Privacy Policy

This Policy (the "Policy") explains the way of treatment of the information which is provided or collected in the web sites on which this Policy is posted. In addition the Policy also explains the information which is provided or collected in the course of using the applications of Sportschosun which exist in the websites or platforms of other company. Sportschosun is the controller of the information provided or collected in the websites on which this Policy is posted and in the course of using the applications of Sportschosun which exist in the websites or platforms of other company. Through this Policy, Sportschosun regards personal information of the users as important and inform them of the purpose and method of Company's using the personal information provided by the users and the measures taken by Sportschosun for protection of those personal information. This Policy will be effective on the 19th day of july, 2024 and, in case of modification thereof, Sportschosun will make public notice of it through posting it on the bulletin board of Company's website or individual notice through sending mails, fax or e-mails).

1. Information to be collected and method of collection

(1) Personal information items to be collected

Personal information items to be collected by Sportschosun are as follows:

Information provided by the users

The Company may collect the information directly provided by the users.

Title of service Items to be collected
Online payment service
  • Name, address, telephone number, and email address
  • Payment information including account number and card number
  • Delivery information including delivery address, name and contact information of recipient
  • Information of bid, purchase and sales
Social network service
  • Name, email address, ID, telephone number, address, national information, address list (acquaintance)
  • Information of place of taking pictures and date of creation of files
  • Information of service use of members such as the type of contents watched or used by members, the persons interacting or sharing contents with members, frequencies and period of activities of members
Internet membership service
  • Name, email address, ID, telephone number, address, national information, encoded identification information (CI), identification information of overlapped membership (DI)
  • For minors, information of legal representatives (name, birth date, CI and DI of legal representatives)

Information collected while the users use services

Besides of information directly provided by the users, Sportschosun may collect information in the course that the users use the service provided by Sportschosun.

Lists Items to be collected
Equipment information Equipment identifier, operation system, hardware version, equipment set-up, type and set-up of browser, use information of website or application and telephone number
Log information IP address, log data, use time, search word input by users, internet protocol address, cookie and web beacon
Location information Information of device location including specific geographical location detected through GPS , Bluetooth or Wifi (limited to the region permissible under the laws)
Other information Preference, advertisement environment, visited pages regarding service use of users

(2) Method of collection

Sportschosun collects the information of users in a way of the followings:

• webpage, written form, fax, telephone calling, e-mailing, tools for collection of created information

• provided by partner companies

2. Use of collected information

Sportschosun uses the collected information of users for the following purposes:

• Member management and identification

• To detect and deter unauthorized or fraudulent use of or abuse of the Service

• Performance of contract, service fee payment and service fee settlement regarding provision of services demanded by the users

• Improvement of existing services and development of new services

• Making notice of function of company sites or applications or matters on policy change

• To help you connect with other users you already know and, with your permission, allow other users to connect with you

• To make statistics on member’s service usage, to provide services and place advertisements based on statistical characteristics

• To provide information on promotional events as well as opportunity to participate

• To comply with applicable laws or legal obligation

• Use of information with prior consent of the users (for example, utilization of marketing advertisement)

Sportschosun agrees that it will obtain a consent from the users, if Sportschosun desires to use the information other than those expressly stated in this Policy.

[Option to select ‘Lawful Processing of Personal Information under GDPR’ in Appendix <1> of Personal Privacy Policy]

3. Disclosure of collected information

Except for the following cases, Sportschosun will not disclose personal information with a 3rd party:

• when Sportschosun disclosing the information with its affiliates, partners and service providers;

- When Sportschosun's affiliates, partners and service providers carry out services such as bill payment, execution of orders, products delivery and dispute resolution (including disputes on payment and delivery) for and on behalf of Sportschosun

• when the users consent to disclose in advance;

- when the user selects to be provided by the information of products and services of certain companies by sharing his or her personal information with those companies

- when the user selects to allow his or her personal information to be shared with the sites or platform of other companies such as social networking sites

- other cases where the user gives prior consent for sharing his or her personal information

• when disclosure is required by the laws:

