Terms & Conditions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of this document is to specifically stipulate the terms of subscription and use of the services provided by JUNGBU BIOTECH (hereinafter referred to as ‘Company’) between the company and the customer (hereinafter referred to as ‘Member’)
Article 2 (Definition of Terms)
(1) The terms used in this document shall be defined as follows:
- ‘Member’ refers to a user who agrees to this Terms & Conditions and uses the service.
- “Usage Agreement (Contract)’ refers to all contracts concluded between the company and members (including this ‘Terms & Conditions’) regarding the use of the service.
- ‘User ID’ refers to a unique combination of characters and numbers given by the company for each member upon the member’s request for the member’s identification and use of the service.
- ‘Password’ refers to a unique combination of characters and numbers that has been set by the member and registered to the company to verify the identity of the member, who is identified by his/her user ID.
- ‘Terminal’ refers to a computer/digital device such as a personal computer, PDA, mobile phone, etc., used by a member to gain access to the service.
- ‘Termination’ refers to the cancellation of the Usage Agreement by a company or member.
(2) Of the terms used in this Terms & Conditions, the terms that are not prescribed or defined in the paragraph above (Article 2 – (1)) shall be in accordance with the relevant statutes and service guides for each service. Other general terms shall be in accordance with general practices.
Article 3 (Effects and Modification of the Terms & Conditions)
(1) This document shall be disclosed via online and immediately take effect upon the consent of the members and the company. If reasonable reasons arise, the company may modify/amend the Terms & Conditions to the extent that the modified version does not violate the relevant laws and regulations. The revised Terms & Conditions shall take effect immediately upon being announced via online in accordance with due process.
(2) Members are required to visit ‘alocera.net’ on a regular basis to check the changes made to the Terms & Conditions. The company shall not be held liable for any damage caused to the member due to the member not being aware of the changes made to the Terms & Conditions.
(3) If the member does not agree to the revised version of the Terms & Conditions, he/she may request to withdraw from membership (termination).
Article 4 (Rules/Regulations Outside the Terms & Conditions)
If necessary, the company may create a separated set of terms and conditions or operating principles (hereinafter referred to as ‘Guidelines by Service’ or ‘Service Guidelines’) for individual items within the service. If the contents of this Terms & Conditions and Service Guidelines conflict with each other, the rules stipulated in the Service Guideline shall be applied preferentially.
Chapter II Conclusion of Usage Contract
Article 5 (Establishment of Usage Contract)
(1) A Usage Contract is established when the member shows his/her consent to the content of the Usage Contract and the company approves the member’s request to use their services.
(2) The member can express his/her consent to the Usage Contract by clicking on the ‘I Agree’ button located on the application form.
Article 6 (Application for Use of Services)
(1) Users who wish to join as a member and use the service must provide all information requested by the company (user ID, password, name, contact information, etc.).
(2) All members must provide their personal information in order to use the service. Members who did not register their true information (i.e., using other people’s information or registering false information) cannot claim any rights to use the service, and may even be punished according to relevant laws/regulations.
(3) Membership registration can only be carried out using the member’s true information, and the company can take specific measures to confirm that the registered information is true. Members shall actively cooperate with the company’s verification measures, and if he/she fails to comply, the company may assume that the information registered by that individual as false.
(4) The company can classify each member into different grades based on their usage time, number of use, service menu, etc.
Article 7 (Protection and Use of Personal Information)
(1) The company shall give its best efforts to protect the members’ personal information as stipulated in relevant laws and regulations. Regarding the protection and use of personal information, relevant laws and the company’s Personal Information Protection Policy (Privacy Policy) shall be applied. However, the company’s Privacy Policy shall not apply to other sites (linked sites, external sites) that the company’s official website. Also, members shall thoroughly manage their own passwords to make sure that their personal information is not exposed to others. The company shall not be held responsible for any damages that are caused by leaked personal information in cases where the information has been exposed to others due to the member’s negligence.
