JP Law Firm

JP Law Firm (the "JP") establishes and publishes a privacy policy (the "This Policy") to protect the privacy and interests of the subjects of infromation and to facilitate the handling of the grievances of the subjects of information in accordance with the relevant laws.

Article 1 [Management of items of personal information, purpose of management, and retention period of personal information]

① Items of personal information, purpose of management, management, and retention period of personal information managed by JP are as follows:

1. Personal information of clients

Managed items of Personal information

• Name, contact (addresses, telephone numbers, e-mails and its addresses, and etc.) and job information (company names, positions of employees, and etc)
• Information generated or received by JP while JP performs its legal services to its clients in respect of transactional relationship between JP and the clients.

Purpose of personal information management

• To keep confidentiality, to fulfill statutory obligations, and to provide JP’s service to its clients; establishment, maintenance, implementation, management of transactional relationship with clients, case investigations, dispute resolutions.
• To send invitations to seminars and newsletters, and to provide other information

Management and retention period of personal information

• Upon attainment of the above purposes or with the consent of informant and subject of information.

Personal information of professionals and general position applicants, practical trainings, interns, etc.

Managed items of personal information

• applicants’

  [Mandatory] : Name, date of birth, contacts (address, telephone number, e-mail, etc.) photos, gender, educational background, history and training, experience, motivation, and self-introduction

  [Optional] : Information and notes on family matters, awards, foreign language and qualifications and licenses, and other submission documents



• Practical trainings and internship applicants

  [Mandatory] : Name, date of birth, contact (address, telephone number, e-mail, etc.) photo, gender, educational background, history and training, experience, motivation, and self-introduction

  [Optional] : Information and notes on family matters, awards, foreign language and qualifications and licenses, and other submission documents

Purpose of personal information management

• Job applicants : Identification, education and experience verification, review and notification, and confirm support at additional recruitment
• Practical training and internship applicants : Identification, education and experience verification, decision and notification on whether to hire an intern, maintenance, implementation, management, etc., official recruitment status determination

Management and retention period of personal information

• Upon attainment of the above purposes or with the consent of informant and subject of information; (However, the information can be remained to deal with dispute resolutions, civil complaints and other statutory obligations after attaining the purposes above)

Personal information items to be managed as personal information for executives and employees (professionals and general employees)

Personal information items

• [Mandatory] : Name, Unique identification number, such as resident registration number, contact number (address, telephone number, e-mail, etc.), photo, information on personnel management for the purpose of maintaining working relations (personnel record card, resident registration draft, etc. when entering the company, employee number, affiliation, job status, absenteeism and evaluation information, disciplinary information, etc. generated according to the working relationship, such as retirement information, etc.)
• [Optional] : Family background

Purpose of managing personal information

• Signing and maintaining employment contracts
• Handling of necessary duties for personnel management purposes, such as personnel issuance, evaluation, pay, benefits, education and training, etc.
• To draft list of employees and to send group instant messages (position, title, name, email address, phone number)

Management and retention period of personal information

• Upon attainment of the purpose above or with the consent of informant and subject of information; (However, the information can be remained to deal with dispute resolutions, civil complaints and other statutory obligations after attaining the purposes above)

② JP does not collect sensitive information that may infringe upon the privacy of the subject of information, and if necessary, collects it with separate consent from the subject of information and uses it only for the consented purpose. However, JP checks the accuracy and updates sensitive information periodically.

Article 2 [Disclose personal information to a third party]

① In principle, the personal information of the subject of information is managed within the scope of purposes specified in Article 1, and the personal information shall not be managed beyond the original scope or shall not be disclosed to a third party without prior consent of the subject of information. However, in the following cases, personal information may be disclosed for other purposes or disclose to a third party, only when the subject of information or third party's interests may be infringed substantially and unfairly.

1. In case the information body has agreed to provide a third party in advance

2. In case there are special provisions in other laws

3. In the event that the informant or the informant’s legal representative is unable to express his/her intention or is unable to obtain prior consent due to his/her unknown address, and it is clearly recognized as necessary for the benefit of the urgent life, body or property of the customer or a third party;

4. In case it is necessary for statistical or academic research purposes, and personal information is provided in a form that cannot be identified as a particular individual;

② When JP obtains consent under paragraph 1., JP shall inform the subject of information the following matters. If any of the following changes are made, JP informs and obtains consent from the informant/subject of information:

1. Person who receives personal information

2. Purpose of use of personal information (when provided, purpose of use of the recipient)

3. Items of personal information used or provided

4. The period of personal information retention and utilization (when provided, the period of personal information retention and utilization of the recipient)

5. Contents of the disadvantages of the fact that the informant/subject of information has right to refuse to consent and the refusal may cause disadvantage (if any).

Article 4 [Rights and obligations of the subject of information and methods of execution]

① The subject of information can exercise its right to protect his/her personal information, such as requiring the access limits, correction, deletion and suspension of personal information, as provided under the applicable laws, such as the Personal Information Protection Act.
② The exercise of rights under paragraph 1 may be conducted either by the legal representative of the subject of information/informant or by a person who has been authorized. However, in case where authorized person exercises the right to protect personal information on behalf of subject of information/informant, proper power of attorney shall be submitted to the JP according to the Enforcement Rules of the Personal Information Protection Act.
③ With respect to exercise of subject of information/informant, JP will take immediate action according to applicable laws, such as the Personal Information Protection Act.

Article 5 [Destruction of personal information]

① In principle, when personal information is not necessary, such as when the purpose of managing personal information has been achieved, JP destroys the personal information.
② To comply with applicable law, in case where JP must retain the personal infromation, JP retains the personal information separately from other personal information.
③ JP weeds the personal information out if the personal information raises causes of destruction after JP obtains approval from the person in charge of personal information protection (management).
④ If the personal information to be destroyed is in electronic file form, JP shall destroy permanently in a way that cannot be restored. For other forms; records, printed materials, written materials, and other recording media are shredded or burn.

Article 6 [Measures to secure the safety of personal information]

JP is taking necessary steps to ensure the safety as follows:

1. Management measures: establishment and implementation of an internal management plan, regular training of managers on personal information protection matters, and etc.

2. Technical measures: Management of access rights to personal information managing system, installation of access control system, installation of encryption and security programs, etc.

3. Physical measures: Access control to the location of personal information storage, such as the computer room

Article 7 [Changing the privacy policy]

his policy can be changed according to the applicable laws, guidelines, internal, and regulations of JP, and in case where this privacy policy is changed, the timing of change, and the changes will be disclosed on the website (http://www.jplaws.com/). The changes will be compared as before and after changed for comfortable reading of the subject of information.

Article 8 [Remedies for infringement of rights]

If you need to report or consult a personal information violation, please contact the following agency:

1. Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee (privacy.kisa.or.kr / 118)

2. Korea Internet and Security Agency's Privacy Reporting Center (privacy.kisa.or.kr / 118)

3. The Supreme Prosecutors' Office Cyber Crime Investigation Team (www.spo.go.kr / 02-3480-3573)

4. National Police Agency Cyber Terror Response Center (www.netan.go.kr / 1566-0112)

Article 9 [Personal Information Protection Director]

① JP's personal information protection manager is as follows:

• Personal Information Protection Manager: Lawyer Jeong Moon Ho
• Contact: +82-2-590-2900

② A responsible staff who deals with personal information access claims, inquiries concerning personal information protection, complaints, and damages are as follows.

• Manager: Manager Kim Hyun jung
• Contact: +82-2-590-2900

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