Springnote | Terms of Service

SPRINGNOTE SERVICE

Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this agreement (“Agreement”) is to set forth the basic understanding between NCsoft Corporation (“Company”) and User of Springnote (''User”) in connection with the User’s use of the Service provided by the Company.

Article 2. PUBLICATION, EFFECT AND AMENDMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT

1.Depending on the form of Service initially used by the User, this Agreement may be found on the Springnote homepage (http://www.springnote.com) (“Service’s homepage”) or in the options menu within the software application (“Application”). When the User agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, this Agreement shall come into effect.
2.The Company may change the terms of this Agreement at its discretion, and any changes to this Agreement shall be notified to the User via the Service’s homepage or e-mail seven days (with the exception that for matters which significantly affect the rights and obligations of the members, the notice period shall be thirty days) before the changes take effect.
3.The User has the right not to agree to the changes made to this Agreement, and if he or she does not agree, he or she may stop the use of the Service and cancel the subscription. However, if the User does not notify the Company of his or her “rejection” to the changes within fifteen days of the date when the changes take effect as separately announced in a manner specified in Paragraph 2, the User is deemed to have agreed to the changed Agreement.

Article 3. NON-SPECIFIED RULES

If matters that are not specified in this Agreement are stipulated in relevant laws, the laws shall apply.

Article 4. DEFINITIONS

1.In addition to terms defined throughout this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
1. 1.Springnote service (“Service”): The Service refers to a note service on a communications network that is designed to manage, store and share information or data on the internet and other communications networks via various wired or wireless devices including personal computers, televisions, portable terminals, and electronic communication devices. The Service includes API applications or Web services (“Mashup Service”) developed by developers and service providers using Springnote Open Application Programming Interface Service (“API Service”), and unless API Service or Mashup Service is specifically referred to, the Service under this Agreement includes API Service and Mashup Service. However, API Service may be used only after the User agrees to the Terms of Service for Developers and Service Providers of Open API as separately specified by the Company.
2. 2.Springnote service user (“User”): The User refers to any member of this Service who enters into this Service Use Agreement with the Company and uses the Service after creating a User ID and Domain.
3. 3.Springnote service user ID (“User ID”): The User ID refers to a combination of English letters and numbers selected by the User and provided by the Company to identify the User and allow him or her to use the Service. The User may use an open ID issued by the Company and/or a third party as the User ID.
4. 4.Springnote service user password (“Password”): The Password refers to a combination of letters and numbers provided by the User and used to confirm the User ID and to protect the User’s rights.
5. 5.Springnote service user domain (“Domain”): The Domain refers to a unique internet address (e.g., http://Domain.springnote.com) which is requested by the User and offered by the Company for the use of the Service.
6. 6.Postings (“Postings”): Postings refer to any and all information or data including letters, documents, pictures, voice recordings, or a combination of these posted by the User in using the service.
2.Except as defined in Paragraph 1, the terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the relevant laws and other general business practice.

Chapter 2. SERVICE USE AGREEMENT

Article 5. AGREEMENT, APPLICATION AND AUTHORIZATION FOR SERVICE USE

1.This Agreement takes effect when the User agrees to the terms set forth at http://www.springnote.com and submits an application and the Company accepts the application. The Company accepts applications for use of the Service in the order of application submission unless there is any business or technical issue.
2.The User shall enter true information about himself or herself when applying for use of the Service under Paragraph 1. If the User does not enter true information about himself or herself by unjust means such as using a third party’s e-mail address or ID, he or she may be subject to punishment or disadvantages in accordance with the relevant laws or the terms of this Agreement. In addition, the Company may withdraw its approval for use of the Service or terminate this Agreement in accordance with Article 6.
3.The User may demand to discontinue use of the Service to the Company and when receiving such demand, the Company shall immediately process the demand through procedures announced by the Company at http://www.springnote.com or in the Application.
4.The Company may categorize the Users into different classes, and offer different levels of Service to the Users in each class such as different length and time of use, frequency of use and Service menu, etc. .
5.If there is any change to the content of personal information entered when signing up for Service, the User shall update the information immediately and may not hold the Company responsible for any damage incurred by the User as a result of a delayed update.
6.The Company may change, add, or delete the categories of information requested from the User for collection and use pursuant to the relevant laws and the Company’s Private Information Protection Policy if it is necessary for the Service.

