Cafe24 User Agreement
(This English translation is provided for your reference purposes only, and is not legally binding. Only a Korean version of Term and Conditions of User of Cafe24 are legally binding.)
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of theses Terms and Condition of the User of Cafe24 ("Agreement")is to set forth specify conditios of use, procedures, and any other necessary matters for the Cafe24's services ("Service") provided by Simplex Internet Inc. ("Company").
Article 2 (Validity and modification of the Agreement)
- ①This Agreement will have binding force thereby announcing in service' site or notifing through email, other methods.
- ②The Company may modify the Agreement, all modified Agreement shall be effective thereby announcing or notifing as section 1.1 above.
- ③If the User does not agrees regard to Agreement modified, you may request to withdraw. The User shall be deemed that the User has made vaild and irrevocable consent to the modified Agreement by continuing to use the Service.
- ④This Agreement be commonly applied to all services(www.cafe24.com, hosting.cafe24.com, echosing.cafe24.com, d.cafe24.com, and others) provided by the Company.
Article 3 (Other Rules)
Any matters not provided in the Agreement shall be governed by e- Commerce Act, any other applicable laws and regulations, and general commercial practices.
Article 4 (Definitions)
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the following meaning.
- ①"User" means a person who to enter into the Agreement with the Company, in order to use service provided by the Company.
- ②"ID" maens to combine characters and numbers, special characters, in order to distinguish each the User.
- ③"Password" means to combine characters and numbers, special characters, in order to protect the User's right, information.
Chapter 2 (User Agreement)
Article 5 (Establishment of the Agreement)
- ①If the User clicks "agree" while creating an account, and you be deemed to agree this Agreement.
- ②The agreement is established when the Company permits its consent to the application of use ("Application") filed by any person.
Article 6 (Application of Service)
- ①The User shall submit document designed for use of service by the Company.
- ②All informtion in Application provided by User will deemed to as true data. If No true data, The Company may restrict to use of Service.
- ③The User under 14 years old shall provid agreement of a legal repersentative designed by the Company.
- ④The Company may request User Verification via specialized company for verification of information provided by the User.
Article 7 (Approve of Service Request)
- ①The Company will evaluate Application pursuant to Aritcle 6 on the first-come-first-served basis, absent special circumstances.
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②Company can reject the submitted applications in following cases, and withhold applications until the cases are closed.
- 1.If the facilities/equipment cannot afford for Service;
- 2.If there is technical difficulty;
- 3.If the application is found to wihdraw the User's membership under Article 9.3;
- 4.If any untrue, omission, missing are included in the resgistration content;
- 5.If it is deemed necessary to do so in the Company's reasonable Judgement.
- ③The Applicant is less than 14 years old will be request to consent the relevant Agreement by legal representative. And law representative's agreement can be submitted via e-mail, FAX(+82-02-3284-0331), mall, etc.
- ④The Applicant is less than 20 years old will be request to consent for purchase of Service by legal representative. And law representative's ageement can be submitted via e-mail, FAX(+82-02-3284-0331), mall, etc.
Article 8 (Changing of User's ID)
The Company may change User's ID by the Company's judgment or User's request as following :
- ①If it is engaged infringement of the User's personal information such as fill out phone number, personal identification numer, etc in ID.
- ②If it gives aversion or violates good morals an traditional custom;
- ③If it is deemed necessary to do so in the Company's reasonable Judgment.
Article 9 (Termination and Restriction of use)
- ①In the event the User wants to terminate of Agreement, you shall submit the application for termination via e-mail. The Company rapidly completes procedure of termination.
- ②The User will automatically lose right and obligation under Agreement, when the User passes away.
- ③If The User violates obligation pursuant to Article 20, the Company can terminate Agreement or restrict to use of Service without prior notice.
Article 10 (Management of User)
- ①The User pursuant to Article 5 through 7 be able to use all services (www.cafe24.com, hosting.cafe24.com, echosing.cafe24.com, d.cafe24.com, weblog.cafe24.com, reseller.cafe24.com and chatting statio, etc) provided by the Company with one ID.
- ②In the event the Company disqualifies, restricts, or suspends membership in according with the above Article 9, The Company shall provide the prior notice thereof to the User by e-mail or telephone, etc.
- ③In the event the User may receive notice in according with Article 10.2, the User can file an objection against the Company.
- ④The Company may withhold to objection received in according with Article 10.3, until it confirmed the results. And the Company provides notice in regard to the results to the User.
- ⑤If the Company solves the issues during suspension, The Company will take measures in order to resume use of service.
Article 11 (Notifications)
- ①The Company provides notice via e-mail registered by the User.
- ②In case the Company needs to notify unspecified person, the Company will disclose on service homepage. Such notice shall be deemed to have been separately made.
