The Digital Times - Privacy statements
Digital Times Co., Ltd. regards the protection of personal information on the Internet as very important duty and makes every effort to protect the privacy information provided online when users use our service.
This policy is based on the relevant laws and regulations such as the Act on Promotion of Information Network Usage and Information Protection that the information and communication service providers must comply with.
The privacy policy of Digital Times Co., Ltd. is subject to change from time to time due to changes in the related laws and guidelines of the government or changes in the internal policies of Digital Times. Therefore, users are kindly requested to check privacy policy at any time when visiting our homepage. In the case of any inquiry, please contact webmaster@dt.co.kr (02-3701-5621) at any time.
Digital Times Co., Ltd collects below personal information for membership, consultation, service application etc.
▶ Collection list : Member ID, Password, Member’s full name, Birth date, Password, Q&A about Password and Password reissue, E-mail, Phone number, Member’s interest field
▶ Collection method : Homepage (membership), Conference event participation and event such as giveaway event participation.
Digital Times Co., Ltd aims at using collected personal information for below purposes.
▶ Service related contract and service related charge.
Content supply, Personal verification for financial transaction and financial services, purchase and payment, charge collection, delivery or bill mailing.
▶ Membership
Personal verification based on membership system, personal identification, improper service use prevention of false member and non-permitted service use prevention, membership sign up check, age, customer service such as claim and announcement
▶ Marketing and advertising
Development and specialization of new services (products), provision of services according to demographic characteristics, display ads, check of access frequency, transmit statistics, events, etc.
Personal information in the Digital Times Co., Ltd. service shall not be provided to third party organizations and third parties. In the case of Digital Times intends to provide personal information to a specific company in order to provide convenience to members, Digital Times is required to obtain consent from the member through the process.
However, Digital Times may provide member’s personal information to its affiliates or partners for shared use or for advertisers as required for better service delivery. In this case, detailed personal information shall not be provided and only specific information about the sponsorship or cooperation of the member, or special information based on the type of advertiser's interest may be provided.
Digital Times Co., Ltd. shall not delegate the handling of member’s personal information to other companies without member’s consent. In the above case, Digital Times shall notify the member of the related delegation and delegated business contents. Digital Times shall obtain prior consent upon request on abovementioned information.
Basically, Digital Times shall destroy the personal information without delay after the purpose of collecting and using personal information is achieved. However, in the case of personal information retention, the information shall be kept in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations. Digital Times is obliged to keep the member information for a certain period only determined by the relevant laws and regulations. In this case, Digital Times shall only use the personal information in accordance with the purpose and the period of retention as below;
<Information retention based on internal policy>
▶ Member ID
- Retention reason: to prevent service use confusion
- Retention period: until there is no doubt of service use confusion
<Information retention reason based on relevant law>
▶ Indication/advertising related record
- Retention reason: consumer protection related law of E-commerce
- Retention period: 6 moths
▶ Contract or subscription withdrawal related record
- Retention reason: consumer protection related law of E-commerce
- Retention period: 5 years
▶ Payment and commodities supply related record
- Retention reason: consumer protection related law of E-commerce
- Retention period: 5 years
▶ Consumer claim or dispute handling related record
- Retention reason: consumer protection related law of E-commerce
- Retention period: 3 years
▶ Credit information collection/handling and use related record
- Retention reason: credit information use and protection related law
- Retention period: 3 years
Digital Times Co., Ltd. shall destroy the personal information without delay, once the purpose of collecting and using personal information is achieved. The destruction procedure and method are as below;
▶ Destruction procedure
The membership information shall be kept for a certain period after the information use purpose is achieved and the all information shall destroyed for a certain period of time in accordance with internal policy and other relevant laws and regulations.
Personal information shall not be used for any other reason except usage in accordance with relevant law.
▶ Destruction method
- Printed personal information shall be destructed by a paper shredder.
- Electronic personal information records shall be deleted that shall not be restored.
Users have the right to view or modify their registered personal information at any time and may request subscription termination. To view the personal information of the users, to change the personal information (or modify the member's information), to cancel the membership (withdraw the consent), click ‘Membership withdrawal’ to withdraw your membership in relevant procedure.
Or users can request person in charge of personal information in written, phone or e-mail to withdraw membership without delay.
If a member request correction of errors in relevant personal information, Digital Times shall not use or provide a member’s personal information until a member has completed the correction. Also, in the case of wrong personal information is already provided to a third party, Digital Times shall notify the third party without delay and proceed with the information correction.
The Digital Times shall process personal information that has been terminated or deleted at the request of the user, as specified in the ‘Period of Retention and Use of Personal Information Collected by Digital Times’ and the personal information are prohibited from being viewed or accessed for any other purpose.
Digital Times Co., Ltd. installs and operates a device that automatically collects 'cookies' that enables to store and find your information from time to time. A cookie is a small text file sent to a user’s browser by the server that runs the Digital Times website, and is stored on the user’s computer's hard disk. In the time of the user accesses Digital Times web site, the service provider's computer reads the contents of the cookie in the user's browser and provides additional information of the user from his/her computer to provide the service without further input such as ID and password.
