Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of these Terms and Conditions is to set forth the conditions of and procedures for use, rights and obligations, responsibilities and other necessary matters for and between Nonsan City and Cyber Nonsan citizens (hereinafter referred to as the “Citizens”) in relation to the online services (hereinafter referred to as the “Services”) provided on Cyber Nonsan Citizen (city.nonsan.go.kr) operated by Nonsan City.
Article 2 (Terms and Definitions)
①The term, “Cyber Nonsan Citizenship Program,” means the program through which an individual, who has ties to Nonsan as a person who was born and raised in Nonsan, graduated from a local school, has family/relatives in Nonsan, or traveled in Nonsan, etc. or who is interested in Nonsan, to register as a Cyber Nonsan citizen, granted the qualifications, rights and obligations as a Cyber Nonsan citizen, and get involved in interchanges and participate in activities to promote mutual growth between urban and rural areas in cyber space on the Internet.
②The term, “Cyber Nonsan citizen,” means an individual, who has registered as a member on the Cyber Nonsan Citizen website operated by Nonsan City, and who agreed to these Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy to be granted the rights to use the Services with the approved ID and password.
③The term, “Terms and Conditions,” means the matters in accordance with which the Citizens are granted the rights to use the Services with their respective IDs that have been approved by Nonsan City after they request to use the Services by filling out and submitting the online application form pursuant to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy set forth by Nonsan City.
④The term, “ID,” means a combination of alphabetic and numeric characters chosen by the Citizen in question and approved by Nonsan City for identification purposes and to user the Services.
⑤The term, “password,” means a combination of alphabetic and numeric characters chosen by the Citizen in question and approved by Nonsan City to protect the rights and interests of the Citizen.
⑥The term, “citizen information,” means the personal information of the Citizen such as his/her name, resident registration number and contact information requested in the online application form by Nonsan City.
⑦The term, “post,” means a question, reply, file (incl. computer program files), photograph, or video, etc. posted or registered on a message board by a Citizen on the Service platforms of Nonsan City.
Article 3 (Effect of User Agreement and its Change)
①This Agreement shall become effective for the users to join the Service when it is posted on Nonsan City Internet Service or by any other means.
②If judged necessary, Nonsan City may change the contents of the Agreement, and the agreement so amended shall be publicly notified on the bulletin board so that the users can acknowledge it. When the user fails to express the opinion of refusal within 7 days from the announcement, it will be deemed that the user has agreed to the change in the Agreement.
③Users can stop using the Service and may cancel their membership if they don’t agree on any change in the Agreement. Continued users will be deemed as an acceptance of any changes in the Terms and Conditions, which will be applied as same manner with previous agreement.
④In the event the user agrees to the contents of this agreement, the Nonsan City’s act of providing and the user’s act of using the Service, this Agreement shall apply preferentially. For the matters not specified in this Agreement, the Electric Framework onTelecommunications, Telecommunications Business Act, the , Information Communication Ethics Committee Review Regulation, Information Communication Ethics Code, Copyright Act, and any other relevant laws of the Republic of Korea may apply.
Article 4 (Establishment of User Agreement)
The User Agreement is entered into with the user’s agreement to the Terms and Conditions and the Nonsan City’s approval of the user application.
Article 5 (User Application)
To apply, applicants must fill out the personal information on the application form that is requested by Nonsan City in the Member Information section.
Article 6 (Approval of Application)
①Nonsan City shall approve user application if the application form contains accurate information as prescribed by Article 5 unless there are special circumstances.
②Nonsan City may reserve its approval or restrict part of the services provided in case of the following until the matter is resolved.
1.The information provided by the applicant is proven to be false (borrowed name, fake name, use of the Resident Registration Number of a third party, etc.) or suspicions are raised on reasonable grounds
2.It is deemed necessary by Nonsan City due to other reasons
③Nonsan City may decline the application in case of the following:
1. The application is submitted under a false name
2. The application is submitted using the name of another individual
3. The information provided in the application is false
4. The application was submitted with a purpose to undermine the peace and order of society or cause an offense against public morals
5. The application requirements designated by Nonsan City are not satisfied
Article 7 (Changes to Agreement Information)
Members can view and modify their personal information at anytime through Membership Information Management. Members have a duty to modify the information in case of changes and they will be held responsible for the problems that arise owing to the failure to fulfill this duty.
Article 8 (Service Use)
①Nonsan City shall begin providing the services to the user immediately upon approving his/her application. However, some services may be initiated on a designated date.
②If the services cannot be initiated due to business or technical problems, Nonsan City shall post a notice on the website or notify the members individually.
③In principle, the services can be used 24/7 year-round. However, the services may be temporarily suspended due to business or technical problems or for a designated time for operational purposes such as performing regular inspections. If this is the case, Nonsan City will post a notice before or after the suspension of services.
④Some of the services may only be provided to particular members according to the request of service providers.
⑤Nonsan City may divide the services into certain categories and designate the available hours according to the category. If this is case, Nonsan City will post a notice in advance
Article 9 (Provision of Information and Advertisements)
Nonsan City may provide diverse information deemed necessary for the use of its services via e-mail, mail and/or SMS (text message) to the members, who have given prior consent to receive such information. If you do not wish to receive such information, you can make a request to be removed from the mailing list.
