Effective date: October 8, 2026
Korea Pathbook (https://koreapathbook.com) provides English-language guides to travel, food, culture, and everyday life in Korea. The site is operated from the Republic of Korea by kpb. For privacy inquiries, contact dpshwlsh@gmail.com. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you use this website and how it is handled.
Information we collect
When you visit the site, our hosting and security services may automatically process technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, requested pages, referring page, date and time, and diagnostic or security data. This information is used to operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the website.
If you contact us by email, we receive the email address, name, message, and any other information you choose to provide. We use it to respond to your inquiry, review corrections, and handle relevant follow-up.
If comments are enabled and you submit a comment, WordPress may collect the information shown in the comment form along with your IP address and browser user-agent string to support moderation and spam detection. Approved comments and the displayed name may be visible publicly.
Cookies and similar technologies
The site may use essential cookies for administration, security, preferences, and website functionality. If analytics or advertising services are enabled, they may use cookies or similar technologies to measure visits, understand site use, limit repeated ads, and personalize or measure advertising where permitted.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect website features. Where required by applicable law, we will request consent before using non-essential cookies.
Analytics and advertising
Korea Pathbook uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site. Google may process information such as pages visited, approximate location, device and browser information, and interaction data. Google AdSense code is installed on this site in preparation for advertising; ad serving is subject to Google’s approval and applicable consent requirements. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites. Google’s advertising cookies enable Google and its partners to serve ads based on those visits. Other advertising vendors may also use cookies or similar technologies to deliver and measure ads when advertising is enabled.
Learn more in Google’s Privacy Policy and on Google’s How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services page. You can manage Google advertising preferences and opt out of personalized Google ads at My Ad Center. For choices concerning participating third-party vendors, visit AboutAds choices. Browser cookie controls and advertising choices apply to the browser or account in which you make them.
Service providers
We use service providers to operate the website, including Hostinger for hosting and website infrastructure, WordPress for publishing, Automattic’s Jetpack for connected site features and statistics, and Google for email communications, analytics, and advertising-related services. Jetpack may process visitor and device information to provide its enabled features; see Automattic’s Privacy Policy. These providers may process information on our behalf or under their own privacy terms.
Embedded content and external links
Pages may include links to or embedded content from other websites. Embedded content can behave as if you visited the third-party website directly and may collect data, use cookies, or track interactions. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites.
How we use and retain information
Information is used only as reasonably necessary to provide and maintain the site, respond to inquiries, prevent abuse, comply with legal obligations, and understand or improve website performance. We retain information only for as long as needed for these purposes, applicable legal requirements, dispute resolution, or security. Email inquiries and associated correspondence are retained for one year after the inquiry is closed, then deleted unless a longer period is required for a legal obligation or an ongoing dispute. Technical logs, analytics data and provider-managed records have separate retention periods determined by the relevant service settings and provider policies.
Data sharing and international processing
We do not sell personal information. Information may be shared with service providers that help operate the site, when required by law, to protect rights or security, or as part of a business transfer. Because providers may operate in multiple countries, information may be processed outside your country of residence under safeguards required by applicable law.
Your choices and rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or a copy of certain personal information. You may also withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. To make a request, email dpshwlsh@gmail.com. We may need to verify your request and may retain information where legally permitted or required.
Children’s privacy
This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us so we can review and remove it where appropriate.
Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect information. No internet transmission or storage system is completely secure, so absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when website features, providers, or legal requirements change. The effective date at the top of the page will be revised when changes are published.
Contact
Operator: kpb, Republic of Korea. For privacy questions or requests, email dpshwlsh@gmail.com.