according to the previous clause.
(3) A member who is interrupting the service is subject to be forcefully seceded from the membership irrespective of the type of a member (full or rank-and-file). Forceful secedes will progress without any notice.
(4) Limitation of use of service can vary case by case according to the company’s discretion.
(5) The company enforces regular inspections or irregular inspections with a special cause in order to provide a steady service environment to the members. During these inspections, the company can limit the member’s use of service or stop the service. These are not included in the faults of the company.
(6) The company can limit or stop the members’ using of service when there is a national emergency such as a war, a disaster, a natural calamity or there is a possibility of national emergency to occur and when common carriers according to Telecommunication Business Act stops telecommunications service and for some reasons inevitable.
(7) The company should notify the reason of limitation or stop of service and the duration of it to the members without hesitation.

[Chapter 4 Termination of Agreement]

Article 11 (Service charge and Refund)

(1) The paid service is based on prepayment.
(2) The charges for paid services are determined according to the listed prices in each service and the services can be available after paying the charges via the payment methods that are specified by the company.
(3) Refund can not be done after being registered as a full member in Maty which is a paid service.
(4) Refund can not be done even when a newly registered full member or an extended full member tries to terminate the terms of use.
(5) The company denies any responsibility for any difficulty caused by a user’s PC environment.
(6) The company can delete a membership and the charge of a full member is not refunded when there is an opinion or a complaint from other members through established procedures and it is acknowledged as reasonable.

Article 12 (Withdrawal and Handling of personal information collected)

(1) A member who wants to withdraw and stop using Maty service, he or she should request for an withdrawal in Withdrawal page of Maty site by himself or herself.
(2) The personal information input in the application form of Maty service will be deleted immediately according to Maty Privacy Statement when a member withdraws. However, the company can prevent a forcefully withdrawn member from being a member again maintaining the basic information of a member who is being withdrawn by force.

[Chapter 5 Duties and Rights of Company and Member]

Article 13 (Duties and Rights of Company)

(1) The company should start providing the service on the date when a member wants if there is no special reason..
(2) The company does a role of media that publishes the information that is provided by the members.
(3) The company should repair or restore the equipments for providing continuous and steady services when the equipments is hindered or lost.
(4) The company should publish and comply with Maty Privacy Statement to protect a member’s personal information.
(5) The company should take proper measures immediately through proper procedures when a member’s opinion or complain considered to be just and objective.
(6) The company should provide relative information by inserting advertisements in the site that are considered proper.

Article 14 (Duties and Rights of Member)

(1) A member should provide his or her real information based on facts in every detail when applying for a membership or changing a member’s personal information. If a member registers false or other people’s information the user can not claim any right.
(2) A member can not give away his or her right to use the service, a status in other contract of use and can not give it as a security. A member can not leak, publish or transfer his or her User ID and password to other people. When a User ID and password is leaked and damage caused by the fault of the user himself or herself the responsibilities are entirely on the user. Also, when a member shares his or her ID with other people the service can be limited according to this terms.
(3) An User ID can not be changed in no case. If a member should change his or her User ID, he or she should deregister the User ID first and register new User ID.
(4) A member should comply with relative laws such as the articles stated in this terms and all the rules specified by other companies and notices and should not do any acts which may interrupt other companies’ businesses, which may damage the company’s reputation or which may harm other people.
(5) A member should give a notice immediately through proper procedures when there is any change in the terms of use such as the member’s address, contact information, e-mail address.
(6) A member can not do business using the service without a prior consent of the company and the company denies any responsibility for the consequences of these doing businesses. When there is a damage caused to the company by these doing businesses the member should bear the responsibility of a compensation for damage. The company can demand a compensation for damage to the member through lawful procedures and can limit the use of service.
(7) A member is considered to agree to receive the informative, advertising e-mails from the company as soon as he or she finishes subscription.

