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GolfzonDeca Co., Ltd.(hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) establishes and discloses the following privacy policy in order to protect the personal information of data subjects and facilitate the handling of grievances in this regard in accordance with Article 30 of the Personal Information Protection Act. Through the personal information privacy policy, the company informs you about the purpose and method of using the personal information you provide, and what measures are being taken to protect your personal information.

The Company takes the personal information of its users very seriously and makes every effort to protect the personal information of users who have been provided online at the same time that they use GOLF BUDDY services.

This Privacy Policy applies to GOLF BUDDY Record Monitoring Devices (“Devices”), GB Manager ("Software and Firmware" for Device Updates), websites with domains of golfbuddy.com and Mobile application of the GOLF BUDDY (“App”): GOLFBUDDY:SMART CADDIE, GOLFBUDDY: GOLF GPS, GOLFBUDDY SMART.

This Privacy Policy will take effect on January 1, 2022.

Article 1 (Purpose of Processing Personal Information)

The Company processes personal information for the following purposes: The personal information being processed will not be used for purposes other than the following purposes, and if the purpose of use is changed, the necessary measures will be implemented, such as obtaining a separate consent pursuant to Article 18 of the Personal Information Protection Act.

① Sign up and Administration of Website
Personal information is processed for the purpose of confirming the intention to join as a member, identifying and verifying the identity according to the provision of membership service, maintaining and managing of member status, preventing illegal use of the service, and checking the consent of the legal representative when processing personal information of children under the age of 14.

② Service Delivery
We process personal information for the purpose of providing content and services. The details are as follows:

1. Create Account
In order to access the data generated by the device for a golf record, you need to create a GOLF BUDDY account. Users can use their email address as the username for their GOLF BUDDY account to log in to their account. The Company will not disclose your email address to other users.

2. When visiting the Company site
The Company collects industry-standard data of all users who visit our site (even if they are regular users without a GOLF BUDDY account). This includes log data that is automatically recorded in connection with your visit, such as your browser type, operating system, the URL of the associated page to bring you to the golfbuddy.com site, your activity on the site, and the IP address you used to access our pages. This information is used to provide an environment that is relevant to your location based on your IP address, to prevent misuse and abuse of the site, and to ensure that the site is operating smoothly. In addition, cookie data is also collected. A complete list of the cookies used and how they are used can be found in our Cookie Policy.

3. Device sync
When you sync your GOLF BUDDY device through an app or software & firmware, the data recorded on your device regarding your activity will be transferred from your device to our servers. This data is stored and then used to provide the GOLF BUDDY service and is associated with the user account. Whenever synchronization is performed, the data related to the transfer is recorded. This includes the time and date of the synchronization, the amount of battery remaining on the device, and the IP address where the synchronization was performed.

4. Inquiries and supports
We collect your name and email address as well as any additional information you provide to support and improve our customer service whenever you contact us for questions or support requests. If you contact us while logged in to your account, this information will be pre-populated automatically from the web form, so you don't have to enter it yourself.

5. When enabling the location feature
The GOLF BUDDY service includes features that require the collection of certain location data, such as GPS signals, device sensors, and Wi-Fi access points. The Company collects this type of data only if the user has activated the location feature, such as the start of a golf record on the golf course. If you disable such functionality, this type of data collection will cease immediately. The Company stores this information in your GOLF BUDDY account.

③ Use for marketing and advertising
We process personal information for the purpose of developing new services (products) and providing customized services, providing event and advertising information, and providing participation opportunities.

Article 2 (Processing and Retention Period of Personal Data)

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

① The Company processes and holds personal information within the period of retention and use of personal information according to the Act or the period of retention and use of personal information that is consented at the time of collection of personal information from the data subject.

② The processing and retention periods for personal data are as follows.

The Company processes and retains personal information within the period of retention and use of personal information under the Act or the period of retention and use of personal information that is consented to at the time of collection of personal information from the data subject.

1. Account Details

- Grounds for collection: Consent of the data subject

- Retention period: Until you are asked to leave.

- Rationale for conservation: Consent of the data subject

Article 3 (Provision of Third-Party Personal Information)

① The Company processes personal information only to the extent specified in Article 1 (Purpose of Processing Personal Information), and only provides personal information to third parties if it falls under Articles 17 and 18 of the Personal Information Protection Act, such as the consent of the data subject and special provisions of the Act.

② The Company has provided personal information to third parties as follows:

Persons receiving personal information: PK Tech, TCK [Warranty], Ulike

Recipient's personal information items: Email, Sign-in ID, Name

Retention and use period of the recipient: Same as the period of processing and retention of personal data

Article 4 (Rights and Obligations of Data Subjects and Legal Representatives and Methods of Exercising them)

① The data subject may exercise his/her right to access, rectify, delete, or suspend personal information at any time with respect to the Company.

② The exercise of the rights under paragraph (1) may be made to the Company in accordance with Article 41 (1) of the Enforcement Decree of the Personal Information Protection Act in writing, by email, by fax, etc., and the Company will act on this without delay.

