Terms of Service
Terms of Service
Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of these Terms and Conditions is to protect the rights, obligations, and responsibilities between the Company and the Member in relation to the use of the dating service provided by "HoneYting" (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and the basic matters such as the conditions and procedures for the Member's use of this service, in order to protect the rights, interests, and information of the Member.
Article 2 (Definition of Terms)
The definitions of terms used in these Terms are as follows:
1. "Service" means all services related to "SweetTalk" that can be used by members regardless of the device (including various wired and wireless devices such as PCs, TVs, and mobile devices) on which it is implemented.
2. "Member" means a customer who accesses the Company's service and concludes a use contract with the Company in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and uses the service provided by the Company.
3. "Paid Service" means various online digital contents and other services provided by the Company for a fee.
4. "Post" means posts, photos, videos, and various files and links posted by members on the service when using the service.
5. "Points" means virtual data on the service that has no property value that the Company can arbitrarily set, pay, or adjust for efficient use of the service.
6. "Operator" refers to a person or company selected by the Company for the overall management and smooth operation of the Service.
Article 3 (Effectiveness and Change of Terms)
1. These Terms shall take effect when the customer or personal location information subject who applied for the Service agrees to these Terms and registers as a user of the Service in accordance with the prescribed procedures set by the Company.
2. The Company may amend these Terms to the extent that it does not violate the relevant laws, such as the 「Act on Regulation of Terms and Conditions」 and the 「Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc.
3. If the Company revises the Terms and Conditions, it shall notify the existing Terms and Conditions and the revised Terms and Conditions, specifying the date of application of the revised Terms and Conditions and the reason for the revision, and shall notify the members of the revised Terms and Conditions from 10 days before the date of application for a substantial period of time after the date of application, and if the revision is unfavorable to the members, from 30 days before the date of application for a substantial period of time after the date of application, respectively, or notify the members by sending the revised Terms and Conditions to the members in electronic form.
4. If the Company announces or notifies the revised Terms and Conditions in accordance with the preceding paragraph and the members do not express their refusal by the date of application of the revised Terms and Conditions, they shall be deemed to have approved the Terms and Conditions. If the member does not agree to the revised terms, the member may terminate the use contract.
5. Agreeing to these Terms means that you agree to regularly visit the service operated by the company to check for changes in the terms. The company is not responsible for any damage caused by the member's failure to know the information about the changed terms and conditions.
Article 4 (Interpretation of Terms)
Any matters or interpretations not specified in these terms and conditions shall be governed by the provisions or correlative precedents of the 『Telecommunications Basic Act』, 『Telecommunications Business Act』, 『Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection』 and other related laws and regulations.
Article 5 (Change of Member Information)
1. Members can view and modify their personal information at any time through the profile management screen.
2. If the member's personal information changes, the member must modify the changes through online modification.
3. The company is not responsible for any disadvantages caused by not modifying the changes in the member's information.
Article 6 (Privacy Obligations)
The company strives to protect the personal information of members, including member registration information, in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. The protection and use of personal information shall be governed by applicable laws and the Company's privacy policy.
Article 7 (Notification to Members)
1. If the Company notifies a specific member of the Service, it may do so by sending a message within the Service.
2. If the Company notifies an unspecified number of members, it may replace the notification by posting it on the SweetTalk access screen or announcement.
Article 8 (Company's Obligations)
1. The Company shall comply with applicable laws and shall not engage in any acts prohibited by these Terms and Conditions or contrary to public order and morals. The Company shall also do its best to provide the Service reliably.
2. The Company shall establish and continuously manage the system so that members can use the Service safely and conveniently.
3. We strive to delete posts that are against public order and morals, harmful to others, or offensive within 24 hours.
Article 9 (Obligations of Members)
1. Members shall not do the following:
(1) Do not interfere with the use of the service by others.
(2) Do not make posts that insult others or disclose their identity.
(3) Do not create posts that violate public morals, such as obscene or violent messages, images, or voices;
(4) Do not create commercial posts for commercial purposes in a form not authorized by the Company;
(5) Do not send commercial messages to others;
(6) Do not use automatic access programs and other macro programs together.
(7) I do not maliciously or intentionally overload the server;
(8) I do not infringe on intellectual property rights, including copyrights;
(9) I do not register unauthorized persons' photos and other personal information in my profile picture or posts;
(10) I do not register other messenger IDs (KakaoTalk, Line, Telegram, etc.) in a form that can be viewed by an unspecified number of people.
(11) Do not use the service for commercial purposes without the consent of the company;
(13) Do not engage in other illegal or unreasonable acts.
2. Members shall comply with the relevant laws, the provisions of these Terms and Conditions, the instructions for use, and the matters notified by the company in connection with the service, and shall not engage in other acts that interfere with the company's business.
3. Members may not exploit or propagate bugs or system problems.
4. In order to perform the user authentication function as an application that provides online conversation service between unspecified users (random chat app) in accordance with the Child and Youth Protection Act, members cannot use the service unless they authenticate their mobile phone number.
