The purpose of these Terms of Use is to regulate the conditions and procedures for using the Internet-related services provided by VWX (“Company”) through the website of the Company (“Website”), as well as other necessary matters between the Website and its members.
The following are the definitions of the terms used in these Terms of Use.
(1) The term “Website” refers to a virtual storefront established by the Company using computer and other information communication facilities to provide services to its “Members,” or the below websites operated by the Company.
1. ***.talented.co.kr/
(2) The term “Service” refers to the service provided by the Company through the Website, which manages the data registered by individuals to provide corporate information. It also refers to the service that classifies, processes, and aggregates the data registered for purposes such as job searching, and provides information accordingly. It includes all additional services provided on the Website.
(3) The term “Member” refers to individual members who have agreed to these Terms of Use in order to use the Service or have entered into a service agreement with the Company through a linked service such as Instagram.
(4) The term “ID” refers to the email address used by a Member during registration for the purpose of member identification and service usage.
(5) The term “password” refers to a combination of letters and numbers chosen by a Member or an automatically generated verification code from the Website used for the purpose of confirming that the person using the services of the Company is the same individual who has been assigned an ID, in order to protect the rights of the Member.
(6) The term “non-member” refers to individuals who use the services provided by the Company without signing up as a Member.
(1) The Company shall post or notify the Member of the contents of these Terms of Use, as well as the company name, business office location, CEO's name, business registration number, contact information, and other means on the initial screen so that the Member can be aware of them.
(2) The Company may revise these Terms of Use within the limits that do not violate the Act on Regulation of Terms and Conditions, the Framework Act on Telecommunications, the Telecommunications Business Act, the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, the Personal Information Protection Act, and other relevant laws.
(3) When the Company revises its Terms of Use, the Company shall announce the effective date and reasons for the revision, along with the current Terms of Use, from seven (7) days prior to the effective date until the day before the effective date. In the case of significant changes that affect the rights and obligations of Members, notice shall be given at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date.
(4) Members have the right to refuse the revised Terms of Use. Members have the right to notify their intention to refuse the revised Terms of Use within fifteen (15) days after the announcement of the revised Terms of Use. If the Member refuses, the Company as the service provider may terminate the contract with the Member after giving prior notice for a period of fifteen (15) days. If the Member does not express his/her refusal or uses the Service after the effective date according to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company shall deem that the Member has agreed to the revised Terms of Use.
(1) Matters not specified in these Terms of Use shall be governed by relevant laws such as the Act on Regulation of Terms and Conditions, the Framework Act on Telecommunications, the Telecommunications Business Act, the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc.
(2) If a Member enters into an individual contract with the Company to use the service, the individual contract takes precedence.
(1) The Company considers it as an application for using the Service when individuals who wish to use the Company’s Service read and agree to these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy, and press the “Agree” or “Confirm” button.
(2) In terms of the application process stipulated in paragraph 1, the Company may request real-name verification and self-verification through a specialized agency depending on the type of Member. Members must provide their name, date of birth, contact information, and other necessary information for identity verification.
(3) The membership contract is established when the Company notifies the Member through online guidance and email after the submission of the service application (membership registration application).
(4) If a Member applies for a service contract through integration with external services such as Facebook, the service contract is established when the Company notifies the Member through online guidance and email after the Member presses the “Agree” or “Confirm” button for the Company to access and utilize the external service account information of the Member for the provision of services, in accordance with these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy.
(1) In principal, the Company approves service usage in the order of receipt for customers who apply for service usage according to the regulations of the Company, as long as there are no obstacles in business operations or technical aspects.
(2) The Company shall not approve the application for use in the following cases, and if it is later C116confirmed that the following cases apply, the Company will terminate the Service Agreement.
1. If the applicant has applied using someone else's name
2. If the contents of the application for the service contract are falsely stated
(3) The Company may withhold approval of the application until the reasons for the restriction are resolved in the following cases.
1. If the Company does not have enough facilities available
2. If there are any technical difficulties in the Company
3. If it is difficult to approve the use due to the fault of the Company
(1) The Company can provide the services specified in Article 2 (2), and the details are as follows.
1. Company's job posting and search service
2. Various services related to corporate information inquiry
3. Services related to user interaction and communication
4. Profile/portfolio registration and talent information posting service
5. Online job application service
6. Headhunting/Outsourcing services
7. Job search and recruitment related services
8. All services related to career development training
9. Services related to data trading
10. Any services provided to the Members by the Company through additional development or partnership agreements
(2) The Company may add or modify the content of the services if necessary. Provided, That the Company shall notify the Member of any additional or modified information.
(1) The Company provides the Service twenty-four (24) hours a day, three hundred sixty-five (365) days a year, unless there are special reasons. Provided, That the Company may determine the operating hours for some of the services provided, depending on the type or nature of the service. In this case, the Company shall notify the Member in advance of the operating hours through notice or notification.
