CHAPTER 1.General Provisions
Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of these Terms and Conditions is to stipulate the rights, obligations, and responsibilities, and other necessary matters between the Company (or Operator, hereinafter “Company”) and the User regarding the use of timeline creation, sharing, quiz, and all related services provided by “Histudy” (hereinafter “Service”).
Article 2 (Definitions of Terms)
- Service: Refers to the application and related web services that allow users to organize and share historical events by nation, person, and year.
- User: Refers to members and non-members who agree to these Terms and use the Service.
- Timeline: Refers to the bundle of content, such as the title, summary, characters, and related events of historical incidents, directly entered by the User through the Service.
- Sharing (Explore): Refers to the act by which a User posts their created timeline on the public board within the Service, allowing others to view and duplicate it.
CHAPTER 2. Service Use Agreement and Management
Article 3 (Conclusion of Use Agreement)
- The Use Agreement is concluded when the User agrees to the contents of these Terms, applies for membership registration, and the Company accepts the application.
- The Company may provide the registration process through SNS login integration (Google, Apple, etc.).
Article 4 (Content and Changes to the Service)
- The services provided by the Company are as follows:
- Feature for creating and managing historical event timelines.
- Feature for sharing timelines and duplicating other users’ content through ‘Explore’.
- Data-based quiz feature provided after watching Google advertisements.
- Other services that the Company may newly develop and provide.
- The Company may change the contents of the Service if technical specifications of the Service need to be changed, and in such cases, the changes will be announced through an in-app notice.
CHAPTER 3. Content Copyright and Rules of Use
Article 5 (Copyright of Posts)
- The copyright of the timeline content created by the User within the Service belongs to the respective User.
- When a User posts (shares) content on the ‘Explore’ tab or elsewhere, it is deemed that the User has consented to other Users viewing or duplicating (importing) the content into their own accounts within the Service.
- The Company is granted a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, modify, display, and distribute the User’s posts for the purpose of Service operation, promotion, and improvement.
Article 6 (Management of Illegal Posts)
- Users must not post or share content that falls under any of the following subparagraphs:
- Content that infringes on the copyright of others or defames them.
- Content that violates public order and morals, such as obscenity or violent content.
- Content for the purpose of spreading groundless false information or historical distortion.
- If the Company becomes aware of posts corresponding to Paragraph 1 through functions such as reporting, the Company may delete or block the sharing of such posts without prior notice.
- Legal responsibility arising from illegal posts rests entirely with the User who created the post.
CHAPTER 4. Advertising and Data Management
Article 7 (Provision of Advertising and Quiz Service)
- The Company may place reward-based advertisements (such as Google Ads) for Service operation.
- The right to participate in a quiz is granted only when the User watches the advertisement until the end. The Company shall not be liable for compensation failure due to an advertisement system error unless there is willful misconduct.
- Paid services such as ‘Ad Removal’, which may be introduced in the future, shall be governed by separate Paid Service Terms and Conditions.
Article 8 (Data Storage and Backup)
- The User’s quiz records and individual settings are, in principle, stored on the User’s device (local).
- Local data may be lost upon app deletion, device change, or device initialization, and the Company is not responsible for data loss incurred by not using the ‘Personal Backup’ feature.
- Shared timeline information is stored on the Service server, and members may request the deletion of data they have shared upon withdrawal.
CHAPTER 5. Miscellaneous
Article 9 (Limitation of Liability)
- The Company does not guarantee the objective accuracy or historical factual basis of the timeline information entered by the User.
- The Company shall not be liable for the temporary interruption of Service provision due to force majeure events such as natural disasters, DDoS attacks, or server maintenance.
Addendum
These Terms and Conditions shall become effective from [Date: 202X. X. X.].
