IkChat - Privacy Policy Effective Date: October 15, 2022 Welcome to IkChat! To save your time, IkChat has written the Privacy Policy as concise as possible. Therefore, please be aware of the Privacy Policy and use it in the process of using IkChat. It is written in the form of questions and answers for everyone to read. It is very difficult to write a Privacy Policy that will satisfy everyone in the world. However, IkChat did its best and will continue to do its best. What kind of information does IkChat collect? IkChat is an information service. That's why you provide information and IkChat receives information and provides various IkChat services. However, some information that you do not want to disclose can be changed in Settings. 1. Information collected by IkChat When you use IkChat, we collect two pieces of information. 1.1 Information you provide to IkChat You must create an account to use the IkChat service. In order to create an account, you need to provide us with information. The information is as follows. • IkChat.com/ Channel Name • Nickname • Email Address • Password • Gender • Age • Country 1.2 The information we collect when you use IkChat IkChat collects the information you provide so that we can build a safer and more interesting social networking environment. Usage information. We collect your IkChat activities, and the contents are as follows. • Your avatar. • Your emoticon or emoji. • IkChat activities such as IkChat, ShareTalk, Quote, Guest Book, Like, PokChat, AnA, votes and all the IkChat activities. • Follows and followings. • When using the message feature, the recipient, sender, date and time of transmission, etc. • Your e-mail address and its contents to and from the IkChat Customer Center. • Information related to the IkChat voting room. Purchases and payments. If you pay through the IkChat service (including payments made through an intermediary), IkChat can collect information about the transaction, including the date on which the transaction occurred. Device information. You can collect information related to the device you use to use IkChat, and the contents are as follows. • Information related to your Internet connection, IP address, and browser type. • Information about the operating system, language, installation app, device fault history, and device settings. • When you provide an email address to IkChat, it allows you to connect to your IkChat account. • When you access IkChat with a particular browser or device, IkChat connects you to your account. • Even if you're not logged in, we can still guess your account from the information we collected from IkChat service. Log information. If you use the IkChat service even if you have not yet created a IkChat account or have not logged in, IkChat can collect the following information: • Click or watch ads that appear in IkChat • IP address, browser type, language, operating system, search term, etc How does IkChat use my information? It is used to make sure that you use the IkChat service safely and conveniently. 2. How IkChat uses information IkChat will have difficult time to provide interesting services without your valuable information. This is because the characteristics and interests of users around the world are unknown. We would appreciate it if you could refer to the fact that it is used for the following information. 2.1 To improve IkChat service IkChat uses your collected information to suggest avatars, emojis, followers, topics, and more that may match your interests. It is also used to provide ads that match your interests. 2.2 For a safe environment Since you use our service through avatar, sometimes there can be people who use IkChat for unhealthy purposes. We use your collected information to ban these harmful users from our service. 2.3 For service improvement We do not think IkChat's service will satisfy everyone in the world 100%. However, we use your collected information to improve our service to the fullest satisfaction of the information you provide. 2.4 To identify interests Your interests are most important to us. This is why we can send you a marketing message and sometimes communicate with you via email so that we will understand your interest. How will my contents be revealed? Please note that if it's open in your IkChat account settings, it can be open to the search engine or news. 3. Sharing information IkChat shares your information in four ways: 3.1 All the posts that you posted through IkChat IkChat is a social networking service. Open and shared services are key. However, if you don't want to share it with others, you can go into Settings and change it to private. If you don't make any changes, your posts can be published and shared with other IkChat users and third parties. 3.2 Advertisers and Third-Party Content Advertisers We are able to provide IkChat service by generating advertising revenue. That's why we collect your responses to the ad. This is also to help advertisers show smoother advertising, but it's even greater to provide advertising that suits your interests. Third-party content. Third-party businesses using IkChat can share or disclose your information to provide services that suit your interests. However, this does not mean your personal information like your email or phone number. The information will be about your gender, age, and countries. Of course, including us no one knows you are. 3.3 Prevention of legal reasons or damage IkChat communicates through avatars, so when creating an account, we do not collect your real name, address, or mobile phone number. However, for your safety, for legal reasons or to prevent damage, we can share the perpetrator's e-mail address and cooperate to prevent damage. 3.4 Changes in management rights If IkChat is merged or acquired, we can share, sell, or transfer your information so that you can maintain using our service. How long will my information be kept in IkChat? We keep your information until you completely withdraw from the IkChat service. 4. Information retention period Your information will be kept until you leave the IkChat service. In particular, your information released on IkChat may remain in the space outside IkChat platform after you leave. It can be kept longer according to the search engine's privacy policy. In order to maintain a safe and healthy environment, IkChat can keep the email address of users who provide harmful information to IkChat services indefinitely. This is to prevent these users from using the IkChat service in the future. How can I change my information on IkChat? You can delete and change your IkChat information. 5. How to change You can delete and change your information. 5.1 View, change, delete You can view, change, or delete your profile by modifying it. However, it cannot be changed to the information already registered by a third party when changing it. For example, if the channel name of a third party is IkChat, you cannot change it to the same channel name. 5.2 Delete Information You can deactivate your account for 30 days. However, after 30 days, your account will be completely deleted. You can reactivate it before 30 days. Is there an age limit for using IkChat? Yes, people under the age of 13 are restricted from using IkChat. 6. Age of use IkChat limits those under the age of 13, but it is difficult to prevent this because we do not collect date of birth through authentication. However, in IOS and Google Android, we will do our best to keep the age limit strict as possible by marking the age range as above. Can the IkChat privacy policy be changed? Yes, and if so, we'll let you know about the changes. 7. Revision of this Privacy Policy IkChat will revise this Privacy policy if significant matters need to be changed. After the revision, we will inform IkChat users through e-mail, push, and so on. How can I contact IkChat? You can contact us via IkChat email or through 1:1 Q&A on IkChat service. 8. How to contact IkChat IkChat's email address is as follows. IkChatpolicy@naver.com The address of IkChat is as follows. IkChat, Inc. 35, Dongmak-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea 04047 Thank you for reading IkChat's Privacy Policy. If you have any other questions, please contact us via email. 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