Chapter 1 General provision

Article 1 (Purpose)

The purpose of this provision is to enact condition and procedure of utilization of all the service ("service" as below) that Korea's「FTA-PASS」 site ("this site" as below) provides, rights of the user and this site, duty, responsibility, and other matter.

Article 2 (amendment and statement of provision)

• 1) This site puts up the content of this provision, address, name of the manager, name of the person in charge of personal information protection, contact information (phone, fax, e-mail address, etc.) on the initial service page (full page) so that users would know them.
• 2) This site can amend this provision as long as it does not violate related laws like act on the regulation of terms and conditions, framework act on electronic commerce, digital signature act, act on the promotion of information and communications network utilization and information protection, etc., act on the consumer protection, and etc.
• 3)In the case where this site amends the provision, it states application date and reasons for amendment with the existing provision and puts them up on the initial screen page of this site 7 days before the application date to application date.
• 4) This site will provide you service on condition that you will agree with the content of provision that you have seen, and in the case where you agree with the content of provision, this provision will be preferentially applied for an act of providing service of this site and your service usage.
• 5) Agreeing to this provision means that you visit the web regularly and check changes in the provision. This site is not responsible for the damages that happen by a user's not knowing the information about changed provision.
• 6) In the case a member does not agree with the changed provision, he can request for withdrawal(revocation), and in the case where if he does not indicate the intention of refusal even after 7 days of the effective date of the changed provision, it is considered as his agreeing with changes in the amendment
• 7) Matters that are not stated in this provision is under electronic communication fundamental law, telecommunications business act, review regulation of Korea Internet Safety Commission, information and communication ethics doctrine, program protection act, and other regulation of related legislation.

Article 3 (definition of terms)

The terms used in this provision are defined as follows.

• 1) User: One who receives the service that this site provides
• 2) Use agreement: it refers to contract that is signed between a user and this site regarding service use.
• 3) Sign up: an act of filling in the application form provided by this site, agreeing with  this provision, and completing the contract of service use
• 4) User: one who registered as a member by providing the personal information required for signing up this site, and one who can use information and service of this site.
• 5) The user identification number(ID): It refers to a combination of alphabets and numbers that user selects and this site gives in order for identification of user and user's service use
• 6) Password (PW): a combination of letters and numbers selected by the user to verify identification, to confirm whether the registered member and the user are the same person, and to protect his or her personal information in communication
• 7) withdrawal(revocation): a member's act of terminating the use agreement
• 8) terms not defined in this provision are defined in the separate terms and conditions of use for individual services.

Chapter 2 Formation and termination of the use agreement

Article 4 (Formation of the use agreement)

• 1) The Use Agreement is formed by this site's consent regarding a user's agreement with terms of use and application of use
• 2) consent to these terms of Use is indicated by clicking the "I Agree" button on the site at the time of application.

Article 5 (Sign up and Sign out)

• 1) Signing up is effected by user's filling items that prescribed signing up the application form that this site provides requires and completing the signing up
• 2) This site can cancel the membership that conforms to each of the following items.
• 1, using another person's name when applying
• 2, when falsely writing or applying for content of signing up form
• 3, when applying with the purpose of disturbing the stability of a society, public order, or public morals
• 4, when disturbing other people's service usage of this site or stealing the information, etc.
• 5, When doing an action that is prohibited by legislation and this provision, using this site
• 6, other case like when membership requirement set by this site is not met
• 3) In the case where it conforms to each of the following items, this site can defer the formation of use agreement  until the reason is removed. 
• 1, In the case where all the capacity related to service is insufficient
• 2, In the case where there is a reason for technical obstacle
• 4) The services this site provides are as follows, and it can notify the change in the content of service to users, change the service that is determined by the followings, and provide it. 
• 1, All services that this site has self-developed or are provided through consultation with other organization
• 5) In the case where there is a change among registered items, regarding this site, the user has to notify the change by immediately modifying membership information or other methods.
• 6) You may withdraw(terminate) your membership at any time if there is any reason, such as not willing to be provided with the services that this site provides after membership registration.  Your membership information is immediately deleted as you sign out and no longer be managed.

