Account Terms and Conditions
Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of these Account Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as "the Terms") is to prescribe the rights, obligations, responsibilities, and related procedures between KINX Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "KINX") and its Master Accounts and General Accounts in using the services provided by KINX (hereinafter referred to as "the Services") through its website (www.kinx.net; hereinafter referred to as "the Website").
Article 2 (Effect and Amendment of the Terms)
① The Terms shall take effect when a Master Account or General Account, having agreed to the Terms as posted on the Website or otherwise disclosed, completes the account registration procedure.
② KINX may amend the Terms to the extent that such amendment does not violate relevant laws and regulations, including the Act on the Regulation of Terms and Conditions.
③ If KINX amends the Terms, KINX will announce the effective date and the reason for the amendment on the Website no later than 7 days before the effective date. However, where an amendment is disadvantageous to a Master Account or General Account, KINX will provide notice no later than 30 days before the effective date, and will separately notify the account holder through electronic means such as email.
④ If KINX announces or notifies an account holder of an amendment under Clause ③, together with notice that the account holder shall be deemed to have agreed to the amendment unless the account holder expressly refuses it by the effective date, and the account holder does not expressly refuse the amendment by that date, the account holder shall be deemed to have agreed to the amendment.
⑤ If a Master Account or General Account does not agree to an amendment, the account holder may request account closure pursuant to Article 8 (Account Closure).
⑥ Agreeing to the Terms means that the account holder agrees to visit KINX's Website regularly to check for any changes to the Terms. KINX is not responsible for any damage to an account holder arising from the account holder's failure to be aware of information on an amendment to the Terms.
Article 3 (Rules Other Than the Terms)
① Matters not prescribed in the Terms, and the interpretation of the Terms, shall be governed by relevant laws, regulations, and customary practice.
② KINX may, where necessary in connection with the Terms, establish detailed usage guidelines, establish or amend company policies, reflect the enactment or amendment of relevant laws and regulations, or incorporate notices or guidelines issued by public institutions, and announce them on the Website; such content shall form part of the Terms.
③ KINX may maintain separate terms of use and policies for individual services (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms of Service"), and where such Terms of Service conflict with the Terms, the Terms of Service shall prevail.
Article 4 (Definitions)
The definitions of terms used in the Terms are as follows.
① Master Account refers to a person who agrees to the Terms and the Privacy Policy on KINX's Website, is issued an ID and password, and may thereby use the Services provided by KINX.
② General Account
1. General Account refers to a person who may use the Services through KINX's Website within the scope of authority granted by a Master Account, or by a General Account to whom such authority has been delegated.
2. Registration as a General Account is completed only through an invitation from a Master Account, by agreeing to the Terms and the Privacy Policy on KINX's Website and being issued an ID and password.
3. KINX applies the Terms and the Terms of Service by treating the use of the Services by a General Account as if such use had been directly performed by the Master Account that delegated the authority to use the Services.
4. The Terms and the Privacy Policy apply equally to a General Account as they do to a Master Account.
③ ID refers to a unique email address, or a combination of letters and numbers, selected by a Master Account or General Account for identification and use of the Services.
④ Password
1. Password refers to a combination of letters or numbers determined by a Master Account or General Account to confirm that the person is the account holder matching the ID, and to protect confidentiality.
2. Only one password may be set and used for each ID.
⑤ The Website refers to the website (www.kinx.net) provided by KINX for a Master Account or General Account to use the services contracted with KINX.
Article 5 (Account Registration and Eligibility)
① Account registration is completed when a person fills in account information according to the form prescribed by KINX, applies for account registration, and KINX accepts the application, thereby registering the person as a Master Account or General Account.
② In any of the following cases, KINX may refuse to accept account registration, or may restrict use of the Services, permanently prohibit use of the Services, or revoke account status.
