Article 1 Purpose
These Terms of Service (the "Terms") set out the rights, duties, responsibilities, and conditions of use between ValueLabs, represented by Taebeom Kim (the "Company"), and users of the website and related online functions operated by the Company (the "Service").
Article 2 Definitions
The terms used in these Terms have the following meanings.
1. "Service" means the functions the Company provides through the website, including the about page, portfolio, blog, planning and screen-design consultation and hire requests, free planning tools (idea interview, IA, and screen design), and related features.
2. "Member" means a person who agrees to these Terms, registers by email under the procedure set by the Company, and uses the Service.
3. "Content" means text, images, planning information, information architecture (IA), screen designs, files, links, and other materials that a user enters, uploads, writes, or stores, or that are generated in the course of using the Service.
4. "AI Output" means documents, interview summaries, IA, screen designs, suggested copy, or other materials generated from a user's input by an artificial intelligence model connected by the Company.
5. "Engagement" means a user's request that the Company perform planning, screen design, or equivalent professional work. The scope, schedule, fees, and rights in deliverables of an Engagement are determined by a separate quotation and contract after consultation.
6. Terms not defined in these Terms follow applicable law and ordinary commercial practice.
Article 3 Posting and Amendment of Terms
1. The Company posts these Terms on the Service or a linked page so that users can readily review them.
2. The Company may amend these Terms within the scope permitted by applicable law.
3. If the Company amends these Terms, it will announce the effective date and the reason for the amendment before the effective date through the Service, email, or another reasonable method. For changes that are material or unfavorable to users, the Company will provide the notice period required by law or at least seven (7) days.
4. A user who continues to use the Service after the effective date of the amended Terms is deemed to have accepted them. A user who does not accept the amended Terms may terminate the service agreement.
Article 4 Membership Registration
1. A service agreement is formed when a user enters required information, including an email address, under the Company's registration procedure, agrees to required items including these Terms and the Privacy Policy, and the Company accepts the application.
2. Registration is completed by email. The Company does not provide social login.
3. Persons under 14 years of age may not register or use member-only functions. The Company will not accept an application from a person under 14 and may terminate the agreement if such registration is discovered.
4. The Company may refuse an application or later terminate the agreement in any of the following cases:
a. The applicant submits false information
b. The applicant uses another person's information
c. The applicant is under 14 years of age
d. The applicant has previously been restricted for violating the Terms
e. The Company reasonably determines that the application poses a material operational or security risk
f. The application otherwise violates applicable law or these Terms
5. A Member must promptly update registration information when it changes.
Article 5 Account Management
1. Members are responsible for managing their own accounts, passwords, and authentication methods.
2. Members may not transfer, lend, share, or pledge their accounts to a third party.
3. Losses arising from negligent account management, unauthorized use, or third-party use are borne by the Member, except where caused by the Company's intent or negligence.
4. A Member who becomes aware of account theft or unauthorized use must notify the Company immediately and follow the Company's instructions.
Article 6 Description of the Service
1. The Company provides the following:
a. About the Company and a description of its work
b. Portfolio and project introductions
c. Blog and other informational content
d. Planning and screen-design consultation and hire requests (via /contact)
e. Free planning tools: idea interview, IA, screen design, and related functions
2. Non-members may use the publicly available about, portfolio, and blog pages and may submit a consultation request. Some free planning tools may also be available to non-members, but saving, resuming work, and usage limits may differ from those for Members.
3. Free planning tools are provided for trial and reference and may have usage limits. The Company may set or change usage counts, generation limits, storage, feature scope, and availability for operational reasons.
4. The Company may change or discontinue all or part of the Service for improvement, operational needs, security, changes in partner or AI model-provider policy, or legal compliance.
5. Viewing information on the website, submitting a consultation request, or using free planning tools does not, by itself, form a service contract for professional work with the Company.
Article 7 AI Outputs
1. AI Output may vary depending on the user's input, settings, the characteristics of the connected AI model, and the Service environment.
2. AI Output is for reference only. The Company does not warrant its accuracy, completeness, currency, legality, fitness for a particular purpose, or readiness for use in an actual project.
3. Users must review AI Output themselves before using it for business, development, design, proposals, investment, contracts, or other important decisions, and should obtain expert advice where needed.
4. Users are responsible for confirming that their use, modification, distribution, publication, and commercial exploitation of AI Output does not infringe third-party rights, applicable law, or platform policies.
5. The Company may process user input and generated output to the extent necessary to improve quality, respond to incidents, conduct security checks, and prevent misuse. Processing of personal information is governed by the Privacy Policy.