(2) The company may provide a member’s personal information to a third party to the extent permitted by relevant laws/regulations in the following cases:
- In the case where there is a request from an investigative agency or other government agency
- In the case where a member’s personal information is necessary for information protection, such as the confirmation of fraudulent acts (i.e., violation of laws/regulations, scam, etc.)
- In the case where it is required by other laws/regulations
Article 8 (Acceptance of Application for Use & Restrictions)
(1) In principle, the company can accept a member’s application to use their service that has been submitted based on the terms stipulated in Article 5 & 6 as long as there are no technical issues.
(2) The company may withhold its approval in the following cases.
- In the case where the application for use includes false information
- In the case where an application is made for the purpose of violating the law/regulation, or to hinder the well-being and order of society
- In the case where the user intends to use the service for fraudulent purposes
- In the case where the user intends to use the service with the purpose of pursuing profit
- In the case where the user who submitted the application is in a competing relationship with the service
- In the case where an application is submitted by a user who has already been terminated before due to the violation of laws/regulations or the Terms & Conditions
- In the case where an application is submitted while violating other stipulated matters, laws, or regulations
(3) If a user’s application to use the service falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the company may withhold its approval until the issue is solved.
- In the case where the company’s facilities are not in the situation to handle the application
- In the case where the company is experiencing technical difficulties
- In the case where the company is experiencing difficulties to approve the application due to other reasons attributable to the company.
(4) If the user who applied for the use of service is classified as a minor according to the relevant laws/regulations, the company may withhold the approval as prescribed in the service guidelines.
(5) The company may withdraw its approval to use the service even after the membership registration process is completed in case where it falls under the subparagraphs of Article 8 – (2)
Article 9 (Granting User ID, Modification of User ID, etc.)
(1) The company shall give a user ID to the member according to these Terms & Conditions.
(2) In principle, the user ID cannot be changed. If a member wishes to change his/her user ID due to unavoidable reasons, he/she must terminate his/her ID and create a new ID by re-joining.
(3) User ID can be changed or suspended at the request of a member or ex officio of the company in any of the following cases.
- In the case where the member used his/her telephone number, resident registration number, etc., which may lead to serious privacy/safety issues
- In the case where the user ID includes specific words/characters that may cause disgust or goes against public order and good morals
- In the case where the user ID is identical to the name of the company, service, or a service operator (admin), or when it is similar enough to cause a misunderstanding
- And any other reasonable reasons
(4) The member is fully responsible for managing his/her own user ID and password. The member shall be held responsible for any damages or illegal use of his/her ID by a third party, etc., caused by his/her own negligence regarding the management of his/her ID/password information, and the company shall have any responsibility.
(5) Other matters concerning the management and modification of a members’ personal information shall be in accordance with the service guidelines for each service.
Chapter III Obligations of Contracting Parties
Article 10 (Obligations of the Company)
(1) The company shall allow the members to use the service on the member’s desired service start date unless there are any special/unavoidable circumstances.
(2) In order to provide continuous and stable services to the members, the company shall do its best to repair or restore facilities/servers without any delay unless there is an unavoidable reason.
(3) If an opinion or complaint raised by a member is objectively recognized as ‘justifiable’, the company must immediately address the issue through appropriate procedures. However, in case it is difficult to initiate the process immediately, the company must notify the reason and schedule to the member who raised the complaint.
Article 11 (Obligations of the Member(s))
(1) When applying for membership or changing his/her membership information, the member shall make sure that the information is true, fully based on facts. If he/she registers false information or uses the information of another person, he/she shall not be able to claim all rights related thereto.
(2) All members shall comply with this Terms & Conditions, guidelines stipulated by the company, notifications made by the company, and relevant laws/regulations. Members shall not perform any acts that may interfere with the company’s business, damage the company’s reputation, or harm other people.
(3) In case when a change has occurred to the member’s personal information (i.e., address, phone number, e-mail address, etc.), he/she shall immediately notify the company of the change through a set procedure.
(4) Members shall not conduct business/commercial activities using the service without the prior consent of the company, and the company shall not be held liable for the results of such business activities. In addition, if the company suffers any kind of damage due to such business activities, the member(s) shall be obliged to compensate the company, and the company may claim damages from the member through a due process or apply restrictions.