[Chapter 6 Indemnity and others]

Article 15 (Exemption)

(1) The company is exempted from any responsibility of not providing the service when it can not provide the service due to natural disasters, wars and service stop of common carriers or Force Majeure.
(2) The company is exempted from any responsibility for any damage due to unavoidable reasons such as repairs, replacements, regular inspections of equipments and engineering works.
(3) The company is not responsible for any damage caused by the error of the member's computer or the member's incomplete and wrong information input of personal information and e-mail address.
(4) The company is not responsible for any damage when a member can not get or lose the expected profits. The company is not responsible for any damage due to the data acquired by using the service.
(5) The company is not responsible for reliability, accuracy of the information, data, fact that users publish to the service. The company bears no responsibility to interfere in a dispute developed through the service between members and between a member and a third party. The company bears no responsibility for the damage caused by the dispute.
(6) The company bears no responsibility to check a member’s contents published in advance or to check the published contents on a regular basis. The company is not responsible for the consequences of this.

Article 16 (Indemnity)

(1) The company will indemnify the damage of a full member caused by the impossibility of using the service with providing the user an extended time of use when the company is responsible for a service stop. However, the company bears no responsibility when the damage caused by the intentional errors, faults of a full member or by violations of any articles or rules in this terms.
(2) The company bears no responsibility for any hindrance caused by a member’s fault.
(3) The company complies with the relative laws for the methods and procedures of indemnification.

Article 17 (Arbitration and Jurisdiction)

(1) The company and a member will do their best to solve any dispute aroused that is related to the service.
(2) The company bears no responsibility for any trade or meeting which is not arranged by the company.
(3) The company does not interfere in any dispute between the members in principle. However, it can take measures such as limiting the use of service when there is a report and the dispute involves a violation of the terms.
(4) Articles that do not specified in terms of use will depend on the relative laws and the commercial practices in Korea such as Telecommunications Business Act.
(5) If a lawsuit is aroused for a dispute from the use of service the governing courthouse is Seoul Central District Court in Korea.

※ This terms is effective from October 1st.

I agree with the terms of use and Maty Privacy Statement.

Maty Privacy Statement

Maty sets importance on the privacy of users and does its best to protect the personal information which is provided on line by users on using the service of the company (hereinafter called “Maty service” or “Maty). Maty observes the privacy regulations in applicable laws such as Protection of Communications Secrets Act, Telecommunications Business Act, The Act on Promotion of Information & Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc. which should be observed by the companies that provide telecommunication services and Privacy guide established by Ministry of Information and Communication. By Maty Privacy Statement, Maty serves notice on users how users' personal information is used and what kinds of measures are taken by Maty.

Maty opens Maty Privacy Statement to the public on the main page of its web site so that users can see it with ease at any time.

Maty Privacy Statement is subject to change as applicable laws and acts are changed by the government and as the internal tack of Maty is changed. Maty fixed up the necessary procedure which is required for continuous improvements of Maty Privacy Statement. Also, Maty publishes revised articles via Maty Notices 7 days before enforcement of the revised Privacy Statement so that users can notice it with ease.

1. Consent to collection of personal information

Maty provides a procedure in which users can click “Accept” or “Cancel” button to the contents of Maty Privacy Statement or the Agreement of Use. Clicking “Accept” button will be assumed that the user agrees with the collection of personal information.

2. Management of personal information

Maty will use or provide any personal information to third parties within the boundary of this Privacy Statement’s notices and statements. However, the following cases are considered as exceptions.
* If there is any special clause in Law of real name financial transaction, Usage and protection of credit and finance information law, Telecommunications Business Act, Local tax law, Consumer Protect Act, The Bank of Korea Act, Law of criminal procedure and other related laws
* When it is necessary for payment after providing services
* When it is required for statistics, study or market research and when the information is provided without personal identification information
When Maty uses or provides personal information of users to a third party over the boundary of this Privacy Statement’s notices and statements, Maty will take a procedure to get user’s approval individually through e-mails and/or letters stating the information such as the affiliate’s name to which the information is provided, the information items that are provided and shared, the purpose of providing of the information, the duration of providing information and the method of protection and management of provided personal information. If users do not agree Maty will not provide the information or share the information with any affiliate.

3. Retention and abolition of personal information

Maty will retain a member’s personal information as far as a user receives the services that Maty provides and Maty will use it to provide its service. However, when a user looses his or her qualification of a member according to Maty’s the Agreement of Use or other reasons the member’s information will be completely deleted and it will not be read or used for any purpose.

4. Technical/managerial countermeasures for privacy protection

Maty prepares following technical countermeasures so personal information can not be lost, stolen, escaped, altered or damaged while dealing with users’ personal information.