Article 10 (Provision of Services)
1. The Company provides the following services to members:
(1) Post registration and commenting
(2) Message
2. The service is provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year in principle.
3. The Company may temporarily suspend the provision of the service if there is a substantial reason for maintenance, inspection, replacement, or failure of information and communication facilities such as computers, communication interruption, or operation. In this case, the Company shall notify the Member in the manner prescribed in Article 7 [Notification to the Member]. However, if there is an unavoidable reason that the Company cannot notify in advance, it may notify afterwards.
4. The Company may conduct regular inspections if necessary for the provision of the Service, and the time of regular inspection shall be as announced on the service provision screen.
Article 11 (Service Usage Fee)
1. The services provided by the Company are basically free of charge. However, in the case of a separate paid service, you must pay the fee specified in the service to use it.
2. If you use the service through an app market (App Store, Play Store, One Store), the payment policy of the corresponding app market is basically followed.
3. Limits may be imposed or adjusted for each payment method in accordance with the policies of the Company and payment providers (mobile carriers, application stores, etc.), government policies, etc.
4. The Company shall not be liable for any third-party payment caused by the user's negligence.
Article 12 (Withdrawal of Subscription and Refund)
1. Members may withdraw their subscription (cancel their purchase) within 7 days from the time of purchase. However, with respect to some paid contents with similar characteristics, such as paid contents that have already been used or deemed to be used at the time of the request for withdrawal, withdrawal (purchase cancellation) may be restricted in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. If a user purchases the same content multiple times, the most recently purchased paid content is deemed to have been used.
2. The Company will not process refunds or cancel payments in the following cases, except that if there is a separately announced refund policy, the policy will be followed:
(1) Paid content received as a gift from another user
(2) Paid content earned by winning or participating in an event
(3) Paid content not directly paid for by another user
(4) Points and items that have expired and been destroyed
3. The Company shall determine whether the reason for the refund request is appropriate and proceed with the refund and payment cancellation process in accordance with the refund operation policy of each app market operator to the member who is found to have gone through the appropriate procedure.
4. The Company may cancel the amount charged and paid through fraudulent methods or methods prohibited by the Company.
5. If the member is suspended and forcibly withdrawn due to violation of the Terms of Use and policies or the contract is terminated due to the member's voluntary withdrawal, the points held by the member will be automatically destroyed, and refunds and payment cancellations are not possible, and the points will not be restored even if the member rejoins.
6. Disputes between the Company and users may be subject to mediation by the Electronic Transaction Dispute Mediation Committee, an organization established pursuant to Article 32 of the Basic Act on Electronic Transactions.
Article 13 (Change of Service)
1. The Company may change all or part of the services provided in accordance with operational and technical needs if there is a substantial reason.
2. If there is a change in the content, method of use, or time of use of the service or suspension of the service, the contents, reason, and date of the service to be changed or suspended shall be notified to the member through the initial screen of the service or the announcement screen in the service.
3. The Company may modify, discontinue, or change all or part of the services provided free of charge due to the needs of the Company's policies and operations, and no separate compensation shall be paid to the Member unless there is a special provision in the relevant law.
Article 14 (Provision of Information and Placement of Advertisements)
1. The Company may place advertisements on the SweetTalk service screen, etc. in connection with the operation of the Service.
Article 15 (Copyright of Posts)
1. The rights, responsibilities, and copyrights for posts belong to the poster. However, for the purpose of this service, all posts produced by the member through this service can be considered as having the intention to be disclosed to all members of the service, including contractors.
2 .All rights and responsibilities of the posts posted by the member belong to the member who posted them, and the company is not responsible for the accuracy and reliability of the information posted by the member.
3. Copyright and other intellectual property rights for posts created by the company are owned by the company.
4. Members shall not use the information obtained by using the service for commercial purposes by arbitrary processing, sale, reproduction, transmission, publication, distribution, broadcasting, or other methods without the prior consent of the company or cause a third party to use it.
5. The member grants the company a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use the posts created and registered by the member so that the company or a third party authorized by the company can perform acts corresponding to each of the following items for the purpose of operating, displaying, and promoting the service.
(1) Reproduce, modify, adapt, transmit, display, distribute, and create secondary works and editorial works of the Member's posts within the Service
(2) Display and distribute the Member's posts within the Service on related sites operated by the Company
(3) Provide and use the contents of the Member's posts to media, telecommunications companies, etc. for the purpose of promoting the Company's services. However, in this case, the Company does not provide personal information without the individual consent of the member.
Article 16 (Management of Posts)
1. If a member's post contains content that violates relevant laws such as the Information and Communication Network Act and the Copyright Act, the right holder may request the suspension or deletion of the post in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the relevant laws, and the Company shall take measures in accordance with the relevant laws.
2. Even if there is no request from the right holder pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Company may take temporary measures such as deletion in accordance with relevant laws if there is a reason to recognize infringement of rights or if it violates other company policies and relevant laws.
3. If there is a report of a post, the Company may delete the post or take blocking measures against the poster within 24 hours.
Article 17 (Attribution of Rights)
1. The intellectual property rights and other rights related to the services provided by the Company, software, images, marks, logos, designs, service names, information and trademarks, etc. The Member may not modify, rent, lend, sell, distribute, create, transfer, sublicense, pledge, or commercially exploit all or part of each property in Paragraph 1, except as expressly authorized by the Company, and may not allow a third party to do so.
