Article 1 Objective
The purpose of this Agreement is to define scope of rights, obligations, other miscellaneous matters, rights/obligations/responsibilities between the member and company, members’ service use procedure, etc. in utilizing the services including e-commerce transactions ("service") provided by starcheckin.com service ("Starcheckin") provided by Starcheckin ("company").

Article 2 Definition
'Site' means Starcheckin
"'User' means non-members and members who access the service provided by the company pursuant to this agreement
"Member" means a person/business that has provided personal information about himself/itself to the company who consistently receives information from the company, who can use the services provided for by the company
'Non-member' means a person/business that uses the services provided from the company without registration
'ID' means a combination of letters and numbers that identifies the member for the use of the services as selected by the member and approved by the company
'Password' means a combination of letters and numbers for the protection of member’s information and use of secure services as selected by the member and approved by the company
“Administrator” means the assigned person that has overall management and administration over the services
'Client' means the advertising executive that has entered into an agreement with the company with regards to advertising and promotion
Media" means the member’s registered blog or SNS that can be found through RSS address/URL
'Post' means the published writing that the member has posted on the blog through the service
'Contents' means writing/photographs that the member has published in order to participate in the company’s campaign
'Campaign' means the overall activity that the members participate in regarding a particular topic/event
'Membership level' means the level conferred on the member depending on the result of the activity of member in using the provided services
'Business day' means the regular days in which the company provides the service, excluding Saturday, Sunday and other public holidays
'Sponsor banner' means the HTML code or other images created by the HTML code that must be attached at the bottom by the campaign participant
'Support fund' means monetary value that can be converted into cash regarding the member’s activity
Article 3 Effect/Applicability/Adjustments of Agreement of Utilization
The company shall publish this agreement on the member registration procedure and service page to ensure that the member can easily access it.
This agreement shall have effect once it is published to the user. A member that agrees to the terms of this agreement and registers himself as a member shall be bound by this agreement from that moment, and if adjustments are made to the agreement, the member shall be bound by the agreement from the moment in which the adjustments are made.
The company may make adjustments within adequate boundaries of not breaching the relevant regulations/law, Electronic Transaction Law, Electronic Signature Law, and the law regarding promotion of information and communication network use as well as the member’s justifiable rights.
When the company makes adjustments, the applicable date and reasons for significant adjustments must be published within the service without delay.
If the member does not agree to the adjusted agreement, then the member may stop using the services and terminate the agreement.
Article 4 Standing rule regarding matters other than the agreement
Any terms undefined in this Agreement shall follow other relevant law, Service Agreement of Utilization (annex), specific use policy/regulations.