- if required to be disclosed by the laws and regulations; or

- if required to be disclosed by the investigative agencies for detecting crimes in accordance with the procedure and method as prescribed in the laws and regulations

4. Cookies, Beacons and Similar Technologies

Sportschosun may collect collective and impersonal information through 'cookies' or 'web beacons'.
Cookies are very small text files to be sent to the browser of the users by the server used for operation of the websites of Sportschosun and will be stored in hard-disks of the users' computer.
Web beacon is a small quantity of code which exists on the websites and e-mails. By using web beacons, we may know whether an user has interacted with certain webs or the contents of email.
These functions are used for evaluating, improving services and setting-up users' experiences so that much improved services can be provided by Sportschosun to the users
The items of cookies to be collected by Sportschosun and the purpose of such collection are as follows:

Category Reasons for using cookies and additional information
strictly necessary cookies This cookie is a kind of indispensible cookie for the users to use the functions of website of Sportschosun. Unless the users allow this cookie, the services such as shopping cart or electronic bill payment cannot be provided. This cookie does not collect any information which may be used for marketing or memorizing the sites visited by the users
(Examples of necessary cookies)
  • Memorize the information entered in an order form while searching other pages during web browser session
  • For the page of products and check-out, memorize ordered services
  • Check whether login is made on website
  • Check whether the users are connected with correct services of the website of Sportschosun while Sportschosun changes the way of operating its website
  • Connect the users with certain application or server of the services
performance cookies This cookie collects information how the users use the website of Sportschosun such as the information of the pages which are visited by the users most. This data helps Sportschosun to optimize its website so that the users can search that website more comfortably. This cookie does not collect any information who are the users. Any and all the information collected by this cookie will be processed collectively and the anonymity will be guaranteed.
(Examples of performance cookies)
  • Web analysis: provide statistical data on the ways of using website
  • Advertisement response fee: check the effect of advertisement of Sportschosun
  • Tracing affiliated companies; one of visitors of Sportschosun provides anonymously feedback to the affiliated companies
  • Management of error: measure an error which may occur so as to give a help for improving website
  • Design testing: test other design of the website of Company
functionality cookies This cookie is used for memorizing the set-ups so that Sportschosun provides services and improves visit of users. Any information collected by this cookie do not identify the users individually.
(Examples of performance cookies)
  • Memorize set-ups applied such as layout, text size, basic set-up and colors
  • Memorize when the customer respond to a survey conducted by Sportschosun
  • Tracing affiliated companies; one of visitors of Sportschosun provides anonymously feedback to the affiliated companies
  • Management of error: measure an error which may occur so as to give a help for improving website
  • Design testing: test other design of the website of Company
targeting cookies or advertising cookies This cookie is connected with the services provided by a 3rd party such as the buttons of 'good' and 'share'. The 3rd party provides these services by recognizing that the users visits the website of Sportschosun.
(Examples of performance cookies)
  • carry out PR to the users as targets in other websites by connecting through social networks and these networks use the information of users' visit
  • provide the information of users' visit to ad agencies so that they can suggest an ad which may attract the interest of the users

The users have an option for cookie installation. So, they may either allow all cookies by setting option in web browser, make each cookie checked whenever it is saved, or refuses all cookies to be saved: Provided that, if the user rejects the installation of cookies, it may be difficult for that user to use the parts of services provided by Sportschosun.

5. User’s right

The users or their legal representatives, as main agents of the information, may exercise the following rights regarding the collection, use and sharing of personal information by Sportschosun:

  • exercise right to access to personal information;
  • make corrections or deletion;
  • make temporary suspension of treatment of personal information; or
  • request the withdrawal of their consent provided before

If, in order to exercise the above rights, you, as an user, use the menu of 'amendment of member information of webpage or contact Sportschosun by sending a document or e-mails, or using telephone to the company(or person in charge of management of personal information or a deputy), Sportschosun will take measures without delay: Provided that Sportschosun may reject

the request of you only to the extent that there exists either proper cause as prescribed in the laws or equivalent cause. [Option to select 'User’s right when applying GDPR' in Appendix <2>of Personal Privacy Policy]

