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You may use Kakao account.

Your Kakao account is a log-in account created based on your email address and password of your choice, which is needed for you to be able to use Services. A Kakao account may be mandatory for use of some Services. To begin the Kakao account creation process, you must consent to the Terms of Service, provide your email address, and register your password. Then, Kakao will go through the approval process. If needed, Kakao may approve your account by verifying your email address or telephone number. Of course, if you wish, you may also create a Kakao nickname.

Kakao may not approve of your account creation if: (i) Kakao deleted your Kakao account in the past, (ii) you have attempted to create a Kakao account using a third party’s name, email address or other personal information, or (iii) you fail to provide the required information or provide false information during the Kakao account creation process. Especially, if you are under 14 years of age, your parent or legal guardian’s consent must be obtained to create your Kakao account. If it is found that you have created your Kakao account in breach of the foregoing terms and conditions, Kakao may suspend your use of Services or delete your Kakao account immediately.

Your Kakao account is personal to you and non-transferable, and you may not permit any third party to use your Kakao account. You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access Services to prevent any improper use of your Kakao account without your consent. If you become aware that your Kakao account is being used by a third party without your consent, please contact the Kakao Customer Center, and Kakao will provide you with assistance to protect your Kakao account.

You may review and change your information using the setting menu in the Services. However, certain information, such as your Kakao account, telephone number and device identification number, required for the provision and management of Services may not be changed. If there are any changes to the information you provided at the time of joining the Services, please reflect such changes directly to Services or notify Kakao of such changes through the Kakao Customer Center by email.

You may use Kakao account.

A Kakao Account is a login account which is needed for you to be able to use Services. A Kakao account may be mandatory for use of some Services. You may create your own Kakao Account once you agree to the Terms and Conditions, register information required to create a Kakao Account, and obtain an approval from Kakao after its verification of information you have provided.

Kakao may not approve of your account creation if: (i) Kakao deleted your Kakao account in the past in accordance with this Terms and Conditions, (ii) you have attempted to create a Kakao account using a third party’s name, email address or other personal information, or (iii) you fail to provide the required information or provide false information during the Kakao account creation process. Especially, if you are under 14 years of age, your parent or legal guardian’s consent must be obtained to create your Kakao account. If it is found that you have created your Kakao account in breach of the foregoing terms and conditions, Kakao may suspend your use of Services or delete your Kakao account immediately.

Your Kakao account is personal to you and non-transferable, and you may not permit any third party to use your Kakao account. You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access Services to prevent any improper use of your Kakao account without your consent. The Company may require you to enter a password and go through an additional user identification process to prevent others from accessing your Kakao Account without authorization. If you become aware that your Kakao account is being used by a third party without your consent, please contact the Kakao Customer Center, and Kakao will provide you with assistance to protect your Kakao account.

You may review and change your information using the setting menu in the Services. However, you may not be able to change some information like your Kakao Account, phone number, device identification number, and other user identification information required for us to provide and manage Services, and in case such information is changed, an additional user identification process may be required. If there are any changes to the information you provided at the time of joining the Services, please reflect such changes directly to Services or notify Kakao of such changes through the Kakao Customer Center by email. Kakao will not be liable for any disadvantage caused by your failure to notify Kakao of changes.

Please pay particular attention to the following.

You may freely use Services, and we are happy to help you build a bridge to a wider world through the use of Services. However please do not forget that you may not use Services in any wrongful manner or purpose.

For example, you may not interfere with the provision of Services or access Services using a method other than the one provided and approved by Kakao. Furthermore, you may not collect, use or provide to others the information of   other Service users, use Services for any profit-generating activity, transmit any information that is pornographic, infringe on any third party’s copyright or otherwise violate public order, laws or good morals. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, transfer, lease, provide as security or permit others to use any part of Services or software included in Services without Kakao’s consent. In addition, you may not reverse engineer, attempt to extract the software source code included in Services or copy, disassemble, reproduce or otherwise modify Services.

If you fail to comply with applicable law, the Terms of Service and/or other policies of Kakao, Kakao may conduct an investigation into the matter or suspend your use of Services either temporarily or permanently. Kakao has the right to destroy or store your personal information separately if your account has been inactive for the period specified in the relevant laws. Kakao will notify you via email or SMS before proceeding. Please note that this may result in the lack of required information and lead to the termination of the Terms of Service. Please refer to the Kakao Operation Policy for more information on your use of Services.

Please pay particular attention to the following.

You may freely use Services, and we are happy to help you build a bridge to a wider world through the use of Services. However please do not forget that you may not use Services in any wrongful manner or purpose.

For example, you may not interfere with the provision of Services or access to Services using a method other than the one provided and approved by Kakao. Furthermore, you may not collect, use or provide to others the information of other Service users, use Services for any profit-generating activity, transmit any information that is pornographic, infringe on any third party’s copyright, post false facts about Kakao or any third party, or otherwise violate public order, laws or good morals. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, transfer, lease, provide as security or permit others to use any part of Services or software included in Services without Kakao’s consent. In addition, you may not reverse engineer, attempt to extract the software source code included in Services or copy, disassemble, reproduce or otherwise modify Services.

If you fail to comply with applicable laws, the Terms of Service and/or other policies of Kakao, Kakao may conduct an investigation into the non-compliance, delete or temporarily delete the relevant post, or suspend your use of Services either temporarily or permanently. Kakao has the right to destroy or store your personal information separately if your account has been inactive for the period specified in the relevant laws. Kakao will notify you via email or SMS before proceeding. Please note that this may result in the lack of required information and lead to the termination of the Terms of Service. Please refer to the Kakao Operation Policy for more information on your use of Services.

