Refinder Terms of Use

Last modified June 18, 2024

There are a few things you need to know before you start using Thinkfree Services (i.e. Thinkfree Refinder and Thinkfree Enterprise Search). Please read the following Terms of Use (herein referred to as “Terms”) carefully. The use of Thinkfree Services (herein referred to as the “Service”) is subject to these Terms. Hereinafter, those who log into the Service and sign a user contract with Thinkfree Inc. to use the service will be referred to as a “User”.

Whenever Thinkfree Inc. (hereinafter, the “Company”) amends the Terms, it will comply with relevant regulations, and it may revise the Terms within the scope that the revision does not violate any relevant rules and regulations. When the Company amends the Terms, it will announce a notice of the amendment on the starting page of the Service. The reason for amendment and the date of effect will be posted with the current Terms from at least 7 days before the effective date until a day before the effective date. While announcing or notifying the revised Terms in accordance with the preceding clause, the Company shall clearly state that if the user does not express objection within 7 days after the date of notice or announcement, the user will be deemed to have accepted the revised Terms. If the user does not express an intent to object, he/she will be deemed to have accepted the revised Terms. Nothing in these Terms confers any rights or benefits to any third party.

In addition, matters not set forth in these Terms and Conditions shall be governed by applicable laws, regulations, commercial practices and service policies (if applicable) within the Service Website. The Terms will apply to the Service by default, but the Company may apply additional or separate Terms or policy while providing various services. If the Terms conflict with specific terms of each subsequent service, the terms of the subsequent service will prevail.

Basic Terms

The Company shall use its best efforts to provide an uninterrupted service 24/7. However, it may suspend some or all services in an inevitable situation where regular or emergency repair or maintenance works are required for the ICT equipment including computers and servers. Also, suspension may occur if there is a legitimate reason to do so, such as system breakdown or network communications failure. On the other hand, the Company may amend, change, or terminate some or all services if there is a substantial reason to do so to operate or improve them.

Service involves the consent of such acquisition and use of personal information. Children under the age of 14 may require a procedure of obtaining the consent of the legal representative. The User is strictly banned from abusing, harassing, threatening, impersonating or intimidating other users of the Service.

Spam is not allowed no creating or submitting unwanted email. Transmitting any worms, viruses, or code of a destructive nature is not allowed. Violation of any of these Terms will result in the termination of user’s Service account. The Company cannot be held accountable for the contents posted on its website unless it is due to willful misconduct or gross negligence by the Company and it prohibits the posting of offensive materials.

WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS; LIABILITY LIMITATIONS

EXCEPT EXPRESSLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE USER AND THE SERVICE, ALL INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.THE SERVICE ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE INFORMATION OR SOFTWARE OR OTHER DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE REFERENCED BY OR LINKED TO THIS WEB SITE.

The Company will compensate the user for any damages caused by willful misconduct or gross negligence by the Company in accordance with the Terms and relevant regulations.However, the Company shall not take any responsibilities for the damages not caused by willful misconduct or gross negligence by the Company as stated below.

(1) reliability of information provided, (2) cost needed to replace facilities, (3) service interruption, data loss, or profit loss, (4) delay or suspension of service, (5) damages occurred between users or due to information, etc.

Also, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall not take any responsibilities for indirect damages, special damages, consequential damages, disciplinary damages, or punitive damages, unless the relevant laws and regulations say otherwise.

THIS WEB SITE COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL OR OTHER INACCURACIES. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY MADE TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. HOWEVER, THE SERVICE MAKES NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE.

General Conditions

The user may not modify, transmit, distribute, copy, publish, transmit in public, display, loan, reproduce, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the Service.
The user also agrees not to use any robot, spider, other automated device or manual process to monitor or copy any contents derived from the Service.
The user may not sell, trade, resell, or otherwise exploit for any unauthorized commercial purpose or transfer any Service account.

Content

The user may not send, upload, post, distribute or disseminate or offer to do the same with respect to any unlawful, defamatory, harassing, abusive, fraudulent, infringing, obscene, or otherwise objectionable content.
The Company shall not claim any ownership in any of the content, including any text, data, information, images, photographs, music, sound, video, or other material, that the user uploads, transmits or stores in his/her Service account.
The Company will not use any of user’s content for any purpose except to provide the Service, and as otherwise provided in these Terms.
Don’t upload or make available any content that infringes upon any other proprietary rights of anyone else.
The Company may delete or reject to transmit all contents that violate the Terms. However, it is not a duty of the Company to delete or reject to transmit such contents.

Third Party Content, Sites and Services

All transactions using the Services are between the transacting parties only. The Services may contain features and functionalities linking you or providing you with certain functionality and access to third party content, including Web sites, directories, servers, networks, systems, information and databases, applications, software, programs, products or services, and the Internet as a whole. The Company may also provide some contents provided by other companies to users as part of the Services. However, The Service is not an agent of any transacting party, nor are we a direct party in any such transaction. Any such activities are solely between the user and the applicable third-party. Therefore, the Company has no obligation to intervene in a dispute between the user and the third-party. Also, the Company shall not take any responsibilities for the damages the user suffers unless it is due to willful misconduct or gross negligence by the Company.