③ The exercise of the rights under paragraph (1) may be made through an agent, such as a legal representative of the data subject or an authorized person. In this case, you must submit a power of attorney in accordance with Form 11 of the “Notice on the Method of Processing Personal Information (No.2020-7)”.

④ The right of the data subject to request access to personal information and suspension of processing may be restricted by Article 35 (4) and Article 37 (2) of the Personal Data Protection Act.

⑤ The request for correction and deletion of personal information cannot be requested if the personal information is specified as a collection object in other legislation.

⑥ The Company confirms that the person who makes the request, such as the request for access, the request for correction or deletion, or the request for access in case of suspension of processing, is himself or a legitimate representative according to the data subject's rights.

Article 5 (Preparation of Items for Personal Information to be Processed)

The Company processes the following personal information items:

Required information: Email, Password, Sign-in ID, Name

Optional: Country, Gender, Date of Birth

Article 6 (Destruction of Personal Information)

① The Company will destroy the personal information without delay if the personal information becomes unnecessary, such as the progress of the retention period and the achievement of the purpose of processing.

② If personal information must be retained in accordance with other legislation despite the retention period of the personal information consented by the data subject or the purpose of processing has been achieved, the personal information shall be transferred to a separate database (DB) or the storage location shall be retained.

③ The procedure and method of destroying personal information are as follows:

1. Destruction Procedures
The Company shall select the personal information that the reason for destruction occurs, and destroy the personal information with the approval of the Company's Privacy Officer.

2. Destruction Methods
Information in the form of electronic files uses technical methods that are not capable of reproducing records.
Personal information printed on paper: shredded or incinerated.

Article 7 (Measures to Ensure Safety of Personal Information)

To ensure the safety of personal information, the Company has taken the following measures:

1. Minimize and train employees on how to handle personal information
We implement measures to manage personal information by designating employees who handle personal information and minimizing it to those in charge.

2. Restricted access to personal information
We are taking necessary measures to control access to personal information through granting, changing, and canceling access to database systems that process personal information, and we are using intrusion blocking systems to control unauthorized access from outside.

Article 8 (Matters concerning Installation, Operation, and Refusal of Automatic Collection of Personal Information)

① The Company stores user information and uses ‘cookies’, which are called from time to time, to provide individual personalized services to users.

② Cookies are small amounts of information that the server (http) used to operate the website sends to the browser of the user's computer and are also stored on the hard disk in the user's PC computer.

1. Purpose of Use of Cookies: It is used to provide optimized information to users by identifying the type of visit and usage, popular search queries, security access, etc., for each service and website visited by the user.

2. • Installation, operation and rejection of cookies: You can refuse to store cookies by going to Tools > Internet Options > Privacy Settings at the top of your web browser.

3. If you refuse to store cookies, you may experience difficulties accessing personalized services.

Article 9 (Privacy Officer)

① The Company is responsible for the processing of personal information, and designates a privacy officer as follows to handle complaints and remedy damage by the data subject in relation to the processing of personal information.

▶ Privacy Officer

Name: Kim Yong-hoon

Tel.: +82-70-8990-0190

※ You will be connected to the privacy protection department.

② The data subject may contact the Privacy Officer and the responsible department for all personal information protection inquiries, complaints, and damage remedies that arise while using the Company's services (or business). The Company will respond to and process inquiries from the data subject without delay.

Article 10 (Request for Reading Personal Information)

The data subject may file a request for access to personal information under Article 35 of the Personal Data Protection Act with the department below.

The Company will endeavor to process the data subject's personal data access claims promptly.

▶ The department that receives and processes the request for the inspection of personal information

Name: Kim Yu-cheol

Tel.: +82-70-8890-5612

Article 11 (Method of Remedying Infringement of Rights)

The data subject may apply for dispute resolution or consultation with the Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee, Korea Internet Promotion Agency's Privacy Infringement Reporting Center, etc. in order to obtain relief due to personal information infringement. For other reports and consultations on privacy violations, please contact the following organizations.

1. Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee: (without national code) 1833-6972 (www.kopico.go.kr)

2. Privacy Infringement Reporting Center: (without national code) 118 (privacy.kisa.or.kr)

3. Public Prosecutor's Office: (without national code) 1301 (www.spo.go.kr)

4. Police Department: (without national code) 182 (ecrm.cyber.go.kr)

Any person who is infringed on his/her rights or interests by the disposition or omission of a public authority in response to a request under Articles 35 (Access to Personal Information), 36 (Correction and deletion of personal information), 37 (Suspension of processing of personal information, etc.) of the Personal Information Protection Act may request an administrative review, as prescribed by the Administrative Judgment Act.

※ For more information about the Administrative Tribunal, please visit the Central Administrative Tribunal's (www.simpan.go.kr) website.

Article 12 (Change of Privacy Policy)

① This Privacy Policy will be effective as of April 4, 2022.

② Previous privacy policies can be found below.

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