Aon Privacy Statement – South Korea

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PRIVACY STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS:

Aon is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement ("Statement") explains how Aon uses and protects the information we collect in South Korea. It applies to any personal information you provide to Aon and, subject to local law, any personal information we collect from other sources.

Throughout this Statement, "Aon" refers to Aon plc, including its affiliated companies and subsidiaries (also referred to as "we", "us", or "our").

To view the full text of our privacy statement, click here.

What type of information does Aon collect?

Depending on the services we provide to the clients, we may collect personal information such as your name, contact details (including title, department, email address, company name, phone number (office, home, mobile), fax number (office, home), residential address (city, state/province, country) postal code), date of birth, place of birth, nationality, gender, marital status, number of children, financial details (including assets, liabilities), credit card information (including card company, card type, card number, expiry date), employment details (including starting date, years of service, location of work, role, level, compensation, pension, salary and area of responsibility) and benefit coverage. We may also collect sensitive information about you such as criminal convictions (including criminal records, motor vehicle traffic violation records and arrest records) or health information (including medical records, medical history, family medical history, physical disabilities, blood type, drug testing results, and various physical testing information) in relation to life, health, professional liability and workers compensation insurance or employee benefit programs sponsored by your employer. When you provide information that enables us to respond to your request for products or services, we will seek your prior consent (in accordance with applicable laws) to our collection, use and disclosure of this information to appropriate third parties for the purposes described in this Statement or otherwise.

This includes collecting information when you:

Visit Aon Websites

In some instances, Aon automatically collects certain types of information when you visit our websites and through e-mails that we may exchange. Automated technologies may include the use of web server logs to collect IP addresses, "cookies" and web beacons. The collection of this information will allow us to improve the effectiveness of Aon websites and our marketing activities.

By using Aon websites, associated microsites and mobile applications, you agree to the processing of your information as explained in this Statement. This includes placing cookies on your device as described in the Cookie Notice.

Aon websites may contain links to other sites which are outside our control and are not covered by this Statement. We encourage you to review the privacy statement of each website you visit.

Engage with Aon through Social Media

You can engage with us through social media websites or through features on Aon websites that integrate with social media sites. When you engage with us through social media sites, you may allow us to have access to certain information from your social media account (e.g., name, e-mail address, photo, gender, birthday, city, the posts or the 'likes' you make).

Access our Websites through Mobile Devices

If you access our websites on your mobile telephone or mobile device, we may also collect your unique device identifier and mobile device IP address, as well as information about your device's operating system, mobile carrier and your location information (subject to obtaining your prior consent and any regulatory approval in accordance with applicable laws).

How does Aon use your personal information?

We use your personal information to offer and administer our services and products. With your consent, we may also use this information for additional purposes.

Does Aon disclose your personal information?

We do not rent, sell or otherwise disclose personal information about our website visitors with unaffiliated third parties for their own marketing use.

We disclose personal information to business partners and service providers that are necessary to provide and administer our products and services. Furthermore, if required, we may disclose personal information to respond to government official requests or in the event of a merger/acquisition.

Does Aon transfer your personal information across geographies?

Aon may transfer certain personal information across geographical borders to Aon entities or service providers in other countries working on our behalf in accordance with applicable law. Prior to providing us with your information, we will seek your consent (in accordance with applicable laws) to the collection, international transfer, storage, and processing of your information. These transfers are governed by European Union (EU) standard contractual clauses, the U.S./EU Safe Harbor Framework or equivalent data transfer agreements in accordance with applicable laws to protect the security and confidentiality of personal information.

How can you access and update your information?

Aon takes reasonable steps to keep your personal information accurate and complete. If you have created a profile or account on one of our websites, you can update your contact information after you log into your account. You can also contact us at the e-mail or postal address listed in the "Contact Us" section below.

Does Aon have security measures in place to protect your information?

Aon has implemented reasonable physical, technical and administrative security standards to protect personal information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction.

Our service providers and agents are contractually bound to maintain the confidentiality of personal information and may not use the information for any unauthorized purpose.

Does Aon collect information from children?

Our websites are not directed to children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children on our websites

Contact Us

If you have any questions relating to this Statement, please contact us at Aon Global Privacy Office, Aon plc, 200 E. Randolph, Chicago, Illinois 60601 or [email protected].

