TERMS OF USE

  1. Chapter I General Provisions

    Article 1 (Purpose)
    The purpose of these Terms of Use is to stipulate the conditions and procedures for using kim.koreainvestment.com services (hereinafter referred to as "services") provided by Korea Investment Management (hereinafter referred to as "company") under the Telecommunications Business Act and the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection.
    Article 2 (Notice of Terms of Use and Application Mutatis Mutandis)
    The contents of these Terms of Use shall take effect by posting them at the time of membership registration on the service screen or by notifying users (hereinafter referred to as "members") by e-mail, notice, etc.
    The Company may arbitrarily change these Terms of Use, and the changed Terms of Use shall become effective by announcing them in the same manner as in this article.
    Article 3 (Criteria other than the Terms of Use)
    Matters not specified in the Terms of Use shall be governed by the provisions of the Telecommunications Business Act, the Framework Act on Telecommunications, and other relevant laws and regulations, such as the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection.
    Article 4 (Definition of Terms)
    The terms used in the Terms of Use are defined as follows.
    • Member: A person who has signed a service use contract with the company and has been granted a user ID
    • ID: A combination of letters and numbers selected by the member and approved by the company for member identification and the use of the member's service
    • Password: A combination of letters and numbers including English characters set by the member and approved by the company for the protection of the member's confidential information
    • A person selected by the company for the overall management and smooth operation of services
    • Cancellation: Cancellation of the contract of use by the company or member after the service is opened

    Chapter 2

    Article 5 (Establishment of a Service Contract)
    When asked "Do you agree to the above Terms of Use?" the member clicks the "I agree" button to be considered to accept these terms of Use
    The service contract is established by the company agreeing to use the service after the person who wants to use the service agrees to the Terms of Use. A person who wants to use the service must apply for the service with real name.
    Article 6 (Application for Service)
    For application for service, apply for the requirements on the company's prescribed subscription form online.
    All membership information on the online subscription form is considered real data, and users who do not enter their real names or real information are not legally protected and may be restricted from using the service.
    Article 7 (Consent to the use of member information)
    The personal information of the member on the subscription form pursuant to Article 6 shall be used for the purpose of performing this use contract and providing services under this Terms of Use.
    In order to conveniently use the company and its affiliates’ services, and to operate and improve quality of services, the member information may be provided to the company's affiliated companies or may be used by preparing statistics on all or part of member information.
    However, before providing member information, the company must notify the members of the affiliates’ name, the purpose of providing, and the contents of the member information to be provided in advance and obtain the consent of the members.
    Members can view and modify personal information at any time through member information modification system. If a member enters the member information on the subscription form and applies to the company in accordance with these Terms of Use, it is deemed that the members agrees that the company collects, uses, and provides the member information on the subscription form.
    Article 8 (Acceptance of application for service)
    If a member applies through the prescribed form for membership prescribed in Article 6, the company will accept it.
    The company may withhold consent for the following applications for service.
    • If there is no room for facilities
    • Where it is difficult to approve the use due to other circumstances of the company
    The company may not accept the following applications for service.
    • If a name is not real name
    • When an application is made using another person's name
    • Where an application is made by falsely stating the necessary details at the time of application for service
    • Where an application is filed for the purpose of hindering public order or good customs
    • When the requirements for application for service determined by the company are insufficient
    Article 9 (Change of contractual matters)
    If the matters entered at the time of application for service are changed, the member shall revise them online, and the member shall be responsible for the problems caused by the non-change.

    Chapter 3 Obligations of Contracting Parties

    Article 10 (Company’s Obligations)
    1. ① The company does not divulge or distribute the personal information of the members to third parties without their consent. However, this shall not apply to requests from government’s agencies under the provisions of laws such as the Framework Act on Telecommunications, requests where there is an investigative purpose for crimes, requests from the Communications Standards Commission, or other procedures prescribed by other relevant laws.
    2. ② Within the scope of paragraph 1, the company may prepare and use statistical data on the personal information of all or part of the member in relation to its work, and may send cookies to the member's computer through the service. In this case, members can change the settings on the computer that they use to refuse to receive cookies or to warn them about receiving cookies.
    Article 11 (Members’ Obligation)
    • Illegal use of another member ID
    • The act of reproducing information obtained from the service for purposes other than the use of members without prior consent of the company, using it for publication, broadcasting, providing it to a third party, etc.
    • Infringement of the company's copyright, copyright of a third party, etc
    • The act of disseminating information, sentences, figures, etc. that violates public order and customs
    • The act that is objectively judged to be associated with a crime
    • Other acts in violation of related laws and regulations
    Members shall comply with the matters prescribed in these Terms of Use and the service usage guidelines or precautions. Members shall comply with the restrictions which are posted or separately announced by the company.
    Members shall not engage in business activities using the service without prior consent from the company, and the company shall not be responsible for the results of the business activities and the results that the member violated the Terms of Use.
    Members is obligated to compensate the company for such business activities. Members shall not transfer or donate the right to use the service or other contractual status of the service to another person without the explicit consent of the company, and shall not provide it as collateral.

