​Affiliate Service Terms and Conditions
※These Terms and Conditions include provisions regarding consent to receive commercial advertising information.

These Terms and Conditions stipulate the rights, obligations, responsibilities, and other necessary matters of Place & Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") and its affiliates in connection with the use of the services (hereinafter referred to as the "Services") provided by the Company.
The purpose of these Terms and Conditions is to regulate all matters necessary for affiliates to use the Company's Services.

Article 1: Purpose
The definitions of terms used in this Agreement are as follows, and any terms not defined herein shall be governed by relevant laws and customs.

• "Affiliate" refers to a corporation or individual subscribing to the Services provided by the Company.

• "Company" refers to Place & Co., Ltd., the provider of the Services.

• "Services" refers to the services provided by the Company to affiliates, including the services stipulated in Article 5 of these Terms and Conditions, and all services announced and provided by the Company in the future. "Customer" refers to a visitor to a franchisee's business location who uses the company's services.

• "Linked Channel" refers to an external linked channel (platform) affiliated with the company.

Article 2: Definitions

• The company may establish or revise separate policies through notices on its website, CEO Center, and service app (management application), etc., in accordance with applicable laws, company policies, and business direction. Franchisees acknowledge and agree that these separate policies constitute a part of these Terms and Conditions and the relevant Service Agreement.

• The company may establish or revise separate terms and conditions (hereinafter referred to as "Individual Terms and Conditions") for certain specific services in accordance with applicable laws, company policies, and business direction. In such cases, these Individual Terms and Conditions, together with these Terms and Conditions, constitute a part of the Service Agreement. In the event of a conflict between these Individual Terms and Conditions, the Individual Terms and Conditions shall take precedence. If there are any changes to these Terms and Conditions or the individual terms and conditions, the Company will notify the merchant of the changes through the CEO Center, service app (management application), etc., at least 7 days prior to the effective date of the change (except for changes that are disadvantageous to the merchant, which will take effect 30 days prior to the effective date). If the merchant does not express a separate objection by the effective date of the change, the merchant is deemed to have agreed to the changed Terms and Conditions and individual terms and conditions.

• If the merchant does not agree to the changed Terms and Conditions or individual terms and conditions, the merchant may request termination of the service agreement.

• The changed Terms and Conditions will not apply retroactively to any period prior to the effective date.

Article 3. Effect of Terms and Conditions

• The Company may establish and revise separate policies through notices on the website, CEO Center, service app (management application), etc., in accordance with applicable laws, company policies, and business direction. The merchant acknowledges and agrees that the separate policies constitute a part of these Terms and Conditions and the relevant service agreement.

• The Company may establish and revise separate terms and conditions for certain specific services (hereinafter referred to as "Individual Terms and Conditions") in accordance with applicable laws, company policies, and business direction. In this case, the individual terms and conditions, together with these Terms and Conditions, constitute part of the Service Use Agreement. In the event of a conflict between the individual terms and conditions and these Terms and Conditions, the individual terms and conditions shall take precedence.

• If there are any changes to these Terms and Conditions or the individual terms and conditions, the Company will notify the merchant of the changes through the CEO Center, service app (management application), etc., at least 7 days prior to the effective date of the change (except 30 days prior to the effective date if the change is disadvantageous to the merchant). If the merchant does not express a separate objection by the effective date of the change, the merchant is deemed to have agreed to the changed terms and conditions and the individual terms and conditions.

• If the merchant does not agree to the changed terms and conditions or the individual terms and conditions, the merchant may request termination of the Service Use Agreement with the Company.

• The changed terms and conditions will not apply retroactively to periods prior to the effective date.

Article 4 Application for Use of "Services"

• A merchant wishing to use various services (including paid services) provided by the Company must complete the required information according to the procedures established by the Company, submit the requested documents, and agree to these Terms and Conditions. The application for use is established upon the Company's approval. The Company may reject or withhold approval of a merchant's application for use in the following cases:

  • a. If it is confirmed that the merchant's information is not accurate.

  • b. If the information is identical to information already provided by a registered merchant.

  • c. If are-application is made within 7 days of the termination of the service agreement by the Company.

  • d. If a merchant subject to suspension or other measures by the Company arbitrarily terminates the service agreement and re-applies for use during the suspension period.

Article 5 Scope of "Service"

• Specific details of the service, such as the service rate plan, purchase device, and service contract period, are subject to a separate service application form and corresponding procedures (hereinafter referred to as "Service Application Form, etc.").

