PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: 8th December, 2022

Thank you for using our products! This Privacy Policy describes:

  • The ways we collect personal data about you and why we do so
  • How we use your personal data, and
  • The choices you have about your personal data.

This Privacy Policy applies to Origin's products, websites and related services, which we here collectively call the Service. We may periodically update this Privacy Policy by posting a new version on https://store.origin-studios.com. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by posting a notice in the Service prior to the change becoming effective. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date will be subject to the new Privacy Policy.

CONTACT US

If you have questions about data protection, or if you have any requests for resolving issues with your personal data, we encourage you to primarily contact us through the our forum so we can reply to you more quickly.

Name of the controller: ORIGIN STUDIO INC.
Address: 624, 245, Geumnam-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 61475, Rep. of KOREA
email: contact@origin-studios.com

THE DATA WE COLLECT

Data you provide us.

  • Contact information (such as name and email address)
  • Customer name and Address
  • Profile information (such as profile photo)
  • Your messages to the Service (such as chat logs and email)
  • Other data you choose to give us (such as data to identify a lost account)

Data we collect automatically.,

  • Data about your account and payment progress
  • Your IP address and mobile device identifiers (such as your device ID, advertising ID, MAC address, IMEI)
  • Data about your device, such as device name and operating system, browser type and language
  • Data we collect with cookies and similar technologies (see more below)
  • General location data
  • Precise geo-location data (GPS, with your consent)
  • Data about your use of the Service, such as customer data and your interactions with other customers inside the Service

In most cases, we also create a Origin-specific ID for you when you use the Service.

Data we collect from our partners.

  • Data we receive if you link a third party tool with the Service (such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Line)
  • Demographic data (such as to determine the coarse location of your IP address)
  • Data for advertising and analytics purposes, so we can provide you a better Service

WHY DO WE COLLECT YOUR DATA

To make the Service work.

To perform the contract, we process data necessary to

  • Create accounts and allow you to use our Service
  • Operate the Service
  • Verify and confirm payments
  • Provide and deliver products and services you request
  • Send you Service-related communications

To make the Service more suitable for our customers.

To provide a great Service to our customers, we have a legitimate interest to collect and process necessary data to

  • Update and develop customer profiles
  • Develop and improve the Service and customer experience
  • Manage our relationship with you
  • Provide social features as part of the Service
  • Customize your Service experience
  • Respond to your comments and questions and provide customer support
  • Provide you Origin offers in the Service as well as in other websites and services, and by email
  • Send you related information, such as updates, security alerts, and support messages
  • Enable you to communicate with other customers

To show personalized advertisements.

To show you personalized advertisements in the Service as well as in other websites and services (including email) we have a legitimate interest to process necessary data to

  • Track the content you access in connection with the Service and your online behavior
  • Deliver, target and improve our advertising and the Service

For information on how to opt-out from personalized advertisements, see section 'Your rights and options' below.

To keep the Service safe and fair.

Ensuring a level playing field in the Service is a top priority for us. For more information on our acceptable use policy, see the Origin Terms of Service.

In order to keep the Service and its social features safe and fair, to fight fraud and ensure acceptable use otherwise, we have a legitimate interest to process necessary data to

  • Analyze and monitor use of the Service and its social features
  • Moderate chats either automatically or manually
  • Take action against fraudulent or misbehaving customers

To analyze, profile, and segment.

In all of the above cases and purposes, we may analyze, profile and segment all collected data.

With your consent.

With your consent, we may process your data for additional purposes, such as using your GPS location to show you local events.

WHO CAN SEE YOUR DATA

Apart from Origin, your data can be accessed by others in the following situations:

OTHER CUSTOMERS AND USERS.

Social features are a core component of our services. Other customers and users may, for example, see your profile data, in-community activities and read the messages you have posted.

PARTNERS WORKING FOR ORIGIN.

Origin has partners to perform services for us. These partners process your data only at and according to Origin´s instructions to provide the Service, such as hosting, customer support, advertising, analytics and fraud prevention.

Other companies and public authorities.

In order to combat fraud and illegal activity, we may exchange data with other companies and organizations and provide it to public authorities in response to lawful requests.

We may also disclose your data based on your consent, to comply with the law or to protect the rights, property or safety of us, our customers or others.

Advertising and Social Media partners.

The Service includes features from our partners, such as social media interaction tools and in-community advertising. These partners may access your data and operate under their own privacy policies. We encourage you to check their privacy policies to learn more about their data processing practices.

INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

Our Service is global by nature and your data can therefore be transferred to anywhere in the world. Because different countries may have different data protection laws than your own country, we take steps to ensure adequate safeguards are in place to protect your data as explained in this Policy. Adequate safeguards that our partners may use include standard contractual clauses approved by Korea laws.

YOUR RIGHTS AND OPTIONS

Opt-out of marketing emails and other direct marketing.

You may opt-out of receiving promotional communications, such as marketing emails from us by following the instructions in such communications.

Access the personal data we hold about you.

If you request, we will provide you a copy of your personal data in an electronic format.

Your other rights.

You also have the right to correct your data, have your data deleted, object how we use or share your data, and restrict how we use or share your data. You can always withdraw your consent, for example by turning off GPS location sharing in your mobile device settings.

We will respond to all requests within a reasonable timeframe. If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third-party dispute resolution provider (free of charge). You may also contact your local data protection authority within the European Economic Area for unresolved complaints.

COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

Like most online services, we and our partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide and personalize the Service, analyse use, target advertisements and prevent fraud. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but some parts of the Service may then not function properly.

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR DATA

Security Safeguards.

In order to help ensure a secure and safe customer experience, we are continuously developing and implementing administrative, technical and physical security measures to protect your data from unauthorized access or against loss, misuse or alteration.

Data retention.

We retain your data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you the Service. We will for example periodically de-identify unused service accounts and we regularly review and de-identify unnecessary data. Note that if you ask us to remove your personal data, we will retain your data as necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

AGE LIMITS

We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal data about or direct or target interest based advertising to anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to use our Services. If you are under 13, please do not send any data about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under the age of 13 may provide any personal data. If we learn that we have collected personal data about a child under age 13, we will delete that data as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any data from or about a child under the age of 13, please contact us.