Chapter 3 (Use of Service)
Article 12 (Terms of Service)
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①The Company provides Service as following :
(Service List)
- 1.Chatting Service;
- 2.Chatting Station Providing Service;
- 3.Additional communication services, such as message, 1:1 chatting, and etc.;
- 4.notice service;
- 5.Web Hosting, Server Hosting, Shopping Mall Hosting Service;
- 6.Other Service that are voluntarily developed or provided as the partnership contract with third party.
- ②The Service can be add or be amend terms of Service by the Company. and that will notify applicable contents to the User in according with Article 11.
- ③The User is less than 20 year old shall comply with procudure of legal represens tative's consent designated by the Company.
Article 13 (Service Fees)
- ①The Company provides Service free to the User except other information and Service specified by the Company.
- ②The User can use MyCash Service that able to though credit card or bank transfer.
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③MyCash Service's policy is as following :
- 1.Method Useing MyCash Service, refund, usage of the User less than 20 years old, etc are as MyCash Service policy deginated by the Company.
- 2.The User shall comply with MyCash Service's Policy.
- 3.MyCash policy is attached in below of Agreement.
Article 14 (supply of Service)
The Service will immediately be provided when the Company accepts the application in accordance to Article 7. However, if the company don't provides Service due to managerial & technical issues, the Company will notify it to the User.
Article 15 (Service Time)
- ①The User is able to use Service all year around except technical issues, other issues. However, The Company may restrict to use of all or part Service, if there are problems of facilities checking or other force majeure events (facilities breakdown, repair, pressure of communication, etc) under the Company's reasonable judgement.
- ②The Company may set separately time of Service in relation to the use of part Service. and, The Company willl notify the User in advance.
Article 16 (providing of Information and Advertisements)
- ①The Company may provide various contents related to the business through involved the service.
- ②The Company may publish advertisements related to its business on Service screen or e-mail.
- ③The User is deemed to agree publishing of advertisements on Service.
- ④The Company will not be responsible for any loss or damage related to participate advertisement involved on Service.
Article 17 (Suspend of Service)
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①The Company suspends Service as following :
- 1.If the facilities repair;
- 2.if it is stopped telecommunication service by the telecommunications carriers;
- 3.if it is occured as other problem that cannot provide Service;
- 4.The Company may restrict to use of all or part Service, if there are problems of normal services (state of notional emergency, facilities dreakdown, pressure of communication, etc).
- ②if it is occured uncontrollable problems (disk breakdown, system down, etc), The Company isn't responsible for damage incurred that isn't provided notice in advance.
Chapter 4. rights and obligations
Article 18 (Company's Obligations)
- ①The Company will do its best for stable Service in accordance with Agreement. Except in article 15, 17.
- ②The Company will do its best to maintain or repair facilites and to restore system.
- ③The Company shall immediately take necessary measures against the grievance arising, and for matters that cannot be immediately processed, shall notify the reason and schedule to the User via e-mail.
Article 18 - 2 (Security Urgent)
- ①The Company may update systems related part of the User, if it be occured due to causes similar to those with security issues or program flaws.
- ②The Company may change information of the User verification, if it be occured due to causes similar to those with security issues or program flaws.
- ③The Company is responsible to notify circumstnaces to the User via e-mail. However, in the case of emergency circumstance, such measures may be give the User prior the notice.
Article 19 (Protection of Personal Information)
- ①The Company shall strive to protect the personal information of the User in accordance with the related laws. any matter related to the protection of personal information of the User shall be handled in accordance with the related law, and the personal information protection policy determined by the Company.
- ②The Company may not collect personal informaiton of the User under age of 14.
Article 20 (The User's Obligations)
- ①The User shall comply with this Agreement, Service's guide, precautions provided by the Company. The User shall prohibit activities to interrupt for the Company's business.
- ②The User can not conduct resale without prior a consent. The Company isn't responsible to result for it's violation. The User shall compensate against the Company's damage.
- ③The User shall not allowed to copy, duplicate, change, translae, publish, or any other method of information acquired throughout Service provided by the Company in order to use or offer to the third party.
- ④The User shall notify related contents to the Company via service, if The User will change information.
- ⑤The User shall prohibit activities as following :
- 1.Unjustifiable use of other members ID;
- 2.Purpose of criminal act or related to criminal act;
- 3.Act against public manners or social rules;
- 4.Act of Infrigement upon defamation or insulting;
- 5.Act of infrigement upon intellectual property right of other person;
- 6.Collecting or saving personal information of other person;
- 7.Hacking or spreading computer virus;
- 8.transmission of spam;
- 9.Act of interfering system operation;
- 10.Act of violation against relation laws;
- 11.Act of inappropriate under the Company's judgement.