6. Security

Sportschosun regard the security of personal information of uses as very important. Sportschosun constructs the following security measures to protect the users' personal information from any unauthorized access, release, use or modification

  • Encryption of personal information
    - Transmit users' personal information by using encrypted communication zone
    - Store important information such as passwords after encrypting it
  • Countermeasures against hacking
    - Install a system in the zone the external access to which is controlled so as to prevent leakage or damage of users' personal information by hacking or computer virus
  • Establish and execute internal management plan
  • Install and operate access control system
  • Take measures to prevent forging or alteration of access record

7. Protection of personal information of children

In principle, Sportschosun does not collect any information from the children under 13 or equivalent minimum age as prescribed in the laws in relevant jurisdiction. The website, products and services of Sportschosun are the ones to be provided to ordinary people, in principle. The website or application of Sportschosun has function to do age limit so that children cannot use it and Sportschosun does not intentionally collect any personal information from children through that function.

(Additional procedure for collecting personal information from children) However, if Sportschosun collects any personal information from children under 13 or equivalent minimum age as prescribed in the laws in relevant jurisdiction for the services for unavoidable reason, Sportschosun will go through the additional procedure of the followings for protecting that personal information of children:• verify, to the extent that efforts are reasonably made, whether they are children of the age at which consent from their guardian is required and the consenting person is an authorized one.

  • obtain consent from the parents or guardian of children so as to collect personal information of children or directly send the information of products and services of Sportschosun
  • give the parents or guardian of children a notice of Company's policy of privacy protection for children including the items, purpose and sharing of personal information collected
  • grant to legal representatives of children a right to access to personal information of that children/correction or deletion of personal information/temporary suspension of treatment of personal information/ and request for withdrawal of their consent provided before
  • limit the amount of personal information exceeding those necessary for participation in online activities

8. Modification of Privacy Protection Policy

Sportschosun has the right to amend or modify this Policy from time to time and, in such case, Sportschosun will make a public notice of it through bulletin board of its website (or through individual notice such as written document, fax or e-mail) and obtain consent from the users if required by relevant laws.

9. Others

[Option to select 'data transfer to other countries ' in Appendix <3> of Personal Privacy Policy]

[Option to select 'sites and service of 3rd party' in Appendix <4> of Personal Privacy Policy]

[Option to select 'guidelines for residents in California' in Appendix <5> of Personal Privacy Policy]

[Option to select 'guidelines for residents in Korea' in Appendix <6> of Personal Privacy Policy]

10. Contact information of Company

Please use one of the following methods to contact Sportschosun should you have any queries in respect to this policy or wish to update your information:

  • Company name : Sportschosun
  • Address : 20th FL, Dream Tower 233-1 Mokdongdong-ro, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul Korea
  • Tel.: +82-2-3219-8286
  • E-mail: privacy@sportschosun.com

(Add the following if the controller operating outside of the EU designates its deputy in the EU) Sportschosun designates a deputy in the EU in order to protect personal information of customers and deal with complaints from customers.

Deputy of Sportschosun Adress: 20th FL, Dream Tower 233-1 Mokdongdong-ro, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul Korea

Tel.: +82-2-3219-8286

E-mail:

The latest update date: July 19, 2024.

Appendix of Privacy Protection Policy

1. Lawful processing of personal information under GDPR

Processing personal information by Sportschosun shall be lawful only if and to the extent that at least one of the following applies:

  • • A user has given consent to the processing of his or her personal information.
  • • Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which a user is party or in order to take steps at the request of a user prior to entering into a contract:
    - Member management, identification, etc.
    - Performance of a contract in relation to providing the services required by users, payment and settlement of fees, etc.
  • • Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which Sportschosun is subject
    - Compliance with relevant law, regulations, legal proceedings, requests by the government
  • • Processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of users, or other natural persons
    - Detection of, prevention of, and response to fraud, abuse, security risks, and technical issues that may harm users or other natural persons
  • • Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the excise of official authority vested in Sportschosun
  • • Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Sportschosun or by a third party (except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child).

