Privacy Policy

Standard Privacy Policy

Cha & Kwon Law Offices (“Cha & Kwon”) places great importance on the protection of your personal information and complies with the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection. Through this Privacy Policy, Cha & Kwon informs you of the purposes and manner in which the personal information you provide is used, and of the measures taken to protect it.

This Privacy Policy is organized as follows.
1. Purposes of Collection and Use of Personal Information
2. Use Beyond Stated Purposes and Provision to or Sharing with Third Parties
3. Consent to Collection of Personal Information
4. Personal Information Manager and Officer
5. Collection of Personal Information
6. Collection of Personal Information through Cookies
7. Access to and Correction of Personal Information
8. Withdrawal of Consent (Membership Cancellation)
9. Retention and Use Period of Personal Information
10. Protection of Personal Information of Children under 14
11. Consultation and Reporting on Privacy Infringement
12. Notice of Policy Changes

1. Purposes of Collection and Use of Personal Information

Cha & Kwon collects and uses your personal information to verify users, process payments, deliver goods, and provide services best suited to your preferences, using statistics and analysis as marketing material.
The specific purposes of collection and use for each item of personal information are as follows.
● Name, ID, password: identity verification for membership services; use of the bulletin board
● Email address, telephone number: delivery of notices; securing a channel of communication for handling complaints; information on new services and events
● Address, telephone number: securing an accurate address for delivery of invoices, prizes and purchased goods
● Other optional items: data for providing personalized services

2. Use Beyond Stated Purposes and Provision to or Sharing with Third Parties

Except with your consent or as required by applicable laws, Cha & Kwon will under no circumstances use your personal information beyond the scope notified in “Purposes of Collection and Use of Personal Information,” nor provide it to any other person, company or institution.
Where your personal information is to be provided or shared, Cha & Kwon will notify you individually in advance, by email or in writing, of who the recipient is and what its main business is, which items of personal information will be provided or shared, and for what purpose, and will ask for your consent.
However, in the following cases, personal information may be provided without your consent under applicable laws.
● Where necessary for settlement of charges for services provided
● Where necessary for statistics, academic research or market research, provided in a form that does not identify any specific individual
● Where specifically provided by law, such as the Act on Real Name Financial Transactions and Confidentiality, the Use and Protection of Credit Information Act, the Framework Act on Telecommunications, the Telecommunications Business Act, the Local Tax Act, the Consumer Protection Act, the Bank of Korea Act, and the Criminal Procedure Act

3. Consent to Collection of Personal Information

Cha & Kwon obtains your consent to the collection of your personal information. With respect to such collection, Cha & Kwon provides a procedure in which you may click an “Agree” or “Cancel” button regarding the contents of its Privacy Policy or Terms of Use. If you click “Agree,” you are deemed to have consented to the collection of your personal information.

4. Personal Information Manager and Officer

Cha & Kwon has designated a Personal Information Manager to protect your personal information and handle complaints relating to it. If you have any questions regarding personal information, please contact the Personal Information Manager. We will respond to your inquiry promptly and in good faith.

5. Collection of Personal Information

Cha & Kwon collects only the minimum personal information necessary to use its services at the time of membership registration.
To use Cha & Kwon’s services, you must enter the following at registration: desired ID and password, name, address, telephone number and email address. Optional items such as occupation, hobbies and areas of interest may be left blank without any restriction on use of the services.

6. Collection of Personal Information through Cookies

Cha & Kwon operates “cookies,” which store and retrieve your information from time to time. A cookie is a very small text file that the server used to operate this website sends to your browser and that is stored on your computer’s hard disk.
Cha & Kwon uses cookies for the following purposes.
● To analyze the access frequency and visit times of members and non-members, identify users’ preferences and interests, and use them as indicators for targeted marketing and service improvements
● To track information on items purchased and items viewed with interest, in order to provide personalized services on the next purchase
● To identify your participation and number of visits in events run by Cha & Kwon, in order to offer differentiated entry opportunities and provide information tailored to individual interests

You have a choice regarding the installation of cookies. By setting options in your web browser, you may accept all cookies, be asked for confirmation each time a cookie is stored, or refuse all cookies.

If you refuse the installation of cookies, it may be difficult for Cha & Kwon to provide its services.

7. Access to and Correction of Personal Information

You may access or correct your registered personal information at any time. To do so, please contact the Personal Information Manager in writing, by telephone or by email, and we will take action without delay.
If you request correction of an error in your personal information, the personal information concerned will not be used or provided until the correction is complete. If incorrect personal information has already been provided to a third party, we will notify the third party of the result of the correction without delay so that the correction is made.

8. Withdrawal of Consent (Membership Cancellation)

You may at any time withdraw the consent you gave at registration to the collection, use and provision of your personal information. To withdraw consent (cancel your membership), please contact the Personal Information Manager in writing, by telephone or by email, and we will take the necessary measures, such as destroying your personal information, without delay.

9. Retention and Use Period of Personal Information

Cha & Kwon destroys your personal information without delay once the purpose for which it was collected or provided has been achieved.
● Membership information: upon cancellation of membership or expulsion from membership
● Payment information: upon full payment or expiry of the extinctive prescription period of the claim
● Delivery information: upon delivery of the goods or provision of the services
● Information collected for surveys, events, etc.: upon completion of the survey or event concerned
However, even after the purpose of collection or provision has been achieved, Cha & Kwon may retain your personal information where it must be preserved under the Commercial Act or other laws.

10. Protection of Personal Information of Children under 14

Membership registration of children under the age of 14 (“Children”) is carried out through a separate form written in plain language that Children can easily understand, and the consent of a legal representative is always obtained when collecting personal information.
To obtain such consent, Cha & Kwon collects from the Child only minimal information such as the name and contact details of the legal representative, and obtains consent in the manner prescribed in the Personal Information Protection Guidelines.
A Child’s legal representative may request access to, correction or deletion of the Child’s personal information. To do so, the legal representative may click “Change Personal Information” (or “Edit Member Information,” etc.), complete the legal representative verification procedure and directly access, correct or delete the Child’s personal information, or contact the Personal Information Manager in writing, by telephone or by email, and we will take the necessary measures without delay.
Cha & Kwon does not provide or share information about Children with third parties. Where a legal representative requests correction of an error in personal information collected from a Child, the use and provision of that information is suspended until the error is corrected.

11. Consultation and Reporting on Privacy Infringement

If you need to report or seek advice on an infringement of personal information, please contact the Personal Information Infringement Report Center of the Korea Information Security Agency (KISA), a public agency under the Ministry of Information and Communication.
● Personal Information Infringement Report Center
· Tel: (02) 1336

12. Notice of Policy Changes

This Privacy Policy was established on May 24, 2021. If any content is added, deleted or modified due to changes in laws, policies or security technology, Cha & Kwon will announce the reasons for and details of the changes on its website at least 10 days before the amended policy takes effect.
Privacy Policy version: v1.0
Effective date: May 24, 2021