Chapter 2 Agreement of Use
Article 5 Entering into the Agreement of Use
The member shall place information within the template as provided by the company and request use, and when the company accepts the request of use, the member may begin to receive services of the company.
The client selecting “I agree to the terms and conditions of the Personal Information Policy” and placing information within the template will be deemed as though the client understands the Service Agreement of Utilization and other policies of the company (i.e. management policy, copyright policy, etc.).
Article 6 Information required in making request of use
In order to register as a member to use the services, information such as name, e-mail, etc. will be required by the company.
Any member that has illegitimately used another person’s name and personal information in making request of use shall be deleted and may face consequences as required by the relevant law.
A member shall be prohibited from using multiple member IDs to register with the services. Where the company determines that the member has multiple memberships with the company, the company may exhaust all membership rights/support funds.
Article 7Accepting the request of use
The company shall accept the request of use of services where the member has placed all information required pursuant to Article 6.
The candidate member must be more than 14 years of age who has accepted this agreement and completed the registration procedures.
The company may refuse/cancel a membership in the following cases:
Pursuant to Article (3), the applicant has lost previously lost right of membership. However, if three years have passed since the loss of right of membership and the applicant re-gained registration, then this shall not apply.
Where the applicant’s membership will cause inherent difficulties with regards to the company’s skills
Where the applicant is less than 14 years old
Where the applicant has re-registered and terminated the membership on a regularly basis in order to gain economic advantage of the various events/benefits of the company, or where in this process, there is a risk that the applicant will use another person’s name to register, and where it has been less than one month since the revocation of membership by the applicant in order to prohibit illegal/illegitimate actions
Where there are false information, omissions, unauthorized use or error in the information provided pursuant to Article 6
Chapter 3 Use of Service
Article 8Use of Service Commencement
The company shall commence the use of service from the moment it accepts the request of use from the applicant. However, some services may begin from the designated date.
Where due to the technological/work errors, the service cannot commence, then this shall be published on the website or notified to the member in order to minimize the member’s discomfort.
The company may classify members into different levels and limit the scope of use of services for each level.
Article 9Term of Service
The service shall be available every day of the year for 24 hours a day. However, the service may temporarily be unavailable due to system error, changes to facility or other errors during the term as determined by the company. In this case, the company shall publish a notice prior to/after the unavailability.
The company may divide the services and determine the term of service for each division, and in this case, the company shall notify this to its members.
Article 10Adjustments/restrictions on service
The company may notify members of changes to services and the designated date of changes and make appropriate changes.
In the following cases, the company may restrict/cancel the services in whole/part:
Where due to expansion of facilities/construction/rectification, service will be unavailable
Where service prohibition is necessary due to reasons that are out of control of the company
Where due to excessive use of the service, regular service cannot be carried out
Where due to changes of the services, the company deems it appropriate
Where there are uncontrollable disasters, such as blackout, natural disaster or national emergencies
The company may restrict services to members using non-real names, members under 14 years old, target members/companies under the Adolescent Protection Law.
In restricting the services pursuant to (2), the company shall notify the members in advance. However, there shall be an exemption where due to uncontrollable situations, the service is restricted (system error without negligence/deliberation on the part of the administrator, etc.) and a prior notice is impossible.
Article 11 Provision of information, notice to members, etc.
The company may provide various information/advertisements to members that it deems as necessary via electronic post, on/offline media, post, etc., and may provide such information with a charge through separate request.
The company may, pursuant to advertisement agreement with the client, use the advertisements published on its service or participate in the sales promotion activity of the client. If, during this process, a dispute arises between the member and the client, the company shall make efforts to establish the following:
In order to prevent harm and to protect members’ rights, the company shall submit information regarding whether the member has won the event, and other relevant information to the client
Where it is published in the media or otherwise demonstrated objectively that the company has deliberately caused harm to the member , then the company shall request for cancellation of the advertisement on the services or restrict itself from entering into an advertising agreement of similar sort.
When notifying the member, the company shall use the registered e-mail or phone number and use various communication tools as provided by the company. However, where a mass e-mail is sent to a member and the notice is to be sent to an unidentified number of members, the notice may be published on the service instead.