Alternatively, direct your query to the Chief Privacy Officer, Aon Korea Compliance Department at the following address: Aon Korea Inc., 29th Floor, Center 1 East Tower, 26 Eulji-ro 5-Gil, Jung-gu, Seoul, 100-210 Korea.

More detail on our access request procedure can be found here.

Changes to this Statement

We may update this Statement from time to time. We encourage you to periodically review this Statement so that you will be aware of our privacy practices. This Statement was last updated on 30 April, 2021.

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FULL PRIVACY STATEMENT – SOUTH KOREA:

Aon is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement ("Statement") explains our information processing practices. It applies to any personal information you provide to Aon and, subject to local law, any personal information we collect from other sources.

Throughout this Statement, "Aon" refers to Aon plc, including its affiliated companies and subsidiaries (also referred to as "we", "us", or "our").

What type of information does Aon collect?

Depending on the services we provide to the clients, we may collect personal information to offer and administer our services and products. These include insurance broking, claims management, risk management consulting, other forms of insurance services (including underwriting of insurance products and reinsurance), employee benefits program administration, human capital consulting, human resource business process outsourcing and investment advisory services.

We may collect information such as your name, contact details (including title, department, email, company name, phone number (office, home, mobile), fax number (office, home), residential address (city, state/province, country), postal code), date of birth, place of birth, nationality, gender, marital status, number of children, financial details (including assets, liabilities, salary), credit card information (including card company, card type, card number, expiry date), employment details (starting date, years of service, location of work, role, level, compensation, pension, salary and area of responsibility) and benefit coverage. We may also collect sensitive information about you such as criminal convictions (including criminal records, motor vehicle traffic violation records and arrest records) or health information (including medical records, medical history, family medical history, physical disabilities, blood type, drug testing results, and various physical testing information) in relation to life, health, professional liability and workers compensation insurance or employee benefit programs.

When you request services, we ask that you provide accurate and necessary information that enables us to respond to your request. In doing so, we will seek your prior consent (in accordance with applicable laws) to our collection, use, storage and disclosure of this information to appropriate third parties for the purposes described in this Statement or otherwise.

While the personal information we collect may come directly from you, it may also be provided by our affiliates or other third parties (such as employers, insurance companies, insurance brokers or agents, credit organizations, motor vehicle and driver licensing authorities, financial institutions, medical professionals, etc.). If you provide personal information about other individuals (such as employees, dependents, etc.), you must obtain their consent prior to your disclosure to Aon.

Aon may collect information online when you . . .

Visit Aon Websites

For purposes of this Statement, "website" includes our mobile applications.

By using Aon websites and associated microsites, we may place cookies on your device as described in the Cookie Notice.

We collect personal information to fulfill your requests for products and services and to improve your online experience. We strive to limit the amount of personal information collected to support the intended purpose of the collection.

We may ask you for some or all of the following types of information when you register for events, request services, manage accounts, access various content and features or directly visit our websites. This includes, but is not limited to:

contact information, such as name, e-mail address, postal address, phone number and mobile number;
user name, password, password reminder questions and password answers;
communication preferences, such as which newsletters you would like to receive;
search queries;
contact information about others when you refer a friend to a particular site or service (note: this information is used solely to facilitate requested communications); and
information posted in community discussions and other interactive online features.

Cookies: Aon collects information during your visit to an Aon website through the use of cookie technology. A cookie is a piece of programming information contained in a very small text file that is placed in your Internet browser or elsewhere on your hard drive. You can control acceptance of cookies by modifying your Internet browser preferences. You have the ability to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set or to reject all cookies. Please note that, if you choose to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or part of our site and may be unable to use those services or engage in activities that require the placement of cookies. Aon uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website and to help us compile aggregate statistics about usage of our websites.

In addition, on some occasions, Aon may use tracking technologies such as web beacons, to collect information about your visits to Aon websites. These are small electronic images embedded in web content or e-mail messages and are ordinarily not visible to users. Like cookies, this tracking technology enables us to track pages and content accessed and viewed by users on Aon websites. The use of these technologies also helps us to provide you with a positive experience when you browse our websites, and it also helps refine our content and personalize your experience. For more detailed information, you may wish to visit our Cookie Notice.

Links to Other websites: Aon websites may contain links to other sites which are outside our control and are not covered by this Statement. If you access other sites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy statement. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on other websites you visit. Aon is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of linked sites or any use of those sites.

Please be aware that Aon websites may contain links to sites maintained by other Aon entities that are not governed by this Statement but by other privacy statements that may differ slightly from this Statement. We encourage you to review the privacy statement of each website you visit.