Article 6. AUTHORIZATION FOR SERVICE USE

1.The Company may deny an application for Service, cancel an approved application or terminate this Agreement in the event of any of the following:
1. 1.If the applicant applies for membership using a third party’s private information including his or her e-mail address or ID without consent;
2. 2.If the applicant omits required information or provides the wrong information in the application;
3. 3.If the applicant is judged to be inappropriate under the Company’s policy or it is burdensome to offer the Service to the applicant;
4. 4.If the applicant attempts to use the Service for an inappropriate purpose;
5. 5.If the applicant fails to meet the requirements for the use of the Service set by the Company;
6. 6.If the applicant attempts to use the Service in violation of the policies and purposes set by the Company;
7. 7.If the User's purpose or act of using the Service violates or may violate the property and business rights of the Company;
8. 8.If the applicant is a former User whose rights had been removed due to his violation of this Agreement or any preceding agreement;
9. 9.If the applicant applies to use the Service in violation of this Agreement or other rules;
10. 10.If the applicant has mass-produced User IDs and Domains by using abnormal means including registration of software programs or hiring part-time employees for such purpose.
11. 11.If the application cannot be approved due to a cause attributable to the applicant.
2.The Company may delay approving the application for membership until the cause of the delay is removed if:
1. 1.The Company judges that it cannot provide satisfactory services due to a lack of sufficient facilities;
2. 2.The Company judges that application for membership is hard to process due to major or temporary technical problems such as hacking on the system; or
3. 3.There are technical problems related to the offering of the Services.

Article 7. USER ID AND PASSWORD

1.In the event the User uses a changeable ID (the “Open ID”) provided by a third party which issues an Open ID and provides authentication services, the Company shall not be held responsible for any issue related to the use of such Open ID and password authentication.
2.The User is responsible for managing the User ID and Password he or she personally selected. The User is responsible for any damage incurred in the use of the Service as a result of his or her careless management of the User ID or Password or due to a third party’s exploitation that is not caused by the Company’s intentional misconduct or gross negligence. The Company shall not be responsible for the above.

Article 8. PROTECTION AND USE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION

1.The Company shall build a security system to protect private information, announce its Private Information Protection Policy and protect private information thoroughly in accordance with such Private Information Protection Policy.
2.If the Company ends the Service or the User withdraws his or her consent to provide private information, the Company shall immediately destroy the private information of the User. However, the Company may retain certain information pursuant to the Consumer Protection in E-Commerce Act and other relevant laws.
3.The Company may gather additional private information according to relevant laws with the consent of the User for the purpose of improving the Service and introducing the Service to other Users.
4.The Company shall not bear any responsibility pertaining to any information including membership account information that has been disclosed due to a fault of the User.
5.Unless otherwise specified in relevant laws, the Company shall not disclose or provide to a third party any private information of the User, including membership account information, without the consent of the User.

