Chapter 1 General Provisions

The purpose of these Terms and Conditions is to stipulate rights, obligations, and responsibilities of users and the Asia-Pacific Association of Pediatric Urologists and other necessary matters while using the integrated member service (hereinafter, referred to as "Service") provided by the Asia-Pacific Association of Pediatric Urologists (hereinafter, referred to as "the APAPU") homepage.

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  These Terms and Conditions shall be effective after notifying users by posting them on the service screen or by other means and when users who agree to them subscribe to the service.
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  The APAPU may revise the content of these Terms and Conditions if it is deemed necessary and the revised Terms and Conditions shall be notified on the service screen for users to check them themselves.
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  If users do not agree to the revised Terms and Conditions, they may stop using the Service and cancel their membership registration and if they continue to use it, it shall be deemed that they agree to the revision of the Terms and Conditions and the revised Terms and Conditions shall be effective in the same method as the previous Paragraph.
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  If users agree to the content of these Terms and Conditions, these Terms and Conditions shall be applied first to the act of providing the Service by the Korean Hip Society and the use of the Service by the users. Matters not specified in these Terms and Conditions shall be governed by telecommunications basic act, telecommunications business act, the act on the promotion of information and communications network utilization and information protection, the deliberation regulations of the broadcasting communications commission, the ethics code of information and communications, program protection act and other relevant regulations and conventions of Korea.

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  Definitions of terms used in these Terms and Conditions are as follows.

  1. User: member and non-member who access the Service and receive the Service provided by the APAPU
  2. Member: a person who accesses the Service, agrees to these Terms and Conditions, receives ID and PASSWORD to be issued and goes through the verification process such as text verification
  3. Non-member: a person who uses the Service provided by the APAPU without subscription to membership
  4. ID: a combination of alphabets and numbers selected by a user and approved by the APAPU for member identification and member's use of the Service
  5. PASSWORD: a combination of letters and numbers set by the user him/herself for the protection of the member's information
  6. Cancellation of Usage: expression of the intention to terminate the agreement on the usage after the use of the Service by the APAPU or the member
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  The definitions of the terms used in these Terms and Conditions shall be in accordance with the relevant laws and instructions by service except as stipulated in Paragraph 1.

Chapter 2 Service Use Agreement

The use agreement shall be concluded by the user's consent to Terms and Conditions and the approval of the user's application for the use by the APAPU.

Users may apply for the use by recording their personal information in the membership application form required by the APAPU on the membership information screen of the Service.

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  The APAPU accepts the application for use of the Service unless there are special circumstances when the application is made with the details specified in Article 5.
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  The APAPU may restrict the use of some services until the reason for the restriction is resolved if it falls under the following subparagraphs.

  1. If the content is found to be false (borrowed name, etc.) or if there is a reasonable reason to suspect it
  2. When deemed necessary by the APAPU
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  The APAPU may restrict the application for the use in the following cases.

  1. The APAPU may restrict the use of some services if the user practices the following acts until the reason for the restriction is resolved.
  2. When the content of the application is false
  3. When applying for the purpose of hindering the well-being, order or customs of the APAPU
  4. When other requirements set by the APAPU are not met

Members may view and revise their information at any time through member information management. When the information that a member filled out in the application for use has changed, it should be corrected and the member shall be responsible for any problems caused by the failure to correct the information.

Chapter 3 Provision and Use of Service

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  The Service will start from the moment when the Korean Hip Society accepts a member's application for use. However, some services start from the specified date.
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  In the event that the Service cannot start due to business or technical obstacles of the APAPU, it shall be announced on the website or notified to the members.
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  In principle, the use of the Service shall be 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, the Service may be suspended for business or technical reasons of the APAPU and may be temporarily unavailable for a period determined by the APAPU for operational purposes such as regular inspections. In such a case, the APAPU shall notify it in advance or after.
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  Even after joining the membership, some services may be available to certain members only as required by the service provider.
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  The APAPU may divide the Service into a certain range and determine the available time for each range. In this case, the details shall be notified in advance.

