Amendments to the Kakao Comprehensive Terms of Service, Kakao Terms of Service

2022-08-29

Greetings from Kakao!

 

We'd first like to thank all our members for using Kakao Services.

 

Please be informed that amendments will be made to the Kakao Comprehensive Terms of Service, Kakao Terms of Service effective Oct. 12, 2022.

 

1. Amendments

< Kakao Comprehensive Terms of Service >

Before Amendment

After Amendment

Article 6. Provision of Diverse Services

You can terminate the use of individual or sub-level services that constitute the Comprehensive Services, utilizing features provided in the related Service page or menu. In this case, the record of relevant service uses or personal postings other than the information that should be restored for a certain period as prescribed in the relevant laws and regulations shall be deleted without delay; provided, however, that any posting uploaded by a third-party via clipping or sharing feature or any comment or posting added to other member's posting shall not be deleted. Please make sure that you have deleted the aforementioned postings before you leave the Service, and note that some posting shall be unable to be deleted due to related service/content properties. If any notice is separately transferred to inform that the reactivation of individual or sub-level service may be restricted for a certain period, please make sure that you have understood the possibility of time constraint in reusing the Service.

Article 6. Provision of Diverse Services

You can terminate the use of individual or sub-level services that constitute the Comprehensive Services, utilizing features provided in the related Service page or menu. In this case, the record of relevant service uses or personal postings other than the information that should be restored for a certain period as prescribed in the relevant laws and regulations shall be deleted without delay; provided, however, that any posting uploaded by a third-party via clipping or sharing feature or any comment or posting added to other member's posting shall not be deleted. Please make sure that you have deleted the aforementioned postings before you leave the Service, and note that some posting shall be unable to be deleted due to related service/content properties. In particular, please make sure that in the case of some services

that provide functions such as hiding comments or setting limited access to postings, deletion may not be possible depending on the function settings of the third party. If any notice is separately transferred to inform that the reactivation of individual or sub-level service may be restricted for a certain period, please make sure that you have understood the possibility of time constraint in reusing the Service.

Article 13. Termination of the Service

Upon termination of the Service Agreement, your information or postings other than any information that should be restored for a certain period of time as prescribed in the relevant laws and regulations and Privacy Policy, shall be deleted without delay; Provided, however, that any posting uploaded by a third-party via sharing or clipping function, or any comment or posting that you have added to other user's postings shall not be deleted. Please make sure that you have deleted the foregoing postings before your withdrawal of the Service.

 

Article 13. Termination of the Service

Upon termination of the Service Agreement, your information or postings other than any information that should be restored for a certain period of time as prescribed in the relevant laws and regulations and Privacy Policy, shall be deleted without delay; Provided, however, that any posting uploaded by a third-party via sharing or clipping function, or any comment or posting that you have added to other user's postings shall not be deleted. Please make sure that you have deleted the foregoing postings before your withdrawal of the Service.

Please make sure that in the case of some services that provide functions such as hiding comments or setting limited access to postings, deletion may not be possible depending on the function settings of the third party.

Article 18. Dispute Settlement

Notification Date: Aug 18, 2022

Enforcement Date: Aug 25, 2022

Article 18. Dispute Settlement

Notification Date: Aug 29, 2022

Enforcement Date: Oct 12, 2022

 

< Kakao Terms of Service >

Before Amendment

After Amendment

You may elect to deactivate your account.

If you wish not to use Services any longer, you may, at any time, request for the termination of the Terms of Service by using the menu provided in Services. In such case, Kakao will take actions accordingly in a swift manner as required under relevant laws and regulations.

 

Upon the termination of the Terms of Service, unless we are required to preserve your information under applicable law and/or the Kakao Privacy Policy, your information and any and all data provided by you, such as your postings and other content, will be deleted; provided, however, that, if your posting is scrapped by a third party or posted using another sharing function or if you have added comments to a third party’s posting, such posting or comment may not be deleted to the extent necessary to provide Services to the other users. Therefore, you shall delete them before deactivating your account.

 

Furthermore, you may elect to terminate only certain Services among other Kakao Services. In such case, only the data related to the terminated Services will be deleted, and your Kakao account will not be deleted for your use of the remaining Services.

 

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.

You may elect to deactivate your account.

If you wish not to use Services any longer, you may, at any time, request for the termination of the Terms of Service by using the menu provided in Services. In such case, Kakao will take actions accordingly in a swift manner as required under relevant laws and regulations.

 

Upon the termination of the Terms of Service, unless we are required to preserve your information under applicable law and/or the Kakao Privacy Policy, your information and any and all data provided by you, such as your postings and other content, will be deleted; provided, however, that, if your posting is scrapped by a third party or posted using another sharing function or if you have added comments to a third party’s posting, such posting or comment may not be deleted to the extent necessary to provide Services to the other users. Therefore, you shall delete them before deactivating your account. (Please note that some posts cannot be deleted depending on the nature of specific services or content.)

 

Furthermore, you may elect to terminate only certain Services among other Kakao Services. In such case, only the data related to the terminated Services will be deleted, and your Kakao account will not be deleted for your use of the remaining Services.

 

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.

General

Notification Date: Aug 18, 2022

Enforcement Date: Aug 25, 2022

General

Notification Date: Aug 29, 2022

Enforcement Date: Oct 12, 2022

2. Effective Date

The amended Terms & Conditions will take effect on Oct. 12, 2022.

 

Thank you.