Privacy Policy
Overview
- In accordance with Article 30 of the Personal Information Protection Act, Seoreunnet (the “Company”) establishes and discloses the following Privacy Policy in order to protect users’ personal information and to handle related grievances promptly.
Article 1 (Purposes of processing personal information)
- Membership registration and management, identification and authentication, maintaining membership status and preventing misuse
- Orders for hanji products, payment, delivery and customer support
- Managing reservations for experience and workshop programmes, on-site verification and sending informational notifications
- Marketing and information about cultural events (where optional consent is given)
- Statistical analysis of website visits and usage
Article 2 (Items of personal information collected and retention periods)
| Category | Items collected | Retention and use period |
|---|---|---|
| Membership registration | Name, ID, password, email, mobile phone number | Destroyed immediately on withdrawal of membership |
| Orders/delivery | Name of orderer/recipient, phone number, delivery address, payment records | 5 years (E-Commerce Act) |
| Experience reservations | Name of the person booking, contact details, email, information on the number of participants | 1 year after the experience is completed |
| Automatically collected (access logs) | IP address, service usage records, access logs | 3 months (Protection of Communications Secrets Act) |
| Website usage analytics (Google Analytics 4) | IP address (processed in transit but not logged or stored by Google Analytics); online identifiers (including client and session IDs); cookies (_ga, _ga_Y19ENELZMS and _ga_YDXJGCB5B0); browser, device and operating-system information; website usage records such as access time, pages visited and referring page (Referrer) | User- and event-level data are retained for the period configured by the Company for the Google Analytics property; aggregated reporting data are handled in accordance with the Google Privacy Policy. Cookies remain until their configured expiration or earlier deletion by the user |
Article 3 (Entrustment of personal information processing)
- 1. The Company may entrust personal information processing work as follows in order to provide the Services smoothly.
- Electronic payment services: PayVerse
- Delivery and logistics services: CJ Logistics, Korea Post parcel service and the like
- Notification and text message services: Kakao AlimTalk, SMS providers and the like
Article 4 (Installation and operation of cookies, and refusal)
- The Company uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) analytics cookies (_ga, _ga_Y19ENELZMS and _ga_YDXJGCB5B0) for statistical analysis of website visits and usage.
- Users may block or delete analytics cookies in their browser settings. Refusing analytics cookies alone does not restrict basic website functions such as inquiries, reservations or purchases, but may reduce the accuracy of the Company’s usage analytics.
- Google reCAPTCHA used by the inquiry service may use security cookies including _GRECAPTCHA. Blocking these security cookies may prevent an inquiry from being submitted properly.
Article 5 (Measures to ensure the security of personal information)
- Administrative measures: establishing and implementing an internal management plan, regular staff training
- Technical measures: managing access rights to the personal information processing system, applying encrypted communication (SSL/TLS), installing security programmes
- Physical measures: access control to documents and the computer room
Article 6 (Protection of children’s personal information and overseas transfer)
- Where the personal information of a child under the age of 14 is collected, the consent of a legal representative is obtained, and the legal representative may request access to, correction of or deletion of the child’s personal information.
- The Company transfers personal information overseas as follows.
| Recipient | Country of transfer | Items transferred | Purpose of transfer | Timing and method of transfer | Retention and use period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google LLC (Google reCAPTCHA) | United States (USA) | IP address, browser/OS information, request time, Referrer, service usage behavior data, _GRECAPTCHA cookie | Security of the inquiry service and prevention of web spam/automated programs (bots) | Automatically transmitted over the network when using the inquiry service | In accordance with the Google Privacy Policy (destroyed without delay after the purpose is achieved) |
| Google LLC (Google Analytics 4) | United States (USA) | IP address (processed in transit but not logged or stored by Google Analytics); online identifiers (including client and session IDs); cookies (_ga, _ga_Y19ENELZMS and _ga_YDXJGCB5B0); browser, device and operating-system information; website usage records such as access time, pages visited and referring page (Referrer) | Statistical analysis of website visits and usage | Automatically transmitted over the network when a user accesses or uses the website | User- and event-level data are retained for the period configured by the Company for the Google Analytics property; aggregated reporting data are handled in accordance with the Google Privacy Policy. Cookies remain until their configured expiration or earlier deletion by the user |
Article 7 (Exercise of data subject rights and the personal information protection officer)
- Users may at any time exercise rights such as requesting access to, correction of, deletion of, or suspension of the processing of their personal information.
- Personal information protection officer:
- Officer/department: Personal Information Manager, Seoreunnet
- Contact: +82 10-8693-2704 / Email: hanjiham.bukchon@gmail.com
Article 8 (Changes to this Privacy Policy)
- This Policy may be amended in line with changes in legislation or security technology. Any change will be announced through the notices section of the Site in accordance with the advance-notice period required by applicable law.
- The revised Policy reflecting website usage analytics through Google Analytics 4 is announced on 29 September 2026 and takes effect on 30 September 2026.
Addendum
- Date of announcement: 29 September 2026
- Effective date: 30 September 2026