Article 8 Intellectual Property
1. Rights in Content entered or uploaded by a user belong to the user or the legitimate rights holder.
2. The user permits the Company to use Content to the extent necessary to provide, store, and back up the Service, provide customer support, correct errors, and improve quality.
3. Rights in the Service itself, software, screen layout, design, logos, trade name, templates, public materials, document structures, and other elements provided by the Company belong to the Company or the legitimate rights holder.
4. Users may not, without the Company's prior written consent, copy, disassemble, reverse-engineer, resell, lease, lend, crawl, or mass-collect the Service, or use it for competitive analysis.
5. Rights in Engagement deliverables are determined by the applicable contract. These Terms alone do not transfer rights in Engagement deliverables to the user or any third party.
Article 9 Engagements and Contracts
1. Planning and UI work for hire proceeds through a separate quotation and contract after consultation. Consultation and hire requests are submitted through the website consultation page (/contact) or other contact methods designated by the Company.
2. The Company does not accept in-app subscription or credit checkout. The website does not provide an internal payment function. Payment method, schedule, tax invoices, and other commercial terms for professional work are set in a separate contract.
3. Use of free planning tools, a consultation request, or a quote request does not by itself form a professional-work contract.
4. Scope, schedule, deliverables, acceptance, confidentiality, intellectual property, and allocation of liability for an Engagement are governed by the individual contract, which prevails over these Terms.
5. The Company may decline an Engagement or adjust its terms in light of the consultation, schedule, scope, or feasibility.
Article 10 Prohibited Conduct
Users must not:
1. Impersonate another person or submit false information
2. Enter or generate Content that is unlawful or contrary to public order or morals
3. Infringe another person's intellectual property, publicity rights, personal information, trade secrets, or other rights
4. Interfere with stable operation of the Service or impose load or disruption on servers, networks, or security systems
5. Probe, test, or attack security vulnerabilities
6. Access the Service abnormally or generate output in bulk through automated means
7. Share, transfer, or lend an account
8. Circumvent usage limits of free planning tools by improper means
9. Use the Service for discrimination, hatred, violence, obscenity, fraud, spam, or unauthorized advertising
10. Impersonate the Company or a third party
11. Otherwise violate applicable law, these Terms, or usage rules announced by the Company
Article 11 Service Restrictions and Withdrawal
1. If a user violates these Terms or applicable law, or interferes with operation of the Service, the Company may restrict use or terminate the agreement after prior notice. In urgent cases involving security risk, clear illegality, or likely harm to a third party, the Company may take necessary measures without prior notice.
2. A Member may request withdrawal at any time. Upon withdrawal, Member information and Content are deleted or stored separately, except information that must be retained under applicable law and the Privacy Policy.
3. If a contract for an Engagement is in progress, withdrawal from the Service is separate from termination, settlement, and handling of deliverables under that contract.
4. Restriction or withdrawal may result in loss of access to Content stored in free planning tools, and the Company has no duty to restore it, except where caused by the Company's intent or negligence.
Article 12 Suspension of Service
The Company may temporarily suspend the Service for facility maintenance, failure, network disruption, cloud or AI model-provider failure, security incidents, natural disaster, or a legal or administrative order. The Company will give prior notice where possible and subsequent notice in urgent cases.
Article 13 Disclaimer
1. The Company is not liable for failure to provide the Service due to causes beyond its reasonable control, including natural disaster, war, terrorism, failure of a telecommunications carrier, cloud failure, AI model-provider failure, or causes attributable to the user.
2. Information on the website, the portfolio, the blog, free planning tools, and AI Output are for reference. The Company is not liable for business loss, lost expected profits, or disputes with third parties arising from a user's use of them, unless caused by the Company's intent or gross negligence.
3. The Company has no duty to intervene in disputes between users or between a user and a third party.
4. If the Company or a user causes damage to the other by violating these Terms or applicable law, the party at fault must compensate for that damage. The Company's liability is limited to the extent of its intent or negligence.
5. Defects, delay, acceptance, and damages relating to Engagement work follow the separate contract.
Article 14 Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
1. These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Korea.
2. Disputes between the Company and a user relating to the Service will first be resolved through good-faith consultation. If consultation fails, a party may file an action in a court of competent jurisdiction under the Civil Procedure Act and other applicable law.
Article 15 Business Information
Company name: ValueLabs
Representative: Taebeom Kim
Business address: 104, 19 Yuhyeon-ro, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Business registration number: 216-29-00213
Mail-order business report number: 2016-Seoul Yangcheon-0055
Email: hello@valuelabs.kr
Telephone: Tel +82-10-9737-0650
Supplementary Provision
These Terms apply from the effective date.