Article 9. COPYRIGHTS TO COPYRIGHTED PRODUCTS LIKE POSTINGS

1.Intellectual property rights such as copyrights to the Postings or other copyrighted products prepared by the Company shall belong to the Company and copyrights to information made by a single User or a group of Users are held by the User(s) making the information.
2.The User may disclose, distribute and permit use of his or her copyrighted products to others, and those who are permitted to use the products may use them “within the scope of use methods and conditions permitted.” However, the Company may copy, display, distribute copyrighted products, if they are made public by the User, for the operation and promotion of the Service within the scope and period of the Service and may edit and change the information slightly within the scope set by the relevant law. Further, if the User has elected to disclose, distribute and permit use of the copyrighted products created or posted by the User to the public, the said copyrighted products are deemed to have become copyrighted products in the public domain (“Public Domain Products”) which may be viewed and used by the Company and/or third parties within the Service; and the Company shall acquire complete rights to use and manage the Public Domain Products for operation of the Service without the consent of the User who created or posted the Public Domain Products.
3.Copyrighted products which the User has elected to be private shall not be viewed by any other third party including the Company. However, this will not apply, and the said copyrighted products may be viewed by a third party including the Company, if a court, investigatory body or other administrative institute requests provision of the copyrighted products or it is required under applicable law.
4.If the User removes or changes the copyrighted products or changes its display setting or license setting, the Company shall not be responsible for the results occurring from distribution to or use by a third party before the settings are changed.
5.The Company shall not be responsible for any dispute arising between joint copyright holders.
6.The User may allow other Users or visitors not registered as a service user (“Visitor”) to view, use or share the Postings or copyrighted products created or posted by the User by setting the disclosure option to disclose (disclose to Users, disclose to all, etc) parts or all of the said Postings or copyrighted products. If the User’s private information (name, personal identification number, password, phone number, address etc.) is disclosed in part or in its entirety, or provided to a third party or exposed by the User or Visitor willfully, negligently or through carelessness, then the User shall be solely responsible for such disclosure and the Company shall not have any responsibility in relation thereto.
7.If the User cancels his or her subscription to the Service, all copyrighted products displayed on his or her Domain will be removed. However, if the copyrighted products are made by joint efforts, the information may remain at the joint makers’ Domains and may be copied and stored by a third party. In this case, the Company shall not be held responsible for the displayed information. In addition, in the case of the User who violates this Agreement or relevant laws, the Company may keep his or her User ID and Domain information within the scope permitted by the relevant laws after canceling his or her subscription to the Service in order to protect other Users and to use the information as evidence when the court or investigative body or other agencies requests disclosure of such information.
8.The Users shall be responsible for all civil and criminal fines and penalties resulting from the User’s infringement of intellectual property rights of a third party or the Company like copyrights by displaying the Postings or copyrighted products.
9.The User agrees that the rights to use pursuant to Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 7 of this Article are effective while the Company operates the Service and will remain effective even after his or her withdrawing of the membership.

Chapter 3. OBLIGATION OF THE PARTIES

Article 10. OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMPANY

1.The Company shall use its best efforts to provide continuous and stable Service. However, the Company may suspend the Service for reasons such as repair and maintenance of the IT facilities, breakdown, disconnection, regular diagnostics, and for other purposes necessary for the operation of the Service.
2.The Company may conduct a regular diagnostic if necessary to offer the Service. The time of diagnosis shall be announced on the Service’s homepage.
3.The Company shall process opinions or complaints filed by the Users immediately if they are deemed reasonable and objective. However, if the processing takes a long time, the Company shall announce to the Users the reason for the delay and the process schedule or deliver the notification to the Users via e-mail.
4.The Company shall build and operate a security system that is appropriate for the current level of security technology and the characteristic of the Service offered by the Company so that the User can use the Service safely.
5.The Company shall announce its Private Information Protection Policy and its policy to protect teenagers and comply with them.
6.The Company may provide by e-mail various information that is deemed absolutely necessary in using the Service to the User who has consented to receiving e-mails. However, the Company shall not be responsible in the event the User does not obtain such information because he or she refused to consent to receiving such e-mails.
7.The Company shall observe the Information Network Use Promotion and Information Protection Act, Information Secret Protection Act, Electronic Telecommunications Business Act and other laws related to the management of the Service.

