CONNECT.ED Privacy Policy

Through this Policy, BLF Inc. (“The Company”) regards personal information of the users as important and inform them of the purpose and method of Company's using the personal information provided by the users and the measures taken by the Company for protection of those personal information.

This Policy will be effective on the 1th day of January, 2021 and, in case of modification thereof, the Company will make public notice of it through posting it on the bulletin board of Company's website or individual notice through sending mails, fax or e-mails).

1.       Information to be Collected and Method of Collection

(1)    Personal information items to be collected
Personal information items to be collected by the Company are as follows:

                                                               i.      Information provided by the users
The Company may collect the information directly provided by the users.
-Membership: E-mail Address, Social Network IDs (Facebook, Naver, Kakao)
-Program recommendations: Information pertaining to interested fields of study abroad programs, age
-Purchase of the service & study abroad programs: Name of the student, gender of the student, address of the student, date of birth of the student, current educational status of the student, nationality of the student, phone number of the student, e-mail address of the student, information of the legal representative (name, contact information, occupation, address)
-Online payment: Payment information including account number and card number

                                                             ii.      Information collected while the users use services
Besides of information directly provided by the users, the Company may collect information in the course that the users use the service provided by the Company.
IP address, cookie, MAC address, visited pages regarding service use of users

(2)    Method of collection
The Company collects the information of users in a way of the followings:
-Provided by partner companies

2.       Use of Collected Information

The Company uses the collected information of users for the following purposes:

-Member management and identification
-To provide information on study abroad programs as demanded by the users
-To make statistics on member’s service usage, to provided services and place advertisements based on statistical characteristics
-To comply with applicable laws or legal obligation

The Company agrees that it will obtain consent from the users, if the Company desires to use the information other than those expressly stated in this Policy.

3.       Sharing Collected Information
Except for the following cases, the Company will not share personal information with a 3rd party:

• when the Company shares the information with its affiliates, partners and service providers;

• when the users consent to the sharing in advance;

• when the sharing is required by the laws

- if required to be disclosed by the laws and regulations; or

- if required to be disclosed by the investigative agencies for detecting crimes in accordance with the procedure and method as prescribed in the laws and regulations

4.       Cookies, Beacons and Similar Technologies
The Company may collect collective and impersonal information through 'cookies' or 'web beacons'. Cookies are very small text files to be sent to the browser of the users by the server used for operation of the websites of the Company and will be stored in hard-disks of the users' computer. Web beacon is a small quantity of code which exists on the websites and e-mails. By using web beacons, we may know whether a user has interacted with certain webs or the contents of email. These functions are used for evaluating, improving services and setting-up users' experiences so that much improved services can be provided by the Company to the users
The items of cookies to be collected by the Company and the purpose of such collection are as follows:
-Strictly necessary: Check whether login is made on website; connect the users with certain application or server of the services
-Performance: web analysis (provide statistical data on the ways of using website); advertisement; management of error
-Functionality: Memorize when the customer responds to a survey conducted by the compandy
The users have an option for cookie installation. So, they may either allow all cookies by setting option in web browser, make each cookie checked whenever it is saved, or refuses all cookies to be saved: Provided that, if the user rejects the installation of cookies, it may be difficult for that user to use the parts of services provided by the Company.

5.       Users' Right to Access and Option

The users or their legal representatives, as main agents of the information, may exercise the following options regarding the collection, use and sharing of personal information by the Company:

• exercise right to access to personal information;

• make corrections or deletion;

• make temporary suspension of treatment of personal information; or

• request the withdrawal of their consent provided before

If, in order to exercise the above options, you, as an user, use the menu of 'amendment of member information of webpage or contact the Company by using representative telephone or sending a document or e-mails, or using telephone to the responsible department (or person in charge of management of personal information), the Company will take measures without delay: Provided that the Company may reject the request of you only to the extent that there exists either proper cause as prescribed in the laws or equivalent cause.

6.       Security

The Company regards the security of personal information of uses as very important. The company constructs the following security measures to protect the users' personal information from any unauthorized access, release, use or modification
-Encryption of personal information
-Countermeasures against hacking
-Establish and execute an internal management plan
-Install and operate access control system

7.       Protection of Personal Information of Children

In principle, the Company does not collect any information from the children under 13 or equivalent minimum age as prescribed in the laws in relevant jurisdiction. The website, products and services of the Company are the ones to be provided to ordinary people, in principle. The website or application of the Company has function to do age limit so that children cannot use it and the Company does not intentionally collect any personal information from children through that function.

(Additional procedure for collecting personal information from children)
However, if the Company collects any personal information from children under 13 or equivalent minimum age as prescribed in the laws in relevant jurisdiction for the services for unavoidable reason, the Company will go through the additional procedure of the followings for protecting that personal information of children:

• obtain consent from the parents or guardian of children so as to collect personal information of children or directly send the information of products and services of the Company

• give the parents or guardian of children a notice of Company's policy of privacy protection for children including the items, purpose and sharing of personal information collected

• grant to legal representatives of children a right to access to personal information of that children/correction or deletion of personal information/temporary suspension of treatment of personal information/ and request for withdrawal of their consent provided before

• limit the amount of personal information exceeding those necessary for participation in online activities

8.       Modification of Privacy Protection Policy
The Company has the right to amend or modify this Policy from time to time and, in such case, the Company will make a public notice of it through bulletin board of its website (or through individual notice such as written document, fax or e-mail) and obtain consent from the users if required by relevant laws.

9.       Data Transmission
Considering it engages in global businesses, the Company may provide the users' personal information to the companies located in other countries for the purpose as expressly stated in this Policy. For the places where the personal information is transmitted, retained or processed, the Company takes reasonable measures for protecting that personal information.

(If used in the US, additional security measures may be available) In addition, when the personal information obtained from the European Union is used or disclosed, the Company may have to comply with safe harbor principle as required by the Commerce Department of USA, take other measures or obtain consent from users so far as those complies with the regulations of EU so as to use a standardized agreement provision approved by executing organizations of EU or securing proper safe measures.

10.   3rd Party’s Sites and Services
The website, product or service of the Company may include the links to the ones of a 3rd party and the privacy protection policy of the site of 3rd party may be different. Thus, it is required for the users to check additionally that policy of a 3rd party site linked to the site of the Company.

11.   Period for Retention and Use of Personal Information
In principle, the Company destructs personal information of users without delay when: the purpose of its collection and use has been achieved; the legal or management needs are satisfied; or users request: Provided that, if it is required to retain the information by relevant laws and regulations, the Company will retain member information for certain period as designated by relevant laws and regulations. The information to be retained as required by relevant laws and regulations are as follows:
-Record regarding contract or withdrawal of subscription: 5 years (The Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce)

-Record on payment and supply of goods: 5 years (The Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce)
-Record on consumer complaint or dispute treatment: 3 years (The Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce)
-Record on collection/process, and use of credit information: 3 years (The Act on Use and Protection of Credit Information)

-Record on sign/advertisement: 6 months(The Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce)

-Log record of users such as internet/data detecting the place of user connection: 3 months(The Protection of Communications Secrets Act)

-Other data for checking communication facts: 12 months (The Protection of Communications Secrets Act)

12.   Responsible Department of Company
The Company designates the following department and person in charge of personal information in order to protect personal information of customers and deal with complaints from customers:

Department responsible for privacy protection and customer service : Marketing Team

Tel.: +82-10-2284-6787

E-mail: bomiaepark@connectedu.com

The latest update date: 2021.03.12