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Standard Terms and Conditions

A. General Provisions

1. Purpose

These terms and conditions aim to stipulate the company’s and user’s rights, obligations, responsibilities, and other necessary matters related to the use of all services provided by Bridge Asia (hereafter referred to as “Company”). These terms and conditions are also applied when users use an application, provided by the “Company”, for mobile phone and tablet devices unless it goes against the nature.

2. Definition of Terms

① “Service” refers to any service provided by the “Company” through the website of [bridgeasia.net].

② “User” refers to both members and non-members who access the website of the “Company” and use the “Service” provided by the “Company” in accordance with these terms and conditions.

③ “Member” refers to the “User” who has signed a contract for usage with the “Company” and has been given a “User” ID, and who is continuously provided information on the “Company” and can be used the services provided by the “Company”.

④ “Non-member” refers to the user who uses the services provided “Company” without becoming “Member”.

⑤ The term “User” includes both “Member” and “Non-member” who the services provided by the “Company”

⑥ “ID” refers to a combination of letters and/or digits determined by “Member” and approved by the “Company”, in order to identify “Member” and use the services.

⑦ “Password” refers to a combination of letters, digits, and/or special determined by the “Member”, to identify if the “Member” consistent with the given “ID” and to protect the security.

3. Effect and Modification of Terms and Conditions

① The contents of these terms and conditions will be posted on a page when the service is provided or announced in other ways, and will take effect on all users who agree with these terms and conditions.

② If necessary, the company may change these terms and conditions within the extent that the relevant laws and regulations are not violated. In principle, if these terms and conditions are changed, the company shall notify the users of the changes on the notice board of the service from 15 days prior to the enforcement. If the changes are made to an unfavorable way to the users, the company will individually notify the users by sending an email or text message to the email address or phone number registered by the users at least from 30 days prior to the enforcement date (if there is no registered email address, the company will use alternative electronic methods such as sending an electronic message or providing notification message through the service).

③ Although the company provides clear notifications pursuant to the preceding paragraph it would be considered approved if the users do not express their intention of its rejection between the date of notification and 7 days after the enforcement date, it is considered that the users agree with the changed terms and conditions, if there is no expression of their intention.

④ The users have the right to deny the changed terms and conditions, and if they do, they can stop using the service and terminate the contract. However, if the users deny the changed terms and conditions, the service subject to the changed terms and conditions may not be available to be used.

⑤ In principle, these terms and conditions shall be applied from the date that the users agree with them until the date of termination of the contract. However, some provisions of these terms and conditions may continue to be validly applied even after the contract is terminated.

⑥ Matters and interpretations that are not prescribed in these terms and condition shall be pursuant to the Regulation of Standardized Contracts Act and relevant laws and customs related to other services.

B. Use Contract and Information Security

4. Membership Registration

The contract is made between the member and the company through following processes: firstly, the user who intends to register the membership fills out a registration form given by the company, and secondly, he/she expresses his/her consent to the necessary items such as these terms and conditions and collection and provision of personal information, and lastly, the company approves it.

5. Restrictions on Membership Registration, etc.

① In each case of the following subparagraph, the company may refuse to approve a membership registration, or afterwards terminate the use contract and impose restrictions under Article 12:

1. In the case of using other’s personal information such as name and email address;
2. In the case that the user who has been imposed restrictions such as suspension of using the service intends to re-register membership after arbitrarily terminating the contract during the period of restriction;
3. In the case of filling out false, missing, incorrect information in the registration form;
4. In the case of using the service for an inappropriate purpose;
5. In the case that the membership registration is considered to violate laws or these terms and conditions, or to be inappropriate based on the reasonable judgement of the company; and
6. In the case that those who are under 14 register without consent of legal agents.

② In each case of the following subparagraph, the company may reserve the approval of membership registration:
1. In the case of lacking the capacity of the equipment to provide the service;
2. In the case that it is thought to be a technical problem for providing the service; and
3. In other financial and technical cases that the company considers to be necessary.

③ If the member changes the information registered at the time of the membership registration, it shall be notified to the company by modifying the membership information within a certain period, and the user takes full responsibility for the damage caused by not notifying the company of the changed membership information.

6. Obligations for Member’s ID and Password

① The user takes responsibility to manage his/her ID and password.

② The user should not allow a third party to use his/her ID and password.

