Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

[Items of Personal Information Collected, Purpose and Method of Collecting Information]

1. Collected Personal Identification Information Maeil Business Newspaper collects the following personal information for registration and to offer various services about the event.

< Foreign Participants from Oversea>
1) Full name, Organization/Institution, E-mail, Cell phone number, Verification Code

2) The following information can be automatically generated and collected during the service use process: Connection IP information, cookies, service usage records, connection logs, etc.

3) In the process of using paid services, the following payment information may be collected.
- Payment via bank transfer: bank name, account number, etc

2. Purpose of Collecting Personal Information

Maeil Business Newspaper collects personal information for the following reasons.
- Registration notice for participation in events hosted by Maeil Business Newspaper and World Knowledge Forum
- Participants management
- Identification of frequency of access and statistics of service use

<< Method of Collecting Personal Information>>

■ Website, written application, telephone, e-mail, etc
■ Information collected while using the website

<< Personal Information Retention & Utilization Period>>

The collected personal information shall be kept and used only for the period of service provision from the date of registration. It is retained and used only when WKF Secretariat provides any services to the event. Personal information shall be immediately deleted the member 1) requests withdrawal from the membership, 2)withdraws consent of the collection and use of personal information, 3) once the purpose of collection and use of the personal information is achieved, and ends the period of retention and use. However, the following information is retained for the specified period for the following reasons

■ Personal information(log-in records) retained for using services

Ground for retention: to comply with the Protection of Communications Secrets Act Duration of retention: 3 months

■ Personal information retained for cancellation of membership

Ground for retention: to comply with the Consumer Protection Act in e-commerce, etc. Duration of retention: 5 years

■ Personal information retained concerning provisions of goods and payment Ground for retention: to comply with the Consumer Protection Act in e-commerce, etc.

Duration of retention: 5 years

■ Personal information retained for arbitrating disputes or processing customers' claims and complaints

Ground for retention: to comply with the Consumer Protection Act in e-commerce, etc.
Duration of retention: 3 years

■ Personal information retained related to the record of personal information

Ground for retention: to comply with the act on the protection and use of location information, etc.
Duration of Retention: 1 year

■ Personal information retained for electronic financial transaction

Ground for retention: to comply with the Consumer Protection Act in e-commerce, etc.
Duration of retention: 5 years

Other cases of obtaining consent from customers: retained until the agreed period

[Supplementary Provisions]
These terms and conditions shall apply from July 1, 2024. However, if you agree to these terms after their announcement but before the effective date, these terms will apply from the time of your agreement.