1.1. We are Aproject Compnay Co.,Ltd. (""we", "us", or "our"), a limited company registered in Republic of Korea and our registered address is 216, Dosan-daero, Gangnam-gu, 06047 Seoul, Korea. Our company number is 110111-7876935, our VAT registration number is 8948801945 and our data protection registration number is 제 2021-서울강남-04243 호.
1.2. These Terms and Conditions apply whenever you:
Use K-ARTIST.COM mobile and online digital apps and services (together “K-ARTIST.COM”) and access the content and services available on them including the Aproject Company Co.,Ltd., (the “K-ARTIST.COM”) (together, the “KAT Content”); and purchase access to K-ARTIST.COM, and the KAT Content (together, the "KAT Services") on a subscription basis.
1.3. You should read these Terms and Conditions carefully before using K-ARTIST.COM and/or KAT Content or subscribing to the KAT Services. By accessing, using or subscribing to any of the above, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions (as applicable) and the documents referred to in them.
1.4. If you access K-ARTIST.COM under an organisation’s subscription agreement, then your access is primarily governed by the subscription agreement between us and that organisation. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and the organisation's subscription agreement (as applicable), the terms of the organisation's subscription agreement shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency only. If you have any questions about the KAT Services or if you have any difficulties usingtheartnewspaper.com, please email us at bellpark.aproject@gmail.com
Your Subscription to the KAT Services
individual subscriptions:
The above are referred together as "the Subscriptions" and individually as a "Subscription". Please note that separate and/or additional terms and conditions may apply to any trial subscriptions that we may offer in the future. Any such additional terms shall be clearly indicated.
2.2. You may purchase a Subscription by submitting an order and providing the sign up details on K-ARTIST.COM or by contracting our subscriptions department. We will only accept your order when we have successfully verified your email address, processed your payment details and emailed you to confirm this.
2.3. We will try to process your Subscription order promptly but cannot guarantee activation by any specified time. We may reject any Subscription order in our discretion. You confirm that your sign up and payment details are complete and accurate, and that you are entitled to purchase a Subscription using those sign up and payment details. It is your responsibility to update and maintain changes to your sign up details on the Profile section. Individual subscriptions are for a single user only. We may cancel or suspend your individual Subscription account if you share your access rights with any third parties, or attempt to allow third parties to avoid our control of access to K-ARTIST.COM
2.4. You agree to pay the Subscription fees at the rates and in the currency displayed during the Subscription process. Prices may vary from time to time and by country, and Subscriptions may be available on a one-off, monthly, annual or other basis. Discount offers are as stated at the time you subscribe and cannot be changed during the term of your subscription. Unless otherwise indicated, prices stated are inclusive of any applicable value added tax (VAT) or other sales taxes. The breakdown of any VAT will be indicated on the relevant invoice.
2.5. If we do not receive payment authorisation or any authorisation is subsequently cancelled, we may immediately terminate or suspend your Subscription.
2.6. We will give you at least 14 days’ notice of any increase in the price of your Subscription, which will take effect at your next renewal date.
2.7. If we incorrectly state a price online or otherwise, we are not obliged to provide you with a Subscription at that price, even if we have mistakenly accepted your offer to buy a Subscription. If we notify you of a pricing error, you may cancel the Subscription and we will refund you any money paid, or you may pay the correct price. If you do neither, we may cancel your Subscription and refund any money you have paid. We will always act in good faith in determining whether a genuine pricing error has occurred.
2.8. If you are entitled to a refund we will credit that refund to the card or other payment method you used to submit payment, unless it has expired in which case we will contact you to arrange.
2.9. In addition to the Subscription fees you are responsible for paying for any: broadband, mobile, data, messaging or other internet connection and telecommunications charges that you may incur by accessing KAT Content; charges that may be levied by your bank or credit card issuer (for example foreign transaction fees on transactions which take place abroad or in a foreign currency).