(5) The member shall not transfer or give the right to use the service to another person unless the company has expressly agreed to such act. Also, the user shall not provide his/her contractual rights as collateral.
(6) Member(s) shall not infringe on any rights, including intellectual property rights of the company and third parties, or engage in any act that falls under Article 17.
Chapter IV Use of Service
Article 12 (Service Hours)
(1) In principle, the service shall be operated and available for use 24 hours a day, all year long, unless there are any unavoidable reasons or circumstances (i.e., technical issues, etc.). However, the company may temporarily suspend the service on a date or time set by the company for regular inspection or expansion/replacement of the servers. In this case, the suspension of the service shall be notified in advance via online.
(2) The company may temporarily suspend all or part of the service without any prior notice in the event of urgent system/server inspection, equipment/facility failure, expansion/replacement of servers, sudden increase in service traffic, national emergency, power outage, etc.
(3) If necessary for the smooth operation of the service (i.e., reorganization of the service, etc.), the company may suspend the provision of all or part of the service after giving prior notice to the members.
Article 13 (Member’s Articles, etc.)
(1) The term ‘Article’ refers to posts, photos, files, links, etc., posted by the member while using the service.
(2) In the even where a member has caused damage or other issues to himself/herself or others due to an article posted by himself/herself, the member shall be liable for the damages, and the company shall not hold any responsibility unless there are any special circumstances.
(3) In the case where a member’s post falls under any of the following instances, the company may temporarily suspend, modify, delete, move, or even refuse to upload the post without the prior consent of the member.
- In the case where the post includes serious insults or may defame another member of a third party.
- In the case where the post includes content (or provides a link to a content) that violates public order and good morals of the society.
- In the case where the post encourages illegal/dangerous acts such as piracy or hacking.
- In the case where the post includes advertisements or is posted with commercial purposes.
- In the case where the content of the post is objectively recognized as being related to a criminal act.
- In the case where the content includes content that may infringe the rights (i.e., copyright, etc.) of another member or a third party.
- In the case when the company judges that the content of the article/post is inconsistent with the nature of the service (i.e., includes personal views on politics, religion, and other sensitive subjects)
- In the case where the content violates the posting guidelines/principles stipulated by the company or does not conform to the purpose of the board or forum.
- And any other cases where it is deemed that the article/post violates relevant laws and regulations.
(4) If the company receives a request from a third party to suspend a post/article due to legal issues (i.e., defamation, infringement of copyrights or intellectual property rights), the company may temporarily suspend the post/article. In the case where a lawsuit, agreement between the requestor and the uploader of the post/article, or a decision from a relevant institution has been made, the company shall comply with the decision.
(5) If an article/post is temporarily suspended, the member who uploaded the post can request the company to repost/reupload (resume transmission) his/her article/post. If a repost/reupload request has not been made within three (3) months from the date of suspension, the company can delete the article/post.
Article 14 (Copyright of the Posts/Articles)
(1) In principle, the service shall be operated and available for use 24 hours a day, all year long, unless there are any unavoidable reasons or circumstances (i.e., technical issues, etc.). However, the company may temporarily suspend the service on a date or time set by the company for regular inspection or expansion/replacement of the servers. In this case, the suspension of the service shall be notified in advance via online.
(2) The company may temporarily suspend all or part of the service without any prior notice in the event of urgent system/server inspection, equipment/facility failure, expansion/replacement of servers, sudden increase in service traffic, national emergency, power outage, etc.
(3) If necessary for the smooth operation of the service (i.e., reorganization of the service, etc.), the company may suspend the provision of all or part of the service after giving prior notice to the members.
Article 15 (Provision of Information)
(1) The company may provide members with various information that is deemed necessary for the use of the service via e-mail, mail, SMS, phone, etc.
(2) The company may collect additional personal information from the members in accordance with relevant laws and regulations with the consent of the member for the purpose of improving its services, introducing member-specific services, etc.
