Privacy Policy
Amendment date: July 24, 2023 | Version: 1.0

Ecomice Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") complies with the Personal Information Protection Act and is committed to protecting user rights and interests by establishing a personal information processing policy in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. The personal information processing policy of Company, shall include following contents.

1. Purpose of collection and use of personal information

Ecomice Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") establishes and discloses the following personal information processing policy in order to protect users' personal information in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act and to promptly and smoothly handle grievances related thereto. In addition, Company provides services to users over the age of 14, and if we become aware that personal information of children under the age of 14 has been collected, we will delete such information without delay.

1) Company collects the personal information with the consent of the user to the minimum extent necessary to provide the service, and all personal information collected is used only within the scope of the notified purpose. Depending on the type of service we provide, we collect, use, hold, and destroy personal information as follows.

Collection Method Collected Items Purpose of collection and use
Joining of membership (Essential)
email, password, name, mobile phone number, date of birth
Confirmation of the self and the intension to join, questionnaire, counseling and inquiry process, announcement and the provision of foundation information for the establishment of membership
(Selective)
Consent to receive the marketing information (email, SMS / MMS, push)
Guidance of merchandise and service provided by Company, questionnaire, information related to the event and provision of opportunity to participate, provision of (affiliate) advertisement and marketing information
Login (Essential)
email, password
Confirmation of the self and the intension to join, questionnaire, counseling and inquiry process, announcement and the provision of foundation information for the establishment of membership
(Selective)
Consent to receive the marketing information (email, SMS / MMS, push)
Guidance of merchandise and service provided by Company, questionnaire, information related to the event and provision of opportunity to participate, provision of (affiliate) advertisement and marketing information
Name card exchange and preparation (Essential)
Basic information (name, mobile phone number, email), career ( name of company, position / title)
Name card exchange for business matching
B2B business match (Essential)
Basic information (name, mobile phone number, email), career ( name of company, position / title)
Information provision in accordance with the business service activity and its use (delivery of announcement, confirmation of the self-intention, counseling related to the service, civil complaints processing, precautions) Provision of buyer / seller recommendation service based on AI- customization
(Selective)
Department, position, self-introduction, name card image

2. Provision of Personal Information to 3rd party

1) Company processes the personal information only within the scope specified in Article 1 (Purpose of Processing Personal Information) and provides the personal information to a third party only in cases falling under Articles 17 and 18 of the Personal Information Protection Act, such as the consent of the information subject or special provisions of the law.

2) Company provides the personal information to a third party as follows.

Consignee Consignment work Category Possession and use period
Members and business manager Member search and recommendation in accordance with the business matching purpose Name, name of company, position, region, foundation year of company, capital, type of business, business category, homepage address, payment region, career, region of origin, hobby, corporate and self-introduction, profile picture, personal networking information, etc. Until the withdrawal of membership
Service developer Service development and quality improvement All attached files and personal information items prepared in the past Until the withdrawal of membership
Event participant Understanding of event participation and marketing Personal information item established by event participant Until the withdrawal of membership
Project progress corporate Attached file and personal information item within the prepared name card Business matching Until the withdrawal of membership

3) Personal information may be provided without your consent in accordance with Paragraph 3 of Article 15 and Paragraph 4 of Article 17 of the Personal Information Protection Act, if it is required by an investigative agency in accordance with the regulations of the law or in accordance with the procedures and methods set forth in the law for the purpose of investigation.

You may not consent to the provision of your personal information to third parties and may withdraw your consent to third party provision at any time. Provided that, the use of some related services based on the provision of third parties may be restricted. (You can use the sign-up service for membership.)

3. Personal information processing consignment

1) Company does not outsource the processing of personal information.

2) In accordance with Article 26 of the Personal Information Protection Act, when entering into a consignment contract, Company shall specify in documents such as contracts the prohibition of processing personal information other than for the purpose of performing consignment work, technical and administrative protection measures, restrictions on re-consignment, management and supervision of the consignee, and responsibilities such as compensation, etc., and shall supervise whether the consignee processes personal information safely.

3) When the contents of consignment work or consignee are changed, it would be disclosed through this personal information processing policy without any delay.

4. Processing of personal information and possession period

1) Company shall process / possess the personal information within the possession / use period of personal information consented upon the collection of personal information from the information subject or based on the possession / use period in accordance with legislations

2) Each of processing / possession period of personal information, shall be as follows.

Purpose of possession Basis legislations Period of possession
Homepage membership joining and management Personal Information Protection Act
  • Records regarding collection / processing / using, etc. of credit information: 3 years
  • Records regarding the complaints of consumer or dispute settlement process: 3 years
Provision of goods or services Management on the provision of goods and services
  • Records regarding collection / processing / using, etc. of credit information: 3 years
  • Records regarding the complaints of consumer or dispute settlement process: 3 years
  • Records regarding the payment and provision of goods, etc.: 5 years
  • Records regarding the agreement or withdrawal, etc. of subscription: 5 years
Civil complaints work process Processing of civil complaints of customer
  • Records regarding collection / processing / using, etc. of credit information: 3 years
  • Records regarding the complaints of consumer or dispute settlement process: 3 years
  • Records regarding the payment and provision of goods, etc.: 5 years
  • Records regarding the agreement or withdrawal, etc. of subscription: 5 years
Utilization in the marketing and advertisement Marketing and advertisement
  • Records regarding collection / processing / using, etc. of credit information: 3 years

5. Destruction procedure and method of the personal information

1) In principle, the user's personal information is destroyed without delay when the purpose of collecting and using personal information is achieved. Provided that, information that is required to be kept by other legislations shall be kept separately for the period specified by legislations and then destroyed.