Article 18 (Rights of Legal Representatives)
1. The Company shall obtain consent from the member and the member's legal representative for the provision of location-based services using personal location information and the provision of personal location information to a third party for members under the age of 14. In this case, the legal representative shall have all the rights of the member under Article 9.
2. The Company shall not use personal location information or location information of children under the age of 14?The Company shall obtain the consent of the child under 14 years of age and his/her legal representative if it intends to use or provide the verification data to a third party beyond the scope specified or notified in the Terms of Use, except in the following cases.
(1) When location information is used for settlement of fees for the provision of location information and location-based services and confirmation of the fact of provision is required
(2) When a specific individual is processed and provided in an unrecognizable form for statistical compilation, academic research, or market research
Article 19 (Termination of Contract, Cancellation, etc.
1. The member may apply for termination of the use contract at any time through the withdrawal screen in the service, and the company shall immediately process it in accordance with relevant laws.
2. If a member terminates the contract, all data and points of the member will be destroyed immediately upon termination, except for the case where the company retains member information in accordance with the relevant laws and privacy policy.
3. The company may terminate the use contract if any of the following reasons apply.
(1) If the applicant has previously been disqualified as a member under these Terms and Conditions
(2) If the applicant provides false information or does not provide the information provided by the company
(3) If the application cannot be approved due to reasons attributable to the user, or other (4) If you are under the age of 20
(5) If the Company recognizes that the application may clearly violate social order and morals based on relevant laws and regulations
Article 20 (Restrictions on Use)
1. The Company may restrict the use of the Service by warning, temporary suspension, permanent suspension, etc. if the Member violates the obligations of these Terms and Conditions or interferes with the normal operation of the Service or engages in illegal or fraudulent behavior.
2. In the case of permanent suspension of the Service, all information of the Member, including paid content items, will be deleted. The company does not compensate for this.
3. The company may restrict the use of the service for the protection of member information and efficiency of operation if the member does not log in for more than 3 months in a row.
4. In the event of restricting the use of the service or terminating the contract in accordance with this Article, the company will notify in accordance with Article 7 [Notification to Members].
5. The member may appeal against the restriction of use under this Article in accordance with the procedure established by the company. In this case, if the Company recognizes that the objection is justified, the Company will immediately resume the use of the Service.
Article 21 (Limitation of Liability)
1. The Company shall be exempted from liability for providing the Service if it is unable to provide the Service due to natural disasters, war, suspension of the service of the long-term telecommunications carrier, and other equivalent force majeure.
2. The company is not responsible for any obstacles to the use of the service due to reasons attributable to the member.
3. The company is not responsible for the reliability, accuracy, etc. of various information, data, and facts posted by the member on the service.
4. The company is exempted from liability in the event of transactions, etc. between members or between members and third parties through the service, and is not obliged to intervene in the dispute that has arisen and is not responsible for compensating for any damages caused by it.
5. The company is not responsible for any damages related to the use of the service provided by the company to the member.
6. The company is not obliged to monitor the content and quality of products or services advertised by third parties through the screen in the service or the linked website, and is not responsible for any other responsibility.
7. The Company and its employees and agents shall not be liable for any damages arising from the following.
(1) Damages caused by false or inaccurate member status information
(2) Personal damages, regardless of the nature and circumstances, arising from access to the service and use of the service
(3) Damages arising from any illegal access to the server by a third party or illegal use of the server
(4) Damages arising from any illegal interference or interruption by a third party with transmission to or from the server
(5) Damages arising from illegal transmission by a third party using the service, (6) Damages caused by all viruses, spyware, and other malicious programs that are illegally transmitted, distributed, or caused to be transmitted or distributed by a third party using the service
(6) Damages caused by errors, omissions, omissions, destruction, etc. of transmitted data
(7) Various civil and criminal liabilities due to defamation and other illegal acts that occur in the process of registering member status information between members and using the service
Article 22 (Scope of Damages)
1. Members or personal location information subjects may claim damages against the Company if they suffer damages due to the Company's violation of the provisions of Articles 15 to 26 of the Act on the Protection and Use of Location Information, etc. In this case, the Company shall not be exempted from liability unless it proves that there is no intention or negligence.
2. The Company shall not compensate for damages when the damage is caused by force majeure such as natural disasters or caused by the intention or negligence of the member.
3. The Company shall not compensate for any damages incurred by the Member and third parties by using incorrect location information that may occur according to the communication environment of the Member's network operator.
4. The Member shall be liable for any damages incurred by the Company and the network operator by violating the provisions of these Terms and Conditions, including the Member's obligations, even after the use contract is terminated.
Article 23 (Claim for Damages)
A claim for damages must be made in writing to the Company, stating the reason for the claim, the amount of the claim, and the basis for calculation.
Article 24 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)
1. Lawsuits filed between the Company and the Member shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea.
2. Lawsuits regarding disputes arising between the Company and the Member shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the court under the Civil Procedure Act.
Addendum
1. These Terms and Conditions shall be effective from December 5, 2025.