Article 10 (Obligation of Nonsan City)
①Nonsan City is obliged to provide the service in a consistent and stable manner as specified in this Agreement, provided that, the Service may be suspended, in part, temporarily for any technical or administrative reason of Nonsan City, and also suspended for a certain period of time specified by the City for the purpose of regular checking, etc.
②At the occurrence of opinion or complaint raised by the user, Nonsan City shall immediately treat it in principle when it is deemed justified, provided that, the reason and the treatment schedule of such can be notified to the users through telephone, e-mail, etc. in case it cannot be treated immediately.
③Nonsan City is obliged to protect the users’ personal information in accordance with「 Personal Information Protection Act 」concerning the information obtained from the users, and prepare the technical and administrative measures to protect the personal information of the users.
④Nonsan City shall immediately destroy the applicable personal information when it accomplished the purpose of collecting or having provided the personal information, provided that, any of the following cases shall be treated as exceptional;
1. There exists the necessity to preserve it under the regulation of the relevant law.
2. When the period of possession is announced to the user or expressed in advance.
3. When the agreement is made by the user individually.
⑤Nonsan City is committed to protecting the personal information of the members registered on the website, including the membership information, in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations. With respect to the protection of personal information of its members, Nonsan City strictly complies with the stipulations.
Article 11 (Obligation of Users)
①The users have to enter his/her true and correct information when registering the user’s information to use the service, and the entered information can be read or corrected at any time through the member management information.
②In case there is a change in the information already entered at the time of joining as member, the user shall immediately correct it. Any problem that may arise from non-correction shall be the responsibility of the user.
③The user is not allowed to do any of the following acts;
1. Act aimed at a criminal behavior or deemed to be connected with crime such as instigating the criminal behavior
2. Act of illegally using the ID of another user
3. Act of making commercial use of the information obtained from the Service by means of changing, reproducing, transmitting, publishing, distributing, and broadcasting the posted information without prior consent of Nonsan City, or having a third party to do such act.
4. Act of infringing the rights of others, such as the copyright or personal right of Nonsan City or third party, etc.
5. Act of posting the contents that violate this Agreement or propagating commercial, unreasonable, or unhealthy contents
6. Act of causing inconvenience in the business operation of Nonsan City
7. Act of illegally using the name of another user for the Information communication Service
8. Act of sending by e-mail, posting, or recommending unnecessary or unauthorized advertisement, promotional materials, “junk mail", "spam", "chain letters", "painted text", "pyramid organization", etc.
9. Act of violating any other relevant law
④In the event the user violates this Agreement, Nonsan City may restrict or suspend the user from using the Nonsan City Internet Service under Article 8 of this Agreement.
⑤The user shall observe the provisions specified by this Agreement, user’s guide or instruction manual, and any other instruction announced or posted separately by Nonsan City.
⑥The user may not conduct sales activity using the Service provided by Nonsan City. In case this provision is violated, the violating user shall be responsible for compensating the loss incurred to Nonsan City or to other users arising from the said reason.
⑦Unless expressly agreed by Nonsan City in advance, the right to use of the Service or the position on the agreement on the use may not be transferred or given to another person, and may not be provided as security.
⑧ Among the foreign members, the user registered as the foreign member residing at home specified under Article 2 is entitled to have the same right as that of the domestic member, but the foreign member residing abroad can use the bulletin board of the foreign language homepage only (English/Japanese/Chinese/Vietnamese/Cambodian), provided that, the postings in general that do not require real name authentication can be used by the foreign member residing abroad.
Article 12 (Operation of the Mileage Program)
①Nonsan City may grant mileage points as a reward to the Citizens for their activities on the website.
1. Nonsan City grants mileage points at a prescribed rate for registration, activities and purchases on the website, in accordance with the Ordinance for the Operation of the Cyber Nonsan Citizenship Program of Nonsan City.
2. The mileage points earned may be used to purchase products available on the Service platforms like cash, but they cannot be redeemed for cash.
3. Citizens must use the mileage points within 2 years of earning such points. Mileage points are used in the order that they were earned, and the mileage points will expire on the expiration date.
②The coupons provided through giveaways or special events are valid for one year after the (prize) draw date or on the date on which the Citizen was notified of his/her win, unless otherwise stated.
Article 13 (Personal Information Protection Policy)
①This Agreement is aimed at collecting the information on the member through the information provided by the member at the time of subscription agreement, which will be used for the performance of this Agreement and the provision of the service under this Agreement.
②Nonsan City may not disclose or distribute to a third party, without consent of the subscriber, the member’s information obtained in relation to the provision of the Service, or use it for commercial purpose, provided that, this provision shall not be applied in the following cases.
1. At the request of the relevant authority for the purpose of investigation under the relevant law
2. At the request of the Information Communication Ethics Committee
3. At the request of others under the procedure by other relevant law
Article 14 (Agreement Termination and Limited Use)
①If you wish to cancel the User Agreement, you yourself must submit a membership withdrawal application via the Nonsan City website online.