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  In the event that the messages stored in the Service or transmitted or other communication messages are not able to be stored or are deleted due to national emergency, power outrage, failure of service equipment beyond the control of the APAPU or other force majeure, members agree that the APAPU is not responsible for the failure of transmission and other loss of communication data.
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  In the event that the APAPU has to suspend the Service temporarily due to difficulties in providing normal service, it shall notify it a week before the suspension of the Service and the APAPU shall not be responsible for the members' not being aware of the notification during this time. If there are considerable reasons, the above advance notice period may be reduced or omitted. In addition, if the messages stored in the Service or transmitted or other communication messages are not stored or are deleted due to the above suspension of the Service, the APAPU shall not be responsible for failure to transmit and loss of communication data.
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  If the Service should be permanently discontinued due to circumstances of the APAPU, Paragraph 2 shall apply. However, in this case, the prior notice period shall be one month.
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  The APAPU may temporarily revise, modify or stop the Service after prior notice and shall not bear any responsibility to the members or third parties for it.
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  If a member violates these Terms and Conditions, the APAPU may suspend the use of the Service temporarily. In this case, the Korean Hip Society may prohibit the member's access and delete all or part of the contents posted by the member at its discretion.
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  For a long-term inactive member, the use of the Service may be stopped after a notice period of one week after the notice e-mail or the announcement of notice.

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  The APAPU may provide various information and advertisements deemed necessary for the members' use of the Service via e-mail, post, SMS, DM, or messenger and members may unsubscribe it if they receive unwanted information.
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  The APAPU may post advertisements, etc. on the service screen or homepage or via e-mail in relation to the operation of the Service and the APAPU considers that the members who intend to use the Service agree to the posting of the advertisements.
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  The APAPU may post advertisements, etc. on the service screen or homepage or via e-mail in relation to the operation of the Service and the APAPU considers that the members who intend to use the Service agree to the posting of the advertisements.

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  The APAPU may delete any contents posted or registered by a member on the Service without prior notice if they are determined to fall under the following subparagraphs and the APAPU shall not take any responsibility for this.

  1. In case of defamation or slander of the APAPU, the other member, or a third party
  2. In case of violation of public order and morals
  3. If the content is deemed to be related to a criminal activity
  4. In case of infringement of copyrights or other rights of a third party
  5. In case of information that does not conform to the nature of the Service
  6. If it violates other related laws and regulations prescribed by the APAPU
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  The APAPU shall reserve the right to edit, move or delete the contents posted on the Service after 3-day prior notice and may delete posts without prior notice if the posted contents violate these Terms and Conditions or are commercial, illegal, or indecent or are posted by a terminated member.
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  If the posted contents have elapsed for a certain period of time and lost the effect of the posting and its purpose of posting is unclear, the APAPU may delete the posting after a notice period of one week after the announcement.

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  The copyright of the post posted by the member in the Service belongs to the members and the APAPU.
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  The member shall bear all civic and criminal responsibilities caused by the member's posts infringing other's copyright, program copyright, etc.
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  Members shall not process or sell the information obtained using the service and use the posts on the Service commercially.

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  Intellectual property rights and other rights relating to services, necessary software, images, marks, logos, designs, service names, information, trademarks, etc. provided by the APAPU
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  Except as expressly approved by the Korean Hip Society, members shall not wholly or partially modify, rent, lend, sell, distribute, manufacture, transfer, re-license, use as collateral, or commercially use each property prescribed in paragraph 1 or allow third parties to do such acts.

Chapter 4 Obligations of Contracting Parties

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  The member shall provide complete information corresponding to the current facts when signing up for the use of the Service (hereinafter, referred to as "Subscription Information"). Furthermore, if there is a change in the Subscription Information, it should be updated immediately.
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  When the member completes the registration process for using the Service, he/she will receive an ID and password. To manage a member's ID and password,

  1. If a problem arises with the use of password and ID without the member's approval, it shall be reported to the APAPU immediately.
  2. The member must log out at the end of every connection.
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  The member shall agree not to do the following while using the Service.

  1. The act of harming others (including minorities)
     • A.
       The act of impersonating with another person's ID and password and others
     • B.
       The act of falsely indicating a relationship with others
     • C.
       The act of defamation by specifying facts or making a false statement for the purpose of slandering others
     • D.
       The act of disseminating false information for the purpose of giving property benefits to the member him/herself or to others or harming others
     • E.
       The act of disturbing other people's daily lives by continuing to reach others with words, sounds, texts, images or videos that cause shame, disgust or fear
     • F.
       The commercial act using the Service without the prior approval of the APAPU
     • G.
       The act of stealing and using another person's communications service name
  2. The act of posting unnecessary or unauthorized advertisements or promotions or recommending, posting, publishing or e-mailing "junk mail", "spam", "chain letters", "repetitive spams", "pyramid organization", etc.
  3. The act of posting, publishing or e-mailing vulgar or obscene data, texts, software, music, photos, graphics or video messages (hereinafter, "Contents")
  4. The act of posting or e-mailing Contents without rights (all rights including intellectual properties)
  5. The act of posting, publishing or e-mailing a software virus intended to destroy, disrupt, or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, and telecommunications equipment
  6. The act of collecting or storing other user's personal information by posting, publishing, or e-mailing materials containing other computer codes, files and programs
  7. The act of gambling or speculation with properties
  8. The act of distributing information on the content of arranging prostitution or mediating sexual activities
  9. Other illegal or unjust acts
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  The members shall comply with the provisions of these Terms and Conditions and related laws.

