Privacy Policy · “Gangnam Central Eye Clinic” (hereinafter, the “Clinic”) values your personal information and complies with the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection. Through this Privacy Policy, we inform you of how the personal information you provide is used and by what methods, and what measures are taken to protect it. If we amend this Privacy Policy, we will notify you through website Notices (or individual notice). This policy takes effect on January 1, 2020. 1. Personal Information Collected The Clinic collects the following personal information for sign-up, consultations, service applications, and the like. · Items collected: name, login ID, password, mobile phone number, email, service usage records, access logs, cookies, IP address information · How personal information is collected: website (sign-up), creation of various posts 2. Purpose of Collection and Use of Personal Information The Clinic uses the collected personal information for the following purposes. · Fulfillment of contracts and provision of services · Member management: identity verification for use of member-only services, personal identification, prevention of member misuse and unauthorized access, confirmation of intent to join, handling of inquiries and complaints, delivery of notices · Use for marketing and advertising: development and specialization of new services, delivery of advertising information such as events, analysis of access frequency or statistics on members’ use of services 3. Retention and Use Period of Personal Information The Clinic will promptly destroy your personal information when the purpose of collection or the purpose for which it was provided has been achieved. · When you withdraw from membership or are expelled from membership; provided, even if the purpose of collection or provision has been achieved, we may retain your personal information where retention is necessary under the Commercial Act and other applicable laws. · Records on collection/processing and use of credit information: 3 years (Act on the Use and Protection of Credit Information) · Records on identity verification: 6 months (Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc.) 4. Retention and Use Period of Personal Information As a rule, after the purpose of collection and use of personal information has been achieved, the relevant information is promptly destroyed. However, the following information is retained for the period specified below for the reasons stated below. · Destruction procedure - Information you enter for sign-up, etc. is transferred to a separate DB (or a separate file box for paper) after the purpose is achieved, stored for a certain period according to internal policies and other relevant laws for information protection reasons (see retention and use period), and then destroyed. - Personal information transferred to a separate DB will not be used for any purpose other than retention, unless required by law. · Destruction method - Personal information stored in electronic file form is deleted using technical methods that render the records irrecoverable. - Personal information printed on paper is destroyed by shredding or incineration. 5. Provision of Personal Information and Outsourcing of Collected Personal Information To provide higher-quality services to members, the Clinic provides your personal information as follows. · Recipient: Gangnam Central Eye Clinic · Items of personal information provided: name, date of birth, login ID, password, mobile phone number, email, legal guardian information, service usage records, access logs, IP address information · Purpose of use of provided information: identity verification for use of member-only services, personal identification, prevention of member misuse and unauthorized access, age verification, confirmation of legal guardian consent when collecting personal information from children under age 14, handling of inquiries and complaints, delivery of notices, delivery of advertising information such as events, analysis of access frequency or statistics on members’ use of services · Retention and use period of provided information: viewable until deletion from the DB. However, exceptions apply in the following cases. · Where users have given prior consent · Where required by law, or when there is a request from an investigative agency according to the procedures and methods prescribed by law for investigative purposes 6. Rights of Users and Legal Guardians and How to Exercise Them · Users may, at any time, view or correct their registered personal information, and may also request to cancel their membership. To view or correct personal information, select “Change Personal Information” (or “Edit Member Information,” etc.); to cancel membership (withdraw consent), click “Withdraw Membership,” complete the identity verification process, and then you can directly view, correct, or withdraw. Alternatively, contact the person in charge of personal information management by mail, phone, or email, and we will take prompt action. · If you request correction of errors in your personal information, we will not use or provide the relevant personal information until the correction is completed. If incorrect personal information has already been provided to a third party, we will promptly notify the third party of the correction result so that the correction can be made. 7. Installation and Operation of Automatic Personal Information Collection Devices, and How to Refuse · The Clinic operates “cookies” that store and retrieve users’ information from time to time. · A cookie is a very small text file that the server used to operate Gangnam Central Eye Clinic’s website sends to your browser and is stored on your computer’s hard disk. The Clinic uses cookies for the following purposes. · ① Purpose of using cookies - Analyzing the access frequency and visit times of members and non-members, understanding users’ preferences and areas of interest and tracking browsing activity, identifying participation in various events and number of visits to provide targeted marketing and customized services. Users have the option to accept cookies. Therefore, by setting options in your web browser, you can allow all cookies, require confirmation each time a cookie is stored, or refuse to store all cookies. · ② How to refuse cookie settings - Example: A user can allow all cookies, require confirmation each time a cookie is stored, or refuse to store all cookies by selecting options in the web browser. - How to set - Example (for Internet Explorer): Tools at the top of the web browser > Internet Options > Privacy However, refusing to install cookies may make it difficult to provide services. 8. Withdrawal of Consent (Membership Withdrawal) · You may withdraw, at any time, your consent to the collection, use, and provision of personal information that you agreed to when registering as a member. · To withdraw consent (withdraw membership), while logged in, click Membership Withdrawal at the bottom of the Personal Information section under My Page at the top of the Gangnam Central Eye Clinic website, go through the password confirmation process, and you can directly withdraw consent (withdraw membership); or contact the person in charge of personal information management by email, and we will promptly take necessary measures such as destroying the user’s personal information. 9. Management of Personal Information Protection for Children Under the Age of 14 When collecting personal information from children under the age of 14, or when providing such children’s personal information to a third party, the Clinic obtains consent from the child’s legal guardian. For this purpose, the Clinic may require only the minimum information necessary about the legal guardian, such as the guardian’s name, in order to obtain consent. The legal guardian may request to view or correct errors in the child’s personal information, and may withdraw consent to collect the child’s personal information or to provide it to a third party. Requests to view or correct personal information, or to withdraw consent, can be processed under Change Personal Information. 10. Consultation and Reporting Regarding Personal Information Infringement If you need consultation regarding personal information infringement, you may contact the Personal Information Infringement Report Center, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office Internet Crime Investigation Center, or the National Police Agency Cyber Terror Response Center. · Personal Information Infringement Report Center (phone:1336) http://www.cyberprivacy.or.kr · Supreme Prosecutors’ Office Internet Crime Investigation Center (phone:02-3480-3600) http://icic.sppo.go.kr · National Police Agency Cyber Terror Response Center (phone:02-392-0330) http://www.ctrc.go.kr 11. Supplementary Provisions · If content is added, deleted, or modified due to changes in laws, policies, or security technologies, we will post notice of the changes on the Notices section of the Gangnam Central Eye Clinic website starting 7 days before the effective date of the changes. · This Privacy Policy applies from January 1, 2020. · If, after limiting or suspending a member’s qualifications, the same conduct is repeated two or more times or the reason is not corrected within 30 days, the website may revoke membership. · Effective date of Privacy Policy: January 1, 2020 · Date of last modification of Privacy Policy: January 1, 2020