Terms and Conditions
The management of SKIE Website is based on OECD conditions and Korean laws
Website usage
SKIE encourages the use of its data, publications and multimedia products (sound, image, software, etc.) presented herein (collectively, the \”Material\”), for informational purposes only. All contents on this website are protected by copyright.
What can you do with SKIE published content (data, text and multimedia products)?
You can copy, download or print content for your own use, and you can also include excerpts from SKIE publications, databases and multimedia products in your own documents, presentations, blogs, websites and teaching materials, provided that suitable acknowledgment of SKIE as source and copyright owner is given. You should cite the Title of the material, © SKIE, publication year (if available) and page number or URL (uniform resource locator) as applicable.
All requests for commercial use and translation rights should be submitted to skie@gmail.com.
Linking to SKIE website(s)
In order to promote its work, and because Internet is about linking, SKIE encourages a User who maintains an external website to include hyperlinks to skie.snu.ac.kr, to any of its satellite website(s) or to any of their pages (collectively \”the SKIE website(s)\”), on that external site without having to ask prior permission under the following conditions:
These hyperlinks must not:
•infringe SKIE\’s rights, in particular relating to its logo, acronym and intellectual property rights;
•be used for the promotion of an Organisation or company, or of any commercial products or services.
As a consequence,
•links to SKIE website(s) must appear clearly as such, i.e. with the complete and obvious SKIE URL;
•if you link to SKIE website(s), you must refrain from creating frames, or using other visual altering tools, around the SKIE pages;
•the User is asked, as far as they exist, to use the user-friendly URLs that will be found soon under the Site Map to make a link to the SKIE website(s);
If you have further questions about linking to SKIE website(s), please feel free to send us an email at skie@gmail.com.
Disclaimers
INFORMATION ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN \”AS IS\” AND \”AS AVAILABLE\” BASIS. The SKIE makes every effort to ensure, but does not guarantee, the accuracy or completeness of the information on the SKIE website(s). Our goal is to keep this information timely and accurate. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them.
SKIE may add, change, improve, or update the information of the website without notice. SKIE reserves its exclusive right in its sole discretion to alter, limit or discontinue part of this site. Under no circumstances shall SKIE be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered which is claimed to result from use of this site, including without limitation, any fault, error, omission, interruption or delay. Use of this site is at User\’s sole risk.
Information contained in SKIE website(s) does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the SKIE Secretariat concerning the legal status of any country or of its authorities.
The mention of specific companies or certain products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by SKIE in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned.
We make every effort to minimise disruption caused by technical errors. However some data or information on SKIE website(s) may have been created or structured in files or formats which are not error-free and we cannot guarantee that our service will not be interrupted or otherwise affected by such problems. SKIE accepts no responsibility with regards to such problems (failure of performance, computer virus, communication line failure, alteration of content, etc.) incurred as a result of using SKIE website(s) or any link to external sites.
If SKIE website(s) contain(s) message or communication facilities, the User shall not do any of the following:
•defame, abuse, harass, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others;
•publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material;
•upload or attach files that contain software of other material protected by intellectual property laws unless the User owns or controls the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents;
•upload or attach files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another\’s computer;
•upload, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available unsolicited advertising of any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests, \”spam\” or chain letters; etc.
The User specifically acknowledges and agrees that SKIE is not liable for any conduct of any other User, including, but not limited to, the types of conduct listed above.
SKIE website(s) may contain advice, opinions and statements from external websites. Hyperlinks to non-SKIE Internet sites do not imply any official endorsement of or responsibility for the opinions, ideas, data or products presented at these locations or guarantee the validity of the information provided. The sole purpose of links to other sites is to indicate further information available on related topics.
SKIE reserves the right to deny at its sole discretion any User access to SKIE website(s) or any portion thereof without notice.
For site security purpose and to ensure that SKIE website(s) remain(s) available to all users, it (they) employ(s) software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorised attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage and to detect other possible security breaches.
Preservation of immunities
Nothing herein shall constitute or be considered to be a limitation upon or a waiver of the privileges and immunities of SKIE or of any related body or entity, which are specifically reserved.
Privacy Policy
It provides guidance on conducting an internal review of existing personal data practices and on developing a privacy policy statement. It offers links to governmental agencies, non-governmental organisations and private bodies that give information on applicable regulations.
Privacy Protection
This policy establishes how we handle the information we learn about you when you visit the main SKIE website (skie.snu.ac.kr), any of its satellite website(s) or any of their pages (collectively \”the SKIE website(s)\”). Protecting the privacy and personal data of our visitors is of utmost importance to us. Protecting your privacy and your personal data is an important aspect of the way we create, organise and implement our activities on-line and off-line. The SKIE website(s) follow(s) the principles set out in the Recommendation of the Council concerning Guidelines Governing the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data (C(80)58/FINAL).
Purpose Specifications and Data Collection
In general, you can browse the SKIE website(s) with logging in the SKIE website(s). If you visit the SKIE website(s) to read or download information, we collect and store only the following information that is automatically recognised: the date and time, the originating IP address, the domain name, the type of browser and operating system used (if provided by the browser), the URL of the referring page (if provided by the browser), the object requested and the completion status of the request.
Cookies and Other Technologies
As described above, we sometimes collect anonymous information from visits to our website(s) to help us provide better customer service. For example, we keep track of the domains from which people visit and we also measure visitor activity on the SKIE website(s), but we do so in ways that keep the information anonymous. We use the information that we collect to measure the number of visitors to the different areas of our website(s), and to help us make our website(s) more useful to visitors. This includes analysing these logs periodically to measure the traffic through our servers, the number of pages visited and the level of demand for pages and topics of interest. The logs may be preserved indefinitely and used at any time and in any way to prevent security breaches and to ensure the integrity of the data on our servers.
We collect the anonymous information we mentioned above through the use of various technologies, one of which is called \”cookies\”. A cookie is an element of data that a website can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive.
Also, when we collect personal data from you in connection with a transaction we may extract some information about that transaction in an anonymous format and combine it with other anonymous information.
This anonymous information is used and analysed only at an aggregate level to help us understand trends and patters. None of this information is reviewed at an individual level. If you do not want your transaction details used in this manner, you can either disable your cookies or opt-out at the order or request stage.
We do not associate the information stored in a visitor\’s cookie with any other personal data about that visitor.
All our employees and processors who have access to personal data and are associated with the processing of that data are obliged to respect the confidentiality of data.
Disclosure
You may also choose to receive promotional or marketing information from other organisations. You can indicate this choice by selecting the appropriate option during registration. When you choose to receive promotional or marketing information from other organisations, we only disclose your name and address to them. However, you should note that other organisations may follow privacy practices which are different from our own privacy practices.
Individual Participation / Access
You can ask us whether we are keeping personal data about you, and you can also request to receive a copy of that personal data. Before sending you any personal data, we will ask you to provide proof of your identity. If you are not able to provide proof of your identity, we reserve the right to refuse to send you the personal data.
We will make a sincere effort to respond in a timely manner to your requests to the previous questions or to correct inaccuracies in your personal information. At any time, you may request that we delete or correct your personal information in our logs.
Security
We intend to protect the quality and integrity of your personal information. The SKIE has implemented technologies and security policies to protect the stored personal data of our users from unauthorised access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction and accidental loss. We will continue to enhance our security procedures, as new technology becomes available. SKIE employees and processors who have access to personal data are obliged to respect the privacy of our visitors and the confidentiality of their personal data.
Notifications of Changes
As the SKIE creates new services that may generate a need to amend this privacy statement, the SKIE will highlight such changes on theSKIE website home page.