Article 6 (granting and changing user ID etc.)

• 1) Regarding users, this site grants ID under the provision.
• 2) User ID, in principle, cannot be changed, and in the case where the user wants to change it by unavoidable reason, he or she has to withdraw the corresponding ID and sign up again. (Check needed)
• 3) In the case where user ID conforms to each of the following Items, it can be changed by request of a customer or a corporate
• 1, In the case where user ID is registered with user's phone number or Social Security number, etc., and that the user is concerned with invasion of privacy
•  2, In the case where it disgusts others or it disturbs public morals
• 3, In the case where there is other rational reason
• 4) The responsibility of managing the service user ID and password is accountable for the user.  The damage that is caused by carelessly managing it or the responsibility of unlawful use by the third person, etc. is accountable for the user, and this site is entirely not responsible for that.
• 5) Items regarding other users personal information management or change are founded on what this site determines

Article 7 (consent to use of member information)

• 1) The privacy policy of this site applies to your personal information.
• 2) Member information on this site is collected, used, managed and protected as follows.
• 1, Collection of personal information: this site collects your information through the information you provide when you sign up for our services.
• 2, The use of personal information: regarding the service provision, this site does not leak and distribute your personal information to a third person without your consent. But, in the case where there is a requirement from the governmental organization under the regulation of legislation such as electronic communication fundamental law, etc., an investigational purpose or a requirement from Korea Internet Safety Commission, or a requirement complying procedures that other related legislation enacted, if you released the personal information that this site provided by yourself, it is not applicable.
• 3, The management of personal information : for protecting and managing your personal information, you can delete/edit your personal information in personal information management of service at your pleasure.  Among the received information, you can change/ coordinate the parts of the information that is considered unnecessary
• 4, The protection of personal information: Your personal information is only read/modified/deleted by you, and it is entirely managed by your ID and password.  Therefore, you must not tell others of your ID and password, and you should logout and close the window of the web browser when you finished your work. (In the case where you use a computer in a public place such as internet cafe or library where you share a computer with others, this is a matter necessary for protecting your information)
• 3) Your application for use under this provision of this site is considered as agreeing with the this site's collection and use of member's information that is written in the application form under this provision.

Article 8 (information security for user)

• 1) At the moment you complete the procedure of service subscription, you are responsible for keeping secrets of entered information, and all the responsibilities for the result that are occurred by using ID and password are accountable for you.
• 2) All the responsibility for managing ID and password is accountable for you, and if you find out that your ID or password is unlawfully used, you have to notify it to this site immediately. All the responsibilities that occurs by not notifying it is accountable for you.
• 3) User has to accurately log-out whenever he or she finishes using the service of this site, and for the damage or loss that is caused by not logging-out, such as the third person's stealing information about you, etc., this site does not assume the responsibility.

Chapter 3 Use of services

Article 9 (service hours)

• 1) For service hour, we make it a rule to set it as 24/7, if there is no particular business or technical hindrance of this site. 
• 2) We make an exception of day or time that this site designated due to routine inspection in service hours of Item 1.

Article 10 (Announcement of service suspension and cessation)