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  The APAPU shall allow a member to use the Service on the start date of the Service application, unless there is a special situation.
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  The APAPU is obliged to provide the Service continuously and reliably in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
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  In the event that a member suffers a damage due to the Service provided by the APAPU, the APAPU shall be held responsible only if such a damage occurs due to the intention or gross negligence of the APAPU and the scope of the responsibilities shall be limited to ordinary damages.
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  The APAPU shall promptly handle opinions or complaints raised by a member if they are deemed to be fair. However, if prompt handling is difficult, the member must be notified of the reason and the handling schedule.
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  The APAPU shall endeavor to protect the members' personal information including member registration information in accordance with relevant laws. With regard to the protection of members' personal information, the contents of the relevant laws and Article 16 shall be observed. Article

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  The APAPU collects information about members through the information provided by members when applying for use and the members' personal information is used for the purpose of implementing this agreement of use and providing the Service in this agreement of use.
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  The APAPU shall not disclose or disseminate the members' information obtained in relation to the provision of the Service without the members' consent to a third party and shall not use it for commercial purposes. However, this does not apply to the following cases.

  1. In case there is a request from a relevant authority for investigating purposes under the relevant statues
  2. In case there is a request from Korea Communications Standards Commission
  3. In case there is a request in accordance with the procedures prescribed by other relevant statues

Chapter 5 Termination of Agreement

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  When a member wishes to terminate the agreement of use, he or she shall apply for the termination directly to this site through the Internet.
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  The APAPU may require the change of a member's ID or password or change them for reasons such as security, ID policy, smooth provision of the Service, etc.
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  The APAPU may terminate the agreement of use without prior notice if the member does any of the following.

  1. If the data provided by the member is found to be false
  2. If it involves a criminal activity
  3. When planning to use the Service or implementing it for the purpose of undermining national interests or social and public interests
  4. In case of stealing someone else's service ID and password
  5. In case of damaging other's reputation or disadvantaging others
  6. In case of impairing the healthy use of the Service, such as harming the Service
  7. In case of violation of other relevant laws or the conditions of use set by the APAPU

Chapter 6 Other

Members shall not transfer or endow the right to use the Service and other contractual status to others and shall not use it as collateral.

Chapter 7 Compensation for Damages, etc.

The APAPU shall not be held liable for any damages incurred to the members in connection with the free Service except in the event that such damages are caused by the significant negligence of the APAPU.

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  The APAPU shall be exempted from responsibility for failing to provide the Service if this failure is caused by natural disasters or the equivalent force majeure.
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  The APAPU shall not be responsible for any service use impediments caused by reasons attributable to the member.
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  The APAPU shall not be held liable for expecting benefits by the member's using the Service or damages from the materials obtained through the Service.
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  The APAPU shall not be responsible for reliability, accuracy, etc. of the information, data and facts posted by the member on the Service.

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  If there is a dispute between the APAPU and its member in connection with the use of the Service, the APAPU and the member shall make all necessary efforts to smoothly resolve the dispute.
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  Notwithstanding the provision of paragraph 1, if a lawsuit is filed against a dispute arising from the use of the Service, the court governing the location of the APAPU shall be the competent court.

Supplementary Provision (Effective Date)
These Terms and Conditions shall be effective from July 1, 2021.

Asia-Pacific Association of Pediatric Urologists operates the https://www.apapu.net/ website, which provides the SERVICE.

This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service, the APAPU website.

If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The Personal Information that we collect are used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy was created with the help of the Privacy Policy Template and the Privacy Policy Generator.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at https://www.apapu.net/, unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.

For a better experience while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, phone number, and postal address. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you.

We want to inform you that whenever you visit our Service, we collect information that your browser sends to us that is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser version, pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.

Our website uses these "cookies" to collection information and to improve our Service. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies, and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

For more general information on cookies, please read "What Are Cookies".

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

• To facilitate our Service;
• To provide the Service on our behalf;
• To perform Service-related services; or
• To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

We want to inform our Service users that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Our Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

All cancellations must be submitted via e-mail (gaonpco@gaonpco.com) to the Secretariat. All refunds will be processed after the congress and all processing fee will be deducted from the reimbursement. If you do not submit to us by e-mail, no refund will be given.

* Within a week of membership registration: A 100% of the membership fee will be refunded.
* After a week of membership registration: No refunds will be given for cancellations received on or after this date.
All dates are based on a point of membership registration.