Tour2Korea.com

I. Terms of Service

1. Purpose
a.  The Terms of Service for Tour2Korea.com ("T2K" hereinafter) are applied to the T2K website, managed by the Korea National Tourism Organization, not to other partner companies.
b.  T2K provides the service under the condition that users consent to and comply with the Terms of Service.  To use T2K is to agree to the Terms of Service.
c.  The Terms of Service may be updated from time to time without notice to users. 
The most current version of the Terms of Service may be reviewed any time at: http://english.tour2korea.com/login/join_usage.asp.

2.  Definition of User
a.  A "User" is defined as a member or non-member who visits T2K and receives information and utilizes services provided by T2K.

3. Other Rules and Regulations
a.  The Terms of Service are in compliance with the telecommunications laws and related regulations of the Republic of Korea and laws pertaining to commercial practices.

4. Membership
a.  A person who wishes to become a T2K member may apply for membership by filling out and submitting personal information through T2K's registration process and clicking the "Register" button.
b.  T2K will admit users who have completed the registration process mentioned in above clause as a member except in the following cases:
ii) Falsehood, omission or miswriting of personal information;
ii) Any breach of these Terms of Service
c.  As soon as your personal information changes, you should change your member information. If you do not change your personal information, you are responsible for any problems caused by not changing the information.

5. Membership Secession and Disqualification
a.  You can request membership termination at anytime by the process of the member information modification. T2K will start processing the requested termination immediately.
b.  After you secede from T2K, you cannot be a member again within a month after the day of secession, unless T2K accepts the exception according to its management policy.
c.  T2K reserves the right to restrict, suspend or terminate memberships under these conditions:
ii) Posts texts or materials that slander specific countries or individuals or could create the diplomatic conflicts;
ii) Enters false information when registering or changing personal information;
iii) Acts against the law, the Terms of Service, or generally accepted customs and manners, using the service;
iv) Changes any of the contents posted on T2K;
iv) Violates third party's human rights or intellectual properties, or T2K copyrights or work;
v) Collects and uses another member's ID illegally;
vi) Spreads information, texts, and figures to others, disrupts the public order, or violates generally accepted customs and manners;
vii) Registers several IDs; 
viii) Behaves in a way objectively considered to be a crime; 
ix) Acts against the Terms of Service and related laws;


6.  T2K Privacy Policy
a.  T2K strictly protects users' personal information.  You can get more information on T2K Privacy Policy at http://english.tour2korea.com/footer/policy.asp.

7.  Use of Service
a.  T2K provides free service, classifying users as members and non-members.
b.  The service of T2K includes contents (texts, images, multimedia, etc), bulletin boards, cafes, forums, My T2K, T2K Zone, Reservations, T2K Directory and Communication devices which allow communications with other users.
c.  T2K has no obligations of censorship in the T2K Zone, but has the right to review contents and delete certain contents at its sole discretion. T2K can restrict users from some or all services of T2K Zone without any notice to users for any reason.

8. Obligations of T2K
a.  T2K does not conduct any illegal activities contrary to the law and these Terms of Service, and provides continuous and stable service according to these Terms of Service.
b.  T2K does not send commercial e-mail to users without consent.
c.  T2K takes full responsibility to compensate for loss caused by T2K's purposeful action to cause damage.

9. Obligations of Users
a.  Users agree not to do any of the following:
i) Registration or modification of personal information with false information.
ii) Modification of information posted on T2K.
iii) Violation of any third party's human rights or intellectual properties, or interference in T2K affairs.
iv) Surreptitious use of another member's ID.
v) Spread information such as texts or images which is contrary to public order and morals.
vi) Behavior objectively judged as a crime.
vii) Actions against the Terms of Service and related laws.
b.  T2K may take proper action such as suspend or delete memberships who conducted activities mentioned in clause 'a'.  T2K may also delete any information related with the user, without notice, at its sole discretion.

10.  Member's Obligations for ID and Password
a.  You are fully responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your ID and password.
b.  You should not allow third parties to use your ID and password.
c.  You must immediately notify T2K of leakage or any unauthorized use of your ID and password.  Furthermore, you are obligated to follow the guidance of T2K.

11. Dealing with Advertisers
a.  Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through T2K, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that T2K shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on T2K.

12. Limitations of Storage
a.  Users agree that T2K may limit the storage size, duration of the content storage, etc. on My T2K.
b.  Users agree that T2K reserves the right to suspend or terminate user's My T2K that is inactive for an extended period of time. 

13. Rights and Responsibilities for Messages Posted
a.  T2K has all rights to all of the contents on the messages posted so long as there is no objection from the author nor special agreements between T2K and the author.
b.  T2K protects the messages posted and bans plagiarism on the site.

14. Amendment of the Terms of Service
a.  T2K reserves the right to amend the Terms of Service.

15.  Other
a.  The Terms of Service have been made and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Korea.  Any action to enforce this Agreement shall be brought in the courts of the Republic of Korea. 



These Terms of Service continue in effect from 31 December 2002.