Last updated: April 10, 2023

This Privacy Policy describes how Sercons International Co., Ltd (https://sercons.kr) (“Company” or “we”, “us”) uses and distributes Information collected by us or provided by you while using our services.

This Privacy Policy also explains your rights and options regarding your personal information and how you can contact us to make changes to your personal information or get answers to questions you may have about our privacy practices. The terms of this Privacy Policy are subject to change at a later date. Each time we change this Privacy Policy, we will post the revised policy on this page and indicate the effective date of the new policy. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and contact us at the email address listed here if you have any questions. By using https://sercons.kr or receiving services from Sercons International Co., Ltd, you agree to all of the terms of this Privacy Policy, acknowledge that you have read the terms set forth herein, and give us your free and explicit consent to use your personal information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Sercons International Co., Ltd (identification number 110184-0012913), 317, Bongeunsa-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic Korea. 

Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

Service refers to the Website https://sercons.kr

Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.

Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

The Law Personal information protection act. or PIPA (Effective on September 30, 2011)

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected (Article 2 PIPA).

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Usage Data
  • Position held

The Company collects and uses only users’ personal data necessary to fulfill their order for the Service..  For the User it is your name, email address, phone number. Other information may be provided by the user solely at his discretion (unless such information is required to enable the performance of the contract or its provision is required by law). In addition, we use cookie technology to collect additional data about the use of the site and to improve the operation of the site, improving the quality of our services. Cookies are small files that the Site, network software services or service providers place on your device through the Site (if you allow), which allows the Site or service providers to recognize your browser and store and remember certain information. With cookies, we may process information such as: Device data, hardware model, unique device identifiers, MAC address, IP address, operating system version and device settings; Information from Log files: Time and duration of site usage, search terms, location information and any other information stored in cookies that allows us to uniquely identify your browser or account. We use cookies for many important things – for example, to help you log in and to improve your experience with our service or services. We may use Cookies to better understand how you interact with the site, to track the total number of users on the site and traffic routing, to improve our site and our services to understand your preferences based on previous or current activity on the site, enabling us to provide you with the highest quality services. We do not collect, and we ask you not to provide us with any information that is subject to certain legal restrictions and requirements, such as racial or ethnic origin, political, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership in political parties and labor unions, criminal convictions or suspected criminal offenses, or health, sex, biometric or genetic information.

How we may use personally identifiable information

We may use the Information we collect for the following purposes:

Contractual Relationships. 

We may process your personal information to fulfill contractual obligations – to review or process your application.

Inquiries and other communications.

Where you have contacted us through our contact forms or by email or telephone, we may process the Information you have provided to us in order to be able to respond to your question, complaint or inquiry.

Marketing 

We may use the Information we receive from you (such as your email) for marketing purposes. For example, by subscribing to our newsletter, you can receive publications and announcements directly to your email. We may send you promotional material relating to our services, promotional offers that we think you may be interested in. You can unsubscribe from receiving our marketing emails (in whole or in part) by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in the emails you receive from us. In addition, if you wish to unsubscribe, you may contact us at any time by sending us an email at the email address set forth in this Privacy Policy. We may also use Information collected through Cookies to conduct market research, to analyze the characteristics of the users of the Site, to evaluate the effectiveness of our marketing communications and to adjust to current trends, to plan our future marketing campaigns, business analytics, to personalize our services and communications to you.

Protecting our interests, security

We may use your personal information when we believe it is necessary to take steps to prevent potential liability, to investigate and protect the Company from any third-party claims or allegations, to investigate and protect the Company from fraud, to protect the security or integrity of the Site and to protect the property rights of our Company, users or partners.

Compliance with Legal Requirements 

We may also use or disclose your Information we collect to comply with legal requirements, industry standards, and our policies. We may disclose your Information in situations that we believe: 

a) are emergencies involving a potential threat to the physical safety of any person or property if we believe that your Information is in any way related to such a threat; 

b) is related to illegal or inappropriate, in our opinion, use of the Site or services.

Processing of Information includes:

Collection, accumulation, storage, adaptation, verification, amendment, recovery, use, depersonalization, destruction of Personal Data, including using information (Automated) systems. Collection of Personal Data may occur orally, in writing, or electronically, through requests or by independently providing you with the necessary information and documents. Personal Data is collected and stored in written or electronic form.

How can we  share personal data

We pay special attention to the confidentiality and protection of your personal data. The information provided by you is confidential and will not be shared with third-parties, except as necessary to perform or provide services, as well as cases provided by law. The user agrees that the Company has the right to transfer users’ personal data, solely to perform the relevant service. We may disclose your personal data if required by law or in order to comply with a legal obligation or if we believe that such action is necessary to: investigate, respond and defend against claims; if necessary in legal proceedings (including subpoena) to protect the rights and property of the Company or third-parties; to prevent possible liability; for public safety or the safety of individuals; to prevent or stop any illegal, unlawful, unethical.

