KT Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Company") values your personal information and makes every effort to keep your personal information safe and secure. Our company complies with the ‘Personal Information Protection Act’ and various other laws and regulations related to the protection of personal information. In addition, we enact and comply with our Privacy Policy, and disclose this policy on our website so that our customers can access and read it easily.
The company collects and uses personal information under the following conditions:
1. We collect and use only the minimum amount of personal information necessary to provide our services. Hence, we do not collect personal information about our customers’ ideas, beliefs, family and relatives, educational background, military history, social activities, etc., which may infringe upon our customers’ rights, interests, and privacy.
2. When the customer consents or when it is specifically permitted by law to collect personal information, the above information may be collected to the minimum extent necessary.
3. The collected personal information will be used within the subscription period of service and held for up to 6 months after the termination of service, in case of any disputes regarding charges or missed payments.
If there is a non-payment/overpayment of the fee, it will be held until a settlement is made, and if there are special provisions in the law, it will be kept by the relevant law.
The types of personal information collected and used by the company are as follows:
In addition, items that customers have selectively agreed to in the personal information use agreement are collected and used when signing up for a product.
The purposes of using the collected personal information include:
The company collects personal information using the following methods:
The company uses your personal information within the scope specified in the 'Terms of Service' or 'Privacy Policy’ and does not share it with third parties beyond the specified scope. However, if there is separate consent from the customer or if there are special provisions in the relevant laws (Communications Protection Act, Telecommunications Business Act, Framework Act on National Taxes, etc.), it is provided in accordance with the regulations and procedures prescribed by the law.
KT makes every effort to guarantee the personal information rights of our customers and to exercise those rights.
1. You (or, for children under the age of 14, through a legal representative) may request access to records of our use or provision of personal information to a third party or our records of your consent given to collect, use, or provide your personal information. In case of an error, you can request a correction and withdraw your consent to the collection, use, and provision of your personal information.
2. You (or your legal representative) may request to view, correct personal information, and cancel membership (withdraw consent) using the following methods:
3. You may request to view your personal information, etc., and the company will take the necessary measures to respond without delay.
4. In the case where the customer requests a correction of mistakes in their personal information, the company will either take immediate action to correct the mistake without delay or take necessary measures to notify the user of the reason for the delay or the reason for not being able to fix the mistake. Such personal information will not be used or provided to other parties until the necessary measures are taken. In addition, if incorrect personal information has already been provided to a third party, we will notify the third party of the result of the correction without delay. However, if the provision of personal information is requested under other laws, we may have to provide your personal information for that task.
5. The company handles personal information that has been canceled or deleted at the request of the customer as specified in the "Period of Retention and Use of Personal Information” such that the information cannot be viewed or used for any other purpose.
1. The company requires the consent of a legal representative such as parents, to obtain consent for collection, use, provision, etc. of personal information of children under the age of 14 (hereinafter referred to as 'children').
2. To obtain the consent of the legal representative, the company may request the minimum necessary information such as the legal representative's name, date of birth, and contact phone number. In this case, the child will be notified about the purpose for collecting, using, or providing personal information and the consent of the legal representative through a simple message that can be easily understood by the child. In addition, the personal information of the legal representative collected to obtain consent from the legal representative shall not be used or provided to a third party for any purpose other than to confirm the above-mentioned cause.
3. The company obtains consent from the legal representative and reads, modifies, deletes, and manages it in the following manner:
The company uses 'cookies' to find and store customer information when necessary for website operation. Cookies are very small text files sent to your browser by the server used to operate the company's website and are stored on your computer's hard disk. The security policy of your web browser allows you to decide whether to deny or grant permission to collect information through cookies.
1. Information collected by cookies and the purpose of use
2. You can choose whether you’d like to install cookies. You can adjust the level of information collected through cookies by setting the options in your web browser.
The company is taking technical and administrative measures to ensure safety so that your personal information is not lost, stolen, leaked, forged, altered, or damaged.
Technical protection measures include:
1. Personal information is protected by passwords and critical data is protected by file encryption and file lock function.
2. We take adequate measures to prevent damage caused by computer viruses by utilizing antivirus software. The antivirus software is updated periodically, and in the event of a sudden virus outbreak, a solution for disinfection will be released and applied immediately to prevent any infringement of personal information.
3. A security device (SSL) is adopted to safely transmit personal information and personal authentication information on the network.
4. To prevent disclosure of your personal information due to hacking, etc., a system has been installed in the area where access is controlled from outside and a device is allocated to block any intrusion. In addition, an intrusion detection system is installed to monitor intrusions 24 hours a day.
Administrative protection measures include:
1. The company has prepared an internal management plan for the safe handling of your personal information so that our employees are familiar with and comply with it, and periodically checks for compliance.
2. The company limits the number of people who can process your personal information to the minimum and manages access rights accordingly. We ensure compliance with laws and policies through regular in-house training and outsourced training on the acquisition of new security technologies and obligations to protect personal information.
3. All newly hired employees are required to sign our information protection pledge once a year to prevent leakage of information (including personal information) by employees. Furthermore, we have prepared and implemented internal procedures to remind employees of their obligations to protect personal information and comply with audits.
4. The company controls access by setting up computer rooms and data storage rooms as control areas.
Our company appreciates and values your opinions and feedback. If you have any further questions about the company's privacy policy, please contact us at privacy@kt.com.
Note: If the contents of this document conflict with the Korean version of the privacy policy, the Korean version will be given priority.