Chapter V Termination of the Contract & Restriction of use
Article 16 (Modification & Termination of the Contract
(1) When a member intends to terminate the Usage Contract, the member himself/herself can withdraw his/her membership using the [Customer Center] menu provided within the service.
(2) When the Usage Contract is terminated, the company shall cancel the membership registration of the member. In this case, the member shall be notified, and if the company intends to terminate the Usage Contract ex officio, the member shall be given a chance to explain before termination.
Article 17 (Restriction of Service Use)
The company may restrict the user/member from using the service or take other applicable measures (i.e., initialize, terminate the Usage Contract, etc.) in case the member has violated Article 11 of the Terms & Conditions or falls under any of the following:
- If the member registers negative or illegal content in his/her member information, steals another member’s user ID, password, or any other personal information, or trading/providing his/her user ID to another person.
- If the member transmits, post, e-mail, or otherwise disseminate information, sentences, shapes, figures, sounds, and videos that violate public order or may infringe the honor or privacy of others.
- If the member harasses or threatens other users or continues to cause pain and discomfort to a certain user.
- If the member changes/modifies the client program of the company, hack into the company’s servers, or arbitrarily changes some or all of the information published on the company’s website without being granted special authority from the company.
- If the member reproduces information obtained through the service for purposes other than the use of the service, use the information for publication/broadcasting/etc. purposes, or provide the information to a third party without the prior consent of the company.
- If the member interferes the normal operation of the service (i.e., impersonating a staff, employee, or executive of the company, intentionally interfering the normal operation of the service, etc.)
- When there is a request from public institutions, such as the IT Ethics Committee, etc.
- If the member hasn’t used the service for more than 3 months
- If the member only posts data without an index file on ‘My Home’ and uses the service exclusively for archiving purposes.
- If the member violates current rules (including these Terms & Conditions) prescribed by the company, or if it is objectively determined that the member is currently associated with a criminal act.
Chapter VI Compensation for Damages and Other Matters
Article 18 (Compensation for Damages)
(1) The company and the member shall compensate the other party in case he/she/they have intentionally or negligently caused any damage in relation to the use of the service.
(2) However, the company shall not be held liable for any damage unless it has violated the provisions stipulated in the Privacy Policy regarding the use of services that are provided free of charge.
Article 19 (Exemption Clause)
(1) In case when the company is unable to provide services due to unavoidable matters (i.e., natural disasters, wars, suspension of the service by common/key carriers, and other force majeure), the company shall be exempted from all responsibilities for providing the services.
(2) The company shall be exempted from the liabilities for any damages caused by unavoidable reasons such as the repair/replacement of service facilities, regular inspection, construction, etc.
(3) The company shall not be held responsible for any damages caused due to a member’s computer error or the incomplete/false registration of the user’s personal information and e-mail address.
(4) The company shall not be held responsible for any loss caused to the member or the member’s failure to earn expected profits while using the service, nor shall be responsible for any damage caused by the data obtained while using the service.
(5) The company shall not be held responsible for the reliability and accuracy of the contents and information that the member posted by the members on the service and has no obligation to intervene in the disputes arising due to the use of the service between members or between a member and a third party.
(6) The company has no obligation to review or check the contents posted by the members in advance, and nor shall be responsible for the results.
Article 20 (Notification)
(1) When the company wants to make a notification to their members, it can be done via e-mail address provided by the member that he/she registered to the company.
(2) If the company needs to give notice to an unspecified majority of their members, it can replace the notification by posting it on their notice board for at least 7 days.
Article 21 (Jurisdiction & Applicable Laws)
(1) Matters that are not specified in these Terms & Conditions shall be governed by the relevant laws and regulations of the Republic of Korea, such as the Telecommunications Business Act, and other business practices.
(2) For members who are subscribed to the company’s paid services and other premium services, they shall follow the separate terms and policies for each service set forth separately by the company.
(3) In case a lawsuit is filed for a dispute that has arisen from the use of the service, the Seoul Central District Court shall be the competent court of jurisdiction.