2.10. We will do all that we reasonably can to ensure that all of the information you give us when paying is secure by using an encrypted secure payment mechanism. However, in the absence of negligence on our part, any failure by us to comply with this contract or our Privacy Policy or breach by us of our duties under applicable laws, we will not be legally responsible to you for any loss that you may suffer if a third party gains unauthorised access to any information that you give us.
2.11. Digital Subscriptions:
By placing your order for a Digital Only Subscription subject to these Terms and Conditions, you agree that we may start your Subscription immediately upon our acceptance of your order and that you waive your statutory right to cancel our contract within 14 days of our confirmation email.
This means that you lose your right to cancel this contract once we have provided confirmation via email of your Digital Subscription (see section 2.3 above) and that any notice of cancellation that you provide (whether before or after the 14-day period) will only take effect at the end of your current subscription period. You will not be entitled to a refund except in the event that there is a fault in our provision of our KAT Services.
2.18. We may suspend or terminate your Subscription if we are prevented from providing services to you by circumstances beyond our control, or if we cease publishing the Newspaper ortheartnewspaper.com or TAN Services. If we terminate for any of these reasons, we will provide you with a pro rata refund.
2.19. We may also suspend or terminate your Subscription, without refund, if you breach these Terms and Conditions, or in the event of any verbal or written abuse of any kind (including abusive, offensive or aggressive language) directed towards our customer care team, other TAN personnel, or any member of the public, with or without notice and without further obligation to you.
2.20. If you are not a Subscriber, then we may suspend or terminate your access to the TAN Content at any time, with or without notice and without further obligation to you.
2.21. If you are entitled to a refund, we will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to cancel your Subscription.
2.22. We will make the reimbursement using your registered payment details detailed. Additional charges may apply if we are required to reimburse to any other credit card or bank.
2.23. Unless you notify us at least 14 days before the end of your current subscription period that you wish to cancel, your subscription will continue to renew for further equivalent periods and will be subject to these Terms and Conditions. We will charge the subscription using the same card or other payment method that you previously used. In the case of annual subscriptions, we will send you a reminder notice at least 14 days before the renewal date stating the rate that will apply for the renewal period
3.1. K-ARTIST.COM and KAT Content and all intellectual property rights in each are owned by us, our licensors or both (as applicable). Intellectual property rights means rights such as: copyright, trade marks, domain names, design rights, database rights, patents and all other intellectual property rights of any kind whether or not they are registered or unregistered (anywhere in the world). We reserve all of our rights in any intellectual property in connection with these Terms and Conditions. This means, for example, that we remain owners of them and free to use them as we see fit.
3.2. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions grants you any legal rights in K-ARTIST.COM or the KAT Content other than as necessary to enable you to access K-ARTIST.COM and use the KAN Services. You agree not to adjust, to try to circumvent or delete any notices contained on K-ARTIST.COM (including any intellectual property notices) and in particular in any digital rights or other security technology embedded or contained within K-ARTIST.COM
3.3. "K-ARTIST" is a registered trade marks and you may not use it without written permission from KAT. You are permitted to use the KAT Content only as set out in our Copyright Policy.
3.4. You agree to comply with our Copyright Policy when using KAT Content. You are responsible for all use of KAT Content whether accessed without a Subscription as a registered user, under your Subscription, or under your organisation’s Subscription.
3.5. The amount and types of KAT Content that you can view depend on what type of subscription you have. If you already have a subscription, details of your access rights can be found at Profile. We may vary or cancel the access rights of non-paying users at any time.
3.6. On registration, you will choose a user name and password (“ID”). It is your responsibility to keep your ID confidential. All information received by us from your use of KAT Content will be used by KAT in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
3.7. If you believe there has been any breach of security such as the disclosure or unauthorised use of your ID or any payment information, you must notify KAT immediately by e-mailing us at bellpark.aproject@gamil.com. We recommend that you do not use K-ARTIST.COM’s “Remember me” log in feature on any device that may be used by anyone other than you in order to prevent unauthorised access to the K-ARTIST.COM and your Subscription details.