③ If the user realizes that his/her ID and password have been stolen and used by a third party, he/she should immediately notify the company of the case and follow the company’s guidance or measures, and the user takes full responsibility for the damage caused by not following the company’s guidance or measures.

7. Notification to the User

① When the company notifies the user, various means in the service can be used including email address and (mobile) phone number, provided by the user, or notification board and an electronic message after logging in, unless there are other provisions prescribed in these terms and conditions.

② For the matters that do not have a significant effect on the rights of the user, the company may replace the notification under the paragraph (1) by notifying through the service provided by the company for more than 7 days.

8. Personal Information Protection

① The company can collect user’s personal information for the purpose of provision of the service, and in this case, personal information will be collected to a minimum.

② In order to protect personal information, the company establishes the [Personal Information Management Policy] and makes an effort to protect personal information in accordance with the [Personal Information Management Policy] and related laws such as the Personal Information Protection Act and the Information and Communication Network Act. For more detailed information on personal information protection, please refer to the [Personal Information Management Policy].

C. Using Service

9. Provision of the Service

The company provides the services to the user as follows:

1. An international petition to collect international public opinions for the purpose of solving various problems in Asia by cooperating among Asians;

2. Quiz Asia that teachers and students of all kinds of schools, from primary to high school, in Asia can enjoy learning Asian history and culture by answering related quizzes; and

3. Language exchange where Asian youth can learn other languages.

10. Change and Suspension of the Service

① The company may change or suspend all or part of the service if the company’s policy or technical specification of the service needs to be changed, or if there are other significant reasons including the followings:

1. In the case of regular or temporary inspection for maintenance of the service equipment;
2. In the case that the service cannot be properly used due to the reasons such as blackout, failure of equipment, and pressure of the amount of use, etc.;
3. In the case that all or part of the service cannot be retained due to the company’s circumstances such as termination of a contract with a business partner and an order or regulation by the government, etc.; and
4. In the case of force majeure reasons such as other natural disasters and national emergency, etc.

② In this case, the changed or suspended contents of the service will be notified in advance in the way that the member can recognize it, such as using the company’s website and a notification board of the service. Moreover, if the change of the service has a significant effect on the user, it will be individually notified by sending an email or a text message to the user. However, if the notification cannot be made in advance due to the unexpected and uncontrolled reasons, such as disk or server trouble and system failure without the company’s fault, the company may notify afterwards.

③ In the case that the service is suspended due to the reasons under the paragraph (1), the company will try to resume the service as soon as possible.

11. Obligations of the User

While using the service, the user shall not engage in any of the following subparagraph, and the company may impose restrictions or hold civil and criminal liability on the user in accordance with Article 12:

1. Registration of false information upon application or change;
2. Using other’s information;
3. Changing information posted by the company;
4. Sending or posting information other than the one determined by the company (e.g. computer programs, etc.);
5. Infringement of intellectual property rights, such as copyrights of the company and a third party;
6. An act of damaging the reputation of the company or a third party, or impeding the business;
7. An act of showing or posting information in the “Service” against the public order and morality, such as obscene or violent messages, images, and voices, and etc.;
8. An act of using the service for the purpose of profit without the consent of the company; and
9. An act of violating these terms and conditions and the company’s policy, or an act against other statutes, morality, and social norms.

12. Restrictions of Use

① The company may gradually restrict the use of the service by warning, temporarily suspension, and permanent suspension, etc. after making prior notification, if the user violates the obligations under the policies determined by these terms and conditions and the company for the purpose of operating the service, or impedes the operation of the service.

② Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the company may immediately suspend the use permanently or terminate the use contract, if the user violates the relevant laws such as illegal use of other’s name and payment, violating the Residents Registration Law; provisions of illegal programs and obstruction of operation, violating the Copyright Act and Computer Program Protection Act; illegal communication and hacking, distribution of malicious programs, and violation of access privileges, violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc. (hereinafter the Information and Communication Network Act).

③ The company may restrict the use for the purpose of protecting the member’s information if the member does not log in longer than one year.

④ The user who has been imposed the restrictions under this Article may inquire the company’s customer service to raise objections.

13. Regarding Posts

① If the company provides a service to allow the user to upload a post through the service, the copyright of the post belongs to the user who uploaded it.

② If the company needs to expose the user’s post within the service, it can be used under the limitation of relevant laws and regulations, e.g. Copyright Act, for the minimum purposes such as improvement of the service. Moreover, if the company unavoidably needs to use the user’s post beyond this extent, it can be used with the user’s consent after the company explains the purpose of use.