(2) The Company may temporarily suspend services in case of system maintenance time for data processing and updates, maintenance time for troubleshooting, and line failures. In the case of planned operations, the service interruption time and details of the operation shall be announced in the notice section. In cases where there is unavoidable reasons for not providing such notice in advance, however, the Company may send such notice thereafter.
(1) The profile of the Member is displayed in the desired format when the individual signs up, creates, or edits his/her profile.
(2) The Company shall allow Members to freely choose the disclosure/privacy settings of their member information and profile, as well as the disclosure/privacy of contact information on their profile.
(3) If a Member wishes to make his/her profile public, the Company considers the Member to have agreed to allow corporate members to view his/her profile. The Company may provide free or paid profile viewing services to these corporate members. Provided, That if each item of contact information is designated as private, the Company may not expose the contact information for each item.
(4) The Company may allow the Website operator to access profile information for testing and monitoring purposes in order to provide stable services.
(1) The Company may provide services through affiliated Internet websites, job fairs, or offline media such as newspapers and magazines, where the profile information of registered Members can be viewed. However, the contact information of the profile exposed through the affiliated service shall be governed by the provisions of Article 9.
(2) The Company shall notify that Members' profiles can be registered on other websites and media through partnerships. The Company shall allow the list of affiliated sites to be constantly available for viewing on the Website. However, the list of media constructed by affiliate companies receiving CSV or DB format from the Company for construction, rather than directly built by the Company itself, can be viewed in a separate affiliate list outside of these Terms of Use.
(3) The Company provides profile information only for the profiles that Members have requested to be made public, through partnerships with the Website.
(4) In the event of any changes to the Website through a partnership as outlined in paragraph 3 of this Article, the Company shall notify and proceed through the announcement section.
(1) Membership registration and profile creation are free of charge. However, separate services such as paid services for effectively exposing one’s profile information to corporate members or companies visiting the Website, as well as personality and aptitude tests for purposes other than membership registration, may be provided for a fee.
(2) If the Company provides paid services, the Company must post the details of costs on the Website.
(3) The Company may change the amount of fees for paid services without prior notice, depending on the type and duration of the service. However, the amount applied or agreed upon before the change will not be retroactively applied.
(4) If the Service is cancelled due to the Member’s circumstances after applying for a paid service, the Company may charge a refund fee within the scope specified in the Digital Content User Protection Guidelines announced by the government of the Republic of Korea.
The Company may suspend the provision of the Service in the following cases.
1. If the maintenance of facilities or other necessary matters for the Company are notified to the members in advance
2. If a telecommunications service provider suspends the provision of electric communication services
3. In case of other unavoidable circumstances that objectively makes it impossible to provide the Service
(1) The Company may provide various information to Members through email or postal mail for the purpose of recognizing the necessity of service usage, improving services, and introducing services to Members.
(2) The Company may post information or advertisements related to the services it provides on service screens, web pages, etc. Members who receive emails with advertisements can refuse to receive them by notifying the Company.
(3) The Company is not responsible for any losses or damages incurred by the Member through their participation in advertising activities of advertisers or through communication or transactions on this Service, whether they are posted on the Service or not.
(4) The Member of this Service is considered to have agreed to the advertisement exposure displayed during the use of the Service.
(1) The term “content” refers to the personal information and profiles registered by Members as well as the posts posted on the Website.
(2) Members should create content based on facts and in a sincere manner. In principal, content shall be created by the Member him/herself.
(3) The Company may perform filtering tasks by reviewing the content created by Members and posting it on the Website if there are no issues with the “Content Deletion Rules” and the conditions specified in Article 18 as the obligations of the Members. If it is determined that the content violates the “Content Deletion Rules” and the obligations of the Members, it will not be posted on the Website without prior notice to the Member.
(4) If there are any errors, misspellings, or content that goes against social norms in the content, as well as content based on false information, the Company may delete or modify it at any time.
(5) If a request for deletion is received from a third party (or another corporation) due to false information or defamation caused by materials registered by a Member, the Company may delete or hide the materials without prior notice to the Member and may notify them through methods such as email after the deletion or hiding process.
(1) The content submitted by Members may be partially disclosed anonymously. Upon posting, the Company gains the right to use uploaded content.
The content submitted by Members can be used as statistical data for employment and related trends, and that data can be distributed to media for press coverage. However, personal information that can identify individuals is excluded from the information being utilized.
(3) The profile information of a Member that a corporate member accessed through the Website following proper procedures is considered personnel data of the respective company, and the management authority over it is determined by the policies of that company.
(4) The Company can provide Members with various statistical data of job seekers who have applied for employment through the online job application system of the Website, including whether their profiles have been viewed and the recruitment information provided by corporate members.
(5) The Company may post the profiles and portfolios registered by Members on external channels such as Instagram that the Company possesses. However, any complaints from Members shall be addressed immediately.
