Terms of Service

Article 1 [Purpose]

The ABITLY Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms and Conditions") prescribe the rights, obligations, and responsibilities required between AB180 Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") and the Members(hereinafter referred to as the "Members") in the member's use of the ABITLY Services (hereinafter referred to as the "Service") provided by the Company.

Article 2 [Definitions of Terms]

"Service" means the Company's service where it provides URL shortening features to its users.
"Site" means the website (https://abit.ly) operated by the Company to provide the Service.
"Member" refers to a company or an individual who accesses the Service of the Company enters into a use contract with the Company in accordance with this Terms and Conditions in order to use the Service provided by the Company.
"Short Link" refers to shortened URL provided by the Service.

Article 3 [Overview of Business]

The Member can create and distribute his/her owned Web URLs into the Short Link provided by the Service.
The Company shall ensure that functions of the Service perform stably.

Article 4 [Enforcement and Modification of the Terms and Conditions]

The Terms and Conditions shall be effective upon use of Service or notification and consent during membership registration on the Site.
The Company may amend the Terms and Conditions to the extent that it does not violate the relevant laws such as the Act on the Regulation of Terms and Conditions, the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc.
The Company may modify the Terms and Conditions without prior notice if there are important reasons and announce the modified Terms and Conditions on the site.

Article 5 [Rules of the Terms and Conditions]

For matters not specified in the Terms and Conditions, the provisions of the relevant laws and statutes, including the Act on the Regulation of Terms and Conditions, the Framework Act on Electronic Documents and Transactions, the Digital Signature Act, and the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, shall be followed.

Article 6 [Establishment of Contract]

When the Member presses the 'I accept" button or a button to initiate the use of Service, or puts a checkmark on "OK", etc. after reading the Terms and Conditions, the Member shall be deemed to have agreed to the Terms and Conditions.

Article 7 [Provision of Service]

The Member who wishes to register to use the Service shall provide all the information requested by the Company.
All Members shall provide the names of the representative and the company to use the Service, and those that are not registered under the real name cannot claim any right.
Member registration is possible only by using the official names of the corporate and individual, and the Company may take measures to verify the names.
The Company shall assign a site account to the Member and provide Service.

Article 8 [Acceptance and Reservation of Application]

The Company shall accept the application for using the Service in accordance with Article 6 unless there are special reasons for rejecting the application.
The Company may reject application or cancel the acceptance even after registration in any of the following cases.
1) If the applicant did not use the real name or used the name of another person
2) If the applicant provided false information or failed to provide the information specified by the Company
3) If the applicant reapplied for use within two months after the end of the service expiration by the Company.
4) If the user violated the Terms and Conditions or the relevant laws or used other unjust means in the application, or if the Company cannot accept the application due to a reason attributable to the Member
5) If the Company considers it necessary
The Company may withhold its acceptance of the application for any of the following reasons.
1) If there is no equipment available
2) In case of technical difficulties
3) If the real name cannot confirmed in the real name verification process of the Company
4) If the Company deems it necessary by reasonable judgement

Article 9 [Change of Member Information in Service]

The Member can view and modify its information at any time on the Site.
The Member shall make any necessary modifications to the information entered on the site during the service application and shall be responsible for any problems caused by failure to change the member information on the Site.
The Member may withdraw its consent to using the Service if desired, in which case the use of the Service may be restricted. Withdrawal of consent is made by applying for termination.

Article 10 [Obligations of the Company]

The Company shall not violate the relevant laws, the Terms and Conditions or any established social morals or customs and shall strive to provide the Service continuously and reliably.
The Company shall complete preparation for the Member to use the Service within five business days from the date when the Member completes the application for using the Service, unless under special circumstances.
The Company shall continue to make efforts to provide continuous and stable Service as specified in the Terms and Conditions and repair and restore the equipment without delay if it is damaged or lost. However, in the event of a natural disaster, emergency, or other unavoidable circumstances, The Company may temporarily stop the Service.
The Company shall make every effort to avoid violating the rights or reputations of third parties in the course of fulfilling its obligations under this agreement.
The Company shall make every effort in terms of policies and technology to ensure that the original data of the Member collected through the Service of ABITLY is not leaked to third parties unless the Member provided the consent under the Personal Information Protection Act.