Where the member places false personal information or does not make appropriate changes are required, then the member may not receive the required notice from the company.
Article 12 Post Administration
A member who has voluntarily participated in the campaign or a member who is designated by the campaign may make a post and this post shall be publicly available from the date of the post for six months. However, where the post or comments in the post is inappropriate to be displayed to the public, the company may request for change/deletion to the member.
The member may not, without the consent of the client/company, delete/make private the post, and where it is deleted/made private, the member shall notify the company of reason/time.
Where the member has deleted/made private the post, the company may seek refund of the compensation the member has received from the client.
The post/evaluation of the client shall upon whole responsibility of the administrator.
The company may request to the member to delete/adjust the post to the member, and the member shall comply within 2 hours of the company’s request for the following situations:
Where the member belittles, conducts libel or damages a third party’s reputation,
Where there is an inherent difference between the actual product/service and the post
Where the member breaches the objective of the Starcheckin review services
Article 13 Sponsor Banner Administration
“Sponsor banner” means the HTML code or other images created by the HTML code that must be attached at the bottom by the campaign participant.
The company may request information to be placed within the banner to the effect of the economic compensation, and the member shall oblige unless justifiable reasons exist.
Where the member temporarily deletes the banner or adjusts/changes the information contained within the banner, the member may be liable for civil/criminal charge
Article 14 Contents Administration
The company may reject contents without notice in the following cases:
Where it breaches the relevant law of the country,
Where it can be objectively deemed that it is related to a crime,
Where it breaches a third party’s image, credit or profit,
Where it contains negative code/data that may cause error in the information technology engine,
Where it breaches public order or social order
Where it interrupts smooth service of the company,
Where it breaches the relevant law/regulations of the company’s management policy
Where the advertisement has an object of profit
A member may request deletion of his contents at any time. The method/procedure of deletion shall follow the management policy/notice.
Article 15 Copyright policy
In using the services in which the company is providing, the contents copyright belongs to the member, and the member shall be responsible for any civil/criminal complaint filed regarding any copyright breaches.
The member shall have the copyright over the contents of his post, and the company shall save the contents on its serve for connection information/search.
Where the company has promised compensation regarding the contents, or has already paid compensation to the member, the client may use the said contents for promotion or where necessary, without damaging/adjusting the contents. However, where approval was not obtained from the member, the company shall not provide the contents to the client.
The member may deletion of part/all of the contents that the company has saved, and the company shall comply actively. The method/procedure of deletion shall follow the management policy/notice.
The company shall be vested the use of right/right of publication within the service regarding all members’ contents, and this shall be restricted to agreed contents.
Where the company deems that Article 14 applies to the collected contents, the company may delete the contents without notice, or restrict the particular services of the member, or terminate the use agreement.
Article 16 SNS data collection, storage and use
The Company may collect, store, and use SNS data of members (meaning data from Blog, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, the same hereinafter) with the consent of the members for the purposes of the following subparagraphs.
Influencer selection and content registration for campaign progress
Create member profile and campaign report provided to clients
Create social media statistics report provided to members
When a member completes connection to SNS within the service, it is deemed that he/she agrees to all of the collection, storage, and use of SNS data in accordance with this Article.
The scope of data collected by the company pursuant to this Article is limited to public data provided by each SNS.
The SNS data collected by the company and its collection method are as follows.
Blog posts and statistical data of members using Blog RSS and Starcheckin Sponsor Banner
Feed of the member's Facebook account using Facebook API, statistical data about it, and other data related to the account
Feed of the member's Instagram account using Facebook API, statistical data about it, and other data related to the account
Information on the member's YouTube channel using the YouTube API, statistical data for this, and statistical data for individual videos
Article 17 SNS data provided to a third party
The company may provide the member's SNS data to the client (customer company) according to the purpose of Article 16 (1).
When a member signs up, the company separately notifies and obtains consent that SNS data may be provided to a third party as above.
Article 18 SNS agreement and policy agreement
When a member has completed linking to the YouTube service within the service, it is deemed that they have agreed to the terms and conditions of external SNS in each subparagraph below.
YouTube Terms of Service