• 1) In the case where the contents of messages and other communications messages that are stored or sent in this site are not stored, deleted, or sent, or there is loss in other communication data, due to national emergencies, blackout, service facility failures outside management scope and other irresistible forces, this site does not assume responsibility for them.
• 2)In the case where this site has difficulties of providing a normal service and that it has to cease the service temporarily, it can cease the service after announcing the cessation reason and date 1 week before ceasing the service, and this site does not assume the responsibility for your not recognizing announcement during this period. If there is an inevitable matter, period for prior announcement of above can be reduced or omitted. Also, even in the case where messages or other communications messages that are stored or sent in this service are not stored, deleted, or sent or there is a loss of communication data, this site does not assume responsibility for them.
• 3) In the case where the service has to be ceased permanently due to circumstances of this site, it is in accordance with Item 2 But, in this case, prior announcement period is 1 month.
• 4) This site can modify, change, or discontinue the service, and about this, it does not impose any responsibilities on you or a third person .
• 5) This site can cease the service due to urgent system examination, expansion, and replacement, etc., and it can cease currently providing service completely due to reason that this site judges as suitable, such as replacement to a new service, etc.
• 6) In the case where the provision of normal service is impossible due to national emergencies, blackouts, service facility failures, or congestion of service use, etc., this site can restrict or cease part or all of services. But, in this case, the reason or period will be announced to users in advance or after the fact.
• 7) In the case of service cessation due to the reasons that this site cannot control (a disk failure without willful/accidental mistake of system administrator, system down, etc.), a prior announcement is impossible, and this site does not make an announcement in the case of a system interruption due to willful/accidental mistake of others(PC telecommunications company, key telecommunications business operator, etc.)
• 8) This site can segment service by the particular range and separately designate service hours by the range.  But in this case, the content will be announced.
• 9) In the case where you violated contents of this provision, this site can discretionally restrict or stop service usage or cancel use agreement without your permission. In this case, this site can prohibit the access of the user above.

Article 11 ( Information provision and promotion publication)

• 1) In managing service, this site can provide you with various information by publishing them or sending a letter through the mail.
• 2) This site can publish promotions that are considered to be appropriate for service or is in public interest.

Article 12 ( Management and operation of postings of this site)

• 1) The right for contents of the postings that you posted is on you.
• 2) This site has the right to edit or move the posted contents without prior notice, and in the following cases, it can delete them without prior notice.
• 1, In the case where the posting violates this provision or is considered to be of commercial use, unlawful, obscene, or vulgar
• 2, In the case where it is the content that slanders other user or a third person or injures honor by mudslinging
•  3, In the case where the content disturbs public order and public morals
• 4, In the case where the content is acknowledged as having a connection to criminal activity
• 5, In the case where the content is violating a third person's right such as copyright, other rights, etc.
• 6, In the case where it violates other related legislation
• 3) You have to solely assume the civil and criminal liability that are incurred by your posting's violating copyright of others.

Article 13 ( Limitation of service use)

• 1) In the case where the information you provided is confirmed to be false or there is a rational reason to suspect a false entry, this site can stop part of or entire service use, and it does not assume the disadvantages caused by this.
• 2) In the case where you violate this provision such as Article 15 of this provision (obligation of membership), this site can discretionally limit or stop service use.  In this case this site can prohibit your access.

Chapter 4 Use of services

Article 14 (obligations of this site)

• 1) This site has the responsibility of not doing an action that the legislation and this provision prohibits or disturbs public morals and of efforting to provide stable/continuous services.
• 2) This site does not leak or distribute personal information of a member without his or her consent. But, in the case where there is a request from a related governmental institutions under related legislation such as electronic communication-related legislation, etc., this is not applicable.
• 3) In order for users to safely use the service of this site, this site has to be equipped with security system for protecting user's personal information(including credit information).
• 4) This site is not liable for an obstacle in service use that is caused by reasons attributable to a user.
• 5) The user has to answer for the consequences of using the site, and the Korea Customs Service and Korea Institute of Origin Information(a foundation) has no liability for it.

