YSH Research Institute Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") contributes to sustainable agriculture and environmental protection through the development and popularization of sterilizing water for agriculture utilizing Cavitation Plasma Technology. The Company endeavors to comply with relevant laws and regulations, including the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (hereinafter referred to as "the Personal Information Protection Act"), to ensure our customers can use the services provided by the Company (hereinafter referred to as "the Service") with confidence.

1. Purpose of Personal Information Use

Personal information refers to information about a living individual, such as name, address, phone number, and email address, that can identify a specific individual. The Company will use the personal information provided by customers for the following purposes:

• To respond to inquiries and feedback from customers
• To provide, operate, and manage the Service
• For the research, development, and quality improvement of the Company's products and services
• For statistical analysis regarding the overall productivity improvement, technology transfer, and popularization of smart agriculture in the agricultural sector
• To process into anonymized processed information or statistical data and provide or disclose it to a third party
• To notify customers of important announcements, changes to terms and conditions, and other Service-related information
• For guidance on technical training sessions, email newsletters, campaign information, and products/services of the Company or its partner companies
• To bill customers for the usage fees of the Service
• To identify and refuse the use of the Service for fraudulent or improper purposes
• To comply with laws and regulations
• For other purposes incidental to the purposes of use listed above

2. Intellectual Property Rights and Data Usage License

(1) Attribution of Intellectual Property Rights to Provided Data

The intellectual property rights regarding agricultural data, etc., provided by the customer to the Company through the Service (hereinafter referred to as "Provided Data") shall belong to the customer.

(2) License to Use Provided Data

The customer grants the Company a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use the Provided Data within the scope of the "Purpose of Use," including the provision of the Service, the research and development of products/services, and statistical analysis.

(3) Attribution of Intellectual Property Rights to Derived Data

The intellectual property rights regarding result data, algorithms, statistical data, know-how, etc. newly generated by the Company through the processing and analysis of the Provided Data (hereinafter referred to as "Derived Data") shall belong to the Company.

3. Joint Use and Third-Party Provision

(1) Third-Party Provision

The Company will not provide customers' personal information to a third party, except in the cases specified below.

• When the customer's prior consent has been obtained
• When required by law
• When necessary for the protection of a person's life, body, or property
• When it is necessary to cooperate with a state organization, a local public body, or a person entrusted by them in executing the duties prescribed by law
• When outsourcing all or part of the handling of personal information to the extent necessary to achieve the purpose of use

(2) Third-Party Provision of Agricultural Data, etc.

The Company may provide the Derived Data specified in the preceding paragraph to the Company's partners, research institutions, and alliance partners, etc., in a form that does not allow the identification of the customer.

4. Request for Disclosure, Correction, Suspension of Use, etc., of Personal Information

Customers may request notification of the purpose of use, disclosure, correction, addition, deletion, suspension of use, or erasure of their personal information held by the Company, based on the Personal Information Protection Act. Upon receiving a request from a customer, the Company will promptly respond after confirming the identity of the person making the request.

Customers may at any time request the suspension of use or deletion of the agricultural data, etc., they have provided. The Company shall promptly comply with the customer's request. However, this shall not apply to Derived Data that has already been generated.

5. Security Control Measures

To protect customers' personal information and agricultural data, the Company will implement technical, organizational, physical, and human security control measures to prevent unauthorized access, loss, destruction, alteration, or leakage of the information.

6. Use of Cookies, etc.

The Company's website may use cookies to improve the service. Information obtained through cookies does not identify individuals.

7. Changes to the Privacy Policy

The Company may change this Privacy Policy as necessary. Customers will be notified of any changes on the Company's website.

8. Contact Information

If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at the contact information below.
YSH Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Email address: contact@ysh-ri.com