(1) The Company shall make every effort to continuously and stably provide services in accordance with the provisions of these Terms of Use.
(2) The Company shall promptly handle any complaints from Members regarding the Service. If immediate handling is not possible, the Company shall notify the Member of the reason and processing schedule through the service screen or other means.
(3) In the event of force majeure such as natural disasters or system failures that result in Service interruption, the Company is not responsible for any damages incurred. The Company is obliged to do its best to recover the data and provide normal Service.
(4) The Company retains payment information related to paid transactions for more than one (1) year. However, non-members without membership status are an exception.
(1) Members shall comply with relevant laws and regulations, as well as the provisions of these Terms of Use and any other notices provided by the Company. Members shall also refrain from engaging in any activities that may disrupt the operations of the Company.
(2) Members shall not copy, duplicate, translate, publish, broadcast, or provide the information obtained through the Service to others without prior consent from the Company.
(3) Members shall not use this Service for purposes other than verifying corporate information and legitimate employment, During use of the Service, Members shall not engage in the following actions.
1. The act of using another Member's ID without permission
2. Any act intended for criminal purposes or any act related to other criminal activities
3. Defamation or slander against someone's reputation
4. Infringement of others’ intellectual property rights and other rights
5. Hacking activities or the dissemination of viruses
6. Continuous transmission of certain content, such as advertising information, against the will of others
7. Actions that are deemed to hinder or potentially hinder the stable operation of the Service
8. Profiting from the information and services provided on the Website
9. Other acts that undermine good customs, social order, or violate relevant laws and regulations
(4) The paid service that the Member applies for creates a contractual relationship between the Company and the Member, and the Member shall pay the fees within the specified deadline.
(5) If the Member uses a credit card as a payment method, the Member is responsible for the prevention of password and information loss. However, the responsibility for any loss of information due to defects in the Website does not fall under the obligations of the Member.
(1) Members can request to withdraw from the Company at any time, and withdrawal requests can be made through the Talented service or by contacting service@talented.com.
(2) If a Member withdraws from membership, the posts he/she has written will not be deleted based on Article 16 (1) of these Terms of Use.
(3) The Company may restrict the use of services or terminate the Service Agreement in stages such as warning, temporary suspension, and permanent suspension if a Member violates these Terms of Use and individual service terms.
(4) Members can file an objection according to the procedure set by the Company regarding the suspension of service use and other usage restrictions related to Article 3, and if the Company determines that the objection is valid, the Company shall immediately resume the service use.
(1) If the Company causes damage to the Members or if the user incurs damages due to reasons attributable to the Company in relation to all services provided by the Company, the Company shall compensate for such damages.
(2) If a Member causes damage to the Company or a third party by violating the provisions of these terms, or if the Member causes damage to the Company or a third party due to their own responsibility, the Member shall compensate for the damages.
(3) If any Member (including individual Members and corporate Members) causes damage to other Members, the Company is not responsible for compensating for such damage.
The Company shall make efforts to protect the personal data of Members. Protection of Members' personal data shall be performed in accordance with the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, and the Privacy Policy shall be notified on the Website.
In the event of an error related to the usage fee, the Company shall take the following measures upon the request of the Member or prior notice from the Company.
(1) Excess payment shall be refunded. However, if the Member agrees, the amount will be deducted from the following month’s billing fee.
(2) If a Member who is supposed to receive a refund has outstanding payment, the refund amount will be deducted from the amount to be refunded and then returned.
(3) The Company shall consolidate the undercharged amount and bill it in the following month.
(1) When the Company intends to provide or utilize personal credit information of a Member obtained through membership registration, it must disclose the reasons, the name of the relevant institution or company, and obtain the consent of the Member in accordance with Article 23 of the Credit Information Use and Protection Act.
(2) Regarding this service, if the Company obtains consent from the Member to provide and utilize credit information to third parties in accordance with the Credit Information Use and Protection Act, the Member is considered to have agreed to the Company providing information to credit information agencies or credit information concentration agencies for the purpose of assessing the Member’s creditworthiness or providing information to public institutions for policy purposes.
(1) Members can use the Website and its services specified in Article 2 (1) of these Terms of Use through an integrated account (ID and password).
(2) The Company may improve or modify websites or services by integrating service contents between sites through a single account for integrated service provision.
(3) Unless otherwise specified in a separate terms of use, these Terms of Use shall apply when the Company’s website is added after the initial Service application by the Member. The Company may notify the Members of the new website or service launch through the Website or by email.
(1) The Company and Members shall make every effort necessary to resolve any disputes arising in connection with the Service in an amicable manner.
(2) Despite the efforts mentioned in the immediately preceding paragraph, in the event of a lawsuit arising from a dispute, the lawsuit shall be filed in the jurisdictional court of the Company’s address.
- These Terms of Use shall be effective from June 14, 2020."