2) If it is necessary to continue to preserve personal information in accordance with other laws although it falls under paragraph 1 hereof, the personal information shall be moved to a separate database (DB) or preserved in a different storage location. (For statutory storage periods, please refer to Article 2.)

3) The procedure and method of destruction of personal information shall be as follows.

  • Destruction procedure
    • In the event of damage caused by personal information theft, we may temporarily store personal information collected during membership registration for 14 days for the purpose of recovery and victim protection.
    • Company shall select the personal information with occurrence of reason for destruction, and destroy the personal information with an approval of responsible person of personal information protection of Company.
  • Destruction method
    • Type of electronic file: Use technical method to prevent the recovery and restoration.
    • Paper document: It shall be shredded or incinerated

6. User rights and how to exercise

As an information subject, the user can exercise the following rights at any time through the homepage (www.hauterium.com), and Company operates a separate customer center to handle related counseling and inquiries.

  1. Inquiry and correction : You can inquire and edit your personal information through the functions of [MY PAGE > Edit Personal Information] and [MY PAGE > Manage My Business Name Card] on the homepage.
  2. Withdrawal of membership : You can delete your personal information through the function of [MY PAGE > Withdrawal of Membership] on the homepage.
  3. Withdrawal of consent : You can withdraw your consent to receive various emails from [MY PAGE > Email Reception Settings], and you can change the setting of whether to register talent information from [MY PAGE > My Business Matching Management].

7. Measures to secure the stability of personal information

Company has taken following measures to secure the safety of personal information.

  1. Administrative measure : Establishment of internal management plan and implementation, scheduled education for employees and executives, scheduled access record inspection, consignee inspection, etc.
  2. Technical measures : Access authority management such as personal information processing system, etc., installation of access control system, encryption in accordance with the internal management plan (transmission and storage), installation of security program

8. Automatically collected personal information and matters regarding the refusal

Company installs and operates cookies to provide user customized services. The purposes for using cookies and refusal are described below.

  1. What are Cookies? : Cookie is a tiny text file to be sent to the browser of users from the server being used for the operation of web site, and is stored at the computer of user.
  2. Purpose of using cookie : It is used to provide optimized and customized services by managing users' access, providing a use environment for each user, identifying user activity information, and identifying event and promotion statistics.
  3. Installation / operation and refusal of Cookie : When using the Services, you have a choice over the installation of cookies. You can set options in your web browser to accept or reject all cookies, or to require confirmation each time a cookie is stored. Here's how to specify whether you want to allow cookies to be installed.
    • Internet Explorer: Tool menu at the upper area of web browser > Internet option > Personal information > Set the level of personal information processing
    • Chrome: Configuration menu at the right side of web browser > Tool > Deletion of Internet use records

9. Responsible person of personal information protection

1) Company has appointed the responsible person of personal information protection as follows to take the overall responsibility on the processing of personal information as well as the complaints processing and remedy, etc. of user related to the processing of personal information.

Name Department Position Contacts
Kim, Shin-gu EcoMice CTO haute-rium@hauterium.com

2) Users may contact the responsible person of personal information protection for inquiries regarding matters related to the protection of personal information, complaints, damage relief, etc. that occurred while using the Company's services, and the inquiries will be answered and processed as soon as possible. Provided that, if there is a delay due to unavoidable reasons, we'll contact you again.

10. Remedies for violations of rights

When it is necessary for the remedy, counseling, etc. regarding the infringement of personal information, users may inquire to following institutions.

Name of institution Homepage Telephone
Infringement report center of private information privacy.kisa.or.kr (Without telephone exchange number)118
Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee www.kopico.go.kr (Without telephone exchange number) 1833-6972
Supreme Prosecutors' Office http://www.spo.go.kr (Without telephone exchange number)1301
National Police Agency https://ecrm.police.go.kr (Without telephone exchange number)182

11. Application scope of this personal information processing policy

1) This Personal Information Processing Policy applies to all services (including websites and APPs) provided by Company, but if the nature of the service is different, a service-specific Personal Information Processing Policy may apply.

2) If you visit other companies' websites that are linked to Company Services, or if the websites you visit collect personal information, this Personal Information Processing Policy shall not be applied.

Modification of personal information processing policy and announcement

When there are any of addition, deletion, and modification in the contents of personal information processing policy, it shall be announced through the “announcement” section for at least 7 days prior to the amendment. In addition, we may obtain your consent again if necessary when there is a significant change in your rights, such as a change in the items of personal information we collect or the purpose of use.

Addendum

This policy shall be effective as of July 24, 2023.