2. User’s right when applying GDPR

The users or their legal representatives, as main agents of the information, may exercise the following rights regarding the collection, use and sharing of personal information by Sportschosun:

  • • The right to access to personal information;
    The users or their legal representatives may access the information and check the records of the collection, use and sharing of the information under the applicable law. • The right to rectification;
    - The users or their legal representatives may request to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
  • • The right to erasure;
    - The users or their legal representatives may request the deletion of the information after the achievement of their purpose and the withdrawal of their consent.
  • • The right to restriction of processing;
    - The users or their legal representatives may make temporary suspension of treatment of personal information in case of the disputes over the accuracy of information and the legality of information treatment, or if necessary to retain the information.
  • • The right to data portability
    - The users or their legal representatives may request to provide or transfer the information.
  • • The right to object
    - The users or their legal representatives may suspend the treatment of personal information if the information is used for the purpose of direct marketing, reasonable interests, the exercise of official duties and authority, and research and statistics.
  • • The right to automated individual decision-making, including profiling
    - The users or their legal representatives may request to cease the automated treatment of personal information, including profiling, which has critical impact or cause legal effect on them.

If, in order to exercise the above rightss, you, as an user, use the menu of 'amendment of member information of webpage or contact Sportschosun by sending a document or e-mails, or using telephone to Sportschosun ( person in charge of management of personal information or a deputy), Sportschosun will take measures without delay: Provided that Sportschosun may reject the request of you only to the extent that there exists either proper cause as prescribed in the laws or equivalent cause.

3. Data transfer to other countries

Considering it engages in global businesses, Sportschosun may provide the users' personal information to the companies located in other countries for the purpose as expressly stated in this Policy. For the places where the personal information is transmitted, retained or processed, Sportschosun takes reasonable measures for protecting those personal information.

(If used in the US, additional security measures may be available) In addition, when the personal information obtained from the European Union or Switzerland is used or disclosed, Sportschosun may have to comply with the US-EU Privacy Shield and Swiss-US Privacy Shield, take other measures or obtain consent from users so far as those complies with the regulations of EU so as to use a standardized agreement provision approved by executing organizations of EU or securing proper safe measures.

4. 3rd party's sites and services

The website, product or service of Sportschosun may include the links to the ones of a 3rd party and the privacy protection policy of the site of 3rd party may be different. Thus, it is required for the users to check additionally that policy of a 3rd party site linked to the site of Sportschosun.

5. Guide for users residing in California

If the user resides in California, certain rights may be given. Sportschosun prepare preventive measures necessary for protecting personal information of members so that Sportschosun can comply with online privacy protection laws of California.

In case of leakage of personal information, an user may request Sportschosun to check the leakage. In addition, all the users in the website of Sportschosun, can modify their information at any time by using the menu for changing information by connecting their personal account.

Moreover, Sportschosun does not trace the visitors of its website nor use any signals for 'tracing prevent'. Sportschosun will not collect and provide any personal identification information through ad services without consent of users.

6. Guide for users residing in Korea

Sportschosun guides several additional matters to be disclosed as required by the information network laws and personal information protection laws in the Republic of Korea as follows:

(1) Information collected

The items collected by Sportschosun are as follows:

• Examples of required information

Title of service Items to be collected
Internet membership service
  • Name, email address, ID, telephone number, address, national information, encoded identification information (CI), identification information of overlapped membership (DI)
  • For minors, information of legal representatives (name, birth date, CI and DI of legal representatives)
Online payment service
  • Name, address, telephone number, and email address
  • For payment with credit card : name of card company, number and expiration of card
  • For small sum payment charged on the mobile phone: mobile phone number, payment approval number
  • For payment by remittance: name of bank, account number and password of account
  • For deposit without a bankbook: name of remitter, contact information
  • Delivery information including delivery address, name and contact information of recipient
  • Information of bid, purchase and sales
Social network service
  • Name, email address, ID, telephone number, address, national information, address list (acquaintance)
  • Information of place of taking pictures and date of creation of files
  • Information of service use of members such as the type of contents watched or used by members, frequencies and period of activities of members

In the course of using services, the information as described below may be created and collected:

