Terms of Service
(Last updated on 14th November, 2022)
If you reside outside of the Republic of Korea, the terms and conditions of this agreement (hereinafter "Agreement") govern the relationship between you and Netmarble Corporation and/or its affiliates (hereinafter "Netmarble" "we," "us" or the “Company”) regarding your play or use of, or participation in, Netmarble games ("Games") and related services and game support applications, including, without limitation, Every Netmarble App or other game related applications ("Application” or "Applications”), Netmarble-branded websites (“Websites”), online communities for Games or social network services offered platform for Games (collectively, the "Services").
Use of the Services is also governed by the privacy policy of Netmarble (“Privacy Policy”) as well as the Netmarble's community standards, which are incorporated herein by reference. We may collect and use your content and information in accordance with the Privacy Policy. By agreeing to the Agreement, you are also agreeing to our Privacy Policy and any and all related policies for your use of the Services or Games(collectively, the "Netmarble Policy”). Please be aware that our privacy policy limits us from providing certain types of Games or certain features of Games to children under the age of 13 or less, unless we obtain a consent from parents or legal guardians of the children.
Netmarble reserves the right to amend, at our discretion, any portion of the Netmarble Policy or this Agreement at any time by posting or displaying the amended Netmarble Policy or the Agreement within and/or on the Games, or any of the Websites. You will be deemed to have accepted such amendments by continuing to use the Services. Except as otherwise stated, any such amendments will be automatically effective 30 calendar days after they are initially posted or displayed.
ARBITRATION NOTICE: THIS AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO BINDING ARBITRATION AND A WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION RIGHTS AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 24, AND YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THEM TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE WITH US.
1. Parties
1.1. THESE TERMS CREATE A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT between you ("User" or "you") and Netmarble in relation to the Services.
1.2. Eligibility of User Natural persons as opposed to any kinds of legal entities shall have the right to create an account. By accessing, using and/or submitting content or messages to or through our Services, you represent and agree that you have the legal capacity to agree to accept the Agreement in the jurisdiction where you reside. If you are legally incompetent, or a minor (i.e., under the age of 18), your use of our Services may be limited unless we obtain a consent from your legal guardian or parent.
1.3. Parental Control Information: Parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software, or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist you in limiting access to materials that are harmful to minors. Information on such protection is available at sites such as www.getnetwise.org. The preceding website is provided for information purpose only, and Netmarble is not affiliated with www.getnetwise.org. This is not intended as an endorsement of www.getnetwise.org's site, services, or policies.
2. About Accessing and Using Our Services
2.1. Limited License: Subject to your agreement and complete compliance with the Agreement, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable limited license to access and use our Services for your own personal and non-commercial use. You agree not to use our Services for anything else.
2.2. Revocation of Limited License, Change of Services: We reserve the right to revoke the limited license granted to you herein in our sole and absolute discretion. We may also, in our sole and absolute discretion, limit or terminate your right to access or use our Services or part thereof, maintain or delete your account and any items associated therewith, including but not limited to any Virtual Money or Virtual Goods (as defined below), without any liability to you. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ANY VIRTUAL MONEY, VIRTUAL GOODS, ANYTHING ELSE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR ACCOUNT, OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON WHATSOEVER, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU ARE BARRED FROM ACCESS TO THEM AS A RESULT OF REVOCATION OF THE LIMITED LICENSE OR CHANGE OF OUR SERVICES.
In addition, we reserve the right to change all or part of our Services without any liability to you, at any time without any prior notice to you. Without limiting the generality of our rights reserved in the foregoing, we may modify our Services: (a) for technical reasons (such as technical difficulties experienced by us or on the internet); (b) to allow us to improve user experience; (c) where we have legal reasons for doing so (including privacy or other legal objections to the content or conduct of our Services); (d) because it no longer makes business sense for us to provide the relevant Service; or (e) because we have altered the Services we provide.
2.3. System Outage: There may also be times when our Services or any part thereof are not available for technical or maintenance related reasons, whether on a scheduled or unscheduled basis. You agree that Netmarble has no responsibility and is not liable for unavailability of the Services or any part thereof, any loss of materials, data, transactions or any other information or materials caused by such system outages, or other losses whatsoever resulting from such system outage.
2.4. Game Rules: The specific game rules, scoring rules, controls and guidelines for each Services can be found within the Service itself. Such rules, scoring rules, controls and guidelines form part of the Agreement and you agree that you shall comply with them in respect of each individual Service which you choose to access and/or play.
