Terms of Service
1. The Service
LostKorea (the "Service") is a free service that compares your description or photo of a lost item with Korea's public found-item data using AI, shows similar found items, and — if you leave an email — tells you when a new candidate appears. It is an individually operated project.
2. Nature of the results
- Matches and scores are AI estimates and are not guaranteed to be accurate. You decide whether an item is yours.
- To get your item back, contact the holding office shown (police station, lost-and-found center, etc.) directly and follow its procedure (including an identity check). The Service does not keep or deliver items.
- Found-item data is copied from public data periodically and may differ from the actual status (e.g., already returned or transferred).
3. Your obligations
- Report only items you lost yourself; do not use the Service to claim other people's property.
- Do not register an email address that is not yours.
- Do not write unnecessary personal information (names, phone numbers, ID numbers, etc.) in reports.
- Do not send bulk automated requests or interfere with the Service.
If a violation is found, requests may be limited or the report may be deleted.
4. Changes and interruptions
Features may change, or the Service may be suspended temporarily or permanently, for operational reasons (outages of external data or AI services, costs, etc.). When the daily usage limit is reached, some features may be limited for the rest of that day.
5. Limitation of liability
The Service is provided free of charge and "as is". Except in cases of intent or gross negligence, the operator is not liable for damages arising from errors or omissions in matches, delayed or missing alerts, or inaccuracies in external data.
6. Privacy
Personal data is handled under the Privacy Policy.