Welcome to our Privacy Policy page! I hope you're here on purpose.
If so, welcome to enlightenment; if not, feel free to head back to the safety of my home page. Reading through this page will provide a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your personally identifiable information. Personally, I have no nefarious plots at play, but if you're still interesting in reading our Privacy Policy, browse on.
What personal information do we collect & how is it used?
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We don't collect information from visitors to our site unless you opt-in to receive our email newsletter, comment replies, or any free downloadable content we may offer. In such cases, we may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. In addition, you may be able to create a user profile, which allows you to create a username and password. We will store the username, but your password will not be visible in our records.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access our site. For example, when you use Seoul Korea Asia, we log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the site. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the our site, such as links clicked.
Use of Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and/or persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on Seoul Korea Asia. We use cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize our content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
How to Opt-Out of Cookies: If you’re not keen on cookies, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
How do we protect your information?
We don't scan your device for vulnerabilities (or any other nefarious things). We only provide articles and information. We use regular Malware Scanning. We never ask for personal or private information like a mailing address or credit card number.
How your information may be used:
- To operate and maintain Seoul Korea Asia;
- To create your account, identify you as a user of the site, and customize the site for your account;
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To track and measure advertising on the Website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
Third-Party use of personal information:
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, Seoul Korea Asia may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
Mailerlite – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Mailerlite's privacy policy for further information.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the site’s sole discretion.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the site to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
Anonymous Data: From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
Advertising Information
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
Seoul Korea Asia is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
Newsletter: You may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
Personal Information Collection
Sensitive Personal Information: At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
Children's Information: The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at max)(@)(seoulkoreaasia.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Users can visit our site anonymously. Our Privacy Policy is linked to from every page on our website and includes the word ‘Privacy.’ You can change your personal information by emailing us. We also honor Do Not Track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
Contact Information: At any time, please contact us at max[@]seoulkoreaasia.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
Last updated: February 7th, 2024.