The users’ personal information is protected by means of passwords. Only member knows his or her password of Maty member ID and only member can check and change his or her personal information. Consequently, users are not allowed to let anyone else know the password. Maty recommends that users should log out of on-line and exit web browsers after using Maty's service. Users are recommended to do so especially when users share their PCs with others and use the services in public places such as schools, libraries, internet game rooms.

Maty is trying its best to prevent members’ personal information from being leaked or broken by hackings or computer viruses. Maty is backing up the data frequently to prevent personal information from being broken and it is preventing users’ personal information from being leaked and broken using up-to-date virus vaccine programs. Maty is transmitting members’ personal information safely by means of encrypted telecommunications. Maty also controls all unauthorized access from outside using firewalls and it is trying its best to equip all the possible technical devices to secure security systematically.

5. Perusal and correction of personal information

Maty’s member can always read and correct the member’s personal information which is registered and can ask Maty to delete his or her ID. Members can read, correct and manage their personal information in Maty menu, Profile of My Account.

6. Contact for Privacy statement

Opinions and discontentment about personal information

Maty prepares all the procedures and methods to deal with users’ opinions and discontentment related to Maty Privacy Statement. Maty appointed a person in charge of managing client's personal information according to the guide of Privacy Statement from Ministry of Information and Communication Republic of Korea as below.

[Person in charge]
Name in full: Byung Jun Kim
Department: IT
Job title: Director
E-mail: Jun@maty.co.kr
Address: #904, Hannam bldg. 737-37, Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea
Phone #: 02-793-8866
FAX: 02-793-8849

7. Duty of notice

If there is any addition, deletion and modification of this Maty Privacy Statement Maty will publish the related information on ‘Notice’ of its web page at least 7 days prior to actual revision.

When Maty uses or provides personal information of users to a third party over the boundary of this Privacy Statement’s notices and statements, Maty will take a procedure to get user’s approval individually through e-mails and/or letters stating the information such as the affiliate’s name to which the information is provided, the information items that are provided and shared, the purpose of providing of the information, the duration of providing information and the method of protection and management of provided personal information. If users do not agree Maty will not provide the information or share the information with any affiliate.

3. Retention and abolition of personal information

Maty will retain a member’s personal information as far as a user receives the services that Maty provides and Maty will use it to provide its service. However, when a user looses his or her qualification of a member according to Maty’s the Agreement of Use or other reasons the member’s information will be completely deleted and it will not be read or used for any purpose.

4. Technical/managerial countermeasures for privacy protection

Maty prepares following technical countermeasures so personal information can not be lost, stolen, escaped, altered or damaged while dealing with users’ personal information.

The users’ personal information is protected by means of passwords. Only member knows his or her password of Maty member ID and only member can check and change his or her personal information. Consequently, users are not allowed to let anyone else know the password. Maty recommends that users should log out of on-line and exit web browsers after using Maty's service. Users are recommended to do so especially when users share their PCs with others and use the services in public places such as schools, libraries, internet game rooms.

Maty is trying its best to prevent members’ personal information from being leaked or broken by hackings or computer viruses. Maty is backing up the data frequently to prevent personal information from being broken and it is preventing users’ personal information from being leaked and broken using up-to-date virus vaccine programs. Maty is transmitting members’ personal information safely by means of encrypted telecommunications. Maty also controls all unauthorized access from outside using firewalls and it is trying its best to equip all the possible technical devices to secure security systematically.

5. Perusal and correction of personal information

Maty’s member can always read and correct the member’s personal information which is registered and can ask Maty to delete his or her ID. Members can read, correct and manage their personal information in Maty menu, Profile of My Account.

6. Contact for Privacy statement

Opinions and discontentment about personal information

Maty prepares all the procedures and methods to deal with users’ opinions and discontentment related to Maty Privacy Statement. Maty appointed a person in charge of managing client's personal information according to the guide of Privacy Statement from Ministry of Information and Communication Republic of Korea as below.

[Person in charge]
Name in full: Byung Jun Kim
Department: IT
Job title: Director
E-mail: Jun@maty.co.kr
Address: #904, Hannam bldg. 737-37, Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea
Phone #: 02-793-8866
FAX: 02-793-8849

7. Duty of notice

If there is any addition, deletion and modification of this Maty Privacy Statement Maty will publish the related information on ‘Notice’ of its web page at least 7 days prior to actual revision.