Digital Times Co., Ltd uses ‘Cookies’ for below mentioned purpose
▶ The purpose of cookie usage
Cookies provide targeted marketing and personalized service to members through analyzing frequency of visitors to the home page and non-members' access frequency and visit time, grasping user's taste and interests, trace on users, participation in various events.
Users have the option of installing cookies. Therefore, users either can allow all cookies by setting options in their web browser and check them each time a cookie is saved or refuse to save all cookies.
▶ Cookie setting refusal method
Users can either accept all cookies, check each time they save cookies, or refuse to save all cookies by selecting the option for users’ web browser.
▶ Setting method ex: (In the case of Internet Explorer)
Enter with cookies to Internet Explorer?Tool?Internet Option?Security?User definition degree and disable session unit cookie. Users may disable computer saved cookies.
However, in the case of cookie installation refusal, a user may experience difficulties in service use process.
Children under the age of 14 shall not provide their personal information to a third party and shall obtain parental permission in prior to provide their personal information to a third party. Parents or other legal representatives may request the reading, correction and withdrawal of consent of the child’s personal information. In this case, the Digital Times shall immediately take necessary measures.
The Digital Times Co., Ltd. shall not have liability for any leakage or infringement of personal information by third parties other than those listed in the above Personal Information Protection Policy.
Digital Times Co., Ltd. operates the relevant departments as below to protect customer's personal information and handle complaints related to personal information.
▶ The department in charge of personal information
Department name: Internet team of editorial department of Digital Times
Phone number: 02-3701-5621
E-mail: webmaster@dt.co.kr
▶ Person in charge of personal information
Full name: Lee Jeong-soo
Phone number: 02-3701-5621
Email : webma@dt.co.kr
Users may report all personal information related complaints arising from the Internet service of the Digital Times Co., Ltd. to the abovementioned person in charge of personal information department. Digital Times shall respond promptly and adequately to the reports of users.
For additional information regarding personal information violation, Please contact below organizations;
Personal information dispute mediation committee (www.1336.or.kr/1336)
Information protection mark certification committee (www.eprivacy.or.kr/02-580-0533~4)
Internet crime investigation center of Supreme prosecutor’s office (http://icic.sppo.go.kr/02-3480-3600)
Cyber terror response center of National policy agency (www.ctrc.go.kr/02-392-0330)
This policy is based on the relevant laws and regulations such as the Act on Promotion of Information Network Usage and Information Protection that the information and communication service providers must comply with.
The privacy policy of Digital Times Co., Ltd. is subject to change from time to time due to changes in the related laws and guidelines of the government or changes in the internal policies of Digital Times. Therefore, users are kindly requested to check privacy policy at any time when visiting our homepage. In the case of any inquiry, please contact webmaster@dt.co.kr (02-3701-5621) at any time.
1. Personal information collection list and collection method
Digital Times Co., Ltd collects below personal information for membership, consultation, service application etc.
▶ Collection list : Member ID, Password, Member’s full name, Birth date, Password, Q&A about Password and Password reissue, E-mail, Phone number, Member’s interest field
▶ Collection method : Homepage (membership), Conference event participation and event such as giveaway event participation.
2. Personal information collection and purpose of utilization
Digital Times Co., Ltd aims at using collected personal information for below purposes.
▶ Service related contract and service related charge.
Content supply, Personal verification for financial transaction and financial services, purchase and payment, charge collection, delivery or bill mailing.
▶ Membership
Personal verification based on membership system, personal identification, improper service use prevention of false member and non-permitted service use prevention, membership sign up check, age, customer service such as claim and announcement
▶ Marketing and advertising
Development and specialization of new services (products), provision of services according to demographic characteristics, display ads, check of access frequency, transmit statistics, events, etc.
3. Personal information share and provision
Personal information in the Digital Times Co., Ltd. service shall not be provided to third party organizations and third parties. In the case of Digital Times intends to provide personal information to a specific company in order to provide convenience to members, Digital Times is required to obtain consent from the member through the process.
However, Digital Times may provide member’s personal information to its affiliates or partners for shared use or for advertisers as required for better service delivery. In this case, detailed personal information shall not be provided and only specific information about the sponsorship or cooperation of the member, or special information based on the type of advertiser's interest may be provided.
4. Personal information delegation
Digital Times Co., Ltd. shall not delegate the handling of member’s personal information to other companies without member’s consent. In the above case, Digital Times shall notify the member of the related delegation and delegated business contents. Digital Times shall obtain prior consent upon request on abovementioned information.