    Chapter 4 Using the Service

    Article 12 (Member's Obligation to Overall Services)
    Members shall not communicate to any of the following subparagraphs, and if so, the company may delete the post or restrict the use of all or part of the service.
    • The act of committing a criminal act or instigating a criminal act
    • The act aimed at carrying out anti-national acts
    • The act that harm social order
    • The act that damages or penalizes another person's reputation
    • The act of hacking, distributing computer virus programs, etc. that cause malfunction of telecommunication facilities or destruction of information, etc
    • Infringement of intellectual property rights/copyright/neighboring rights of other users or third parties
    • The act contrary to the intention of the recipient, which continuously transmits advertising information or large amounts of data, registration of posts, or other use of services that interferes with the stable operation of the service
    Article 13 (Member's obligation to manage member IDs and passwords)
    1. ① The member is responsible for all management of the member's (ID) and password.
      The member is responsible for all consequences caused by the negligence of the management of the ID and password assigned to the member and the illegal use.
    2. ② If your ID is used illegally, the member must notify the company and follow the company's instructions.
    Article 14 (Provision of Information)
    The company can provide the member with various information that deems necessary while using the service by e-mail or letter mail, and the member can refuse to receive information on the subscription menu and the member information menu if the member does not want.
    Article 15 (Posts of Members)
    The company may delete the contents of the service posted or registered by the member without prior notice if it deems that the contents of the service is one of any of the following subparagraphs, and all responsibility for this shall be on the individual member who posted the contents.
    • In the case of defaming another member or a third party or damaging their reputation by slander
    • Where the contents violate public order and good customs
    • Where it is deemed to be associated with a criminal act
    • In the case of infringement of the company's copyright, copyright of a third party, etc.,
    • If the posting period stipulated by the company has been exceeded
    • Where a member posts pornography or links pornographic sites on the service
    • Where it is deemed to violate other relevant laws or regulations prescribed by the company
    Article 16 (Attribution of Copyright and Restriction on the use)
    The rights and responsibilities of the post lie with the publisher, and the company shall not use it for profit other than for publication in the service without the publisher's consent.
    However, this is not the case for non-profit purposes, and the company has the right to publish within the service.
    Members shall not commercially use materials published in the Services by means of reproduction, transmission, publication, distribution, broadcasting or other means without prior consent from the Company.
    Article 17 (Service hours)
    In principle, the use of services shall be 24 hours a day, 7 days a week unless there is any special problem with the company's business or technology. However, this is not the case on the day or time determined by the company due to the need for regular inspections.
    The company can divide the service into a certain range and set the available time separately for each range. In this case, it will be announced in advance.
    Article 18 (Responsibility for Service Use)
    Members shall not engage in sales activities of illegal goods using services, especially hacking, money-making advertisements, commercial activities through pornographic sites, or illegal distribution of commercial software, except as specifically permitted by the company in a written statement signed by an authorized employee. The company is not responsible for the results and losses of business activities that have occurred in violation of this, and for legal measures such as arrest by related agencies.
    Article 19 (Suspension of Service Provision)
    1. ① The Company may discontinue the provision of the Services in any of the following cases.
      • Where it is unavoidable due to construction work, such as repair of service facilities
      • Where a telecommunications service provider prescribed in the Telecommunications Business Act stops the telecommunications service
      • If there are other reasons for force majeure
    2. ② The Company may restrict or suspend all or part of the services when the normal use of the services is hindered by a National Emergency, power outage, failure of the service facilities or system, etc.
    Article 20 (Termination of contract and restriction on use)
    1. ① When a member intends to terminate the service contract, the member must apply for termination to the company online.
    2. ② If a member has committed any of the following acts, the company may terminate the service contract without prior notice or suspend the use of the service for a fixed period of time.
      • If a member steal another person's service ID and password
      • Intentionally obstructing the operation of the service
      • If the name of a member is not real name
      • If the same user double-registered with a different ID
      • In the case of deliberately disseminating information that hinders public order and good customs
      • Where a member plans or implements the use of services for the purpose of hindering the national interest or social public interest
      • Where a member has committed an act that damages or disadvantages the reputation of another person
      • Transmitting large amounts of information or advertising information for purposes of hindering the stable operation of the service
      • Where a member has distributed computer virus programs, etc that cause malfunction of information and communication facilities or destruction of information, etc.
      • Infringement of intellectual property rights of a company, other members or third parties
      • When there is a request for correction is made by an external institution such as Communications Standards Commission, and where an authoritative interpretation by the Election Commission is obtained in connection with an illegal election campaign
      • Where another person's personal information, user ID, and password are illegally used
      • If a member reproduces, distributes, or commercially uses information obtained using the company's service information without prior consent from the company
      • Where a member posts pornography or links pornographic sites on the service
      • In case of violation of the terms and conditions set by the company, including these Terms of Use
      • Where a telecommunications service provider prescribed in the Telecommunications Business Act stops the telecommunications service
      • If there are other reasons for force majeure

    Chapter VI Compensation for Damages, etc

    Article 21 (Compensation for damages)
    The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred to the Member in connection with the use of the service while the Service Charge is free unless it is intentional or negligent by the Company.
    Article 22 (Exemption Clause)
    1. ① If the company is unable to provide the service due to natural disasters or equivalent force majeure, it will be exempted from its responsibility related to providing the service.
    2. ② The company is not responsible for any obstruction of service use due to reasons attributable to the members.
    3. ③ The company shall not be responsible for the loss of revenue expected by its members from the service and shall not be liable for any other damages caused by data obtained through the service.
    4. ④ The company shall not be responsible for the information, data, reliability of facts, accuracy, etc. posted by the member on the service.
    Article 23 (Jurisdictional Court)
    If a lawsuit is filed against a dispute arising from the use of services such as charges, the court having jurisdiction over the location of the company's headquarters shall be the exclusive jurisdiction court.
    Supplementary Provisions
    The Terms of Use takes effect in September 2001.