• If a merchant with multiple business locations (hereinafter referred to as the "Representative Merchant") applies for the service on behalf of multiple merchants pursuant to Article 4, the details of each merchant's service will be determined by the service application form submitted individually by each merchant. At this time, the representative franchisee must approve each franchisee's individual service application. Based on the representative franchisee's approval, the company deems the representative franchisee's consent to use the service at the franchisee's location, even without the representative franchisee's separate signature or stamp on the service application.

• The main services provided by the company are as follows:

  • a. Customer page for entering customer information

  • b. Administrator page for entering and managing customer information

  • c. KakaoTalk Plus Friend integration for delivering information to customers

  • d. KakaoTalk notification messages or text messages for delivering information to customers
    ​<e. Processing of credit card information, etc. for customer payment</li>

  • f. Coupons for franchisee promotion and coupon issuance based on customer payments and accumulated points

  • g. Display app for displaying business status (reception, calls, etc.)

  • h. Statistics page for business status

  • i. To increase sales, the Company provides seamless mediation or integration with services provided by the linked channel, such as waiting, ordering, payment, point and stamp accumulation/use, coupon issuance, and review services (the types and scope of services provided by the linked channel are examples only).

  • J. All services that increase operational efficiency and sales by exposing information about the merchant's business status to a large number of customers through mobile apps and websites developed by the Company, or through linked channels, affiliates, and partners affiliated with the Company.

  • K. Other websites and service apps announced and provided by the Company in the future.

• The Company may provide mediation and integration services with linked channels, such as providing detailed merchant information to linked channels, to increase sales. Details are as follows:

  • A. Services provided through linked channels are subject to the regulations and policies of the relevant linked channel.

  • B. Services provided through linked channels may be subject to changes or additions depending on the circumstances of the linked channel.

Article 6. Service Subscription Cancellation

• A franchisee may cancel a subscription under these Terms and Conditions within 14 days from the later of the date of receipt of the contract under these Terms and Conditions or the date of provision of the Service.

• Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a franchisee may not cancel a subscription, etc. under Paragraph 1 in any of the following cases:

  • a. If the relevant service is lost or damaged due to a cause attributable to the franchisee.

  • ​b. In other cases prescribed by relevant laws and regulations

• If a subscription cancellation, etc. is not permitted under this Article, the Company shall take measures to ensure that the franchisee's right to cancel the subscription, etc. is not hindered, such as by clearly indicating the fact in a location easily visible to the franchisee.

Article 7. Method and Effect of Subscription Cancellation

• To cancel a subscription for a service application under Article 6, a franchisee must notify the franchisee of their intention to cancel the subscription by submitting a cancellation notice in writing (via email).
  The cancellation notice can be found in Appendix 1. If a franchisee cancels a subscription pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the franchisee must return the services already provided.

Article 8: Management of ID and Password

• The franchisee is responsible for managing the ID and password generated through the use of the Service. Under no circumstances may the franchisee transfer, lend, share, or provide their ID or password to any third party.

• The franchisee shall bear full responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the leakage, transfer, or lending of the franchisee's ID or password, for reasons not attributable to the Company.

• If the franchisee becomes aware that their ID or password has been stolen or is being used by a third party without authorization, they must immediately notify the Company, and the Company shall make every effort to promptly address the issue.

Article 9: Service Expansion

• If the Company's service content is added or changed, the Company will announce such changes through the service homepage, the CEO Center, or other notification channels.

• ​The Company retains the planning, development, design, and other business rights related to the Service for Service expansion.

The Company reserves the right to use all copyrighted works (rights), including photos, videos, and audio, registered by franchisees (including rights to reproduction, performance, public transmission, exhibition, and use of creative works created through translation, arrangement, transformation, adaptation, video production, or other methods). The Company shall endeavor to utilize copyrighted works for which it has been granted permission to use to improve the operational efficiency and increase sales of franchisees. The Company may use such works within the scope necessary for the Company's services, including through external affiliate channels, partners, and collaborators linked to the Company.
If a third party infringes on intellectual property rights, raises an objection, or files a lawsuit regarding copyrighted works (rights) for which the franchisee has consented, the franchisee shall indemnify the Company (and its services) and compensate for all damages incurred by the Company and third parties.

Article 10. Company Rights and Obligations

• The Company holds the intellectual property rights to all information, posts, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "Content") provided through the Company's services. These rights are protected by copyright law and other applicable laws. Any unauthorized reproduction, redistribution, copying, or derivative works of Content are strictly prohibited. Therefore, Merchants may not use the Company's Content for any purpose other than providing the Service, and any violation of these Terms will result in civil and criminal liability.

• Merchants guarantee that any product information registered within the Service or provided to the Company does not infringe any third-party intellectual property rights, including trademarks, patents, copyrights, name rights, and portrait rights. If any third-party intellectual property rights are used, permission has been obtained from the rightful rights holder.

