Terms of Service

TastyLog ('Service') is a comprehensive food travel platform offering restaurant posts, a food map, short-form content (Snap), gallery, community, crew recruitment, meetup clubs, stories, and news.

These Terms of Service define the rights, obligations, and responsibilities between the Company and users.

By using this service, you are deemed to agree to these terms.

'Company' means the operating entity that provides the TastyLog service.

'User' means members and non-members who use the service under these terms.

'Post' means content such as text, images, and videos posted by users on the service.

'TastySnap' means short-form video/image content uploaded by users.

'TastyGallery' means the service where users compile their restaurant collections into a public gallery.

'TastyCrew' means the service where users with shared interests create a crew (a recurring group) and conduct regular activities.

'TastyMeetup' means a one-day (instant) meetup service where a user recruits dining companions for a specific date on a short-term basis and shares real-time location.

'TastyRoute' means the service where users compose a restaurant travel route as markers (spots) on a map and share it with reviews, photos, and videos.

'Community' means the open bulletin board service where users freely post and interact.

'Collection' means the bookmark feature where users save and manage their favorite posts.

'Warning Information' means travel-related caution info such as overcharging and tourist scams shared by users.

'AI Recommendation' means curated content provided to users via AI algorithms.

You may register with an email address or a social account (Google, Apple). Registration requires agreement to these Terms and the Privacy Policy; the time of agreement and the version agreed to are recorded on your account.

Children under the age of 14 may not register. The Company will promptly delete any account confirmed to belong to a child under 14 and destroy the personal information collected.

You must keep your account information (email, password) accurate and must not transfer or lend your account to a third party. You are responsible for any damage resulting from negligent account management.

You may withdraw at any time from the Settings menu. Upon withdrawal your account and personal information are destroyed in accordance with the Privacy Policy, and any Berries and store items you hold expire and cannot be restored.

The Company may restrict use or terminate an account after prior notice (or subsequent notice in urgent cases) where a breach of these Terms, prolonged inactivity, or a violation of applicable law is confirmed.

The service provides the following features:

- Restaurant Posts: sharing and exploring restaurant info with location, reviews, images, and videos

- TastySnap: short-form video/image feed (TikTok-style)

- TastyMap: map-based restaurant discovery and location sharing

- TastyGallery: public gallery of user restaurant collections

- TastyCrew: recurring group (crew) creation, schedule management, and board/chat/album operations

- TastyMeetup: one-day (instant) companion recruitment and real-time location sharing

- TastyRoute: composing and sharing restaurant travel routes as map markers

- Pin Maps: group several restaurants as pins on a map

- Restaurant pages: restaurant information by region and landmark, with visitor reviews and ratings

- Travel notices: map-based local warnings, festivals and area information

- Community: category-based open bulletin board

- Collections/Bookmarks: saving and managing posts, snaps, and galleries

- Search: integrated AI-powered keyword search

- TastyStory: curated editorial content

- TastyNews: food and travel news

- Berry & Store: free points earned through check-ins and ad views, and feature items redeemed with them

- Notifications: app push and email notifications for activity such as comments, likes, and meetups

- Business registration & partnership inquiries: a channel for business owners to register and manage their restaurant page and inquire about partnerships

- Private share links: time-limited links that show a private post, route, or pin map to specific people

- Automatic translation: user content is automatically translated into Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese

The Company may change or discontinue services without prior notice.

5.1. Overview

TastyCrew is a service where users with shared interests create a crew (a recurring group), plan and manage regular schedules, and operate the crew's boards, chats, and albums.

5.2. Company's Role and Limitation of Liability

The Company only provides the platform for crew creation and operation and assumes no liability for accidents, disputes, or damages occurring during crew activities.

The Company does not guarantee the accuracy or safety of information posted by crew leaders or administrators.

The Company does not verify the identity, safety, legality, or truthfulness of crew members, and is not legally responsible for disputes, fraud, criminal acts, or accidents between members.