②Nonsan City may request its members to change or arbitrarily change the membership ID and/or password with reasons based on security, ID policy and smooth provision of services.
③Nonsan City has the right to cancel the User Agreement without prior notice in case of the following:
1. The information provided by the member is determined to be false (fake name, theft of Resident Registration Number).
2. Member is involved in a criminal activity.
3. Member plans to use or uses the services with a purpose to hinder national, social or public interests.
4. Member uses the services with a stolen ID and password.
5. When causing damage to other’s honor or causing disadvantage to others
6. One user registers with multiple IDs.
7. Member hinders sound use of the services such as compromising the services.
8. Member conducts an activity that violates the relevant laws and regulations or the Terms and Conditions designated by Nonsan City.
Article 15 (Prohibition of Transfer)
The member may not transfer or give the right to use of service, or any other position on the service use to others, and the right to use of service may not be provided as a security.
Article 16 (Objection to Limited Use, etc.)
①The user who is terminated or restricted from the use of service under Article 8 may raise objection against such measure if there is any.
②Nonsan City may temporarily delay the suspension of use until the time when such objection under paragraph 1 as above is verified, and the result shall be immediately notified to the user.
③Nonsan City shall immediately release the action on the suspension of use when the reason of the suspended use of service is proved to be cleared out.
Article 17 (Postings of Users)
①The copyright to the postings in the Service posted by the user belongs to the user, and Nonsan City may use it by posting on the other Service.
②Nonsan City may delete any posting without prior notice when we think anything belongs to any of the following categories and we are not responsible for this
1. Defamation to Nonsan City, other users or third party, or dishonoring them by mudslinging, etc.
2. Violation against public order and our traditional custom
3. Being deemed to have connection with a criminal act
4. Infringement to the copyright of Nonsan City or third party, and any other right
5. User’s act of posting pornography, commercial, or unreasonable/illegal/unhealthy contents on the bulletin board
6. Being deemed to violate any other relevant regulations
③The civil and criminal liabilities that may arise due to the user’s postings that infringe other’s copyright, program copyright, etc. are entirely on the user.
④The user may not conduct commercial behavior of processing/selling the information using the service provided by Nonsan City.
Article 18 (Suspension of Service)
①Nonsan City may suspend the provision of service when any of the following situations occur;
1.National emergency situation, system checking/maintenance, replacement, malfunction, communication interruption, etc.
2.When the trunk communication service provider authorized under the Electric Communication Related Act stopped the electric communication service
3. Any other uncontrollable reason
②In the case of service suspension with regards to the provision of service by Nonsan City, the temporary suspension of service can be implemented after such suspension is posted on the bulletin board of Nonsan City for at least 7 days, provided that, it is exceptional owing to the impossibility of sending prior notice due to the suspension of service from the reason that may not be controlled by Nonsan City (Disc error, system down, etc without any intention or mistake of the system manager).
③With regards to the service suspension under paragraph 1, Nonsan City shall not be responsible for any of the cases where the communication message transmitted or stored in this Service is deleted or not properly stored, or any other communication data is lost.
④When the service should be suspended permanently for the reason of Nonsan City, the paragraph 3 as above shall apply, when the prior notice shall be announced for at least one month in advance.
Article 19 (Ownership of Nonsan City)
① Nonsan City shall have the title to; Service provided by Nonsan City, software, image, mark, logo, design, service name, information required for such service, and intellectual property right related with trademark, etc.
②The member is not allowed to engage in the act of correcting, leasing, lending, selling, distributing, producing, transferring, sub-licensing, putting as security, or commercially using the assets, in part or in whole, under paragraph 1 as above except for the case expressly approved by Nonsan City, and may not have the third party do such acts.
Article 20 (Range of Loss Compensation and its Claim)
Nonsan City may not compensate for the loss when the loss incurred to the user by the Service was uncontrollable due to natural disaster, etc. or caused by the intention or mistake on the part of the user.
Article 21 (Exemption from Responsibility)
①Nonsan City shall be immune from non-accomplishment of expected profit through the provision of service by Nonsan City, and the loss that arise from the acquisition of service data and selection or use of the service.
②Nonsan City shall be immune from the occurrence of disorder in the use of service from the reason on the part of the user.
③Nonsan City shall be immune from the data posted or transmitted by the user and the property of data such as authenticity, reliability, accuracy, etc. that can be used by the user.
④Nonsan City shall be immune from any loss arising from the situation where the users conduct transaction through the service between the users or with the third party.
⑤Nonsan City shall be immune from any dispute that occurs between the users or with the third party without the responsibility of Nonsan City.
Article 22 (Resolution of Disputes)
①In case a dispute arises between Nonsan City and member, both parties shall make all the necessary efforts to resolve the dispute amicably.
②If a lawsuit is filed in regards to the dispute over the service use despite the provision of Paragraph 1, the court with jurisdiction over Nonsan City shall be designated as the competent court.
- Effective Date -
These Terms and Conditions shall take effect on Marh __, 2017.