Engage with Aon through Social Media

You can engage with us through social media websites or through features such as plug-ins or applications on Aon websites that integrate with social media sites. You may also choose to link your account with us to third party social media sites. When you link your account or engage with us on or through third party social media sites, plug-ins, or applications, you may allow us to have ongoing access to certain information from your social media account (e.g., name, e-mail address, photo, gender, birthday, the posts or the 'likes' you make).

If you post information when you interact with our websites through social media sites, plug-ins or other applications, depending on your privacy settings, this information may become public on the Internet. You can control what information you share through privacy settings available on some social media sites. For more information about how you can customize your privacy settings and how third party social media sites handle your personally identifiable information, please refer to their privacy help guides, privacy statements and terms of use.

Access our Websites through Mobile Devices

Prior to you providing us your mobile device phone number as your contact phone number, we will seek your consent (in accordance with applicable laws) for the use of your mobile device phone number for the purposes identified in this Statement or otherwise. If you choose to receive notifications from us on your mobile device (e.g. text notifications), we will also seek your prior consent (in accordance with applicable laws) for the use of your mobile phone number for that purpose.

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How does Aon use your personal information?

The personal information we collect may be used to:

Upon the client’s request, provide information and services from time to time and administer, maintain, manage and operate such information, products and/or services which may include business reporting, business administration, customer fulfillment, statistical and data analysis, claim services, risk solutions, risk accounting, insurance broking, reinsurance broking services;
provide information and services as requested by you and administer, maintain, manage and operate such information, products and/or services which may include business reporting, business administration, customer fulfilment, statistical and data analysis, claim services, risk solutions, risk accounting, insurance broking, reinsurance broking, human capital consulting, business process outsourcing, benefits administration services;
determine eligibility and process applications for products and services;
provide information and services as requested by clients;
understand and assess clients' ongoing needs and offer products and services to meet those needs;
introduce and/or cross-refer you to any of the divisions, affiliated companies and/or other business units within Aon, wherever situated, for which we may or may not be remunerated;
carry out client communication, service, billing and administration;
administer claims (e.g., defend, analyse, investigate, process, assess, determine or respond to any claims made by against or otherwise involving you);
conduct data analysis;
audit, report (including analyses and materials and information generally in relation to investments and markets), conduct market research, and carry out general servicing and maintenance of online and other services;
obtain and update credit information with appropriate third parties, such as credit reporting agencies, where transactions are made on credit;
to match and verify any data held by us relating to you from time to time for any of the purposes listed in this Statement;
execute monitoring and training;
develop, design and promote new services and products;
market products and services (subject to appropriate consent);
comply, where reasonably necessary, with any obligations, requirements or arrangements that we have or may have in the future with local or foreign regulatory or tax authorities, whether imposed by law or assumed by us for the protection of our financial, commercial business or other legitimate interests in or related to such jurisdictions;
establish whether you are a citizen of the United States, resident of the United States for federal income tax purposes or otherwise subject to tax in the United States and/or to substantiate whether your account has US status for the purposes of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (US) or similar legislation in other jurisdictions;
conduct identity, credit, money laundering and conflict checks to prevent and detect fraud and crime (including consideration of information regarding political affiliations and criminal offences committed or alleged to have been committed);
conduct credit checks and monitoring and assist other institutions to conduct credit checks and monitoring to ensure your on-going creditworthiness;
enable an actual or proposed assignee, transferee, participant or sub-participant of our rights or business to evaluate the transaction intended to be the subject of the assignment, transfer, participation or sub-participation; and
conduct processing necessary to fulfill other contractual obligations for the individual.

With your consent, we may also use your personal information for additional purposes.

Aon will not process or retain data longer than required by contract or law and will take commercially reasonable and technically possible measures to destroy data that is no longer retained by shredding or otherwise destroying personal information in hard copy form and deleting personal information in soft copy form in an irretrievable manner.

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Does Aon disclose your personal information?

