Effective Date: [2026.02.20]
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://lifeinkoreaguide.com.
Life in Korea Guide provides informational travel content related to Seoul and South Korea.
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at:
silentrookie@gmail.com
2. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Personal information you voluntarily provide (such as name or email when leaving comments)
- Technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, and pages visited
- Cookies and usage data for analytics and advertising purposes
3. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at:
https://automattic.com/privacy/
After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible publicly.
4. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors may download and extract location data from images posted on the website.
5. Cookies
This website uses cookies to enhance user experience.
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
We may also use temporary cookies to determine browser compatibility and login functionality.
Users can disable cookies through their browser settings.
6. Advertising & Google AdSense
This website uses Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service provided by Google Inc.
Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on users’ visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies and web beacons to collect information in order to provide relevant advertisements.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings:
https://adssettings.google.com/
For more information on how Google uses data, please visit:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
7. Analytics
This website may use Google Analytics to understand website traffic and improve content quality.
Google Analytics may collect anonymized information such as browser type, device information, and pages visited.
For more information:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
8. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, maps, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited those websites directly.
These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with their content.
9. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others.
Data may be shared with third-party service providers only as necessary to operate the website (e.g., spam detection services, analytics providers, advertising partners).
10. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely.
For registered users (if any), personal information stored in user profiles can be edited or deleted at any time (except usernames).
11. Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments, you may request:
- A copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Deletion of your personal data
This excludes data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
12. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.
Some data may be processed by third-party providers located outside your country.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.