Seouldrip
서울드립

Terms of Service

Article 1 (Purpose)

The purpose of these Terms is to define the rights, obligations, and responsibilities between Aligndy Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") and its members, as well as other necessary matters related to the use of Seouldrip and all related services provided by the Company (hereinafter referred to as the "Service").

Article 2 (Definition of Members)

  1. A member refers to a user who accesses the Service provided by the Company, agrees to the Company's usage procedures in accordance with these Terms, and uses the Service provided by the Company.

Article 3 (Membership Registration)

  1. Those who wish to become members shall apply for membership registration by filling out member information according to the registration form established by the Company and clicking buttons such as "Agree" or "Confirm."

  2. The Company shall register applicants as members unless they fall under any of the following circumstances:

    1. When registration content contains false information, omissions, or errors
    2. When the applicant has previously experienced membership restriction, suspension, or termination as specified in Article 6, Paragraph 2
    3. When registration as a member is deemed to significantly hinder the Company's service operation and technical aspects

  3. The membership contract shall be established when the Company's approval reaches the applicant.

  4. Members must immediately correct and update any changes to the member information specified in Paragraph 1.

Article 4 (Provision and Modification of Services)

  1. The Company provides members with the following services:

    1. Community services (bulletin boards, chat, etc.)
    2. Search services
    3. All other services that the Company develops independently or provides to members through cooperation agreements with other companies

  2. The Company may notify members of service content and provision dates through the method specified in Article 7, Paragraph 2, and may modify and provide the services specified in Paragraph 1.

Article 5 (Service Interruption)

  1. The Company may temporarily suspend service provision in cases of maintenance, inspection, replacement, or failure of computers and other information communication equipment, communication interruption, etc., and may completely discontinue currently provided services due to replacement with new services or other reasons deemed appropriate by the Company.

  2. In case of service interruption under Paragraph 1, the Company shall notify members through the method specified in Article 7, Paragraph 2. However, this shall not apply when prior notice is impossible due to service interruption caused by reasons beyond the Company's control (disk failure, system down, etc. without intentional or negligent acts by system administrators).

Article 6 (Member Withdrawal and Loss of Qualification)

  1. Members may request cancellation of their membership registration (member withdrawal) from the Company at any time, and the Company shall immediately initiate procedures for membership cancellation upon receiving such request.

  2. Upon withdrawal, posts registered in community services and other public bulletin boards will not be automatically deleted. In particular, recommendation/disrecommendation records cannot be deleted due to public purposes.

  3. When members fall under any of the following circumstances, the Company may appropriately restrict, suspend, or terminate their membership qualification:

    1. When false information is registered during membership application
    2. When interfering with others' service use or stealing their information, thereby threatening electronic transaction order
    3. When using the service to engage in acts prohibited by laws and these Terms or contrary to public order and morals

  4. When the Company decides to terminate a member's qualification, it shall cancel the membership registration.

  5. If a user has no login records for using the service for one consecutive year while using the service after membership registration under these Terms, the Company may terminate the member's qualification.

Article 7 (Notice to Members)

  1. When the Company provides service-related notices to specific members, it may use the email address registered in the member information.

  2. When the Company provides notices to unspecified multiple members, it may substitute individual notices by posting on the notice bulletin board for 7 days or more.

Article 8 (Members' Personal Information)

The Company collects necessary personal information from members in accordance with relevant laws and regulations to provide services. (Individual items of personal information are disclosed in the Privacy Policy)

Article 9 (Company's Obligations)

  1. The Company shall not engage in acts prohibited by laws and these Terms or contrary to public order and morals, and shall endeavor to provide continuous and stable services in accordance with these Terms.

  2. The Company shall establish systems to enable members to use services safely and conveniently.

  3. The Company shall not be liable for damages to members in their use of the service.

Article 10 (Members' Obligations Regarding ID and Password)

  1. Except when the Company bears responsibility under relevant laws and "Privacy Protection Policy," each member is responsible for managing their own ID and password.

  2. Members shall not allow third parties to use their ID and password.

  3. When members recognize that their ID and password have been stolen or are being used by third parties, they must immediately notify the Company and follow the Company's guidance when provided.

Article 11 (Members' Obligations)