Article 11 [Obligations of the Member]

The Member shall comply with the Terms and Conditions and the Company's notifications through Service instructions and notices and shall not obstruct the company's business activities.
The Member shall not transfer or give the right to use the Service or any other status on the contract to another person without express agreement by the Company and cannot provide it as collateral. The Member shall make every effort to ensure that it does not infringe on the rights or reputations of any third party in fulfilling the obligations on this agreement.
The Member may freely select to use various types of functions provided by the Service.
The Member shall not commit any of the following acts in relation to use of the Service
1) Duplicating information obtained through the Service without the Company's prior approval, using it for publication or broadcasting, or providing it to third parties
2) Posting contents that infringe on the Company’s patent, trademark, trade secrets, copyright, or other intellectual property rights or distributing them to others via email or other means
3) Collecting or storing personal information from other Members without obtaining approval from the Company
4) Acts that interfere with the business of the Company (causing a load on server, equipment, or Service, etc.)
5) Acts that violate the related laws

Article 12 [Service Use Time]

In principle, the Service is open and available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week unless there is a particular problem with the Company’s business or technology. However, the Company may temporarily suspend the Service on the date or time designated by itself for regular system inspection, extension, or replacement and shall notify in advance on the site any scheduled suspension of the Service.
The Company may temporarily suspend the Service without notice due to unavoidable urgent reasons such as urgent system inspection, extension, or replacement and may completely discontinue the Service currently provided for reasons deemed appropriate such as replacement with a new Service.
The Company may limit or suspend all or part of the Service when it is impossible to provide the Service properly due to national emergency, power outage, failure of Service equipment, or congestion in the Service use. In this case, the Company shall announce the suspension reasons and period on the Site in advance or afterward.
The Company may not notify discontinuance of the Service due to reasons beyond the control of the Company (disk failure or system shutdown, etc. without intention or negligence of the system administrator) or reasons attributable to a deliberate act or mistake of third parties to whom advance notification cannot be made (key telecommunications service provider, etc.).

Article 13 [Provision of Information]

The Company may provide the Member with various information deemed necessary to use the Service through means of communication.
The Company may request additional information with the consent of the Member for the purpose of improving the Service and introducing the Service to the Member.
The Company may access to view the Member's original data for the purpose of handling complaints of the Member.

Article 14 [Termination of Service and Restriction on Service Use]

To terminate the use agreement, the free Member shall submit an application to the Company on the Site.
The Company may terminate the use agreement or suspend the use of the Service for a set period of time without prior notice if the Member commits an act that falls under any of the following.
1) If the Member has entered false information in using the Service
2) If the Member has infringed on an intellectual property right of the Company, another Member, or third party.
3) If the Member has deliberately distributed contents that interfare with the public order or social morals and customs
4) If the Member uses or plans to use the Service for the purpose of undermining national interests or social public interests
5) If the Member has intentionally obstructed Service operation
6) If the Member has distributed a computer virus program, etc that causes malfunction of information and communication equipment or destruction of information
7) If the Member has reproduced, distributed, or used for a commercial purpose information obtained from using the Service without prior consent from the Company
8) if there is no record of using the Service for more than one year
9) If the Member has violated the Terms and Conditions or other conditions for using the Service set forth by the Company

Article 15 [Short Link Creation, Utilization and Distribution]

The intellectual property rights for all documents, Short Link, and the contents on the Site provided by the Company to the Member (including patent rights, rights for registered utility models, design rights, etc.) in accordance with the Terms and Conditions shall be attributed to the Company. The Member is granted only the right to use the Service as provided in the Terms and Conditions.
For the purpose of improving the Service or providing new service, the Company may collect, process, or use information during the Member's process of creation, utilization, and creation of Short Link and the use of the Service.
Short Link shall be used for its original purposes, and in the following cases, the Company may terminate the Service or suspend its use for a set period of time without prior notification.
1) If the Member has created the Short Link of Web URL or Website in which do not hold lawful rights
2) If the Member has used Short Link for hacking or collecting personally identifiable information or for various other illegal purposes not specified in this agreement
3) If the Member has reverse-engineered, decompiled, or disassembled Short Link without consent of the Company causing harm to the Company
4) If the Member develops another product using Short Link or Service
5) If the Member has reproduced or duplicated Short Link or related documents and distributed the result without prior approval from the Company
6) In the event where the Member violates the copyright of the Company and caused harm to the Company as a result of the conduct in the preceding clause, the Company may claim to the Member compensation for all damages caused by copyright infringement.
All rights of distribution, production, etc. of Short Link belong to the Company.