③ If the user’s post contains a content that violates the laws and regulations, the right holder may request suspension and deletion of the post to the company in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the relevant statute, and the company may take measures in accordance with the relevant statute.

④ Even if requests are not made by the right holder, the company may take measures, such as deletion or temporarily measure for the post, without prior notification for the following reasons:

1. In the case of being recognized that it violates the statute or is associated with a criminal act;
2. In the case of possible reasons that it infringes the rights of the company or a third party; and
3. In other cases of violating the company’s policy.

14. Regarding Paid Service

① The company may provide all or part of the service for a fee.

② If the company provides paid services, the [Paid Service Operation Policy] will be established and provided to the user, including procedure information on the service such as usage fee, payment methods, exchange, and refund, etc.

15. Regarding Location-Based Service

① The company may provide location-based services for the service provided.

② If the company provides the location-based services, the [Location-Based Service Operation Policy] will be established and provided to the user, including specific information such as contents of the service, usage fee, the way to use location information, and the user’s right to consent, etc.

D. Termination of Use Contract

16. Termination of Use Contract

① If the user no longer wants to use the service, he/she can apply for termination of the use contract, and the company will handle it without delay as prescribed by the relevant statute. However, if it is considered that the user has violated the statute, or has a dispute with the company or other users, the termination of the use contract may be restricted for a considerable period.

② If the user terminates the use contract, all data including information and posts registered by the user will be deleted as soon as its termination, except the case that the company has to retain the member’s information for a certain period in accordance with the relevant statute. However, data that is needed for other users to normally use the service, and that the company is obligated to retain under the statute will not be deleted.

E. Others

17. Terms and Conditions for Individual Service

① If the company provides a separate service related to the provision of the service, the terms and conditions and policies for that service can be established.

② If the company establishes the terms and conditions for using an individual service under the preceding paragraph, the user shall decide to give consent when using that service for the first time, and the terms and conditions for the individual service take priority over these terms and conditions.

18. Limitation of Responsibility

The company does not make any agreements or guarantees to the user for matters not specified in these terms and conditions. However, there are exceptions if it is acknowledged that there is a serious fault or an intentional wrongdoing by the company, the company’s employees or its agents.

19. Compensation for Damages

① If a member suffers damage due to a company’s fault, the company will compensate for the member’s damage in accordance with these terms and conditions and relevant statute. However, the company does not take liability for the following damages caused without the company’s fault. In addition, the company does not take liability for indirect damage, special damage, consequential damage, disciplinary damage, and punitive damage to the extent permitted by the law:

1. Damages caused by natural disasters or in the equivalent circumstance of force majeure;
2. In the case of a failure to use the service due to causes attributable to the user;
3. Personal damage caused in the process of accessing or using the service;
4. Damage caused by illegal access to and use of the company's server by a third party;
5. Damage caused by impeding transmission to or from the company's server by a third party;
6. Damage caused by transmitting or distributing malicious programs by a third party;
7. Damage caused by omission, skip, and destruction, etc. of transmitted data, and damage caused in the process of using the service by a third party such as defamation, etc.; and
8. Other damages caused by reasons without the company’s intention or fault.

② Unless the company is at fault, the company is not obligated to be involved in disputes caused through the service between the members or between a member and a third party, and also does not take liability for compensation for any damage caused by them.

20. Applicable Law and Dispute Resolution

① These terms and conditions are stipulated and implemented by the laws of the Republic of Korea.

② If a dispute is arisen between the company and the user, the company will faithfully have a consultation to resolve the dispute, but if it is not resolved, related law suit may be filed with the competent court under the Civil Procedure Act.

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Agree to collect and
use personal information

Regarding the use of the Bridge petition service, I agree that the company collects and uses my personal information as follows:

Purpose of collection and use:	Participation in a petition
PuItems of collection and use:	Name, city, nationality
Retention period:	Until the end of this petition

You have the right to deny to give consent for the collection and use of the personal information above. However, if you do, you cannot sign the petition and express your support.

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Agree to provide personal
information to a third party

Regarding the use of the Bridge petition service, I agree that the company provides my personal information to a third party as follows:

Provided to:	A petitioner
Purpose of use:	To participate in a petition
Items provided:	Name
Retention period:	Until the end of this petition

You have the right to deny to give consent for provision of the above personal information to a third party. However, if you do, you cannot sign the petition and express your support.