2.5. Third Party Charges: You are responsible for the internet connection and/or mobile charges that you may incur for playing the Games or using the Services. You should ask your mobile operator if you are unsure what these charges will be, before you play or use the Services. In addition, we are not responsible or liable to you for any credit card or bank-related charges and fees related to your transactions in relation to the use of the Services.
2.6. Equipment/ Internet: You are also responsible for obtaining and maintaining computer hardware, mobile phone device, communication device, equipment, operating system, data connection and services necessary for using the Service under your own responsibility and at your own expense.
3. Accounts
3.1. Guest Account: If you use the Services without creating a Netmarble Account, we will create and assign to your device an identifier that is similar to an account number ("Guest Accounts")
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE CUSTOMER SUPPORTS OR MAY NOT USE VIRTUAL MONEY OR VIRTUAL GOODS FOR WHICH YOU HAVE PAID IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MOBILE DEVICE WITHOUT CREATING A NETMARBLE ACCOUNT.
3.2. Netmarble Account: You can create and use a Netmarble Account using your e-mail account or a third-party service account. Your service history and the relevant information (level, Virtual Goods, etc.) will be stored securely on your Netmarble account.
You may allow our Services to interact with a thirdparty service, which will provide data about you to us. If you choose to connect to one of our Services through a third-party services such as Facebook, or Game Center or Google Play, we may collect personal information from your profile on such third-party services, such as your name, username, and photograph. You should ensure that you read their Agreement and privacy policies to understand how they treat your data and what data they might share with us.
3.3. Responsibility of Account User: YOU ARE SOLELY AND FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING YOUR LOGIN DETAILS CONFIDENTIAL AND ALL USES OF YOUR ACCOUNT, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH THE USE OF YOUR LOGIN DETAILS, WHETHER NOT AUTHORIZED BY YOU. You may not use anyone else's account or permit others to use your account at any time. You acknowledge and agree to accept full responsibility for all fees and purchases made through your account (including any unauthorized purchases) and agree to fully compensate us for any loss or harm that may result. Netmarble will not be responsible to you for any losses resulting from an unauthorized access or use of your account, whether fraudulently or otherwise.
3.4. Termination of Inactive Account: WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE YOUR ACCOUNT WITHOUT ANY NOTICE if your account has not been accessed for more than 180 days. In such event, you will no longer be able to access and/or use the Services using the terminated account. Any Virtual Money and/or Virtual Goods associated with the terminated account will also be deleted, and no refund will be offered to you merchandise such Virtual Money or Virtual Goods deleted.
3.5. Effect of Account Termination: You understand that if you delete your account, or if we terminate and/or delete your account in accordance with the Agreement, you may lose access to any data previously associated with your account (including, without limitation, the level or score you have reached in our Services and any Virtual Money or Virtual Goods associated with your account).
4. Virtual Goods and Virtual Money
4.1. Our Services may include fictional currencies such as coins, gold coins and points ("Virtual Money") and virtual items or services for use with our Services ("Virtual Goods"). You can buy Virtual Money from us for real money if you are a legal adult in your country of residence. If you are a legal adult in your country of residence, you may also be able to buy Virtual Goods for real money and/or other credits. You agree that you will only purchase Virtual Money and/or Virtual Goods from us or a third party store used by us, and not from any third party. We reserve the right to charge fees for the right to access or use Virtual Money or Virtual Goods, and we revise the perceived value or pricing for any Virtual Money or Virtual Goods. We may also decide to distribute Virtual Money or Virtual Goods without charge, in our sole discretion.
4.2. You do not own Virtual Goods or Virtual Money but instead you purchase a limited personal revocable license to use Virtual Goods or Virtual Money exclusively within the Services - any balance of Virtual Goods or Virtual Money does not reflect any cash or stored value. You have no other rights, title or ownership with respect to Virtual Money or Virtual Goods. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT VIRTUAL MONEY OR VIRTUAL GOODS HAVE NO CASH VALUE AND CAN NEVER BE EXCHANGED FOR REAL MONEY, GOODS OR SERVICES FROM US OR ANYONE ELSE.
4.3. You agree that all sales of Virtual Money and Virtual Goods are final and that we will not refund any transaction once it has been made. A license to use Virtual Goods or Virtual Money is granted immediately when your purchase is complete. The performance of our Services begins and completes promptly, and therefore your right of withdrawal is lost at this point.
4.4. We reserve the right to control, regulate, change or remove any Virtual Money or Virtual Goods in our sole discretion and without any liability to you.
4.5. We prohibit and do not recognize any purported transfers of Virtual Money or Virtual Goods effectuated outside of our Services, or the purported sale, gift or trade in the “real world” of anything that appears or originates in our Services, unless expressly authorized by us. Any such transfer or attempted transfer is prohibited and void, and may subject your account to termination.