Article 11. OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE USER

1.The User shall provide true and correct information when applying to use the Service and registering an ID and Domain, and shall not provide false information. If the User applies for the Service using false information or a third party’s information, the User shall not be protected by the Company in any manner.
2.The User shall not use or let a third party use the Service or any information obtained by using the Service in a manner contradicting those set by the Company without prior approval from the Company.
3.The User shall not use the Service provided by the Company for purposes other than the original purposes of the Service. In the event the User should commit any of the following acts, then depending on the severity of the violation the Company may take reasonable measures including limiting the use of the Service by suspending the use or terminating this Agreement and reporting such violation to investigative authorities:
1. 1.Harassing or threatening other Users; or continuously causing harm or inconvenience to a specific User;
2. 2.Impersonating the official administrator of a service recognized by the Company, an executive or an employee of the Company, or the Company itself;
3. 3.Unauthorized use of a third party’s ID or Domain, or acquiring a third party’s ID, Domain or authentication information by any means of hacking, including hacking into networks, systems, or PCs;
4. 4.Providing, transferring, lending, disclosing upon acceptance of a security, or sharing with a third party the User key issued by the Company for the use of the Mashup Service for a purpose other than using it in order to use the Mashup Service;
5. 5.Violating laws or injuring the social welfare, public order and morals through use of the Service;
6. 6.Threatening the public order in electronic transactions by using the Service to harm a third party’s rights or appropriating private information;
7. 7.Leading people to install software programs unauthorized by the Company, such as Active X, spyware and adware, without providing detailed and clear information on the use of such programs;
8. 8.Leading visitors of the Service and other Users to visit a certain website against their will;
9. 9.Using the Service for illegal purposes such as secretly selling pirated software programs or a third party’s copyrighted material within the Service or on the website;
10. 10.Attempting to extract the source codes of the software programs that the Company provided to the Users as part of the Service or on websites, or the Company’s server by modifying, creating secondary copyrighted material, reverse engineering, decompiling, or using any other means (unless otherwise permitted by the Company in a separate agreement or procedures);
11. 11.Infringing on the Company or a third party’s intellectual property rights, including patent rights, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, as well as other rights or using the Service in a manner that would cause such infringement;
12. 12.Using program bugs and the like to use the Service;
13. 13.Forming a group based on social prejudices towards race, sex, certain religions, or fanaticism;
14. 14.Collecting private information of a third party such as e-mail addresses;
15. 15.Committing acts that are objectively deemed as being related to a crime; or
16. 16.Committing an act similar to those stipulated in items (a) through (p) above, or causing or encouraging another User to violate any of the items listed in (a) through (p) above.
4.So as not to disturb the peace and social order or act against public morals, the User shall not communicate with others:
1. 1.about committing a crime or encouraging such an act;
2. 2.for the purpose of committing an anti-national act;
3. 3.information that may disturb social order and/or harm public morals;
4. 4.information that defames a third party or violates a third party's rights;
5. 5.abusive language or sexually-explicit information; or
6. 6.information that may be slanderous to other Users or provoke racial discrimination.
5.The User shall not assign nor transfer the right to use the Service or any other rights under this Agreement to a third party or offer such rights as security without obtaining prior approval from the Company.
6.The User shall not engage in sales or marketing activities that contradict the purposes or policies set by the Company without prior consent of the Company, and shall not let its use of the Service violate the Company’s property rights, business rights and business model.
7.The User shall comply with this Agreement and the relevant laws, and shall not engage in acts that may damage the Company’s reputation or disturbing the Company’s business operations.
8.The User shall regularly read notifications announced on http://www.springnote.com or the Application. The Company shall not be held responsible for any damage incurred by the User due to User’s failure to check such notifications. However, when it is clear that significant damage to the User is expected, the Company shall notify the User of such fact by e-mail.

Chapter 4. USING THE SERVICE AND LIMITING OR SUSPENDING THE USE OF SERVICE

Article 12. HOW TO USE THE SERVICE

1.To use a particular Mashup Service, the User shall use the Mashup Service use confirmation key (“User Key”), which is provided by the Company upon signing up for the Mashup Service, as an authentication method.
2.When issuing the User Key, the Company may set a period during which such User Key is valid, and in the event such validity period is to be changed, the Company shall notify the User at least one month in advance.
3.The Users shall not providing, transfer, lend, disclose upon acceptance of a security, or share with a third party the User key issued by the Company for the use of the Mashup Service for a purpose other than using it in order to use the Mashup Service. Only the User who was issued the User Key can use the User Key in accordance with this Agreement.
4.The Company can limit the amount of daily requests or traffic per User Key, and detailed information on such limitation shall be posted on the Company’s homepage. In addition, if the User wishes to use the User Key in excess of the limit, the User shall consult with the Company about such excess use in advance.
5.The Company may implement additional rules concerning abusive use of the Service, including attempted abuse of the Service, overuse of the network, damaging activities to the Company’s operation and other abusive use of the Service by the User described in this Article 12 or in Article 16 under this Agreement (tentatively called “Policy Against Abusive Users”), which rules shall be posted on the Service’s homepage (http://www.springnote.com) or in the Application.

