Terms · Privacy · Corrections

Terms of use

1. Purpose

These terms set out the conditions for using metallab.ai (the “Site”), operated by METAL (the “Company”).

2. Copyright in the content

Copyright in the articles, summaries, images and other content published on the Site belongs to the Company or to the rightful owner. Reproduction, distribution or republication beyond attributed quotation is not permitted.

3. External links

The Company is not responsible for the content of external sites reached through source links in its articles.

4. Disclaimer

Content on the Site is provided for information and is not investment advice. To the extent permitted by law, the Company is not liable for decisions made on the basis of that content.

Privacy policy

1. General

The Company complies with the Personal Information Protection Act of the Republic of Korea and related legislation, and processes personal data collected through the Site as set out below.

2. What we collect, and how

• Tips and enquiries: name, email address, the content of the message — collected by email or through the enquiry form.
• Project consultations: company and industry, goals, timeline and budget range, the contact person's name, email address and phone number, and the record of the consultation — collected through the consultation form.
• Collected automatically: service usage records such as pages viewed and referral path; a cookie holding the theme (light/dark) setting; a cookie holding the language setting.

3. Purposes of use

• Reviewing and replying to tips and correction requests
• Replying to enquiries and consultations, and following up
• Statistical analysis for service improvement, in a form that does not identify individuals

4. Retention period

• Tips and enquiries: destroyed within one year of the matter being closed
• Consultation records: destroyed within one year of the consultation ending
• Where legislation requires separate retention, for the period that legislation requires

5. Processors

The Company entrusts the processing of personal data to the providers below in order to operate the service. Each contract requires compliance with applicable data protection law.

6. Destruction

Personal data is destroyed without delay once its retention period has passed or its purpose has been fulfilled. Electronic files are permanently deleted by a method that does not allow recovery.

7. Your rights

You may at any time request access to your personal data, or its correction, deletion, or the suspension of its processing.

8. Contact

Data protection enquiries: METAL · kook@metalai.co.kr

9. Notice of changes

Where this policy is added to, removed from or amended, notice is given on the Site from seven days before the change takes effect.

Corrections policy

METAL MEDIA's articles are written by an AI-agent editorial system that verifies the facts in the source material, and are published automatically. Humans set the editorial standards and answer for the results. Errors are still possible, and the Company corrects them on the following basis.

1. Submitting a request

Send correction requests to kook@metalai.co.kr together with the URL of the article.

2. How we handle it

• Factual error — the text is corrected as soon as the error is confirmed, and the date and substance of the change are stated at the foot of the article.
• Misleading wording — the wording is improved and, where needed, additional explanation is added.
• Serious error — the article is unpublished and a separate correction notice is posted.

3. Response time

We reply with the outcome within three business days of receiving the request. Where verifying the facts takes longer, we tell you where things stand.

4. Record

A corrected article keeps a record of the change. We do not quietly rewrite the original after the fact.