3.8. K-ARTIST.COM includes comments sections, blogs and other features that allow interaction between users and between users and KAT journalists (“Forums”). If you post information to these Forums (“User Generated Content” or “UGC”) then you must comply with our guidance for commenting on articles plus any specific rules posted on the Forum. You are responsible for all the content of any of your UGC that you or we publish. You are financially responsible to us for any claim against us by any third party that your UGC is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions or that otherwise relates to your UGC.
3.9. You own the copyright in your UGC, and you agree to grant KAT a right (but not an obligation) unlimited in time to publish, re-use, archive, modify, delete or commercially exploit that UGC in whole or in part as we see fit, whether on K-ARTIST.COM or otherwise, without any requirement to pay you for this and with or without attribution to you. You also waive any moral rights that you may have in regard to the UGC.
3.10. You agree that you will: only post original content and not infringe the copyright or other rights of any third party; not post any UGC containing any form of advertising or promotion for goods and services or any form of unsolicited communication; not post any confidential information of a third party; not post any recommendations to buy or not buy a particular share or investment or which otherwise has the purpose of affecting the price or value of any share or other investment; not post anything that is threatening, offensive, libellous, indecent or unlawful; not post anything that is discriminatory in nature, for example, comments which make attacks on the grounds of race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age; respectfully challenge different points of view but not personally attack other commentators. Not disguise the origin of any UGC and not impersonate any person or entity (including KAT employees or Forum guests or hosts) or misrepresent any connection with any person or entity; not post any UGC unrelated to the Forum or the Forum’s topic; not post any UGC that contains software viruses, files or code designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality oftheartnewspaper.com or any computer software or equipment; not collect or store other users’ personal data; not restrict or inhibit any other user from using the Forums;
3.11. It is not possible for KAN to fully monitor all UGC published on K-ARTIST.COM but where we have actually received notice of any UGC that is potentially misleading, untrue, offensive, unlawful, infringes third party rights or is potentially in breach of these Terms and Conditions, then we will review that UGC, decide whether to remove it from K-ARTIST.COM and act accordingly. This may include banning a user from participation in UGC on K-ARTIST.COM. If you are aware of any such UGC, please notify us immediately with specific details by contacting us at bellpark.aproject@gmail.com
3.12. We can link your UGC, including anything posted under a pseudonym, to your K-ARTIST.COM account. Our moderation and community team may contact you from time to time regarding your UGC.
3.13. While we try to make sure thattheartnewspaper.com and all KAN Content is accurate, up-to-date and free from bugs, we cannot promise that it will be. Furthermore, we cannot promise that K-ARTIST.COM will be fit or suitable for any purpose. Any reliance that you may place on the information on K-ARTIST.COM is at your own risk.
3.14. KAT Content is provided for your general information purposes only and to inform you about us and our products and news, features, services and other websites that may be of interest. It does not constitute technical, financial or legal advice or any other type of advice and should not be relied on for any purposes.
3.15. We may suspend or terminate operation of K-ARTIST.COM or any part thereof at any time as we see fit.
3.16. While we try to make sure that K-ARTIST.COM is available for your use, we do not promise that K-ARTIST.COM is available at all times nor do we promise the uninterrupted use by you of K-ARTIST.COM.
3.17. K-ARTIST.COM may contain hyperlinks or references to third party websites and third party products. Any such hyperlinks or references are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over third party websites and accept no legal responsibility for any products, content, material or information contained in them. The display of any hyperlink and reference to any third party website or third party product (including any advert or sponsor) does not mean that we endorse that third party's website, products or services. Your use of a third party site may be governed by the terms and conditions of that third party site.
3.18. Any agreements, transactions or other arrangements made between you and any third party named on (or linked to/from) K-ARTIST.COM are at your own responsibility and entered into at your own risk.
4.1. Your privacy and personal information are important to us. Any personal information that you provide to us will be dealt with in line with our Privacy Policy, which explains what personal information we collect from you, how and why we collect, store, use and share such information, your rights in relation to your personal information and how to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event you have a query or complaint about the use of your personal information.
