Privacy Policy
Macquarie Securities Korea Limited (‘Company’) is trying its best to protect the personal information of our clients (‘User’) while abiding by all the related regulations such as the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection. By publicizing the Privacy Policy, the Company intends to inform the User of how and for what purposes the personal information of the Users are being used and what measures are being taken for the protection of the personal information. Please take note that this Privacy Policy is liable for changes according to revisions in related regulations or internal corporate policies, and the User should check during registration and during use of the website for any such changes.
1. General Rule
Personal information is the information of an existing individual that identifies the concerned individual (Including information that can identify the individual when combined with other information).
2. Personal Information Collected and Its Usage
The company is collecting and using personal information in order to provide better services to the Users. Depending on the personal information collected, the specific collection purposes and usages are as follows.
1. Name : Purpose of identifying the User
2. E-mail Address, Subscription to E-mail : Purpose of notifying the User with information such as the services provided
3. Address : Purpose of providing customized advertisements and services, and analysing the Users
※ If new services are added hereafter, additional personal information such as telephone number (including mobile phone number) may be collected and used.
3. Personal Information Collection With Cookies
The Company operates cookies that saves and locates the personal information of Users at any time. A ‘cookie’ is a text file of less than 4KB that is automatically sent to the User’s computer when the User enters the Company website. It is then saved on the hard disk of the User’s computer. The information stored on the cookie can be retrievable at any time, amended as needed, and then stored again.
The Company uses the cookies for the following purposes.
A. When the User registers to the website, a cookie is created when the User first logs in and is deleted when the User logs out. Regarding User login processes, the cookie is used to check the current login status of the User.
B. The Company uses the cookies to fix the customized settings of the User. The information is used to establish the customized settings of the User as the User has self-selected and saved as the required settings.
C. The purpose of understanding User activities when using the website such as tracking the differences in the frequency of website usage of registered and unregistered users, repetitive uses, etc., and using the data for targeted advertisements.
D. Cookies are used to confirm User participation levels, etc in various events hosted by the Company.
4. Cookie Usage by a Third Party
The cookies may be used by a third party such as an advertisement or marketing agency that places advertisements or banners on the Company’s website. In this case, the relevant cookies may collect the IP addresses of the Users to provide statistics to the system administrator, advertisement agency, etc. The issues concerned with the personal information collected by such cookies will abide by the privacy policy of the third party such as that of the advertisement agency.
5. Agreement on Personal Information Collection
The Company is receiving the Users’ consent for the collection of personal information, and the registration menu on the website contains an approval process for the collection of personal information. If the User clicks the ‘Approve’ button in the approval section, the personal information provided by the User will be saved on the client data base of the Company, and it will be considered that the User has agreed to all the contents in the Privacy Policy such as agreeing to the use of the information as outlined in article 2.
6. Release of Personal Information
The User must assume all responsibility for all losses or problems resulting from personal information that has been voluntarily publicized on the Company website by the User. The Company does not take responsibility unless it is an intentional error made by the Company. Please acknowledge the fact that personal information that has been posted on public spaces are liable of being collected by a third person and used without restrictions, and due to this, one may face unexpected damages.
7. Provide, Entrust, Transfer or Merger of Operations to Third Person etc.
The Company will not use the personal information that exceeds the scope outlined in article 2, (Personal Information Collected and its Usage) of this agreement, or provide it to a third party without approval from the User or regulations.
◎ Providing Personal Information: If the Company provides or shares the personal information of a User with a third party, the Company should inform the following to the individual Users through E-mail or a written notice of to whom, what, why, and for how long the personal information will be provided or shared with. The User will then have to go through an approval process, or may be asked for a separate approval during registration to the website. If the User does not approve, no personal information will be shared. If any changes are made to the information sharing relationship or if the relationship is terminated, the User will be informed in a similar manner.
The Company may provide the personal information of the User without consent in the following exceptional cases.
A. According to regulations or as requested by an investigation agency that abides by the processes and procedures stated in regulations for investigatory purposes
B. Purposes for statistical preparations, academic analysis, or market research in which the individual cannot be identified
However, even under these exceptional circumstances, the Company, in principle, should inform the individual concerned if the personal information of the User has been provided according to legal regulations or as requested by an investigation agency. Please note that the User may not be notified due to law. The Company is trying its best to avoid the indiscretionary collection and use of the personal information of Users.
◎ Entrust : The Company must provide a detailed notification of the entrustment company, range of personal information, purpose, process, and duration of the trust if the Company is entrusting the management of the personal information of the Users for the convenience of operations.
◎ Transfer or Merger, etc. : If the Company’s responsibilities and rights are being succeeded or transferred to another company, the Company must notify the Users of the fact ahead of time, along with the name of the successor to the rights and responsibilities and the time when the personal information will be transferred. The User has the choice to the transfer of personal information.
A. The facts covering the scope of transfer, merger, or succession
B. The name, address, telephone number, and other contact details of the person (or of the company) who will succeed the rights and responsibilities of the Company
8. Access, Request, Amend to Personal Information etc.
The User has the authority to ask at any time; to request to review (photocopy, print, etc.) the personal information of the User that the Company has collected and stored, to request the personal information used by the company or has provided to a third party, to request amendments if there is an error in the personal information.
In order to review or request personal information, or to review or amend information provided to a third person, the User may click the ‘Amend User Information’ menu on the website to review, request, amend the data personally. Or, the User may visit, send a written notice, telephone, or E-mail the personal information management officer and the officer will take all appropriate measures without delay and notify the User of the results through a written notice or E-mail.
If the User has requested an amendment for an error in the personal information, the Company will not use or provide the personal information of the User until the amendment has been completed.
9. Consent or Repeal
The User may repeal all or part of the agreement with the Company regarding the collection, usage, and providing of personal information.
To repeal consent, the User may complete the User identification process by logging in to the Company website and clicking on the ‘repeal consent’ menu or ‘cancel membership’ menu. Or the User may contact the personal information management officer by written notice, telephone, or E-mail and the officer will take all appropriate measures such as discarding the personal information of the User without delay and notify the User of the results.
10. Discarding Personal Information
The Company will discard without delay the personal information of the User when the collection purposes have been satisfied. However, the Company may retain the personal information of the User after the collection purposes have been satisfied if it is stated as so in law and there is a necessity to keep the information stored.
11. Restriction on Registration of Children Below 14 years
The Company does not allow children below 14 years of age to register or use the services on the website. Prior to the agreement of the Privacy Policy and the use of services, the Company confirms that the User is not below 14 years, and the User must provide an honest answer.
I confirm that I am above 14 years of age. [ ]
12. Personal Information Management Officer
The Company has a designated personal information management officer to protect the Users’ personal information and to manage dissatisfactions related to the maintenance of personal information. If you have any questions regarding User personal information, please contact the personal information management officer below. We will reply swiftly and sincerely to your inquiries.
Personal Information Management Officer : Won Park
E-mail Address : info@warrants.co.kr
13. Additional Clause
This Privacy Policy is effective from [ ] 2007. If contents are to be added, deleted, or amended, the changes will be notified on the website 7 days prior to the effective date. Also, the amendments will be easily followed by providing a version number, amendment notification date, and amendment effective date to the Privacy Policy.
Privacy Policy Version Number :
Privacy Policy Effective Date :
Privacy Policy Amendment Notification Date :
Amended Privacy Policy Effective Date :
I hereby approve of the collection of personal information in registering to this website. I also approve of all the contents in the Privacy Policy including the ways the collected information will be used as stated in article 2 in the above Privacy Policy.