ALPINION MEDICAL SYSTEMS (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) complies with the Personal Information Protection Act and is committed to protect user rights through the Company Privacy Policy that is based on relevant laws.

The Company’s privacy policy includes the following topics.
• 1. Processed personal data and collection methods
• 2. Purpose of processing personal data
• 3. Providing personal data to third party
• 4. Entrustment of personal data
• 5. Retention and utilization period of personal data
• 6. Disposal procedures and methods of personal data
• 7. Right of users and legal representative and its enforcement
• 8. Installation, operation and refusal of automatic collection of personal information
• 9. Technical and managerial protection of personal information
• 10. The contact details of personal information manager and representative
• 11. Privacy infringement response
• 12. Other
• 13. Privacy policy changes


1. Processed personal data and collection methods

A. Processed personal data

The Company collects the following personal information to provide various services such as service inquiry, product & sales inquiry (email inquiry), recruitment inquiry, meeting request, register. The Company collects the minimum personal information necessary for processing.
Required Information: Name, email address, contact information (mobile number), organization, country
Optional Information: Information entered in the service provision form other than personally identifiable information or additional information provided by the customer

B. Collection methods

- Direct collection from users
- Website (Service inquiry, purchase inquiry, recruitment inquiry, meeting request, etc.), written form, fax, phone call, consultation board, email
- Collection via tools that collect generated data

2. Purpose of processing personal data
The company uses the collected personal information for the following purposes
- In order to provide detailed information on email inquiries and recruitment inquiries
- Used for marketing and advertising
- New service (product) development and specialization, delivery of advertising information such as events, provision of services and advertisements according to demographic characteristics, identification of access frequency, or statistics on member service use.
- For purposes involving statistic reports, scientific research, and record archiving in the public interest: Under Article 28-2 of the Personal Information Protection Act, the Company can pseudonymize information for purposes involving statistic reports, scientific research, and record achievement in the public interest.

3. Providing personal data to third party
In principle, the Company only uses collected personal data of users within the outline from “2. Purpose of collecting and using personal data”. Without users’ agreement in advance, the Company does not provide personal data to the outside. However, the following cases will be exempted.
- When customers agreed in advance
- When regulated by law or requested by investigation agencies according to the purpose of investigation procedures and methods

4. Entrustment of personal data
The Company does not entrust personal data to a third party and if consignment contract occurs later, we will notify through the website and update the “Privacy Policy” contents.

5. Retention and utilization period of personal data
In principle, users’ personal data are disposed once its objective is attained. However, some data stated below will be retained due to internal policies such as disputes, personal verification for a specified time period.
- Retained items : Full name, phone number (mobile phone and/or home phone), email address, organization, country.
- Ground : Act on the Use and Protection of Credit Information
- Retention period : 3 years
※ Records regarding collection/handling and usage of credit information : 3 years (Act on the Use and Protection of Credit Information)

6. Disposal procedures and methods of personal data
Users’ personal data are disposed once its objective is attained.
The Company will dispose personal data in the following procedures and methods.

A. Disposal procedure

After the objective of entered information by users are attained, the data will be removed to a separate database and will be preserved for a specific period of time according to applicable privacy protection reasons based on the internal policy and other related regulations before disposal. Personal data are retained only for legal purposes and will not be used for any other purposes.

B. Disposal method

Personal data printed as hard copies will be shredded by shredders or incinerated in a furnace. Personal data stored as electronic files will be deleted with technology that prevents record restoration.

7. Right of users and legal representative and its enforcement
A user and legal representative can request deletion of registered personal data at any time. To check and remove registered personal data, please pay a personal visit or contact personal data manager by telephone or email at any time to process deletion immediately. The Company will take care of deleted personal data requested by users or legal representative according to “5. Retention and utilization period of personal data” and will be restricted to be viewed or be used for any other purposes.

8. Installation, operation and refusal of automatic collection of personal data
The Company uses ‘cookies’ to store and calls user data frequently. A cookie is little information that server (HTTP) uses to run the website and sends to computer browsers. Seldom, it is stored in users’ computer hard disk.

A. Purpose of using cookies

It is used to provide users optimized information and target marketing service by understanding purpose, types, keywords, access security, news edit, user size of visited services, and websites.

B. How to refuse installation of cookies

Users have the right to refuse cookie installation. By setting options on web browsers, users can allow all cookies, confirm cookie storing or refuse installation of all cookies. To refuse cookies setting, select “option” on users’ web browsers to allow all cookies, confirm cookie storing or refuse installation of all cookies.

9. Technical and managerial protection of personal data
When handling personal data of the users, the Company prepares the following technical and managerial measures to ensure safety of the personal data, including loss prevention, theft, leakage, falsification or damages.

A. Encryption of personal information and measures against hacking

The Company is committed to prevent the loss or damage of personal data from hacking and/or computer viruses. The Company back up personal data from time to time to prevent data loss, uses the latest anti-virus program to prevent the loss or damage of users’ personal data, encrypts data to safely communicate personal data on networks.