Business Partners

Depending on the services we provide to the clients, we may disclose personal information to business partners that are necessary to provide our products and services. Where required we will seek your prior consent before disclosing to such business partners. Examples include:

banking and finance products - credit and fraud reporting agencies, debt collection agencies, insurers, reinsurers, and managed fund organizations for financial planning, investment products and trustee or custodial services in which you invest
insurance broking and insurance products - insurers, reinsurers, other insurance intermediaries, insurance reference bureaus, medical service providers, fraud detection agencies, our advisers such as loss adjusters, lawyers and accountants and others involved in the claims handling process
human capital consulting, business process outsourcing, benefits administration services - background checking agencies, fraud detection agencies, payroll service providers, insurers, medical service providers, trustees, administrators or managers of any employee benefit schemes or any relevant financial institutions
our related companies and affiliates in the provision of our products and services and who may wish to tell you about their services, products or promotional opportunities which may be of advantage to you, unless you tell us not to, and your representatives such as your lawyers, accountants, financial advisers etc.

We do not rent, sell or otherwise disclose personal information about our online visitors with unaffiliated third parties for their own marketing use.

Authorized Service Providers

We may disclose your information to service providers we have retained to perform services on our behalf. These service providers are contractually restricted from using or disclosing the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements.

Delegate	Description of delegated services
Microsoft Corporation and its worldwide affiliates	Management and retention of information
Rackspace, US Inc. and its worldwide affiliates	Management and retention of information
Eloqua Limited, Eloqua Corporation, Oracle Corporation and its worldwide affiliates	Customer relationship management and marketing management systems
Salesforce.com, inc. and its worldwide affiliates	Customer relationship management and marketing management systems
Proofpoint, Inc. and its worldwide affiliates	Management and retention of information
Oracle Corporation and its worldwide affiliates	Human resources management systems
Aon plc and its worldwide affiliates, including Aon Service Corporation	Client management as well as management and retention of information
LG Uplus Corp	Management and retention of information
QlikTech, Inc. and its worldwide affiliates	Management and retention of information
LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc., and its worldwide affiliates.	Management of fraud and crime prevention and detection, including anti-corruption measures.
Workday Inc., and its worldwide affiliates	Human resources management systems

Legal Requirements and Business Transfers

We may disclose personal information

(i)	if we are required to do so by law or legal process,
(ii)	in response to law enforcement authority or other government official requests or
(iii)	in the event that Aon is subject to a merger or acquisition to the new owner of the business.

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Does Aon transfer your personal information across geographies?

Aon may transfer certain personal information across geographical borders to Aon entities or service providers in other countries working on our behalf in accordance with applicable law.

Prior to you providing us with your information, we will seek your consent (in accordance with applicable laws) to the collection, international transfer, storage, and processing of your information. These transfers are governed by European Union (EU) standard contractual clauses, the U.S./EU Safe Harbor Framework or equivalent data transfer agreements in accordance with applicable laws to protect the security and confidentiality of personal information.

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How can you access and update your information?

Aon takes reasonable steps to keep your personal information accurate and complete. You can access or update your personal information in the following ways.

Profile

If you have created a profile or account on one of our websites, you can update your contact information after you log into your account.

Newsletters

If you request electronic communications, such as an e-newsletter, you will be able to unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions included in the communication.

Mobile Devices

If you previously chose to receive push notifications on your mobile device from us but no longer wish to receive them, you can manage your preferences either through your device or the application settings. If you no longer wish to have any information collected by the mobile application, you may uninstall the application by using the uninstall process available on your mobile device.

Cookies

As described in our Cookie Notice, you can adjust your browser settings to accept or refuse cookies.

Email

Contact us at the e-mail or postal address listed in the "Contact Us" section at the bottom of this Statement. Please include your current contact information, the information you are interested in accessing and your requested changes. We will provide you access to the personal information requested, subject to reasonable limitations provided by law, unless it infringes on the privacy of other individuals.

You may request we suspend processing of, delete and destroy your personal information and seek appropriate redress for any damage arising out of the processing of your personal information in accordance with applicable law.

If we do not provide you with access, we will provide you with the reason for refusal and inform you of any exceptions relied upon.

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Does Aon have security measures in place to protect your information?

Aon has implemented reasonable physical, technical and administrative security standards to protect personal information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction.

Our service providers and agents are contractually bound to maintain the confidentiality of personal information and may not use the information for any unauthorized purpose.

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Does Aon collect information from children?

Our websites are not directed to children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children on our websites.

Contact Us

If you have any questions relating to this Statement, please contact us at the Aon Global Privacy Office, Aon plc, 200 E. Randolph, Chicago, Illinois 60601 or [email protected].

More detail on our access request procedure can be found here.

Changes to this Statement

Click here to view country-specific privacy statements.

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