4.6. We may offer various subscription plans for Games, purchasing of virtual items or virtual currencies via various platforms, such as Apple or Google.
- Your payment shall be made in accordance with the payment policy of the platform of your use. You may change the payment methods.
- Information regarding service or items you are purchasing, payment plan (including yearly or monthly plans), subscription period, expiration date, and subscription cancellation will be provided to you prior to making your payment.
- Information regarding renewal of your subscription will be provided to you 24 hours before the end of your subscription period, and shall be automatically renewed unless you expressly cancel the renewal. Please be advised that the renewal fee will be automatically charged to you upon renewal of subscription period.
- You are able to cancel the auto renewal via your account management feature of your platform of use.
- You shall remain responsible and liable for any and all purchases and pre-orders you have made during the subscription period, even if you cancel your subscription.
5. Digital Asset Contents
5.1 We may include blockchain-based Digital Assets and Digital Asset convertible Contents (“Digital Asset Contents”) within our Services. In order to use Digital Asset Contents, you may be required to agree to the terms of use and user registration for third-party services such as wallets for digital asset management.
5.2 Use of Digital Asset Contents is not a prerequisite for use of our service, and its use is at your own risk. Any consequences arising from the use and trading of digital asset contents are at your own risk, and the company is not responsible for them
5.3 Digital Assets means data based on blockchain technology, including but not limited to cryptocurrencies, NFTs and game tokens. Some of the contents in the service may be provided in the form of Digital Assets or converted into Digital Assets as described below for items designated by the company.
-"Non-fungible Token (NFT)": Non-fungible Token means any digital asset on the blockchain that cannot be exchanged for other tokens. In our service, it means an electronic record in linked with the digital art(referring to, but not limited to, images in which characters, items, etc. are displayed visually inside or outside service) of in-game content stored in the blockchain network.
-"Fungible Token (FT)": Fungible Token means any digital asset on the blockchain that can be exchanged for other tokens, including, but not limited to, game tokens, coins etc.
5.4 We reserve the right to add, change or delete Digital Asset Contents at any time in our discretion, and you acknowledge and agree to this.
5.5 Conversion into Digital Assets in accordance with Section 5.3 is carried out in accordance with the conditions set by Netmarble (including, but not limited to, conversion targets, fees, restrictions on use, etc.). We reserve the right to change the conditions for Digital Asset conversion, and the user acknowledges and agrees to this. We may notify you when the conditions change.
5.6 Notwithstanding Section 11.1, we may grant revocable, limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable license (right to sell, transfer or dispose) to NFT (which refers to converting within our service or trading in third-party services) among any Digital Assets you acquire. This also applies to first-time buyers of NFT and sellers and buyers of all subsequent transactions.
5.7 We reserve all rights (including but not limited to intellectual property rights, copyrights, etc.) related to all digital assets and connected digital art. We may offer you additional benefits in addition to the licenses granted while you acquire and hold Digital Assets, which may be modified or terminated in our sole discretion. Any change or termination of our services, in our sole discretion, may result in the revocation of additional benefits, licenses under Section 5.6, etc., and the termination of the connection between Digital Assets and digital art. You acknowledge and agree to this. This also applies to the first purchaser of Digital Assets and the sellers and buyers of all subsequent transactions.
5.8 We do not guarantee the value of Digital Asset Contents, nor do we guarantee its availability and value after changes or termination of the service. You acknowledge and agree to this
5.9 Notwithstanding section 4.5, you may trade digital assets through third-party services. These transactions are handled in accordance with third-party Terms of Service, and We make no warranties and are not responsible for the results resulting from such transactions.
5.10 We make no guarantees and are not responsible for changes in the value of Digital Assets. We have no control over the blockchain network and do not guarantee its complete integrity. When trading digital assets through third-party services, we do not guarantee the authenticity of Digital Assets and its information (referring to NFT information, seller information, etc., but not limited thereto). When trading Digital Assets, you must directly check whether there is any abnormality in the blockchain network and the authenticity of Digital Assets and its information, and we are not responsible for any problems caused by this.
5.11 You acknowledge and agree to the possibility of partial or complete restrictions on the use of Digital Asset Contents by the laws of your region. We do not compensate for restrictions on use due to legal reasons or guarantee future availability. You acknowledge and agree to this.
5.12 We may offer virtual goods that can be purchased through digital assets. All the matters defined in section 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 also apply to this virtual product, all transactions are final, and we reserve all rights. You acknowledge and agree to this.
5.13 You are solely responsible for the management of digital asset contents, and the company does not take responsibility or compensate for any problems caused by poor management. You acknowledge and agree to this.