Article 13. ADVERTISEMENT POSTING AND TRANSACTIONS WITH ADVERTISERS

1.The Company may post customized advertisements for operation of the Service by using the User’s information. The User agrees to being exposed to customized advertisements during the use of the Service.
2.The Company may send commercial, for-profit e-mails for the operation of the Service by using the User’s information. Any User who disagrees may at any time refuse to accept such e-mails by selecting the relevant option at the Service’s homepage (http://www.springnote.com) or using the menus inside the Application.
3.The Company shall not be held responsible for any loss or damage incurred as a result of the User’s participation in the advertisers’ promotion activities that are posted through the Service or performed through the Service.

Article 14 SERVICE CONTENT AND MODIFICATION

1.The Company shall offer Springnote services, including API Service and Mashup Service, which allow the User to record, edit, store, manage, share, and search notes on the Web.
2.The User may provide the Company with ideas to improve and develop the Service anytime, and if necessary, the Company may use the ideas from the User to offer newly developed or improved services. In this case, the intellectual property rights of the products developed by the Company using the ideas from the User shall belong to the Company.
3.Unless the Company signs a separate written agreement with the User granting clear rights to the brand feature of the Service, the Company grants no rights to the User to use the company name, trademark, service mark, logo, domain name or other differentiating brand features or intellectual property.
4.The Company shall provide User with notices of service and line maintenance, matters related to changes to this Agreement, changes to the Service, changes to the operation of the Service, which notices shall be posted on the Service’s homepage (http://www.springnote.com) or in the Application, and therefore Users shall be responsible for checking on notice updates on the Service’s homepage or in the Application. However, when it is clear that significant damage to the User is expected, the Company shall notify the User of such fact by e-mail or other means.
5.The Company may change or terminate all or part of the Service if it determines it is necessary for operating or planning the Service. However, if the Company intends to terminate it’s the Service in its entirety due to the Company’s policy decisions relating to planning or operating of the Service or because of an exigent situation for the Company, then the Company may terminate the Service in its entirety by giving a notice [thirty (30)] days before the termination via e-mail or the Service’s homepage. In such an event, the Company shall provide support to allow the User to download information and data accumulated by the User. The Company shall not be held responsible for any other additional obligations or compensatory damages etc., arising from the termination of the Service, and the User shall not have the right to require reinstatement of the Service or seek compensation for damages relating to the termination of the Service if the Service is terminated permanently.

Article 15. LIMITATION ON SERVICE USE

1.The Company can limit or discontinue all or part of the Service without notice upon the occurrence or expected occurrence of a force majeure event such as an act of God, national emergency, unsolvable technical difficulties, sever changes to the operation of the Service or any other act outside the control of the Company.
2.The Company shall not be responsible for any issue or dispute between Users arising out of the use of the Service.
3.User’s use of the ID or Domain can be restricted by the Company if the User suffers a loss in the use of the Service caused by leakage of the ID or password due to the User’s carelessness, or the obligations of the User are violated due to improper use of the Service by a third party.
4.If the Company finds that User’s ID and Domain are directly involved in illegal acts while investigating a violation of Article 11 of this Agreement, the Company may suspend the use of User’s ID and Domain temporarily to protect the rights of other Users and maintain order in the Service. In such an event, User can file an objection through the Service’s homepage (http://www.springnote.com) or by e-mail.
5.Consultations and questions about the Service shall be handled in the manner determined by the Company, such as through the Service’s homepage (http://www.springnote.com) or by e-mail.

Article 16. LIMITATION OF SERVICE

1.The Company can limit the scope of a particular service or set special service hours or the number of times a service can be used. However, this shall be announced in advance.
2.If the User violates the relevant law, this Agreement or the service use requirements when using the Service, the Company may suspend the User from using the User Key immediately.
3.If the User attempts to launch illegal hacking against the Company, use irregular methods of abuse or overuses the network, the Company may suspend the User’s User Key after notifying the User by e-mail.