5.1. KAT makes no warranty, express or implied, regarding your Subscription, K-ARTIST.COM, KAT Content or KAT Services, which are provided 'as is'. We expressly disclaim all warranties to the extent permitted by law, including but not limited to warranties of fitness for a particular purpose
5.2. Except for any legal responsibility that we cannot limit or exclude in law (such as for death or personal injury), in the event that you suffer any losses arising in connection with your Subscription, or your use of K-ARTIST.COM, KAT Content or KAT Services:
(a) our total liability to you shall not exceed the total sums paid by you for your current Subscription; and
(b) we shall not be liable or legally responsible in any way (whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise) for:
(i) any loss that was not foreseeable to you or the KAT when the contract was formed;
(ii) any loss that was not caused by any breach on KAT’s part;
(iii) any business loss (including business interruption, or loss of revenues, sales or business opportunity);
(iv) any loss of profits, anticipated savings, goodwill, reputation, or data;
(v) any loss of use or corruption of software or technical equipment;
(vi) any loss to non-consumers; and
(vii) any indirect or consequential loss
in each case even if we have been advised that such damages may arise.
5.3. The limitations of liability in this section 5 apply for the benefit of TAN, its affiliates, including those listed in section 6 and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or any company who we transfer our rights and obligations to in accordance with these terms and conditions.
6.1. If you buy a Digital Only or Complete Individual or Group Subscriptions, then you will be contracting with Aproject Company Co.,Ltd., whose principal place of business is 216, Dosan-daero, Gangnam-gu, 06047 Seoul, Korea.
6.2. Aproject Company Co.,Ltd. is the publisher of the K-ARTIST.COM, and its corporate details are as set out in section 1.1.
7.1. These Terms and Conditions were published on December 1, 2024 and replace with immediate effect the terms and conditions published previously.
7.2. We may update these Terms and Conditions for legal or regulatory reasons, or to reflect changes in our services or business practices. We will provide notice of any significant changes below. You should regularly check this section to see if any changes have been made. If you are a paying subscriber, any changes to our terms and conditions will become effective from the date of your next payment following the change unless we notify you otherwise. If you are not a paying subscriber, any changes will become effective as soon as we post them on K-ARTIST.COM.
8.1. If you are a user whose principal address or principal use of K-ARTIST.COM occurs in any jurisdiction other than anywhere these Terms and Conditions will be subject to Korean law. In this case, to the extent possible in the applicable jurisdiction, both you and we agree that the courts of the Republic of Korea will (subject to the final paragraph in this section 8) have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of, under, or in connection with these Terms and Conditions.
8.2. If you are a user whose principal address or principal use of K-ARTIST.COM occurs anywhere these terms and conditions will be subject to the laws of Seoul, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. In this case, to the extent possible in the applicable jurisdiction, both you and we agree that the courts of Seoul will (subject to the final paragraph in this section 8) have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of, under, or in connection with these Terms and Conditions.
9.1. We shall have no liability to you for any breach of these Terms and Conditions caused by any event or circumstance beyond our reasonable control including, but not limited to, strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes; epidemic or pandemic; breakdown of systems or network access; or flood, fire, explosion or accident.
9.2. You may not license or transfer any of your rights under these Terms and Conditions. We may transfer any of our rights or obligations under these Terms and Conditions to any company within the KAT group of companies, but if we do so we will ensure that any company to whom we transfer our rights or obligations will continue to honor your rights under them.
9.3. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which will remain in full force and effect.
9.4. Failure by either party to exercise any right or remedy under these Terms and Conditions does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy. Headings in these Terms and Conditions are for convenience only and will have no legal meaning or effect.
9.5. These Terms and Conditions (together with the documents referred to within these Terms and Conditions including in sections 1.4 and 2.1) constitute the entire agreement between you and KAN relating to your use of the KAT Services. They supersede all previous communications, representations and arrangements, either written or oral.
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