Terms of Use
Seoulsaram is an open archive of everyday life in Seoul. Anyone in Seoul can fill in a short form, and what they wrote becomes an English card that is published here and shared on social platforms. By submitting a card or by using this site, you agree to these terms.
1. There are no accounts
You cannot sign up or log in, and there are no comments, messages, or profiles to follow. The private author link you receive when you submit is the only proof that a card is yours. Keep it. We store only a hash of it, so we cannot look it up or reissue it — if you lose the link, you lose the ability to delete that card or change the Instagram handle shown on it. You can still ask us to remove it; see section 5.
2. What you may submit
Submit only your own everyday life. In particular:
- Do not upload photos of other people without their permission, and do not upload photos you did not take or do not have the right to publish.
- No advertising, sponsored, or paid content. Seoulsaram does not accept sponsored cards from contributors. Naming a brand or a shop you actually used is fine; being paid to name it is not.
- No links. Text fields are for describing the item, the meal, or the room. Links in submitted text are rejected.
- Nothing illegal, hateful, sexual, or targeted at a private individual.
3. Rights you keep, and rights you grant
You keep ownership of your photos and your words. When you submit, you confirm that you hold the necessary copyright and portrait rights — that the photos are yours to publish and that anyone recognisable in them agrees — and you agree that Seoulsaram may translate your text into English and other languages and turn it into a card image.
You also grant Seoulsaram and viewers of the site the right to redistribute the card image on social platforms — that is what the card is for. This right covers the card image and the page it links to, is worldwide and free of charge, and lasts while the card is published. It does not transfer ownership of your photos, and it does not let anyone sell your work.
4. Photos of you posted by someone else
If a photo of you was published here without your permission, email hello@seoulsaram.co and we will remove it. You do not need an author link to ask.
5. Deleting a card
- With your author link — open it and delete the card yourself. It disappears from the site immediately.
- Without it — email hello@seoulsaram.co, describing the card so we remove the right one. We aim to respond within 24 hours.
Card images that were already shared or saved elsewhere on the internet are outside our control, and deleting a card here cannot pull them back.
6. Moderation
We may hide or remove any card that breaks these terms, and we may block submissions that look like spam. There is no appeal process — this is a small archive run by one person. If you think something was hidden by mistake, email us.
7. No warranty
Seoulsaram is provided as it is, for free. We do not guarantee that the site, any card, or any translation will be available, accurate, or permanent, and we are not responsible for what other people submit or for anything you find through links that leave this site. Translations are produced automatically and may be wrong.
8. Changes
If these terms change we will update the date at the top of this page.
9. Governing law and contact
These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea. Questions: hello@seoulsaram.co.
한국어 요약
Seoulsaram 은 서울의 일상을 모으는 공개 아카이브입니다. 카드를 올리거나 이 사이트를 이용하면 아래 약관에 동의한 것으로 봅니다.
- 계정이 없습니다. 제출할 때 받은 작성자 링크가 카드 소유를 증명하는 유일한 수단이며, 저희는 그 링크의 해시만 보관하므로 다시 발급해 드릴 수 없습니다. 링크를 잃으면 직접 수정·삭제할 수 없지만, 아래 삭제 요청은 가능합니다.
- 올릴 수 있는 것: 본인의 일상. 타인이 찍힌 사진을 동의 없이 올리지 마세요. 광고·협찬 카드와 텍스트 안 링크는 받지 않습니다.
- 권리: 사진과 글의 저작권은 작성자에게 그대로 있습니다. 다만 제출 시 사진의 저작권·초상권에 문제가 없음을 확인하고, Seoulsaram 이 영문 카드로 변환하는 것과 카드 이미지를 Seoulsaram 과 관람자가 SNS 에 재배포하는 것에 동의하게 됩니다. 소유권이 넘어가지 않으며, 판매 권한을 주는 것도 아닙니다.
- 삭제: 작성자 링크로 직접 삭제하거나, hello@seoulsaram.co 로 요청하시면 24시간 이내 처리합니다. 본인이 찍힌 사진의 삭제는 작성자 링크 없이도 요청할 수 있습니다.
- 보증하지 않습니다. 무료로 제공되는 서비스이며 사이트·카드·번역의 지속성이나 정확성을 보장하지 않습니다. 번역은 자동 생성이라 틀릴 수 있습니다. 준거법은 대한민국 법입니다.
이 요약은 이해를 돕기 위한 것이며, 해석에 차이가 있을 경우 위 영문이 우선합니다.