  • Information of devices (equipment/device identifier, operation system, hardware version, equipment set-up and telephone number)
  • Log information (Log data, use time, search word input by users, internet protocol address, cookie and web beacon)
  • Location information (Information of device location including specific geographical location detected through GPS, Bluetooth or Wifi)
  • Other created information

• Examples of optional items

The user may reject the collection and use of optional items and, even in case of rejection, there is no limit on use of services

Purpose of collestion Items to be collected
User analysis The reason for membership, occupation, marriage status, wedding anniversary, interest category and SNS account information
Provision of customized ad Contents and result of marketing activities and event participation
Delivery of urgent notice Information provided by the users regarding execution, maintenance, execution, management of other agreements and event participation
Marketing Preference, advertisement environment, visited pages regarding service use of users

• Additional procedure for collection of sensitive information

If collection of sensitive information is indispensible, Sportschosun may collect it by going through lawful procedure in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. The sensitive information which may be collected by Sportschosun is as follows:

  • Thoughts and belief
  • Membership of and withdrawal from labor union or political party
  • Political opinions
  • Information of health and sexual life
  • Genetic information obtained from the result of gene test
  • Information of criminal record including announcement, exemption and suspension of sentences, care and custody, protective custody, treatment and custody, probation, lapse of suspension of sentence and cancellation of suspension of execution.

(2) Commission for collected personal information

For carrying out services, Sportschosun commissions external professional companies (subcontractors) to process personal information as follows. This commissioned works for processing personal information is carried out by each subcontractor and service only if necessary for providing that service.

In commissioning process of personal information, in order to secure safety of personal information , Sportschosun supervises and ensure to expressly state in the agreement with subcontractors so that those subcontractors will safely process personal information by strictly complying with directions regarding personal information protection, keeping personal information secret, not disclosing it to a 3rd party and being liable for accidents and returning or destructing personal information upon termination of the commission or process.

(3) Details of provision of personal information to 3rd party

Except for the following cases, Sportschosun does not disclose or provide personal information of the users to a 3rd party:

(4) Period for retention and use of personal information

In principle, Sportschosun destructs personal information of users without delay when: the purpose of its collection and use has been achieved; the legal or management needs are satisfied; or users request: Provided that, if it is required to retain the information by relevant laws and

regulations, Sportschosun will retain member information for certain period as designated by relevant laws and regulations. The information to be retained as required by relevant laws and regulations are as follows:

(5) Procedure and method of destruction of personal information

In principle, Sportschosun destructs the information immediately after the purposes of its collection and use have been achieved without delay: Provided that, if any information is to be retained as required by relevant laws and regulations, Sportschosun retain it for the period as required by those laws and regulations before destruction and, in such event, the personal information which is stored and managed separately will never be used for other purposes. The Company destructs: hard copies of personal information by shredding with a pulverizer or incinerating it; and delete personal information stored in the form of electric file by using technological method making that information not restored.

(6) Technical, managerial and physical measures for protection of personal information

In order to prevent the loss, theft, leakage, alteration or damage of personal information of the users, Sportschosun takes technical, managerial and physical measures for securing safety as follows:

Items Examples
Technical measures
  • Utilize security servers for transmitting encryption of personal information
  • Take measures of encryption for confidential information
  • Install and operate access control devices and equipments
  • Establish and execute internal management plan
Managerial measures
  • Appoint a staff responsible for protecting personal information
  • Provide education and training for staffs treating personal information
  • Establish and execute internal management plan
  • Establish rules for writing passwords which is hard to be estimated
  • Ensure safe storage of record of access to personal information processing system
  • Classify the level of authority to access to personal information processing system
Physical measures
  • Establish and operate the procedure for access control for the facilities for storing personal information
  • Store documents and backing storage containing personal information in safe places which have locking device

(7) Staff responsible for managing personal information

The staff of Sportschosun responsible for managing personal information is as follows:

Name of staff responsible for managing personal information:

Dept. : Digital Headquaters

Tel. : +82-2-3219-8286

Contact : privacy@sportschosun.com

The latest update date: July 19, 2024.

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