https://www.youtube.com/t/terms

YouTube API Terms of Service

https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms/api-services-terms-of-service-apac

Google Privacy Policy

https://policies.google.com/privacy

The company complies with the platform policies of each of the following items provided by the YouTube and Facebook platforms.
YouTube Developer Policy

https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms/developer-policies

Facebook Platform Policy

https://developers.facebook.com/policy

Members are aware that Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram and other similar third-party SNS services may update the terms of service and privacy policy from time to time, and the company takes no responsibility for the terms and privacy policy of third-party SNS services.
The company is not responsible for any disadvantages arising from the member's failure to review the updates pursuant to paragraph 3.
Article 19 SNS connection termination and SNS data deletion
If a member no longer wants the company to collect their own SNS data or wants to delete the previously collected SNS data, they can terminate the SNS connection and stop the collection and use of SNS data through the methods listed below.
Disconnecting SNS from the review service: My Page > My Information

https://www.starcheckin.com/mypage/account

For YouTube, the member cancels directly through the Google Security Settings page

https://myaccount.google.com/permissions

In the case of Facebook and Instagram, the member cancels directly through the Facebook settings page

https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=business_tools

As soon as a member terminates the SNS connection according to the procedure in Paragraph 1, the company proceeds to delete all SNS data of the member, except for some exceptions. However, this is not the case for personal information collected through procedures other than Article 16.
However, if there is a campaign currently in progress at the time of application for cancellation pursuant to Paragraph 2, the connection to SNS cannot be canceled. If a member directly terminates the SNS connection while there is an ongoing campaign, there may be disadvantages in using the service based on Article 12.
Article 20 Notice of client’s publication/use of contents
The content copyrights shall be pursuant to Article 15.
Where the content is published and then notified to the company, the URL may be copied/printed by the client.
It will be deemed that the member agrees to the printing/submission of the data to the client.
The client, may not, without the company’s consent, make use of the contents that the member has registered.
In order to use the contents as registered by the client, the client shall conduct a negotiation with the company.
Chapter 4 The Parties’ Obligations
Article 21 Company’s obligations
The company shall comply with the relevant law/regulations and shall not engage in any action that breaches the public order/good morals, and make every effort to ensure to provide consistent and secure services as chosen by this agreement.
The company shall rectify/restore any damages/disabilities of the server without delay unless there are extenuating circumstances, in order to provide secure services.
The company shall, in order to protect member’s personal information and provide secure services, establish a security system and publish/comply with personal information protection policy.
The company shall not distribute/provide to a third party, any personal information about the member without the member’s approval. However, an exemption applies where it is necessary to provide the information to a verified government institution, or where due to a request for investigation, or other reasons for the public good. The protection of personal information of the member shall follow the relevant law/regulations or the personal information policy as determined by the company.
The company shall reflect justifiable opinions/ complaints submitted by the user, and shall establish/manage a customer center, and shall place priority over complaints submitted by the users. However, when it is impossible to deal with the matter immediately, the company shall notify the reasons for delay to the user immediately.
Article 22 Member’s overall obligations regarding the services
In the absence of the company’s indicative agreement, the member’s right of use is restricted to that of the member, and the member shall be prohibited from transferring/using as a warranty this right.
In participating in a campaign, if the member received funds in lieu of registering contents or was promised some sort of support fund, the member must register the relevant content, and where there is non-obligation, the company may restrict the member’s activity during the campaign, and may make liable the member of any civil/criminal action.
The member shall be prohibited from the following in using the services:
Any action that breaches good public order and customs
Any action that breaches the law/regulations/precedents
Any corporation action that can be deemed as causing damage to the client, including secret recipe/symptoms
Any action that indicates/is similar to election campaign or any action that breaches Public Official Election Act.
Placing false information in requesting for use, or uses any other person’s information, such as the ID, password, blog address, RSS address, etc.
Using the services for commercial use/objective, and without obtaining permission from the company, discloses the contents to a third party, such as publication or other forms of broadcasting media. However, where necessary for the public objective or for the member’s profit, request may be made to the company for its co-operation for prior permission
Breaching a third party’s rights/copyright
Not withstanding situations where the company has officially acknowledged it, engaging in commercial conduct that sells products/services, in particular, any action that extracts profit through hacking, advertisements, other commercial actions through illegal websites, or illegal distribution of software
Disrupting the company’s management of the site/another member’s use, or pretending to be the company’s employee/administrator. If the company determines that the information provided by the member is inadequate and a request is made to the member to delete such information on the post/comment/relevant Article, then the member shall delete the said information within one day of the request of deletion.
Any other matter shall follow the management policy of Starcheckin.
Any post that breaches Article 14 may be restricted from Starcheckin.
Where a member has caused significant damage to the client/company pursuant to breach of Article 14, the company/client may request back compensation/funds provided to the member, delete the relevant member’s ID, take criminal/civil action against the member.
Chapter 5 Compensation for damages, etc.
Article 23 Compensation for damages
The company shall not be responsible in any way in providing free of charge services which does not breach any of the personal information policies:
Where damage/loss is caused to a member/third party through the company’s deliberate/negligent act, the member may request compensation for damages within the scope of the use fee that the member has paid to the company. For example, the company shall not be bound to make compensation for damages to the member where damage is caused through management execution in using the company’s services, where the member has saved contents, the value of the information, or any other damage caused by the member’s computer, other hardware/software, loss of materials, etc. even if the member has notified this to the company in advance.
In claiming compensation for damages, the member shall submit to the company the reasons for claim, amount of damages and evidence within 3 months in writing.
Article 24 Exemption from liability
Where due to natural disasters, war or any other uncontrollable disaster, the company cannot provide the services, the company shall not be liable.
Where the key telecommunications business operator suspends/does not provide it normal form, the telecommunication service and damage is caused, the company shall not be liable.
Where the anticipated profit is not reached through services provided by the member/client, or through choice of the service materials, damage is caused, the company shall not be liable.
The company shall not be liable for any damage caused to the member through using the data of the services. Furthermore, the company shall not be liable for any mental distress caused to a member by another member.
The company shall not be liable for any damage caused by repair/exchange of installation, surveillance test, construction, and any other uncontrollable causes.
The company shall not be liable for service disability/damage caused through faults attributable to the member.
The company shall not be liable for any member’s input of their information, materials, credibility of facts, accuracy, etc.
The company shall not be liable for any actions (data transfer, other community activity, etc.) between the members or between a member and a third party.
Article 25 Jurisdiction/Applicable law
Any terms undefined in this Agreement shall refer to the laws and regulations of Telecommunications Business Act and the relevant law/practice.
Any terms undefined in this Agreement regarding corporate members shall refer to a separate agreement/policy as determined by the company.
Korean law/regulations shall prevail/apply to any dispute arising out of use of the services, and where a civil lawsuit is filed, the Korean courts shall have jurisdiction.
Any and all of civil disputes, which may arise between the company and member, out of or in relation to or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled before the Seoul Central District Court as its first court.
Article 26 Miscellaneous
The company, where necessary, may suspend/stop a part/whole of the services through publishing a notice through the site.
With regards to this agreement, the agreement/convention/notice, pursuant to the changes in the company policy, law reform, notice of the public institution, shall constitute a part of this agreement.
The company shall reflect justifiable opinions/ complaints submitted by the user, and make an attempt to settle the dispute between members, member and client, client and client, and shall establish/manage a customer center.
The company shall actively review the complaints/opinions submitted by the members and where deemed justifiable, deal with the matter in a speedy manner, however, when it is impossible to deal with the matter immediately, the company shall notify the reasons for delay to the member via e-mail/phone.