• If the product information registered by a Merchants fails to comply with Company policy guidelines or a third-party objection arises, the Company may revise the information after notifying the Merchants. If a third party files an objection or lawsuit alleging intellectual property rights infringement regarding product information registered or provided by a franchisee, the Company may suspend all services related to the relevant product. In such case, the franchisee must indemnify the Company and compensate for all damages suffered by the Company and third parties arising therefrom.

• The Company reserves the right to use all copyrighted works (including reproduction rights, performance rights, public transmission rights, exhibition rights, and the rights to use creative works created through translation, arrangement, transformation, adaptation, video production, or other methods) registered by the franchisee.
  The Company shall utilize copyrighted works for which it has been granted permission to use to improve the operational efficiency and increase sales of the franchisee. The Company may also use such works within the scope necessary for the Company's services, including external affiliate channels, partners, and collaborators linked to the Company. If a third party infringes upon intellectual property rights, raises an objection, or files a lawsuit regarding a copyrighted work (right) that the franchisee has consented to use, the franchisee must indemnify the company (and the company's services) and compensate for all damages suffered by the company and the third party arising therefrom.

Article 11 Intellectual Property Rights

• The Company will do its best to provide smooth and stable services. However, the Service may be suspended in whole or in part due to reasons beyond the control of the Company, such as maintenance, replacement, or failure of servers and information and communication equipment, communication disruption, or natural disasters.

• The Company may change the Service content and compliance requirements as necessary for the operation of the Service.

• The Company has the rights, authority, and obligations regarding the composition, design, and management of the Service-related interface.

• The Company may request information necessary for the operation of the Service from the Merchant.

• The Company may collect and analyze information provided by the Merchant and provide it to the Merchant through the CEO Center.

• The Company may use the personal information collected from the Merchant to send various marketing information deemed necessary during the Merchant's use of the Service via SMS (LMS), smartphone notifications (push notifications), email, etc., and the Merchant agrees to this. However, affiliates may withdraw their consent to receive marketing information at any time in accordance with applicable laws, excluding responses to customer inquiries and transaction-related information. In this case, the Company will cease providing the aforementioned marketing information (however, there may be a delay in system implementation).

• If a dispute arises between an affiliate and a third party (or an affiliated channel, affiliate, or partner affiliated with the Company) due to reasons such as service scope expansion, the dispute will be resolved between the parties in principle. However, the Company will make every effort to mediate.

Article 12: Rights and Obligations of the Affiliate

• As the affiliate retains the right to use the Service, the affiliate must pay the service fee to the Company.

• If the affiliate requires the purchase of a terminal to use the Service, the affiliate may do so through a separate purchase agreement with the Company. Details will be governed by that separate purchase agreement.

• The affiliate is responsible for the installation environment (location, mounting, etc.) of the terminal required for the Service. The installation location of the terminal is limited to the space within the affiliate's business premises specified in this Agreement, the Service Application, or the Product Supply Agreement. When a merchant uses the order payment service or point accumulation service, or installs or subscribes to a separate program to receive sales analysis, the merchant consents to the company's collection and analysis of sales information (receipts, etc.) and may receive such analysis and statistics through the CEO Center.

• The merchant is responsible for the completeness, safety, legality, and truthfulness of the information about the merchant and business registered with the service for delivery to customers.

• To enhance efficient management and service integrity, the company may designate limited terminals for use in the service, and the merchant must accept this.

• The merchant may not use personal information of others obtained through the service for purposes other than those stipulated in the terms and conditions. Violations of this provision will result in the merchant being held liable for all civil and criminal liability under applicable laws and regulations and must indemnify the company at their own expense. The company may also restrict the merchant's use of the service.

Article 13: Payment of Service Fees, etc.

• The payment method for the monthly service fee and other miscellaneous fees payable by the merchant to the company shall be determined by a separate service application form.

• ​The fees set forth in the preceding paragraph begin from the contract signing date and are billed monthly.

Article 14: Personal Information Protection

• The collection of personal information and consent to service use are agreed upon between the customer (the data subject) and the Company, and therefore the Company is the personal information processor.

• The Company is obligated to protect the personal information of customers using the Service pursuant to the Personal Information Protection Act and the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc.

• In the event of a customer's personal information being leaked, the Company or the franchisee at fault will be held civilly and criminally liable for any damages suffered by the customer due to the information leak.

Article 15: Confidentiality

• During the term of this Agreement, or after its expiration, termination, or cancellation, the franchisee shall not disclose or disclose to a third party any trade secrets learned during the performance of this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party, or use them for purposes other than the performance of this Agreement.

