See Education Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) values ​​its members’ personal information and complies with the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection.
The Company “collects, uses, and provides personal information based on the consent of users” and “actively guarantees users’ rights (right to self-determination of personal information).”

"Privacy Policy"
refers to the guidelines that the company must adhere to in order to protect users' valuable personal information and allow users to use the service with confidence. The company complies with the personal information protection regulations and guidelines of the Republic of Korea.

1. Personal information items collected and collection method

1. 1) Collection items < Membership registration >
   • Required items: ID, password, name, date of birth, gender, mobile phone number. If you are under 14 years of age, information on your legal representative (name and mobile phone number of your legal representative)
   • Optional: English name, nickname, E-mail, affiliated campus, address, photo, occupation
   < Automatically collected items >
   • IP Address, Cookies, Visit Date, Service Usage History
   < Items when using paid services (applies only to academy director/headquarters director members) >
   • When paying by credit card: card number (partially), card company name, etc.
   • When transferring money: Depositor name, account number, account bank, etc.

   2) Collection method

   • Collection of personal information through consent procedures such as the company's website, written forms, phone calls, and consultation reservations
   • Collection of information automatically collected and generated during the normal service provision process, such as consultation history and history, payment history, and usage history.

2. Purpose of collection and use of personal information

1. Performance of contracts for service provision and settlement of fees for service provision
   • Providing content, sending goods or bills, verifying identity, purchasing and paying fees, providing specific customized services
2. Membership Management
   • Provision of membership services, personal identification, use restrictions on members who violate the terms of use, sanctions on acts that interfere with the smooth operation of the service and acts of misuse of the service, confirmation of intent to join, restrictions on membership and number of memberships, confirmation of consent of legal representative when collecting personal information of children under the age of 14, future identification of legal representative, preservation of records for dispute resolution, handling of complaints, delivery of notices, confirmation of intent to withdraw membership
3. Use for marketing and advertising
   • Development and specialization of new services (products), understanding of access frequency or statistics on members' use of services
4. Customer Service
   • Consultation on site use and learning service inconveniences, etc.
5. Business opening consultation
   • Application for business briefing and opening consultation, inquiries about business briefing and consultation on opening a business site

3. Sharing and providing personal information

The company uses users' personal information within the scope notified in "2. Purpose of collection and use of personal information" and, in principle, does not use it beyond the scope or disclose users' personal information to external parties without the users' prior consent. However, the following cases are exceptions.

• If users have agreed to disclosure in advance
• In cases where there is a request from an investigative agency in accordance with the provisions of the law or in accordance with the procedures and methods stipulated by law for investigative purposes.

4. Entrustment of handling of personal information

In order to improve services, the company entrusts personal information as follows, and stipulates the necessary provisions to ensure that personal information is safely managed at the time of entrustment contract in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

The company's personal information processing agencies and the details of the entrusted work are as follows.

5. Retention and use period of personal information

After the purpose of collecting and using personal information has been achieved, the information will be destroyed without delay.

However, in cases where preservation is necessary in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws, the company will retain member information for a certain period of time as specified in relevant laws.

• Records of consumer complaints or dispute resolution: 3 years
• Records of learner's learning information: 6 years
• Records of payment and supply of goods, etc.: 3 years (applies only to members who are the head of the academy/headquarters director)
• Records of visits: 3 months
• If the retention period is notified to users in advance or individual consent is obtained from users: the period notified or individually consented to

6. Personal information destruction procedures and methods

The destruction procedures and methods are as follows:

• The information entered by users for purposes such as signing up for membership is transferred to a separate database (separate file cabinet in the case of paper) after the purpose is achieved and stored for a certain period of time (see retention and use period) according to internal policies and other relevant laws for information protection reasons, and then destroyed.
• This personal information will not be used for any other purpose than that for which it is held, except in cases required by law.

7. Rights of users and legal representatives and methods of exercising them

Users and their legal representatives may view or modify their own registered personal information or that of their children under the age of 14 at any time, and may also request cancellation of membership.

In order to view or edit the personal information of a user or a child under the age of 14, click on “Change Personal Information” (or “Edit Member Information”), and to cancel your membership (withdraw consent), click on “Cancel Membership” and go through the identity verification process to directly view, edit, or cancel your membership. Alternatively, you may contact the Personal Information Manager in writing, by phone, or by email, and we will take action without delay.

If a user requests correction of errors in personal information, the personal information in question will not be used or provided until the correction is complete. In addition, if incorrect personal information has already been provided to a third party, the results of the correction process will be notified to the third party without delay to ensure that the correction is made.

The company processes personal information that has been terminated or deleted at the request of the user or legal representative in accordance with the provisions of “5. Retention and Use Period of Personal Information” and processes it so that it cannot be viewed or used for any other purpose.

8. Rights of users and legal representatives and methods of exercising them

1. 1) What are cookies?
   • The company uses 'cookies' to store and periodically retrieve user information in order to provide personalized and customized services.
   • Cookies are very small text files that the server used to operate the website sends to the user's browser and are stored on the user's computer's hard disk. When the user visits the website later, the website server reads the contents of the cookie stored on the user's hard disk and uses it to maintain the user's settings and provide customized services.
   • Cookies do not automatically/actively collect personally identifiable information, and users may refuse to store or delete these cookies at any time.
2. 2) Purpose of the company's use of cookies

   We use this information to provide optimized information to users by identifying the visit and usage patterns, popular search terms, whether access is secure, news editing, and user scale of each company service and website visited by users.

3. 3) Cookie installation/operation and rejection
   • Users have a choice about cookie installation. Therefore, users can set options in their web browser to allow all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is stored, or to reject all cookies.
   • However, if you refuse to store cookies, you may have difficulty using some services that require login.

9. Technical/administrative protection measures for personal information

When handling users' personal information, the company implements the following technical/administrative measures to ensure the safety of personal information and prevent it from being lost, stolen, leaked, altered or damaged.

• Technical measures
  1. The password for the member ID is encrypted, stored and managed, and is known only to the member. Confirmation and change of personal information can only be done by the member who knows the password.
  2. Your personal information is protected by a password, and we recommend that you change your password periodically, approximately every six months.
  3. We provide links and downloads for anti-virus programs to prevent damage from computer viruses and malware.
  4. To prepare for external intrusions such as hacking, we are doing our best to ensure security by using intrusion prevention systems and vulnerability analysis systems for each server.

10. Contact information of the personal information manager and person in charge

You may report any complaints related to personal information protection that arise while using the company's services to the personal information manager or the department in charge. The company will promptly and sufficiently respond to users' reports.

Name: 
Phone: +82-32-651-9611
Email: contactus@ce-prep.com

If you need to report or consult about other personal information infringements, please contact the following organizations.

• KISA Personal Information Infringement Report Center ( privacy.kisa.or.kr  / 118 without area code)
• Supreme Prosecutors' Office Cybercrime Investigation Division ( www.spo.go.kr  / 1301 without area code)
• National Police Agency Cyber ​​​​Security Bureau ( www.ctrc.go.kr  / 182 without area code)
• Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ( www.kopico.go.kr  / 1833-6972 without area code)

11. Obligation to notify

If there are additions, deletions, or modifications to the current privacy policy, we will notify you through the ‘Notices’ section on the website.

• Effective Date of Privacy Policy: January 1, 2025