Article 17. MANAGEMENT OF POSTED INFORMATION

1.Postings refer to any and all information or data including letters, documents, pictures, voice recordings, or a combination of these posted by the User in using the service The Company shall have the complete rights to the information posted by the User like usage rights and posting rights that are needed to provide the Service to the User.
2.The Company may remove, hide, transfer, or refuse to register any posted information or materials that fall under any of the following subparagraphs without any prior notice to the User. The Company may also take measures such as limiting, suspending, or cancelling the User’s right to use the Service in accordance with the procedure posted on the Service’s homepage (http://www.springnote.com) or in the Application.
1. 1.the posted information insults or defames other Users or a third party;
2. 2.the User discloses or distributes private information of a third party;
3. 3.the User posts information which is obscene or sexually explicit, contains vulgar words or slang or anti-social and indecent contents or contents undermining public order or established social morals and customs, or distributes such information and sentences, shapes, audio materials, video, and pictures containing such information to a third party by transferring, posting, e-mailing, linking or in other manner;
4. 4.the User pretends to be an executive, employee, or related person of the Company and makes a third party falsely believe that the posted information is the Company’s official opinion or position;
5. 5.the posted information encourages illegal copying or hacking;
6. 6.the posted information is an advertisement made for commercial purposes which are against the purposes and policies set by the Company;
7. 7.the posted information is objectively considered to be related to a crime;
8. 8.the posted information violates copyrights, patent rights, trademark rights, trade secrets and/or reputation of the Company, other Users or a third party, or is at risk of violating them;
9. 9.information which may cause religious or political disputes, and such disputes disrupt or may disrupt the Company’s operations; or
10. 10.the Company determines that the posted information violates other relevant laws.
3.If another User or a third party takes civil or criminal actions (e.g., lawsuit, petition for preliminary injunctions, claim for damages) against the User or the Company or demands that the Company remove the information, the Company may limit access to the information temporarily until the final results of such legal actions (e.g., prosecution, court order granting preliminary injunction, court decision on compensation for damages) are made.
4.Postings that the User has configured as private shall not be accessible to any other person including the Company. However, such Postings may be accessible to others including the Company upon request of the court, investigative authorities, or administrative authorities or if required by law.
5.If the User cancels his or her subscription, all of the copyrighted products in the User’s domain shall be deleted. However, if the copyrighted product has been created through joint authorship, then the said copyrighted product may remain in the domain of the joint author and if the said copyrighted product is not deleted and re-posted because it is maintained by a third party or copied without authorization, then the Company shall not be held responsible. Further, in the case of the User who is in breach of this Agreement and/or relevant laws, the Company may maintain the User’s ID and domain information to the extent permitted under the relevant laws to protect other Users and to cooperate with the requests of a court, investigatory body or related institute to provide evidence, even after the said User has cancelled his or her subscription.
6.The User shall be held responsible for any damage occurring as a result of matters mentioned in each item in Paragraph 2 and any duty imposed as a result of the ruling by the relevant authorities.
7.If a lawsuit or criminal accusation is filed or other disputes arise against the Company because of the posted information, the User who posted the information shall be solely responsible for the costs and expenses to resolve such dispute, and shall resolve such dispute on behalf of the Company. If the Company pays damages to a third party or any loss is incurred to the Company, the User shall have to compensate the Company therefor.

Article 18. DISCONTINUATION OF SERVICE OR TERMINATION

1.The User may at any time request the Company to cancel its subscription to the Service. Upon receipt of such request, the Company shall promptly proceed with the cancellation in accordance with the procedure separately notified by the Company. However, in the event a procedure of confirming the identity of the User is necessary due to reasons as notified on the Services homepage, the Company may request the User to provide e-mail authorization, identification, or submit other documentation designated by the Company in order to verify the User’s identity.
2.Any User who wishes to discontinue using the Service may so request by e-mail or other method as separately notified by the Company on the Service’s homepage (http://springnote.com) or in the Application. Upon receipt of such request, the Company shall promptly proceed with the discontinuance in accordance with the procedure separately notified by the Company.
3.In the event the User violates any of the obligations specified in Article 11 of this Agreement, the Company may, after providing prior notice, limit the User’s entitlements, terminate this Agreement or suspend the use of the Service for a specified period of time. However, in the event the User has posted a posting stated in Article 17.2 above, or violated the obligations specified in subparagraphs 1, 3, 4, and 7 of Article 11 or caused damage to the Company deliberately or by gross negligence, the Company may, without prior notice, limit the User’s entitlements, terminate this Agreement or suspend the use of the Service for a specified period of time.
4.In the event a certain ID is used to perform any of the acts prohibited under subparagraph 3 above for services other the Service, that ID or group as identified based on the ID information may be subjected to limited use of the Service.
5.The Company shall enable the User against whom the use of the Service has been suspended or terminated under subparagraph 3 above to confirm the reasons for such restrictive measures by accessing the Service’s homepage or the online customer services. The User may file a complaint in the manner as separately notified by the Company. In other words, the Company shall allow the User to provide explanation in his defense within seven days from which the Company notified the User of suspension or termination of the use of Service. The details about the procedure for making such explanation shall be posted by the Company on the Service’s homepage (http://www.springnote.com) or in the Application.
6.The Company may notify User of any changes to the qualifications for use of the Service based on each item of subparagraph 3 within the Service or any external service the User signed up for and uses through the Service.
7.The User shall be held responsible for damages caused to the Company or other Users due to the User’s fault.

