NC AI
- Rank
- Score
- 144/149
- 28 out of 100
NC AI is a South Korean artificial intelligence company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of NC, the video game developer formerly known as NCSoft, launched on February 1, 2025. It develops proprietary AI technologies including the Varco large language model, and it publishes multimodal models such as VARCO-VISION-2.0-14B on Hugging Face.
Is VARCO safe?
VARCO scores 28 out of 100 and ranks 144 of 149, and the rating is low confidence. Its strongest category is Privacy, and its weakest category is Security.
How is VARCO scored?
VARCO is scored out of 100 on Safety (25%), Transparency (25%), Security (25%), and Privacy (25%). See how we score.
Safety framework
Average used24.4This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Pre-release testing
0Points for each confirmed yes.
- No
Was the model tested for dangerous capabilities, such as biological, chemical or cyber risks?
Company claim0/50huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - No
Did an outside organisation test the model before release?
Company claim0/50huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Safety test results
Average used74.1This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Incident record
Not enough dataProtecting children
0Points for each confirmed yes.
- No
Does the model card report child-safety tests or safeguards?
Company claim0/50huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - No
Does the privacy policy set a minimum age, or say the service is not directed at children?
Company claim0/50nc-ai.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Model documentation
50Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Does the model card describe what the model can do?
Company claim25/25“VARCO-VISION-2.0 is a multimodal AI model capable of understanding both images and text to answer user queries.”
huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the model card report test results?
Company claim25/25“Korean Benchmark” (results shown in a table on the source page)
huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - No
Does the model card state the model's limitations?
Company claim0/25huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - No
Does the model card describe safety safeguards?
Company claim0/25huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Training-data disclosure
Average used29.9This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Independent transparency index
Average used40.7This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Transparency reports
Average used25This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Public safety commitments
0Average of the commitments signed.
- No
Has it signed the EU code of practice for general-purpose AI?
Company claim0/100European Commission (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026 - No
Did it sign only the safety and security chapter?
Company claim0/50European Commission (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026 - No
Has it signed the Frontier AI Safety Commitments (Seoul 2024)?
Company claim0/100Frontier AI Safety Commitments (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026
Security programme and certifications
0Points for each confirmed yes.
- No
Is there a way to report security flaws, such as a bug bounty?
Company claim0/34No document found - No
Does it state it holds a SOC 2 Type II report?
Company claim0/33No document found - No
Does it state it holds ISO 27001 certification?
Company claim0/33No document found
Software vulnerabilities
Not enough dataData breaches
Not enough dataClear privacy policy
80Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Does the privacy policy say what personal data is collected?
Company claim20/20“개인정보 보호법 제15조 제1항 제4호("계약의 이행") 파트너십 문의하기 이름, 회사명, 전화번호, 이메일 문의 접수일로부터 3년간 보관 후 파기”
nc-ai.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - No
Does the privacy policy say whether your data is used to train AI?
Company claim0/20nc-ai.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy say how long data is kept?
Company claim20/20“개인정보 보호법 제15조 제1항 제4호("계약의 이행") 파트너십 문의하기 이름, 회사명, 전화번호, 이메일 문의 접수일로부터 3년간 보관 후 파기”
nc-ai.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy say who your data is shared with?
Company claim20/20“회사는 이용자의 개인정보를 '2. 개인정보의 수집 및 이용 목적'에서 고지한 범위 내에서 사용하며, 동 범위를 초과하여 이용하거나 이용자의 동의 없이 제3자 또는 기관에 제공하지 않습니다. 이용자가 개인정보 제공에 직접 동의하거나, 다른 법률에 특별한…” MoreLess
“회사는 이용자의 개인정보를 '2. 개인정보의 수집 및 이용 목적'에서 고지한 범위 내에서 사용하며, 동 범위를 초과하여 이용하거나 이용자의 동의 없이 제3자 또는 기관에 제공하지 않습니다. 이용자가 개인정보 제공에 직접 동의하거나, 다른 법률에 특별한 규정이 있는 경우에 한하여 개인정보를 제공할 수 있습니다. 법령의 규정에 의거하거나, 수사 목적으로 법령에 정해진 절차와 방법에 따라 수사기관의 요구가 있는 경우 다른 법률에 특별한 규정이 있는 경우 정부 관계부처가 합동으로 발표한 「긴급상황 시 개인정보 처리 안내서」에 따라 재난, 감염병, 급박한 생명·신체 위험을 초래하는 사건·사고, 급박한 재산 손실 등의 긴급상황이 발생하는 경우 ※ 자세한 사항은 여기를 눌러 확인하시기 바랍니다.”
nc-ai.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy explain your privacy rights?
Company claim20/20“이용자께서는 언제든지 개인정보 열람·정정·삭제·처리정지 및 철회 요구 등의 권리를 행사(이하 "권리 행사") 할 수 있습니다.”
nc-ai.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Training-data defaults
0100 if training is opt-in only, 50 if you can opt out, 0 if neither.
- No
Is your data used for training only if you opt in?
Company claim0/100nc-ai.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - No
Can you stop your data being used for training?
Company claim0/50nc-ai.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Export and delete your data
50Points for each confirmed yes.
- No
Can you get a copy of your data?
Company claim0/50nc-ai.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Can you delete your data?
Company claim50/50“이용자께서는 언제든지 개인정보 열람·정정·삭제·처리정지 및 철회 요구 등의 권리를 행사(이하 "권리 행사") 할 수 있습니다.”
nc-ai.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Privacy fines
Not enough dataIndependent privacy ratings
Average used52.9This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Risk governance
Average used26.6This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Regulator actions
Not enough dataCourt judgments
Not enough dataPrivacy contact and complaints
100Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Is there a privacy contact, such as an email or a data protection officer?
Company claim50/50“이메일: nc-ai@ncsoft.com”
nc-ai.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does it tell you that you can complain to a regulator?
Company claim50/50“기타 개인정보 침해에 대한 신고나 상담이 필요하신 경우에는 아래 기관에 문의하시기 바랍니다. 개인정보 분쟁조정위원회 (kopico.go.kr / ☎ 국번 없이 1833-6972) 개인정보 침해신고센터 (privacy.kisa.or.kr / ☎ 국번 없…” MoreLess
“기타 개인정보 침해에 대한 신고나 상담이 필요하신 경우에는 아래 기관에 문의하시기 바랍니다. 개인정보 분쟁조정위원회 (kopico.go.kr / ☎ 국번 없이 1833-6972) 개인정보 침해신고센터 (privacy.kisa.or.kr / ☎ 국번 없이 118) 경찰청 (ecrm.cyber.go.kr / ☎ 국번 없이 182)”
nc-ai.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Score history
Newest first. Only days when the score changed are listed.
2 Nov 2026
Score 28
Method 2 Nov 2026
+1
28 Oct 2026
Score 27
Method 28 Oct 2026, update 2
+1
21 Oct 2026
Score 26
Method 21 Oct 2026
-2
20 Oct 2026
Score 28
Method Not recorded
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