Forky Co., Ltd. ("Company") complies with the personal information protection regulations under the relevant laws and regulations to be observed by information and communication service providers, such as the Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc., the Telecommunications Secret Protection Act, the Telecommunications Business Act, and the Personal Information Protection Act, and does its best to protect the rights and interests of users by establishing the personal information processing policy under the relevant laws and regulations.

The company processes personal information for the following purposes and does not use it for purposes other than the following purposes. The company collects or uses customer personal information necessary to provide smooth services and provide a more improved customer experience. The collected personal information is encrypted and collected for the purpose of securing evidence to prevent civil and criminal disputes caused by illegal use of the service. And the collected personal information will never be provided to third parties and will never be used other than those mentioned above.

Forky Co., Ltd. complies with the guidelines of the Information and Communications Commission and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. In addition, your personal information is needed to develop new services and improve functions, provide customized services and place advertisements, provide various events and advertising information, and provide opportunities to participate, and prevent and block misused activities that may damage customers, contrary to the obligations and performance laws and terms of use stipulated in laws and regulations.

1) Service providers collect personal information in the following ways.
- Enter directly by the user
- Collect via api provided by each device platform
- Gathering through solutions such as Firebase, Google Analytics, etc

2) at the time of membership registration
- User authentication (required): Google or Apple accounts or other social login accounts
- Membership registration (required): Phone number or email that identifies the individual, photo (more than one), nickname
- Allow device privileges: Photos (optional) - Profile photos and album photos

3) The following information can be automatically generated and collected during the service use process.
Service history, access log, cookies, access IP address information, device unique number (device ID), device manufacturing information and software information, device phone number, account information

4) The following information can be generated and collected by the process of processing service provision work and members' activities.
The terminal information (OS, screen size, multi-device ID), and cookie information are automatically generated and collected during the process of using the post, location information, conversation content, points accumulation record, payment purchase record service, or business processing. The personal information mentioned above is provided directly by the customer in the process of signing up for membership or using the service, or collected through an automated system. The company will provide the service with your consent for the personal information it collects.

Period of retention and use of personal information

We retain and use the user's personal information only during the period of service from the date of registration. If the consent to collect and use of personal information is withdrawn, or if the purpose of collection and use is achieved or the retention and use period has ended, the personal information is destroyed without delay. In this case, personal information is processed so that it cannot be viewed or used for any purpose. The user's personal information is transferred to a separate DB upon termination of the membership registration or after achieving the purpose of provision, according to the reasons for information protection under internal policies and other relevant laws and regulations (refer to the retention and use period) and then permanently delete the record by a technical method that cannot be played. Personal information transferred to the separate DB will not be used for any purpose other than retention unless it is by law.

service usage history, access log

Access IP information: 3 months (Communication Secret Protection Act) display
Record of advertising: 6 months (Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, etc.)
Record of withdrawal of contract or subscription: 5 years (Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, etc.)
Record of payment and supply of goods, etc.: 5 years (Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, etc.)
Record of consumer complaints or disputes: 3 years (Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, etc.)

However, in accordance with the internal policy to prevent disputes caused by illegal use of the service, the records of illegal use of the service will be preserved for a year and then destroyed.

Except as otherwise agreed by third-party provision and consignment customers in the process of using the service, or as stipulated by law, the customer's personal information shall not be used beyond the scope of the purpose mentioned above, or provided or shared with third parties.

However, in order to improve the service, prevent and prevent misused acts that may damage other customers, contrary to laws and terms of use, and to handle personal information stably, the customer's personal information can be entrusted to the outside world. Please refer to the consignment processing agency and consignment work below.

- Trustee: GOOGLE
- Fiduciary duties: Technical measures against encryption and hacking of personal information for electronic payments The personal information of users is set up to be used only through number authentication. The "service" installs security programs, conducts periodic updates and inspections, installs systems in areas where access is controlled from outside, and monitors and blocks them technically and physically to prevent leakage and damage of personal information by hacking or computer viruses.

Transfer of Personal Information Abroad

The Company provides personal information to third parties abroad and may process users' personal information on servers located in regions other than the country where the user resides, as we operate a global service.

The personal information protection officer company is in charge of handling personal information and designates a personal information protection officer as follows for the handling of complaints and damage relief of information subjects related to personal information processing.
▶ Name of Personal Information Protection Officer: Park Sung-hyuk
Position: Representative
phone:+821046232243

Change in Personal Information Processing Policy The personal information processing policy will take effect from the effective date, and if there is any addition, deletion, or correction of the changes in accordance with laws and policies, it will be notified through notice seven days before the change takes effect. It is considered that you agree to the changed policy by continuing to use the service after that date. These terms and conditions will take effect from December 30, 2023.