  1. Members shall not engage in the following acts:

    1. Registering false information when applying for membership or making changes
    2. Infringing on the intellectual property rights of the Company and third parties or interfering with the rights and business of the Company or the rights and activities of third parties
    3. Stealing other members' IDs
    4. Posting or transmitting information (computer programs, etc.) prohibited from transmission or posting by relevant laws
    5. Impersonating Company employees or service administrators or posting/transmitting information under false names
    6. Posting or transmitting materials containing software viruses or other computer codes, files, or programs designed to interfere with or destroy the normal operation of computer software, hardware, or telecommunication equipment
    7. Stalking or harassing other members
    8. Collecting, storing, or disclosing personal information about other members without their consent
    9. Posting advertisements or promotional materials targeting unspecified individuals or posting obscene materials
    10. Using automated programs or bots instead of direct human actions to log in and use logged-in user functions, or extracting site content, removing advertisements, and redistributing
    11. Manipulating recommendations, disrecommendations, posts, comments, and view counts, including acts of manipulating or instigating/abetting such manipulation in exchange for monetary or economic benefits
    12. Mobilizing multiple people to increase recommendations, disrecommendations, posts, comments, and view counts for the purpose of slander, insult, defamation of honor and credit
    13. Spamming bulletin board posts or comments
    14. Spamming chat rooms
    15. Other common sense "malicious" business interference acts
    16. Violating notice regulations posted on related services provided by the Company
    17. Acts that may strain servers or networks

  2. When members engage in acts specified in Paragraph 1, the Company may appropriately restrict, suspend, or terminate their membership qualification as specified in Article 6, Paragraphs 2 and 3. When membership qualification is terminated, the Company has no obligation to delete the user's posts.

  3. Members shall be liable for damages incurred by the Company or other members due to their fault, and particularly when manipulation is discovered, they may be subject to up to 5 times the damages incurred by the Company and criminal punishment for obstruction of business by deception.

Article 12 (Deletion or Usage Restriction of Public Posts)

  1. When the content of members' public posts falls under any of the following circumstances, the Company may delete or modify such posts without prior notice to the member and may restrict, suspend, or terminate the member's qualification:

    1. Content that slanders other members or third parties or damages their reputation through defamation
    2. Content that distributes obscene materials, profanity, or other information, text, graphics, etc. that violate public order and morals
    3. Content deemed related to criminal acts
    4. Content that infringes on copyrights or other rights of other members or third parties
    5. Content that causes religious or political disputes and is deemed to interfere or likely to interfere with the Company's business
    6. Cases that infringe on others' personal information or privacy or damage their reputation
    7. Cases that contradict the purpose of posting, such as posting the same content multiple times
    8. Cases of posting unnecessary or unauthorized advertisements or promotional materials
    9. Repetitive content or meaningless spamming acts
    10. Other common sense "malicious" business interference acts

  2. When other members or third parties take civil or criminal legal action (e.g., accusations, injunction applications, damage compensation lawsuits) against members or the Company based on legal interest infringement caused by members' public posts and simultaneously request deletion of posts related to legal action, the Company may temporarily restrict access to related posts until the results of such legal action (e.g., prosecution, court injunction, damage compensation judgment) are available.

  3. The Company may restrict the ability to modify and delete certain posts to prevent service abuse.

Article 13 (Copyright Attribution and Use of Posts)

  1. Copyrights and other intellectual property rights for works created by the Company belong to the Company.

  2. Members shall not use information obtained through the Company's services for commercial purposes or allow third parties to use such information through reproduction, transmission, publication, distribution, broadcasting, or other methods without the Company's prior consent.

  3. Copyright for posts published by members within the service belongs to the posting member. However, the Company may use posts registered by members without separate permission and free of charge within reasonable limits in accordance with fair practices stipulated in copyright law for the following purposes of service operation, display, transmission, distribution, and promotion:

    1. Reproduction, modification, adaptation, display, transmission, distribution of member posts within the service and creation of editorial works within limits that do not harm originality
    2. Providing, displaying, or promoting member post content to service partnership partners such as media and telecommunication companies. In this case, the Company will not provide members' personal information other than user IDs without separate consent
    3. When the Company wishes to use member posts in ways other than those mentioned above, it must obtain prior consent from members through telephone, fax, email, etc.
    4. The Company has no obligation to delete user posts unless there are legal restrictions.

Article 14 (Advertisement Placement and Transactions with Advertisers)

  1. Part of the service investment foundation that enables the Company to provide services to members comes from revenue through advertisement placement. Members agree to advertisement placement utilizing the content of posts registered by members and other advertisements exposed on the service.

  2. The Company shall not be responsible for losses and damages arising from members' participation in, communication with, or transactions related to promotional activities of advertisers posted on the service or through the service.

  3. The Company may convert member post links to the Company's affiliate link codes.

Article 15 (Amendment of Terms)

  1. The Company may amend these Terms within the scope that does not violate related laws such as the Act on the Regulation of Terms and Conditions, Framework Act on Electronic Commerce, Digital Signature Act, and Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection.

  2. However, when amendments are unfavorable to members, notice shall be given from 5 days before the effective date until the day before the effective date.

  3. Members have the right to refuse amended terms. Members may express their refusal within 14 days after notice of amended terms. If members refuse, the Company may terminate the contract with such members. If members do not express refusal within 14 days after notice of amended terms, it shall be deemed as consent.

Article 16 (Jurisdiction)

Korean law shall apply to disputes arising between the Company and members regarding service use, and lawsuits arising from such disputes shall be filed in Korean courts with jurisdiction under the Civil Procedure Act.