- ⑥The User shall be responsible for management of ID and password, except The Company's responsible part mentioned in relation laws or the Company' privacy policy.
- ⑦The User shall report to company immediately, if The User confirms that ID is ilegally used. and The User comply with the Company's guide. If it violates, The User is responsible for all damages.
Article 21 (Deleting of Contents)
The Company may delete content without prior notification, If the User violate the provisions of Article 20, against posting and registration of contents, and passing certain period of time designated by the Company.
Article 22 (management of ID and password)
- ①The User uses ID and password, in order to use Service.
- ②The User is responsible for ID and password management.
- ③The User shall not allowed to share ID and password with third party.
- ④Upon management of ID and password, The User is responsible for damage occured by negligence or sharing with others.
- ⑤The User shall follow a the Company's directions after notice to the Company. In the case of the stolen or fraudulently the use for ID and password by third party.
Chapter 5. Others
Article 23 (Copyright Ownership and Limits)
- ①The Company shall have the ownership over a copyright and any other intellectual property rights relating to any works prepared by the Company.
- ②The user is not allowed to copy, share, publish, distribute, etc. of service information to third party personnel without the company's consent. (However, in case of the USer's personal purpose, these cases are allowed).
- ③The User has all rights and responsiblilties for contents posted by oneself. However, Both of the Company and the User have communal rights against public contents.
Article 24 (Prohibition of Transfer)
The User cannot transfer, donate, or provide it as securities any rights and obligations under this Agreement to third party.
Article 25 (Compensation)
The Company is not responsible for the cases that are mentioned in privacy policy during usage of free Service.
Article 26 (Indemnification)
- ①The Company may not monitor chatting activities of the User. Responsibilities of chatting contents are belong to each the USer. Responsibilities of any activities against public manners belong to each USer and related ID's data will not be protected.
- ②The Company is not responsible for any information, data, accuracy or reliability which the USer published. Each User has his/her own responsibilities. For all damages, loss, or disadvantages, the USer shall carry his/her own responsibilities.
- ③All contents provided by company cannot be used for transaction purposes. Therefore, all transactions related to service information or data is done by member's own judgements and company is not responsible for such activities.
- ④The user is responsible for activities caused by poor management of ID and password.
Article 27 (Jurisdiction)
- ①Both the Company and the USer should do their best for dispute settlement related to Service.
- ②In case of dispute settlement regardless of Article 27.1, Any dispute/lawsuit arising from or out of this agreement or user policy, or dispute between Members. to which the Company is a party, shall be submitted to the competent court having jurisdiction over the place where the head office of the Company is located.
Addendum
Article 1. (Effective Date)
- This T&C shall become effective as of 2002, January 15th and replace previous T&C which has been enforced since 2000, November 2nd.
- This T&C shall become effective as of 2004, September 10th and replace previous T&C which has been enforced since 2002, January 15th.
- This T&C shall become effective as of 2004, November 17th and replace previous T&C which has been enforced since 2004, September 10th.
- This T&C shall become effective as of 2005, June 27th and replace previous T&C which has been enforced since 2004, November 17th.
- This T&C shall become effective as of 2012, November 1st and replace previous T&C which has been enforced since 2005, June 27th.
Article 2 (MyCash Policy)
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①Definition
- 1.MyCash : MyCash is cyber money which can be used for purchasing paid Services.
- 2.Recharge : In order to charge MyCash account, the User pay certain amount in cash to the Company by using specified methods. 100 won in cash will give members 100 won for MyCash.
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②How to charge
- 1.Each member can charge his/her MyCash by using credit card or wireless transfer.
- 2.Each USer can charge his/her MyCash from minimum 1,000won to Maximum 300,000won by hundred unit.
- 3.If the charge has been carried out abnormally by the reasons of the Company, recharge MyCash upon the User's request.
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③Using MyCash
- 1.MyCash can be used as a payment method for purchasing digital contents or using various Services provided by the Company.
- 2.Each member will have compensation for damaged or deleted contents which are caused by the Company's critical mistakes. Type of compensation will be either recharge MyCash or restore purchased contents.
- 3.Mycash cannot transfer, donate, or provide it as securities any rights and obligations under this Agreement to third party.
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④MyCash Refund
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1.Each the User may request refund of MyCash any time except following cases.
- a.If name of applicant is different from an account holder.
- b.If request of contract transfer is in progress or MyCash related dispute is on going.
- c.With reasonable cause to operate service.
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2.Options for MyCash refund are as following.
- a.Charged by cash : Refund excluding amount of transaction fees.
- b.Charged by credit card : Able to cancel paid amount. If certain amount is already used, however, used amount must be transferred first to get refund of paid amount.