Article 15 (Obligation of membership)

• 1) The required information for membership registration must be filled out correctly. In addition, information about you that has already been provided must be kept and updated to be accurate, and members should not let third parties use their ID and password.
• 2) Members may not use the service for any profit without the prior consent of this site.
• 3) Members cannot use the information he or she has gained from using this service by copying, duplicating, changing, translating, publishing, broadcasting, or other method or provide it to others without prior consent from this site.
• 4) Regarding service use of this site, members must not engage in any of the following acts.
• 1, unlawful use of other member's password and ID
• 2, transmitting, posting, publishing, e-mailing, or otherly sending content that is vulgar, obscene, insulting, threatening or can infringe the privacy of others
• 3, disguising the source of the contents that are transmitted through the service
• 4, posting, publishing, e-mailing, or otherly transmitting contents that cannot be used under legislation or agreement
• 5, posting, publishing, e-mailing, or otherly transmitting contents that infringe other's patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property right
• 6, Posting, publishing, e-mailing, or otherly sending an advertisement that was not approved by this site, promotional materials, spam mail, chain letters, and a solicitation of pyramid system or of other types
• 7, Establishing or storing other user's personal information
• 8, Act that is aimed for or related to criminal act
• 9, Act that harms morality or other public order
• 10, Defaming or insulting others
• 11, Infringing other's rights such as intellectual property rights, etc.
• 12, Hacking or spreading computer virus
• 12, Hacking or spreading computer virus
• 14, all the acts that can cause or possibly cause inconvenience in safe service management,
• 15, changing information that is posted in this site Other violation paragraph Article 53(1) of the telecommunications business act and Article 16 of enforcement Degree of telecommunications business act (disquieting communication)

Chapter 5 Other

Article 16 (Ownership of this site)

• 1) This site owns the intellectual property right and other rights related to the service this site provides, the necessary software for it, image, mark, logo, design, service name, information, and trademark.
• 2) Except for the case this site expresses consent, whole or partial modification, rent, loan, sale, distribution, manufacture, transfer, sublicense, the establishment of security right, commercial exploitation regarding each fixed property of all items is not allowed, and it is not allowed for the third party to do the same act.

Article 17 (Prohibition of transfer)

Members cannot transfer or grant authority for using the service or other position that is appointed by use agreement or provide it as a mortgage.

Article 18 (compensation for damages)

This site shall not be liable for any damage to members in connection with the services provided free of charge except for criminal acts committed by the site on purpose.

Article 19 (Exemption clause)

• 1. In the case where this site cannot provide service due to natural disasters, war, or other irresistible forces, this site is exempted from the responsibility to provide service.
• 2. In the case where key telecommunications business operator stops or does not ordinarily provide telecommunication service and that it caused a loss, this site is exempted from the responsibility to provide service.
• 3. This site is exempted from loss caused by repair, replacement, regular inspection, construction, or etc., of service facilities
• 4. In the case where loss is caused by computer error of a user or by a user's poor completion of personal information and e-mail address, this site does not assume responsibilities for it.
• 5. The site is not responsible for any opinions or information expressed on the service and does not approve, oppose or modify any opinions expressed by members or third parties. This site, in any circumstances, is not responsible for profit or loss obtained by your depending on information that the service holds.
• 6. The site does not assume any responsibilities for the case where there are goods transactions or monetary transactions between members or a member and a third party, using this site as a medium, and also for the profit that a member expects to gain by using the service.
• 7. This site does not assume responsibilities for profit or loss that you expect to obtain by using the service and loss caused by the data that you obtained from using the service, also for a member's posted information, data, the validity of fact, or etc. on this service.
• 8. Among your loss regarding using service, this site does not assume responsibilities for loss caused intentionally or negligently.
• 9. This site does not guarantee accuracy, completeness, or quality of service contents that are not provided by this site, but provided by a member, or other related organization. Therefore, this site dos not assume responsibilities for all kinds of loss or damage made by your using contents above. Also, this site does not assume responsibilities of compensation for mental damage inflicted by other users as the user uses the service.

Article 20 (A competent court)

In the case where a suit is filed for a dispute occurred by users' using this service, the Seoul Central District Court is set as an exclusive competent court.

Supplementary provision

Article 16 (Ownership of this site)

1. (Enforcement date) This provision starts from 「September 15, 2011」

The copyright of this provision belongs to 「Korea Customs Service」, and illegal reproduction, distribution, transmission, or other infringement of copyright is strictly prohibited.