5.3. Crew Leader/Admin Obligations

- Ensure crew activities comply with applicable laws and these Terms

- Do not disclose members' personal information to third parties

- Do not operate the crew for commercial or illegal purposes

- Do not provide adult content or alcohol to minor members

5.4. User Obligations and Precautions

- Personally verify and take responsibility for your own safety when attending crew meetups/schedules

- Verify the other party's identity before offline meetups and meet in public places

- Do not share personal information (address, ID number, bank account, etc.) with others

- Minors must not participate in meetups alone without guardian consent

- Do not demand money, make sexual advances, or propose illegal acts to other members

5.5. Offline Meetup Safety Rules (Required)

- Hold offline regular meetups in public places (cafes, restaurants, etc.) whenever possible

- Share your meetup schedule and location with family or friends in advance

- If you feel unsafe, immediately stop the meetup and move to a safe location

5.6. Prohibited Activities

- Operating a crew for commercial promotion, MLM, or religious solicitation

- Posting hate speech against a specific race, gender, or religion

- Using the crew's name for the exchange of money or fraud

- Inappropriate approaches toward minors

5.7. Disclaimer

The Company is not responsible for any accidents, disputes, property damage, or personal injury (violence, fraud, sexual crimes, food poisoning, traffic accidents, etc.) arising during meetup activities through the TastyCrew service. Users are fully responsible for their own safety and judgment, and the Company serves only as an intermediary platform.

6.1. Overview

TastyMeetup is a one-day (instant) meetup service where a user recruits dining companions for a specific date on a short-term basis and shares real-time location.

6.2. Company's Role and Limitation of Liability

The Company only provides a platform for intermediating meetups between users and assumes no liability for actual meetups or accidents arising from them.

The Company does not verify the identity, safety, legality, or truthfulness of other users.

The Company is not legally responsible for disputes, fraud, criminal acts, or accidents between users.

6.3. User Obligations and Precautions

Users must observe the following when using the TastyMeetup service:

- Verify the other party's identity before meeting and meet in public places

- Do not share personal information (address, ID number, bank account, etc.) with others

- Minors must not participate in meetups alone without guardian consent

- Use location sharing only for the purpose of the meetup and stop immediately after the meetup ends

- Do not demand money, make sexual advances, or propose illegal acts to the other party

6.4. Safety Rules (Required)

- First meetings must be in public places (cafes, restaurants, etc.)

- Share your meetup schedule, location, and the other party's info with family or friends

- If you feel unsafe, immediately stop the meetup and move to a safe location

6.5. Prohibited Activities

- Sexual crimes including prostitution, sexual harassment, or stalking

- Criminal acts including fraud, extortion, or threats

- Meetups for commercial purposes including MLM, illegal business, or religious solicitation

- Inappropriate approaches toward minors

6.6. Disclaimer

The Company is not responsible for any disputes, violence, fraud, sexual crimes, food poisoning, traffic accidents, or any other incidents arising from meetups between users through the TastyMeetup service. Users are fully responsible for their own safety and judgment, and the Company serves only as an intermediary platform.

7.1. Overview

TastyGallery is a service where users compile their restaurant visits into collections and publish them as public galleries.

7.2. Accuracy Disclaimer

Restaurant information in galleries (location, hours, menu, prices, etc.) is user-generated. The Company does not guarantee its accuracy or currency. Please confirm with the restaurant directly before visiting.

7.3. Copyright

Copyright of images and videos in galleries belongs to the respective users. Users must not post others' works without permission.

By publishing a gallery, users grant the Company a non-exclusive license to display and distribute the content within the service.

7.4. Restrictions

Galleries that are inappropriate or infringe copyrights may be removed without prior notice.

8.1. Overview

TastySnap is a service where users upload short-form food-related videos and images shared in a feed format.

8.2. Content Moderation

The Company operates an automated content moderation system for uploaded images and videos.

If inappropriate content (adult content, violence, hate speech, etc.) is detected, posts may be restricted or accounts suspended.

Automated moderation may produce false positives; users may appeal through customer support.

8.3. Copyright and Portrait Rights

Users may only upload content they have personally filmed or own the rights to.

Consent must be obtained when posting videos that identify other individuals.

Responsibility for copyright or portrait right disputes arising from unauthorized posts lies with the posting user.

8.4. Prohibited Content

- Content containing adult material, nudity, or obscene expressions

- Content containing violence, self-harm, or hate speech

- Content infringing others' copyright or portrait rights

- False information, spam, or content for commercial advertising purposes

9.1. Overview

The Community is a space where users freely post and interact on food and travel topics.

9.2. User Responsibility

Legal responsibility for all community content rests with the user who posted it.

The Company does not pre-screen community posts and has no obligation to intervene in disputes between users.