1. Where the application is made using another person's name
2. Where required information is not stated, or is falsely stated, at the time of application
3. Where the application is made for, or involves, a purpose in violation of relevant laws and regulations
4. Where there is a risk of undermining public order or good morals
5. Where the application threatens the order of electronic transactions, such as by obstructing another account holder's use of the Services or misappropriating another person's information
6. Where Article 12 (Obligations of Account Holders) of the Terms is not complied with
7. Where, for other reasons attributable to the applicant, it is difficult to accept the application, or difficult to maintain the person's status as an account holder after registration
③ In connection with an application under Clause ①, KINX may request identity verification depending on the type of account.
④ Where KINX revokes an account holder's status, KINX will cancel the account's registration. In such a case, KINX will notify the account holder in advance and provide an opportunity to explain. However, where notice cannot be given for reasons attributable to the account holder, notice may be omitted, and KINX bears no responsibility in such a case; the account holder is responsible for making inquiries to confirm the status.
Article 6 (Acquisition and Use of Personal Information)
① KINX establishes and implements a Privacy Policy and complies with laws relating to the acquisition, use, and protection of personal information. The Privacy Policy is permanently posted at the bottom of the Website.
② KINX shall not use personal information provided by a Master Account or General Account for any purpose other than managing the Services.
③ In principle, KINX processes and manages collected personal information itself, but where necessary, KINX may entrust all or part of such duties to a third party selected by KINX. The entrustment of an account holder's personal information is governed by KINX's Privacy Policy.
④ Account information (email ID, name, organization, and phone number) of a General Account and the Master Account connected through the same Master Account will be disclosed to each other. Such disclosure of information ceases when the relationship between the Master Account and the General Account ends (such as by removal of the General Account or closure of the account).
Article 7 (Change and Protection of Account Information)
① An account holder may, at any time, view and modify the account holder's own information through the Account Information management screen on the Website. However, the ID may not be modified, for purposes of service management.
② Where any matter stated at the time of account registration changes, the account holder shall immediately update it online, or notify KINX of the change in the separate form and manner prescribed by KINX.
③ KINX is not responsible for any disadvantage arising from an account holder's failure to notify a change.
④ KINX endeavors to protect an account holder's information as prescribed by relevant laws, including the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection.
Article 8 (Account Closure)
① An account holder may request account closure from KINX at any time, and KINX will process the account closure immediately unless the restriction under Clause ② or Clause ③ applies.
② Restriction Related to the Master Account Role
1. Where there is a service under a valid contract applied for with KINX, KINX will not process the account closure.
2. The procedure for terminating a service contract is separately defined by the detailed provisions of the relevant Terms of Service.
③ Restriction Related to the General Account Role
1. Where valid authority delegated by one or more Master Accounts still exists, KINX will not process the account closure.
2. Once all such relationships between the account holder and the relevant Master Account(s) have been removed, KINX will process the account holder's request for account closure.
Article 9 (Notice to Account Holders)
① Where KINX gives notice to an account holder, KINX may direct such notice to the email address or phone number submitted by the account holder as the account holder's information.
② Where KINX gives notice to an unspecified number of account holders, KINX may substitute individual notice by posting the notice on the Website's bulletin board for at least one week.
Article 10 (Provision of Information, Posting of Advertisements, and Hyperlinks)
① KINX may post advertisements that KINX considers appropriate or useful, through the Website, service screens, SMS, email, and similar means, in connection with the operation of the Services, and an account holder may, to a limited extent, refuse such advertisements through the prescribed procedure.
② Where a Master Account or General Account uses an advertisement under Clause ①, or participates in an advertiser's promotional activities through the Services, and thereby communicates or transacts with the advertiser, this is a matter entirely between the account holder and the advertiser. KINX bears no responsibility for any issue arising between the account holder and the advertiser.
③ KINX is not responsible for any transaction between account holders, or between an account holder and a third party, concerning goods or services independently provided by a website connected through a hyperlink on KINX's Website.
④ An account holder may, at any time, refuse to receive emails intended to provide information, except for information relating to the use of the Services required under relevant laws and responses to the account holder's own inquiries. However, an email that is already being sent at the time of such refusal may not be interrupted for technical reasons.