Chapter 6. DAMAGE CLAIMS AND INDEMNITIES

Article 19. DAMAGES AND INDEMNIFICATION

1.The Company shall not be held responsible for any losses by the User incurred through the User’s use of any free services provided by the Company (provided that this will not apply if the losses are caused by the Company willfully or through the Company’s gross negligence).
2.The Company shall not be responsible for any results occurring if the User does not comply with this Agreement, Service use methods or other use guidelines and service suspension or disruption caused by the User.
3.The Company does not guaranty the reliability, justifiability or legality of the results provided through the Service.
4.The Company shall not be held responsible for any damages incurred by the User as a result of disability of the Service.
5.The Company shall not be responsible for disruption of the Service due to a force majeure such as natural disasters, war, discontinuation of service by the telecommunications operators, disruption to Open ID authentication provided by a third party, technical malfunction unable to be solved and other causes outside the control of the Company.
6.The Company shall not be responsible for discontinuation or disruption of the Service due to repair and maintenance, replacement, scheduled diagnostics, and/or construction related to the Service equipment which the Company has notified the User of.
7.The Company does not guaranty the legality or truthfulness of any information, including products or services proposed and acquired through the Company’s services and products, services or offers acquired through links of other Users or Springnote’s search service.
8.The User shall be responsible for damage to its computer system or data loss that occur after voluntarily downloading or accessing programs or information using the Service.
9.The Company shall not be responsible for any loss that arises if key telecommunications operators stop electronic telecommunications services or fail to provide them properly.
10.The Company shall not be responsible for damages caused by the User, including the User’s computer errors, incorrect personal information or e-mail address, or careless management of the password.
11.The Company shall not be responsible for problems not caused by the Company like the Users’ computer environment and other security issues beyond the scope of the Company’s management or network hacking that cannot be protected with the current security technology.
12.The Company does not guaranty and is not responsible for the accuracy, contents, thoroughness, legality, reliability of the information from the Service, and shall not be responsible for site removal, storage failure, wrong delivery, or the provision of information. In addition, the Company shall not be responsible for reliability, accuracy, completion and quality of contents posted or transmitted on or via the Service and the website.
13.The Company shall have no duty to intervene in disputes between members or a member and a third party, which take place with the Service as a medium, and shall have no responsibility to pay for any damage occurring as a result.
14.The Company shall not be responsible for the User’s failure to achieve its expected benefits, and is relieved of responsibility for any loss occurring as a result of using the Service.
15.The Company has no responsibility to screen or check posted information in advance or regularly, and shall not be responsible for any results of posted information.

Article 20. JURISDICTION AND GOVERNING LAW

1.Lawsuits between the Company and the User arising out of or related to the Service shall be filed at a competent court in accordance with the relevant laws.
2.Any dispute between the Company and the User arising out of or related to this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea.

[ANNEX] (2007. 03. 31)

This Agreement takes effect from March 31, 2007.

[ANNEX] (2007. 05. 07)

This Agreement takes effect from May 07, 2007.

[ANNEX] (2009. 03. 26)

This Agreement takes effect from March 26, 2009.

[ANNEX] (2010. 04. 12 )

This Agreement takes effect from April 12, 2010.

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