9.3. Prohibited Activities

- Spreading false information or defaming specific businesses or individuals

- Posting pornographic or violent material

- Spam, flooding, or repeated posting of promotional content

- Posting others' personal information without consent

10.1. Overview

The service uses AI algorithms to provide personalized search results and content recommendations.

10.2. Disclaimer

AI recommendations are automatically generated by algorithms; the Company does not guarantee their accuracy or suitability.

AI results should be used for reference only; users must make final judgments themselves.

The Company is not responsible for damages caused by algorithmic errors or bias.

11.1. Overview

TastyRoute is a service where users compose a restaurant travel route as markers (spots) on a map and share it with reviews, photos, videos, and external links, so that other users can refer to it when visiting.

11.2. Company's Role and Limitation of Liability

All information in a TastyRoute (route, places, reviews, media, etc.) is user-generated content created voluntarily by users, and the Company does not guarantee its accuracy, timeliness, or safety.

The Company is not responsible for the operating status, hygiene, pricing, or accessibility of places included in a route.

The Company is not legally responsible for any accidents, disputes, or damages (traffic accidents, food poisoning, theft, etc.) arising while a user visits or travels by referring to a TastyRoute.

11.3. User Obligations

- TastyRoute information is for reference only; users must visit at their own discretion and risk

- Do not post false or exaggerated routes or reviews

- Do not use others' works (photos, videos, etc.) without authorization

- Do not create routes to defame a specific business or interfere with its operations

11.4. Disclaimer

The Company is not responsible for any accidents, disputes, property damage, or personal injury arising from offline visits or travel mediated by TastyRoute, and serves only as an intermediary platform.

A 'Pin Map' is user-created content that groups several restaurants as pins on a map.

Places, reviews and photos added to a Pin Map reflect the author's personal experience; we do not warrant their accuracy.

Copying another user's content without permission is prohibited and may result in removal and account restrictions.

We operate restaurant pages organised by region and landmark. The information shown is entered by our operators or by the registered business owner.

Users may leave a rating (1–5) and a review for a restaurant they visited — one review per restaurant, editable and deletable at any time.

Business owners cannot delete reviews about their own restaurant. Where a report is filed for false statements, defamation, exposure of personal data, spam or abusive language, we may temporarily withhold the review for up to 30 days under Article 44-2 of the Korean Network Act.

A low rating alone is never grounds for removing or hiding a review.

Fake reviews, paid reviews and malicious reviews targeting competitors are prohibited and may result in account restrictions.

We may offer paid placement to partner restaurants in a separate area of region and landmark listing screens.

Paid placements always carry an 'Ad' label.

Paid partnerships do not change the ordering of the list. When a user sorts by rating or review count, the result reflects actual ratings and review counts.

We do not remove reviews or adjust ratings in exchange for payment.

Partnership terms and pricing are published on the service and agreed in an individual contract.

'Berries' are in-service points earned free of charge through activities designated by the Company, such as daily check-ins and watching ads. Berries cannot be purchased with money, are not refundable for cash or goods, and cannot be transferred to others.

You may exchange Berries for feature items in the Store (e.g., a pass to skip the meetup creation cooldown, an additional crew slot). Exchanged items are effective only within the service and cannot be cancelled or refunded after exchange.

Ad-view rewards are granted only when the ad provider confirms to the Company that the ad was watched to completion, and are subject to a daily limit. If a reward was not granted due to a network error or the ad not being displayed, you may request a review through customer support.

If Berries are earned or used by improper means such as automated programs, multiple accounts, or exploiting system errors, the Company may reclaim the Berries and items concerned and restrict use.

The Company may change the earning criteria for Berries, the types and prices of items, or discontinue the Berry program where necessary for service operation, with 30 days' notice. Remaining Berries and items expire upon withdrawal or account termination.

Berries and Store items are not subject to paid purchase, so statutory cooling-off rules for paid transactions do not apply. If paid goods are introduced in the future, separate payment and refund terms will be announced in advance before taking effect.

The Company may send notifications necessary for use of the service — such as comments, replies, mentions, likes, follows, meetup and crew activity, and announcements — via app push, in-service notifications, and email.

You can change which types of notifications you receive in the Settings menu. However, notices required for service operation, such as account security, changes to terms or policies, and the outcome of reports, may be sent regardless of your notification settings.

Advertising messages are sent only if you have separately consented to receive them, and you may opt out at any time.