B. Restriction of access to personal information processing system

The Company also uses a firewall to control unauthorized external access and is putting in all possible efforts to ensure the security with all technical systems.

C. Limitation and training of handling staff

Personal data handling staff are limited to specific appointed personnel and separate password is provided and is renewed regularly. Also, by providing training sessions, the Company emphasizes the observance of privacy policy.

D. Operation of exclusive personal data protection unit

Through operating in-house exclusive personal data protect unit, the Company is committed to modify and correct any problems by checking the implementation of privacy policy and the compliance of designated personnel. However, if personal data is leaked due to users’ own negligence, the Company is not liable for any kind of losses.

10. The contact details of personal data manager and representative
The user can report any complaint related to privacy protection occurred while using the Company services to a representative and/or appointed personnel. The Company will handle every complaint swiftly and thoroughly.
- Personal Information Manager: Marketing Team Manager
- Personal data operation representative : Marketing Team Manager
- Phone Number : +82-2-3777-8600
- Email address : info@alpinion.com

11. Privacy infringement response
Please contact the following organizations to report or receive consultation of any other privacy infringement.
- Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee : http://privacy.kisa.or.kr / 02.405.5118
- E-Privacy Mark Authentication Committee : www.eprivacy.or.kr / 02.580.0533~4
- Korean National Police Agency, Cyber Terror Response Center : www.ctrc.go.kr / 02.3150.2659

12. Others
Please note that this ‘Privacy Policy’ does not apply to the personal information collecting actions of the websites linked on our website.

13. Privacy policy changes
If any change is to be made to the current privacy policy, it will be notified through the 'Announcement' section of the website at least 7 days in advance.
- Date of notice : December 4, 2020
- Date of enforcement : November 4, 2020

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General Use Restrictions
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Submission Policy
ALPINION is pleased to hear from its users and welcomes your comments regarding ALPINION's services and products, and may from time to time request certain feedback or material from you, such as on message boards or in connection with contests (“Solicited Submissions”). Nevertheless, ALPINION's long-standing company policy does not allow it to accept or consider creative ideas, show designs, photographs, drawings, or original artwork, suggestions for new products or product improvements, suggestions for technologies, methods, techniques, processes, inventions, marketing plans, or any materials other than those it has specifically requested (see below) (“Unsolicited Submissions”). We hope you will understand that it is the intent of this policy to avoid the possibility of future misunderstandings when projects developed by ALPINION's or its affiliates' professional staff might seem to others to be similar to their own creative work. Accordingly, we ask that you do not send us any Unsolicited Submissions.

Both Solicited and Unsolicited Submissions (collectively “Submissions”) will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary in each instance. For purposes of this Paragraph, all Community Content shall be deemed included in the definition of Submissions. None of the Submissions shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of ALPINION, and ALPINION shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Submissions. Any Submission may be used by ALPINION without restriction for any purpose whatsoever, including, without limitation, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast or posting, and you hereby irrevocably waive, release and give up any claim that any use of such Submission violates any of your rights, including, without limitation, copyrights, trademarks, patents, moral rights, privacy rights, proprietary or other property rights, publicity rights, or right to credit for the material or ideas. ALPINION shall have and is irrevocably granted the right, but not the obligation, to reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, broadcast, license, perform, post, sell, translate, incorporate, create derivative works from, distribute and otherwise use the Submission in any and all media, now known or hereafter devised, throughout the universe, in perpetuity, without according you any compensation or credit. By making a Submission to any ALPINION Service or ALPINION, you represent that such Submission is original with you and does not violate or infringe upon the rights of any third parties, including, without limitation, any intellectual property rights and rights of publicity and/or privacy.

All Submissions to a ALPINION Service and/or ALPINION shall be the sole property of ALPINION and will not be acknowledged or returned. You agree and understand that ALPINION is not obligated to use any Submission you make to any ALPINION Service or ALPINION and you have no right to compel such use. You hereby acknowledge and agree that your relationship with ALPINION is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship, and that your decision to submit any material to ALPINION does not place ALPINION in a position that is any different from the position held by members of the general public with regard to your Submission. You understand and acknowledge that ALPINION has wide access to ideas, stories, designs, and other literary materials, and that new ideas are constantly being submitted to it or being developed by ALPINION's own employees. Many ideas or stories may be competitive with, similar or identical to your Submission in theme, idea, plot, format or other respects. You acknowledge and agree that you will not be entitled to any compensation as a result of ALPINION's use of any such similar or identical material. Finally, you acknowledge that, with respect to any claim you may have relating to or arising out of a ALPINION 's actual or alleged exploitation or use of any material you submit to any ALPINION Service and/or ALPINION, the damage, if any, thereby caused will not be irreparable or otherwise sufficient to entitle you to injunctive or other equitable relief or to in any way enjoin the production, distribution, exhibition or other exploitation of any production based on or allegedly based on the material, and your rights and remedies in any such event shall be strictly limited to the right to recover damages, if any, in an action at law.

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