Last Updated Nov. 21th 2022

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to help you understand how Ringle English Education Service (hereinafter, the “Company" or “RINGLE” or “Ringle Teens” or “RINGLE TEENS”) collects, uses and safeguards the information you provide to us. This Privacy Policy applies to all personal information we collect offline or online, including via our website or by phone, email, messenger, in-person interactions or other methods.

RINGLE is required to comply with the provisions of the relevant laws and regulations on personal information protection, such as the Communication Confidentiality Protection Act, the Telecommunications Business Act, the Act on Promotion of Information Network Usage and Information Protection, the UK Data Protection Act 2018, the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) (for the purposes of the GDPR, RINGLE is the controller and responsible for your personal information), and other applicable laws. We are committed to protecting the rights and interests of our "members" by establishing a personal information processing policy in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

RINGLE enacts and enforces a personal information processing policy to protect the personal information of "members" and to smoothly handle complaints related to personal information.

When RINGLE revises its personal information processing policy, RINGLE Immediately posts changes to the homepage (ringleteens.com) or notifies them by member’s individual email. It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes during your relationship with us.

NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: Our use of your information is subject to our “Privacy Notice for California Residents,” which is available here. If you are a California resident, please refer to that notice for information on how we collect and use your personal information, and your rights under California law.

Article 1 Collection of Items of Personal Information, Purpose of Use and Collection Method

RINGLE shall not use the personal information of "members" beyond the scope of the notice set out in this article except by the specific consent of the "member" or were required to do so by laws and regulations. The purpose of utilizing collected personal information is as follows.

1. Membership Management: Confirmation of the identity of the member by the use of the membership service, identification of the individual, prevention of unauthorized use, restriction of the number of joining and subscribing, confirmation of the legal representative, providing up-to-date information such as age verification, complaint handling, and civil affairs consultation processing, record keeping for dispute resolution, and delivery of the latest information such as notices.
2. Implementation of contracts and settlement of fees: Providing all learning services and contents, payment of service fees, delivery of goods, provision of financial services, collection of fees, etc.
3. Use in marketing and advertising: development and advancement of new services, delivery of advertisement information such as events, provision of services according to demographic characteristics, and advertisement.
4. Collection and use for cause identification and handling in case of accidents: legal issues between tutors and customers
5. Use for joint academic research for service improvement: AI feature development, analysis algorithm design, etc.

We will get your express consent before we share your personal information with any third party for marketing purposes.