You may issue a share link with an expiry (1, 7, or 30 days) for a post, route, or pin map you have set to private. Anyone holding the link can view (read-only) the content without logging in until it expires.

You decide whom to give the link to, and you are responsible for any exposure resulting from the link reaching unintended recipients. The Company does not verify the identity of link holders.

You may revoke (invalidate) or reissue a link at any time; switching the content to public automatically revokes the existing link. Expired links no longer grant access.

Pages viewed via a share link are marked not to be indexed by search engines, but the Company cannot prevent a recipient from copying or redistributing the content.

The Company automatically translates user-created posts, routes, pin maps, tags, place names, and similar content into Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese for display to users of other languages. Translations are generated mechanically through an external translation service (Google Translate).

Translations are provided for reference to aid understanding of the original; the Company does not guarantee their accuracy. Where a translation differs from the original, the original prevails.

By creating or editing content, you consent to your content being translated and displayed as described above.

Users must not:

- Post false information or deceive others

- Post content that defames or insults others

- Infringe others' intellectual property rights including copyright and portrait rights

- Post crime-related content

- Interfere with the normal operation of the service

- Post false warning information for malicious purposes

- Post content for the purpose of malicious defamation or business interference

- Post content harmful to minors

- Collect or distribute others' personal information in violation of privacy laws

All UGC on this service (posts, snaps, galleries, community content, warning information, etc.) reflects users' subjective experiences and opinions.

The Company does not guarantee the accuracy, authenticity, or currency of UGC.

UGC should be used for reference only; users must rely on their own judgment and responsibility.

The Company assumes no legal liability for any damages arising from UGC.

Users who post false or malicious information may be subject to civil and criminal liability under applicable laws.

The Company maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward objectionable content and abusive users. By agreeing to these Terms, you agree to this zero-tolerance policy.

Users must not post objectionable content, including pornography, violence, hate speech, harassment, threats, discrimination, or unlawful acts. If you encounter such content, you may report it to the Company through the in-service reporting feature.

Users may block other users who behave inappropriately or whose content they find objectionable; once blocked, that user's content and contact will no longer be displayed to you.

The Company will review reported violating content within 24 hours of receipt and, where a violation is confirmed, will remove the content and suspend or permanently eject the offending user.

Depending on the severity of the violation, the Company may remove content, suspend accounts, or permanently restrict access without prior notice.

Copyright and legal responsibility for posts rests with the user who created them.

The Company does not pre-screen content but may delete or move content without prior notice if it:

- Violates these Terms

- Infringes others' rights

- Violates applicable laws

- Is determined to be clearly false

- Is detected as inappropriate by automated content moderation

Users must ensure their posts do not infringe others' rights.

Users must not post false information about specific businesses or individuals that damages their reputation.

Posting false information with malicious intent to interfere with a business's operations is prohibited.

The Company may immediately delete such content, restrict user access, or provide information to relevant authorities.

Affected businesses or individuals may request removal, and the Company will take appropriate action after verification.

The Company is not legally responsible for:

- Service interruptions due to force majeure (natural disasters, war, system failures, etc.)

- Accuracy or reliability of user-generated information

- Disputes between users or between users and third parties

- Accidents, disputes, or damages during TastyCrew, TastyMeetup, or TastyRoute activities

- Accuracy or suitability of AI recommendations

- Disadvantages caused by false positives in content moderation

- Damages arising from external links (YouTube, Google Maps, etc.)

The Company assumes no liability for the use of free services except as required by applicable law.

Disputes regarding these Terms and service use shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea.

Litigation arising from service use shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the court with jurisdiction over the Company's headquarters.

The Company may change these Terms as necessary, and changes will be announced on the service.

Changed Terms take effect 7 days after the announcement.

If users do not agree to the changed Terms, they may stop using the service and withdraw their membership.

For inquiries or rights infringement reports regarding these Terms or service use, please contact:

Email: support@tastylog.net

Operating hours: Weekdays 09:00–18:00 (excluding weekends and public holidays)

For emergencies during TastyCrew or TastyMeetup activities:

- Contact local emergency services first, then notify our customer support.

Emergency contacts by country:

- Korea: 112 (Police), 119 (Fire/Emergency)

- Japan: 110 (Police), 119 (Fire)

- USA/Canada: 911

- China: 110 (Police), 120 (Emergency)

- Thailand: 191 (Police), 1669 (Emergency)

- Vietnam: 113 (Police), 115 (Emergency)