Article 16 [Marketing Cooperation]

If the Member grants consent, the Company may disclose the fact that the Member is a user of the Service and modify, use, and disclose the Member's company name, trademark, brand image logo (CI and BI) to suit its site, promotional material, etc. starting on the service start date.
The Member shall have the right to decide whether to provide the Company with its company name, trademark, logo, etc., and to allow the Company to use the company name, trademark, logo, etc. in accordance with Paragraph 1 upon request by the Company.

Article 17 [Confidentiality Obligations]

The 'Member' shall strictly maintain as confidential these Terms and Conditions, its annex documents, and confidential information of the Company such as technical and business information acquired while using the Service and ensure that its shareholders, directors, executives and employees, affiliates, and agents to do the same without obtaining written consent from the Company and shall not use or disclose such information for any other purpose than fulfilling this agreement. In the event where the statute requires use or disclosure of confidential information, the Member shall inform the Company of such request.
In the event where the Member violates Paragraph 1, thereby inflicting damage on the Company, the Member shall indemnify the Company for the damage.
This Article shall be effective during the service use period and for five years from the end of the service use period.

Article 18 [Suspension of Service]

The Company shall, in principle, provide the Service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The Company may temporarily restrict or suspend provision of the Service in whole or in part for Service maintenance or improvement. In such a case, the Company shall make advance notification on the reasons for service discontinuation, period of discontinuation, etc. on the site.
Provision of the Service may be temporarily restricted or suspended without prior notice due to any of the following reasons or other unforeseen reasons. In such a case, the Company may notify the Member afterward on the site.
1) If normal Service cannot be provided due to failure in the system, service equipment, or network or congestion in service use
2) In case of force majeure such as a natural disaster or national emergency or events that cannot be controlled by the Company such as power outage

Article 19 [Exemption Clauses]

The Company shall be exempted from the obligation to provide the Service if it is unable to provide the Service due to a natural disaster, war, or any other force majeure events.
The Company shall be exempted from liability for any damage caused by the key telecommunications service provider suspending or failing to provide the telecommunications service.
The Company shall be exempted from liability for any damage caused by unavoidable reasons such as repair, replacement, periodic inspection, and construction of the Service equipment.
The Company shall not be liable for any damage caused by the Member’s computer errors or inaccurate input of personal information or email address.
The Company shall not be liable for the Member’s failure to achieve the expected profits or effects or for any loss incurred using the Service.
The Company shall not be liable for any damage caused by data obtained by the Member using the Service. In addition, the Company shall not be liable for any mental damage that other Members inflict on the Member while using the Service.
The Company shall not be responsible for reliability, accuracy, etc. of the various contents, data, statements, etc. posted by the Member on the Service platform.
The Company is not obliged to intervene in disputes arising from using the Short Link between the Member and a third party and shall not be liable for any damage arising from such disputes.
The Company shall not be liable for the provision of Service in relation to the use of Service provided by the Company to the Member for free.
The Company shall not be liable for any damage inflicted on the Member from using services provided by the Company for free.
For paid services, the Company shall only to the extent set by the relevant laws be liable for damages related to use, access, misuse, inaccessibility, system failure or errors, or for any estimated loss of profit suffered by the Member. The maximum amount of liability held by the Company to the Member shall be the amount paid by the Member to the Company for using the Service for the last 6 months.
The Company shall not be held liable for any damage to the Member for any of the following reasons.
1) If the Service is not available due to failure of a public communication line that is not controlled by the Company or which the Company is not responsible for maintenance or repair
2) If the Service cannot be provided due to reasons attributable to the Member\The Company shall not guarantee an increase in sales of the Member from use of the Service or be liable for decrease in sales.
The Company shall not guarantee an increase in sales of the Member from use of the Service or be liable for decrease in sales.
If the Member violates the Terms and Conditions or other laws in the course of using the Service and receives a claim from a third party, it shall indemnify and defend the Company from all claims, demands, losses, costs (including attorney expenses), duties, liabilities, damages, etc. and compensate for all the losses.

Article 20 [Competent Court]

If the parties shall resolve any lawsuit filed on a dispute arising from use of the Service through mutual agreements. If the dispute cannot be settled because an agreement cannot be reached, the Seoul Central District Court shall be the exclusive competent court.

Addendum

These Terms and Conditions shall be effective as of July 21, 2021.