International (cross-border) transfer of personal information

(Article 18 (5) PIPA)

To facilitate our global operations, Jose Sercons International Co., Ltd. may transfer your personal information outside the Republic of Korea “cross-border data transfers.

We may transfer your personal information to our Affiliates, third-party partners, and service providers worldwide. Where we intend to transfer personal information to third countries or international organizations outside the Republic of Korea, Jose Sercons International Co., Ltd. applies appropriate technical, organizational, and contractual security measures (including Standard Contractual Provisions) to ensure that such transfers are in compliance with applicable data protection regulations.

How we store and protect your personal data

Protecting your personal data is extremely important to us, so we take all necessary steps to do so. We store users’ personal data in a secure environment. Your Personal Data is protected from unauthorized access, disclosure, use, modification, or destruction (Article 24(3) PIPA). The Company monitors the security measures taken on an ongoing basis. We will retain your Personal Information for as long as it is necessary to provide you access to the Site or to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and comply with our policies. The retention period will be determined based on the type of Information collected and the purpose for which it was collected, as applicable, and as necessary to delete outdated or unnecessary Information as quickly as possible. When you cease using the Site or our services by deleting your account with us (if applicable), your Personal Information is also automatically deleted (except if we are required to retain such information to comply with obligations under applicable law and these Terms of Use).

Your rights

(Article 4, 15 PIPA)

Regarding your personal data, you have the right to:

– at any time to contact the owner of personal data with any questions and complaints about the processing of personal data, as well as to ask whether your personal data is processed and – about the content of such personal data;

– To have free access to your personal data;

– at any time to ask the owner of personal data to cancel or limit the processing of personal data, as well as to demand changes to personal data if there are any inaccuracies in the personal data or they have lost relevance;

– at any time, to ask the personal data controller to delete personal data to the extent that they are no longer necessary to achieve the purposes specified in this notification or for other purposes for which the personal data controller needs to continue processing them, or when the personal data controller no longer has the legal right to process them;

– at any time withdraw their consent to the processing of personal data;

– to file complaints about the processing of personal data;

– to know the sources of collection, the location of the personal data, the purpose of their processing, the location of the owner or manager of the personal data, or to give appropriate instructions to obtain this information to persons authorized by him, except in cases prescribed by law obtain information about the terms of access to personal data, including information about third-parties to which personal data is transferred to submit a motivated request to the owner objecting to the processing of his personal data;

– to protect their personal data from unlawful processing and accidental loss, destruction, or damage due to intentional concealment, failure to provide, or untimely provision, as well as to protect against the provision of information that is inaccurate or defamatory to the honor, dignity and business reputation of an individual to apply legal remedies in case of violation of legislation on personal data protection;

– to make reservations about the right to restrict the processing of their personal data at the time of granting consent;

– to know the mechanism of automatic processing of personal data;

– to be protected against an automated decision that has legal consequences for them.

If you would like to exercise any of the above rights or would like more information, please contact us at the details provided below in this Privacy Policy. However, please note that these rights are not absolute and may be somewhat limited by regulatory requirements and our legitimate interests. In order to respond to your request, we must identify your identity so that your information is not shared with an unauthorized person. The Company must provide you, within ten days of receiving your request, with information about the actions taken in connection with your request. The timeframe for providing a final response to your request is up to 30 days from receipt of your request. However, for third-parties responding to an inquiry, the deadline may be extended up to 45 days from the date of receipt of the inquiry. If you learn that someone has unlawfully provided us with your Personal Information, please notify us as soon as possible at the contact information listed in this Privacy Policy. At your request, we will delete your Personal Information as quickly as possible, but in any event, by one month after we receive your request. We will retain only such copies of the Information as may be necessary for us to comply with the requirements of the Act for such cases. In addition, you can at any time change (update, supplement, delete) the Personal Information you have provided us with a request to do so.

Updating this privacy policy

Each time we make changes to this Privacy Policy, a new version will be available on this page marked “New version of “. You will have access to the revised Privacy Policy as soon as it becomes effective, so you will have time to decide whether or not to continue using the site and to object to the changes in processing your personal data. A draft of the new Privacy Policy may be published in advance.

Rights of third-parties

To fulfill its obligations to users, the Company may transmit data about Users, but only to the extent necessary to perform the relevant services carried out on the site.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, You can contact us:

Sercons International Co., Ltd (identification number 110184-0012913). 

317, Bongeunsa-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic Korea. 

Email address: info@sercons.kr