This Privacy Policy (the "Policy") explains the way of treatment of the information which is provided or collected in Alterengo (the "Service"). In addition, the Policy also explains the information which is provided or collected in the course of using the applications of Alterengo Company (the "Company"), which exist in the websites or platforms of other companies.
Through this Policy, the Company regards personal information of the users as important and informs them of the purpose and method of the Company’s using the personal information provided by the users and the measures taken by the Company for protection of those personal information.
Personal information items to be collected by the Company are as follows:
The Company collects the information of users through applications provided by the Company. However, the user who is under the age of 14 cannot use the services covered by this Privacy Policy.
The Company uses the collected information of users for the following purposes:
The information collected through joining and using the services will be retained until withdrawal. However, if any information is required to be retained by relevant laws and regulations, the Company retains it for the period as required by those laws.
Except for the following cases, the Company will not share personal information with 3rd parties:
The users or their legal representatives, as main agents of the information, may exercise the following options regarding collecting, using, and sharing of personal information by the Company:
If, in order to exercise the above options, you can use the account management functions included in the applications. The Company may reject the request of you only to the extent that there exists either a proper cause as prescribed in the laws or equivalent cause.
The Company regards the security of personal information as very important. The Company constructs the following security measures to protect the users’ personal information from any unauthorized access, release, use, or modification:
The website and services of the Company may include links to the ones of a 3rd party and the privacy policy of it may be different. Therefore, it is required for the users to additionally check the privacy policies of 3rd parties.
The website and services of the Company may use cookie information to provide more convenient services. A cookie is a small amount of information stored on a user's device. It is used for statistical purposes and providing better services optimized for the users. Users may refuse to install cookies from the website. To refuse, please refer to the help of your web browser. However, if you refuse to install cookies, it may be difficult to use some services on the website.
In principle, the Company destructs the information immediately after the purposes of its collection and use have been achieved without delay: Provided that, if any information is to be retained as required by relevant laws and regulations, the Company retains it for the period as required by those laws and regulations before destruction and, in such event, the personal information which is stored and managed separately will never be used for other purposes. The Company destructs hard copies of personal information by shredding or incinerating it, and delete personal information stored in the electric form by using unrecoverable methods.
For any Alterengo user inquiries regarding personal information and resolving any related complaints, please contact Alterengo. Jooyeon Lee is responsible for such inquiries. (contact email: aloha.alterengo@gmail.com)
Jooyeon Lee, CEO and Co-founder of Alterengo
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5th floor, 142 Teheran-ro,
Yeoksam-dong, Seoul, South Korea
Last Updated January 9, 2021.
This Privacy Policy is effective since January 9, 2021.