Privacy and Cookies Statement

1. Who We Are

TripKorea.org is operated by TripKorea, a service of SCHAGEN, based in South Korea. Operated by Gun Woo Park. For privacy inquiries, contact us at [email protected].

2. Information We Collect

Information you provide: When you use our contact form, we collect your name and email address to respond to your inquiry.

Automatically collected: We collect standard web analytics data including pages visited, browser type, device type, and approximate location (country level) through Google Analytics.

Saved items: Hotel and activity bookmarks are stored locally in your browser (localStorage) and are not transmitted to our servers.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use collected information to:

• Respond to your inquiries via the contact form
• Improve the Site through analytics
• Ensure the Site functions properly

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.

4. Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies for:

• Essential cookies: Required for the Site to function (e.g., session management)
• Analytics cookies: Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Site
• Affiliate cookies: Third-party cookies from Agoda and Klook when you click affiliate links

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect Site functionality.

5. Third-Party Services

The Site uses the following third-party services that may collect data:

• Google Analytics: Web traffic analysis
• Agoda: Hotel booking affiliate partner
• Klook: Activities and transport affiliate partner
• Mapbox: Map display on hotel pages
• Web3Forms: Contact form processing

Each service operates under its own privacy policy.

6. Data Retention

Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months. Analytics data is retained according to Google Analytics default settings (26 months).

7. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Request access to your personal data
• Request deletion of your personal data
• Opt out of analytics tracking
• Clear locally stored data (saved items) through your browser

8. Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information. However, no internet transmission is 100% secure.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

10. Contact

For privacy-related questions, contact us at [email protected].