⑤ An account holder may not arbitrarily delete, disparage, or otherwise interfere with banner advertisements provided by KINX.
Article 11 (Obligations of KINX)
① KINX does its best to provide continuous and stable Services as prescribed by the Terms.
② KINX always takes administrative and technical safety measures with respect to personal information, including an account holder's information, and does its best to protect personal information.
③ Where a complaint or issue raised by an account holder is determined to be justified, KINX will address it immediately as a priority. However, where prompt handling is difficult, KINX will immediately notify the account holder of the reason and the expected schedule for handling the matter.
④ KINX actively cooperates with requests from consumer protection organizations and public institutions for data and other materials necessary to promote consumer protection.
⑤ KINX complies with laws and regulations relevant to the operation and maintenance of the Services, including the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, the Protection of Communications Secrets Act, and the Telecommunications Business Act.
Article 12 (Obligations of Account Holders)
① An account holder is responsible for managing the account holder's own ID and password.
② An account holder shall not allow a third party to learn the account holder's ID or password.
③ An account holder shall not engage in any of the following acts.
1. Registering false information at the time of application or when making a change
2. Misappropriating another person's information
3. Altering information posted by KINX
4. Transmitting or posting information other than that specified by KINX, such as computer programs
5. Infringing the intellectual property rights, including copyrights, of KINX or a third party
6. Damaging the reputation of, or interfering with the business of, KINX or a third party
7. Disclosing or posting obscene or violent messages, images, audio, or other information contrary to public order and morals, on the Services
8. Any other illegal or improper act
④ An account holder shall comply with the matters prescribed in the Terms and relevant laws and regulations.
⑤ An account holder shall not use information obtained through use of the Services by copying, reproducing, altering, translating, publishing, or otherwise, or provide such information to a third party, without KINX's prior consent.
Article 13 (Compensation for Damages)
① Where an account holder is unable to use the Services due to a reason attributable to KINX, KINX shall compensate the account holder for the resulting damage. The details of, and procedures for, such compensation shall follow the relevant Terms of Service.
② Where an account holder's violation of the Terms causes damage to KINX, the account holder shall compensate KINX for all damage incurred.
③ Where KINX receives a claim for damages, a lawsuit, or any other objection from a third party other than the relevant account holder, arising from an unlawful act committed by the account holder, or the account holder's violation of the Terms, in using KINX's Website or the Services, the account holder shall, at the account holder's own responsibility and expense, indemnify KINX; and where KINX is not indemnified, the account holder shall compensate KINX for all damage thereby incurred by KINX.
Article 14 (Exemption)
① KINX is exempt from responsibility for providing the Services where KINX is unable to provide the Services due to a natural disaster or force majeure equivalent thereto.
② KINX is not responsible for any failure in the use of the Services arising from a reason attributable to an account holder.
③ KINX is not responsible for any loss of profit that an account holder expected to gain from using the Services.
④ KINX is not responsible for a failure of a service provided by another business operator, except as separately stated in the relevant Terms of Service.
⑤ KINX is not responsible for the reliability, accuracy, or other content of information, materials, or facts posted by an account holder in connection with the Services.
⑥ KINX is exempt from responsibility where a transaction is conducted between account holders, or between an account holder and a third party, through the Services.
⑦ KINX is not responsible for the use of a Service provided free of charge, unless otherwise specifically provided by relevant laws.
⑧ The Terms apply only to a Master Account and General Account that has entered into a service agreement with KINX, and KINX is exempt from any liability for compensation, litigation, or other claims made by a third party.
Article 15 (Competent Court)
① Where a dispute arises between KINX and an account holder, both parties shall consult in good faith to resolve the dispute.
② If the dispute is not resolved despite the consultation under the preceding Clause, either party may file a lawsuit with the competent court under the Civil Procedure Act, and the competent court shall be the court having jurisdiction over the location of KINX's headquarters.
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① The Terms took effect on July 30, 2025.