Providing services for testing purposes

The Company may provide a service for testing purposes (hereinafter “Test Service”) for a certain period of time for the user. During the Test Service period, changes, modifications, additions, deletions, etc. of data may be conducted for the purpose of reliability of the Service. In addition, the characters, usage information, etc. acquired by the user during this period can be initialized after the Test Service period ends.

Providing information and serving ads

The Company may place advertisements on service web pages, emails, etc. in connection with the operation of the Services. A member who receives an e-mail containing an advertisement can reject the company. The services provided by the company include various forms of advertisements, such as banners and links, which can lead to pages provided by third parties.

If the user lands on a page provided by the third party, service for the page is not carried out by the Company and therefore the company does not guarantee its reliability, stability, etc. Therefore, the Company is not responsible for the damages the user suffers unless it is due to willful misconduct or gross negligence by the Company.

Service interruption

The Company may discontinue the Service if:

Inevitable reasons such as equipment repair and other maintenance work
If there is a danger that the normal operation of the service will be obstructed due to a national emergency, facility defect,
If the company can not provide a stable service due to unavoidable reasons such as natural disasters
If a telecommunications service provider (specified in the Telecommunications Business Act) has ceased telecommunications services

In case of discontinuance of the service in accordance with ① above, the Company shall notify the discontinuation of service by placing it on the service access screen or on the service web site. You may also suspend the services described in ②③④, without prior notice.

Permission of the Services

The Company provides for the right to use the Service or the content including the related service during the service term. The right of using contents is basically granted by the Terms. If there are both the agreement of utilization about the service and the Terms of content, the first is a priority. The Service may be provided only for coverage guaranteed by payment plan about the service or content. If the service is ended such as expiration or cancelation, not only the service but also the followed content should be ended.

Service Brand

Any use of the Service trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features (hereinafter “Brand Features”) must be in compliance with the Terms and in compliance with the guidelines for the use of brand effective at the time. The user agrees not to:

Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Service.
Reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the Service.

Termination and Cancelation

The user may cancel the Service at any time. However, a terminated account may continue to exist until such cancelation takes effect.

The Company may terminate the Service and/or suspend or terminate the Service account for below reasons:

(1) If false information or identity is provided at the time of membership sign-up
(2) If the user interferes with other users from using the service or threaten the order of e-commerce by stealing other user’s ID and password

If a user’s account is suspended or terminated due to the above stated causes, the Company will notify the user via the email address of any such suspension or termination will grant an opportunity for the user to clarify that it is not due to willful misconduct or gross negligence within a maximum of 30 days from the date when the notification is delivered. In this case, the Company will review the user’s explanation and if it deems the user’s argument is valid, it will allow the user to resume using the service without restrictions.

If the user fails to rectify its actions within the period set by the Company despite a rectification request is served, the Company may disqualify the user.

Links to Third Party Sites

SOME LINKS ON THE SERVICE’S WEBSITE WILL LET THE USER LEAVE THE SERVICE’S SITE. THE THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES LINKED ARE NOT MANAGED BY THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY DOES NOT STATE OR GUARANTEE IF THE CONTENT OF THE LINKED WEBSITE AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE LINKED WEBSITE IS ACCURATE, UP-TO-DATE, OR COMPLETE. THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE INFORMATION OR CONTENT SPECIFIED ABOVE UNLESS IT IS DUE TO WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE BY THE COMPANY. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDING THESE LINKS TO THE USER ONLY AS A CONVENIENCE, AND THE INCLUSION OF ANY LINK DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT BY THE SERVICE OF THE SITE.

Account Inactivity

If the account becomes inactive with a certain reason such as membership withdrawal or disqualification, the data generated by or associated with the personal information and the account will be permanently deleted and will not be restored.

Jurisdiction

This Terms and Conditions or the Service shall be stipulated and executed under the laws and regulations of the Republic of Korea. If a dispute arises between the Company and the user regarding the use of the service, the court of jurisdiction over the dispute shall be determined in accordance with the Civil Procedure Act.

Account(E-Mail), Password and Security

The Company collects and uses personal information only within the purpose and scope agreed by the user to better provide the Services and manages it securely in accordance with the laws and regulations related to personal information protection.

If the user wants to open an account to use the Service, he/she must complete the registration process by providing the up-to-date and accurate information as required by the applicable registration form. The user can enter a password and a user email. The user is entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their password and account information. The user shall not lend or transfer their ID and password to a third party and is responsible for any damages caused by negligence in protecting the user ID and password. The user must notify the Company immediately of any unauthorized use of the account or any other breach of security. The Company will not be held liable for any loss that the user may have incurred as a result of someone else using his/her password or account, either with or without his/her knowledge unless it is due to willful misconduct or gross negligence by the Company.However, the user could be held liable for the loss incurred by the Company or another party due to someone else using their account or password, if it is due to the user’s willful misconduct or gross negligence. Users may not use anyone else’s account at any time, without the permission of the account holder.

To help ensure the security of a password or account information, the user should make sure to sign out from the account after finishing each session. We recommend that you change your password regularly.

Transfer of information

The Company reserves the right to transfer the user’s personal information in the event of a transfer of ownership of the Service, such as acquisition by or merger with another company. In such an event, the Company will notify the users of the matters specified in the Personal Information Protection Act before the information is transferred and users become subject to a different terms of use.

We hope you enjoy using Thinkfree Services!