1. Personal information items collected

 Kingle collects the following personal information for membership registration, service use, etc.

1) Collection items

 When signing up as a general member

    · Required: ID (e-mail), password, name, nickname, nationality

    · Optional: SNS Information

 There are no restrictions on using the service even if you do not enter optional information.

 The following information may be automatically generated and collected during the use of the service.

    · IP address, cookies, service usage history, member action history

 

2) Personal information collection method

 Sign up, edit member information, post

 

2. Purpose of collection and use of personal information

 Kingle uses the collected personal information for the following purposes and does not use it for any other purposes.

 If the purpose of use changes in the future, prior consent will be obtained.

1.    ID (e-mail), password, nickname: Used to identify the user when using the service, check for duplicate registrations, and prevent unauthorized use.

2.    e-mail: Used for sending general emails, providing information required in case of password loss, and handling civil complaints.

3.    SNS Information: Used when signing up for social media membership or when a member wishes to make his/her SNS public.

4.    User's IP address, visit date and time: Used to prevent fraudulent use by bad members, prevent unauthorized use, and for statistical analysis.

5.    Other optional: Used to provide personalized services.

 

3. Retention and use period of personal information

 Kingle retains and uses the user's personal information only for the period during which the service is provided from the date of membership registration.

    · Items to be preserved: Name, e-mail

    · Reason for retention: To prevent malicious use such as frequent sign-up and withdrawal, and to prevent confusion in service use.

    · Retention period: 30 days

 [Preservation Information 2]

    · Preserved items: ID values ​​(duplicate registration confirmation information) and member action history of members who have received actions higher than “warning”

    · Reason for retention: To prevent recurrence of malicious use by keeping records of actions taken against members’ misuse

    · Retention period: 5 years

 [Preservation Information 3]

    · Preserved items: ID (e-mail)

    · Reason for preservation: Designed based on ID to prevent confusion in service use when someone else signs up with the same ID after withdrawal

   · Retention period: Until the end of service provision

 

4. Procedures and methods for destroying personal information

 In principle, once the purpose of collecting and using personal information has been achieved, the information is destroyed without delay. The destruction procedures and methods are as follows.

 1) Destruction Procedure

  The information entered by members for purposes such as signing up for membership will be stored for a certain period of time (see retention and use period) after the purpose has been achieved and then destroyed in accordance with internal policies and other relevant laws for information protection reasons.

  Personal information stored for a certain period of time will not be used for any purpose other than the purpose of retention, except in cases required by law.

 2) How to destroy

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

 

5. Providing personal information

   Kingle does not, in principle, provide users' personal information to external parties. However, exceptions are made in the following cases. 

    · If users have agreed in advance

    · In cases where there is a request from an investigative agency in accordance with the provisions of the law or in accordance with the procedures and methods stipulated by law for investigative purposes.

6 Entrustment of collected personal information

 Kingle does not entrust member information to external companies without the member's consent. If such a need arises in the future, we will notify the member of the entrusted person and the entrusted work content and obtain prior consent if necessary.

 

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

 Members and legal representatives may view or modify their own registered personal information or that of their children under the age of 14 at any time, and may also request cancellation of membership.

 To view/edit the personal information of a member or a child under the age of 14, click on “Change Personal Information” (or “Edit Member Information,” etc.) and to cancel membership (withdraw consent), click on “Cancel Membership” and go through the identity verification process to directly view, edit, or cancel the information.

 Alternatively, you may contact the Personal Information Manager in writing, by phone, or by e-mail, 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. In addition, if incorrect personal information has already been provided to a third party, we will promptly notify the third party of the results of the correction process to ensure that the correction is made.

 

 Kingle processes personal information that has been terminated or deleted at the request of the user or legal representative in accordance with the provisions of “Retention and Use Period of Personal Information” and processes it so that it cannot be viewed or used for any other purpose.

 

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

 Kingle uses ‘cookies’ to store and retrieve user information from time to time. Cookies are very small text files that the server that operates Kingle’s website sends to your browser and are stored on your computer’s hard disk. Kingle uses cookies for the following purposes:

 [Purpose of use of cookies, etc.]

    · Analyze access frequency and visit time of members and non-members, identify user preferences and areas of interest, track user traces, determine number of visits, etc. to provide target marketing and personalized services

 Users have a choice about cookie installation. Accordingly, users can set options in their web browser to allow all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is stored, or to reject all cookies.

 [How to reject cookie settings]

    · As a way to reject cookie settings, members can select the options in their web browser to allow all cookies, to confirm each time a cookie is saved, or to reject the saving of all cookies.

 [Example of setting method]

    · Tools > Internet Options > Privacy at the top of your web browser

 However, if you refuse to install cookies, you may have difficulty receiving the service.

 

9. Technical and administrative protection measures for personal information

 When handling users' personal information, Kingle implements the following technical and administrative measures to ensure the security of personal information and prevent it from being lost, stolen, leaked, altered or damaged.

 1) Encryption of personal information

  User's personal information is protected by a password, and important data such as passwords are protected by one-way encryption so that files and transmission data cannot be decrypted.

 2) Technical measures to prevent hacking, etc.

  In order to prevent personal information of users from being leaked or damaged by hacking or computer viruses, the system is installed in an area with controlled access from the outside, and intrusion prevention devices and intrusion detection systems are installed and monitored 24 hours a day.

 3) Managing your personal ID and password

  The ID and password used by the user are, in principle, only available to the user. Kingle is not responsible for problems caused by the leakage of personal information such as ID and password due to the user's personal negligence, or for problems caused by basic Internet risks. Please be aware of password security, change your password frequently, and take special care not to use passwords that are easy for others to guess, or to prevent personal information from being leaked when logging in on a public PC.

 

10. Personal information complaint service

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

Users can report any complaints related to personal information protection that occur while using Kingle's services to the personal information manager.

 [Personal Information Manager]

    · Name: Shin Sang-hoon

    · Tel : 02-332-4666

    · e-mail :  kingle-contact@gbpl.kr

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

    · Personal Information Infringement Report Center: privacy.kisa.or.kr / Without country code 118

    · Supreme Prosecutors' Office Cyber ​​Investigation Department: www.spo.go.kr / Without country code 1301

    · Cyber ​​Security Bureau, National Police Agency: cyberbureau.police.go.kr / Without country code 182

 

11. Supplementary provisions

 This privacy policy is effective from September 4, 2024, and if there are additions, deletions, or modifications to the content due to changes in laws, policies, or security technologies, notice will be given through the Kingle website notice 7 days prior to the effective date of the changes.

    · Privacy Policy Version Number: 1.0 (effective September 4, 2024)