5. Personal information retention and usage period
Basically, Digital Times shall destroy the personal information without delay after the purpose of collecting and using personal information is achieved. However, in the case of personal information retention, the information shall be kept in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations. Digital Times is obliged to keep the member information for a certain period only determined by the relevant laws and regulations. In this case, Digital Times shall only use the personal information in accordance with the purpose and the period of retention as below;
<Information retention based on internal policy>
▶ Member ID
- Retention reason: to prevent service use confusion
- Retention period: until there is no doubt of service use confusion
<Information retention reason based on relevant law>
▶ Indication/advertising related record
- Retention reason: consumer protection related law of E-commerce
- Retention period: 6 moths
▶ Contract or subscription withdrawal related record
- Retention reason: consumer protection related law of E-commerce
- Retention period: 5 years
▶ Payment and commodities supply related record
- Retention reason: consumer protection related law of E-commerce
- Retention period: 5 years
▶ Consumer claim or dispute handling related record
- Retention reason: consumer protection related law of E-commerce
- Retention period: 3 years
▶ Credit information collection/handling and use related record
- Retention reason: credit information use and protection related law
- Retention period: 3 years
6. Personal information destruction procedure and method
Digital Times Co., Ltd. shall destroy the personal information without delay, once the purpose of collecting and using personal information is achieved. The destruction procedure and method are as below;
▶ Destruction procedure
The membership information shall be kept for a certain period after the information use purpose is achieved and the all information shall destroyed for a certain period of time in accordance with internal policy and other relevant laws and regulations.
Personal information shall not be used for any other reason except usage in accordance with relevant law.
▶ Destruction method
- Printed personal information shall be destructed by a paper shredder.
- Electronic personal information records shall be deleted that shall not be restored.
7. Right and right exercise of the service user and a legal representative
Users have the right to view or modify their registered personal information at any time and may request subscription termination. To view the personal information of the users, to change the personal information (or modify the member's information), to cancel the membership (withdraw the consent), click ‘Membership withdrawal’ to withdraw your membership in relevant procedure.
Or users can request person in charge of personal information in written, phone or e-mail to withdraw membership without delay.
If a member request correction of errors in relevant personal information, Digital Times shall not use or provide a member’s personal information until a member has completed the correction. Also, in the case of wrong personal information is already provided to a third party, Digital Times shall notify the third party without delay and proceed with the information correction.
The Digital Times shall process personal information that has been terminated or deleted at the request of the user, as specified in the ‘Period of Retention and Use of Personal Information Collected by Digital Times’ and the personal information are prohibited from being viewed or accessed for any other purpose.
8. Installation and operation of auto personal information collection device and refusal on the this policy
Digital Times Co., Ltd. installs and operates a device that automatically collects 'cookies' that enables to store and find your information from time to time. A cookie is a small text file sent to a user’s browser by the server that runs the Digital Times website, and is stored on the user’s computer's hard disk. In the time of the user accesses Digital Times web site, the service provider's computer reads the contents of the cookie in the user's browser and provides additional information of the user from his/her computer to provide the service without further input such as ID and password.
Digital Times Co., Ltd uses ‘Cookies’ for below mentioned purpose
▶ The purpose of cookie usage
Cookies provide targeted marketing and personalized service to members through analyzing frequency of visitors to the home page and non-members' access frequency and visit time, grasping user's taste and interests, trace on users, participation in various events.
Users have the option of installing cookies. Therefore, users either can allow all cookies by setting options in their web browser and check them each time a cookie is saved or refuse to save all cookies.
▶ Cookie setting refusal method
Users can either accept all cookies, check each time they save cookies, or refuse to save all cookies by selecting the option for users’ web browser.
▶ Setting method ex: (In the case of Internet Explorer)
Enter with cookies to Internet Explorer?Tool?Internet Option?Security?User definition degree and disable session unit cookie. Users may disable computer saved cookies.
However, in the case of cookie installation refusal, a user may experience difficulties in service use process.
9. Teenagers’ personal information protection
Children under the age of 14 shall not provide their personal information to a third party and shall obtain parental permission in prior to provide their personal information to a third party. Parents or other legal representatives may request the reading, correction and withdrawal of consent of the child’s personal information. In this case, the Digital Times shall immediately take necessary measures.
10. Liability check on personal information protection
The Digital Times Co., Ltd. shall not have liability for any leakage or infringement of personal information by third parties other than those listed in the above Personal Information Protection Policy.
11. Liable person of personal information
Digital Times Co., Ltd. operates the relevant departments as below to protect customer's personal information and handle complaints related to personal information.
▶ The department in charge of personal information
Department name: Internet team of editorial department of Digital Times
Phone number: 02-3701-5621
E-mail: webmaster@dt.co.kr
▶ Person in charge of personal information
Full name: Lee Jeong-soo
Phone number: 02-3701-5621
Email : webma@dt.co.kr
Users may report all personal information related complaints arising from the Internet service of the Digital Times Co., Ltd. to the abovementioned person in charge of personal information department. Digital Times shall respond promptly and adequately to the reports of users.
For additional information regarding personal information violation, Please contact below organizations;
Personal information dispute mediation committee (www.1336.or.kr/1336)
Information protection mark certification committee (www.eprivacy.or.kr/02-580-0533~4)
Internet crime investigation center of Supreme prosecutor’s office (http://icic.sppo.go.kr/02-3480-3600)
Cyber terror response center of National policy agency (www.ctrc.go.kr/02-392-0330)