Kakao manages posts in accordance with applicable laws.

Where the postings are in breach of the Act on the Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc. (hereinafter "the Act on Information and Communications Network"), the Copyright Act, and any other governing laws and/or regulations, the legitimate holder of right may request suspension and deletion of such postings, and Kakao shall take necessary actions in accordance with applicable laws. Furthermore, even without any request from the legitimate holder of right, Kakao may take any tentative measures against such posting pursuant to applicable laws if there exists anything that may be deemed to constitute infringement of a third party’s rights, and/or in breach of Kakao's policies and governing laws. Detailed processes related to such measures shall follow the procedures specified by Kakao under "Report Rights Infringement" within the extent set forth by the Act on Information and Communications Network and the Copyright Act.

Kakao provides a better location-based service.

With an aim to provide more convenient and useful services to you, Kakao may include location-based service in Services. The location-based service of Kakao is a free service based on your location data received from a location information provider, which collects your location data from your mobile device. More specifically, such location-based service consists of: (i) a place-sharing service where you may share your current location or any particular location with other users or prepare postings related thereto; (ii) an information provision service through which you can search your local information or be provided with advertisement information using your current location; (iii) a content-sharing service whereby you may share your content with your friends using your location data that is recorded with your photos or other content or otherwise combined with such content; and (iv) a taxi call service whereby your current location is shared with the member taxi driver to call the taxi driver. Particularly, for a minor under the age of 14 who wishes to utilize location-based services that uses personal location data, as Kakao will use and provide such location data, parental or legal guardian’s prior consent is mandatory. If it is found that the location-based service was used without such consent, Kakao may immediately suspend or place appropriate restrictions on the use of the location-based services.

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To better protect your location data, Kakao has appointed a location information manager (Andy Kang, 1577-3321, privacy@kakao.com).

Kakao provides a better location-based service.

With an aim to provide more convenient and useful services to you, Kakao may include location-based service in Services. The location-based service of Kakao is a free service based on your location data received from a location information provider, which collects your location data from your mobile device. More specifically, such location-based service consists of: (i) a place-sharing service where you may share your current location or any particular location with other users or prepare postings related thereto; (ii) an information provision service through which you can search your local information or be provided with advertisement information using your current location; (iii) a content-sharing service whereby you may share your content with your friends using your location data that is recorded with your photos or other content or otherwise combined with such content;  Particularly, for a minor under the age of 14 who wishes to utilize location-based services that uses personal location data, as Kakao will use and provide such location data, parental or legal guardian’s prior consent is mandatory. If it is found that the location-based service was used without such consent, Kakao may immediately suspend or place appropriate restrictions on the use of the location-based services.

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Paid services are available.

Kakao provides its Services free of charge, but some Services are provided at a cost. For example, you can exchange messages with your friends for free on KakaoTalk but may need to purchase some emoticons to be used on KakaoTalk.

If you want to use Kakao’s paid services, you need to pay for the service and Kakao may require you to provide additional information such as your personal information necessary for payment settlement. If you do not want to use paid services, you may request a refund from Kakao and Kakao must give you the refund in principle. Provided however that Kakao may not give you a refund in the event that Kakao restricts your access to the service or terminates the service agreement because of your violation of this Terms of Service.

Details regarding the payment of fees of paid services, refund and complaint filing are described in the .

You may elect to deactivate your account.

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You may elect to deactivate your account.

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Even if your service agreement is terminated, you may sign up for Kakao Services again. However, if your previous service agreement had been terminated due to the restriction of your access to Services following your violation of related laws or Kakao’s Terms and policies, you may be subject to the minimum wait period or other restrictions when you sign up for any Kakao Service again. Please refer to  for more details. 

The Terms of Service are subject to change.

In order to reflect changes to applicable law or changes to Services, among other reasons, Kakao may revise the Terms of Service, the instructions for use of each Service through the Q&A Center, other applicable guidelines and notifications. In the event of a change to the Terms of Service, Kakao will post a notification thereof on the start-up page of the individual Service, and the revised Terms of Service will become effective 15 days after the posting of such notification.

However, if the revised Terms of Service may affect you adversely, Kakao will give you a reasonable 30 day prior notice thereof by sending you an email to the email address used for your Kakao account or via a Kakao Talk message or an alarm message.

The Terms of Service are subject to change.

In order to reflect changes to applicable law or changes to Services, among other reasons, Kakao may revise the Terms of Service, the instructions for use of each Service through the Q&A Center, other applicable guidelines and notifications. In the event of a change to the Terms of Service, Kakao will post a notification thereof on the Notices page of Kakao Services, and the revised Terms of Service will become effective 15 days after the posting of such notification.

However, if the revised Terms of Service may affect you adversely, Kakao will give you a reasonable 30 day prior notice thereof by sending you an email or an SMS to the email address or phone number you use as a Kakao Account, an electronic message within the relevant Service or an alarm message.

General

Your comments and suggestions are highly appreciated. You may, at any time, visit the Kakao Customer Center and leave your comments and suggestions. Kakao will send you various news and announcements by sending an email to the email address used for your Kakao account or by sending an electronic message. Announcements applicable to all users of Services will become effective after being posted on Service start-up page or Service bulletin board for at least 7 days.

General

Your comments and suggestions are highly appreciated. You may, at any time, visit the Kakao Customer Center and leave your comments and suggestions. Kakao will send you various news and announcements by sending an email or an SMS to the email address or phone number you use as a Kakao Account, an electronic message within Service, an alarm message, etc. Announcements applicable to all users of Services will become effective after being posted on the Notices page of Kakao Services for at least 7 days.