• The franchisee shall ensure that its officers, directors, agents, employees, and other related parties assume the same obligations as set forth in the preceding paragraph.

Article 16. Prohibition of Assignment
Neither the franchisee nor the Company may assign, lease, sell, donate, or otherwise dispose of all or part of their rights and obligations under this Agreement to a third party without the prior written consent of the other party.

Article 17. Succession of Contractual Status

• If a change in the franchisee's contractual status occurs, such as a merger, in-kind contribution, corporate conversion, transfer of the relevant business, or change in industry, the franchisee must clearly notifythe Company in writing of the reason, details, and legal relationship at least 30 days prior to the occurrence of the change and obtain the Company's consent.

• ​If the franchisee fails to provide the notice as set forth in the preceding paragraph, or fails to fulfill its notification obligations, or if the Company suffers damages due to unclear notification, the franchisee at fault shall be liable for compensation.

• ​If the franchisee transfers or relocates its business without notifying the Company, the franchisee shall remain liable for the service fees under this Agreement until the termination of this Agreement.

Article 18. Changes to the Agreement

• The franchisee must notify the company two weeks (14 days) in advance of any change in the following cases:

  • a. If the franchisee wishes to add or change a service currently in use

    • ​b. If the franchisee deems a change necessary

• The company must notify the franchisee via the CEO Center, service app, etc. if any of the following applies:

  • ​a. If changes to the service or fees are necessary due to changes in messaging policies, such as Kakao Talk Notification

  • ​b. If the company deems a change necessary

 
 If the company deems a change necessary

• a. If the franchisee fails to pay fees for service use​

• b. If the franchisee violates these Terms and Conditions or individual agreements

Article 19. During Service Use
If the franchisee falls under any of the following cases, the company may terminate this agreement in accordance with procedures designated by the company, and all liabilities of the responsible party will be forfeited.

• If service fees are overdue for more than three months.

• If the franchisee is subject to compulsory execution (including provisional seizure or provisional disposition) or an auction, or if normal business operations are deemed difficult due to insolvency, bankruptcy, workout, or corporate rehabilitation proceedings.

Article 20 Termination of the Agreement.

• If the franchisee breaches or fails to faithfully perform its obligations under this Agreement, the other party may request correction or improvement in writing. If no correction or improvement is made within two weeks (14 days), the Company may immediately terminate this Agreement.

• The Company or the franchisee may immediately terminate this Agreement if any of the following circumstances occur for the other party:

  • a. If a petition for or initiation of (simplified) bankruptcy, (simplified) rehabilitation, or other similar procedures is filed.

  • b. If a seizure, provisional disposition, delinquency disposition, or other similar enforcement measures are imposed on major assets.

  • c. If performance of this Agreement becomes impossible or significantly difficult due to a court judgment, administrative disposition, etc.

  • d. In the event of a violation of these Terms and Conditions or individual agreements.

  • e. In the event of damage to the reputation and credit of the other party due to unfair performance of this Agreement.

  • f. In the event of any other significant circumstances that make it difficult to achieve the purpose of this Agreement.

• Termination under this Article shall not affect any rights, obligations, or claims for damages already incurred.

• If the Merchant wishes to unilaterally terminate the Service during the term of this Agreement, the Merchant shall pay the applicable monthly usage fee and penalty specified in each service application form in a lump sum. However, this shall not apply if the Merchant has closed its business and submitted a certificate of closure.

Article 21 Compensation for Damages

• If the Merchant intentionally or negligently causes damage to the Company in connection with the performance of this Agreement, the Merchant shall be liable for compensating the Company for such damages.

• If the Merchant damages the reputation, credit, or other external image of the Company, its affiliates, or partners while using the Service, resulting in tangible or intangible damage to the Company, its affiliates, or partners, the Merchant shall compensate the Company, its affiliates, or partners for such damages.
  If the Merchant violates the obligations stipulated in these Terms and Conditions or uses this Service in a manner not permitted by the Company, resulting in a third-party objection or damage, the Merchant shall resolve the matter at its own expense and expense and shall indemnify the Company to the extent permitted by law.

Article 22: Dispute Resolution

• In the event of any matters not stipulated in this Agreement or any disagreement regarding interpretation, the parties agree to resolve the matter amicably through mutual agreement.

• In the event of any dispute arising from this Agreement, the Seoul Central District Court located in the Company's location shall have jurisdiction.

• These Terms and Conditions shall be effective from July 4, 2025.

• The previous Terms and Conditions, effective from March 22, 2022, shall be replaced by these Terms and Conditions.