Last updated: June 25, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Korea Travel Notes collects, uses, and protects information when you visit koreatravelnotes.com.
Important note: This Privacy Policy is provided as a practical operating draft for this website. It is not legal advice. Privacy laws and requirements may vary depending on your location, your visitors’ locations, the tools you use, and how the website operates. You should review this policy and consult a qualified professional if you need legal advice.
Who We Are
Korea Travel Notes is an independent South Korea travel guide website for English-speaking travelers, especially first-time visitors.
Website address: https://koreatravelnotes.com
Information We May Collect
We may collect limited information in the following ways:
- Information you provide directly: For example, if you contact us by email or submit a form, we may receive your name, email address, message, and any other information you choose to send.
- Technical information: Like many websites, our hosting provider, WordPress installation, security tools, analytics tools, and server logs may collect information such as IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, referring pages, date and time of visit, and general location information.
- Cookies and similar technologies: We and third-party services may use cookies or similar technologies for website functionality, analytics, advertising, affiliate tracking, and performance measurement.
How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
- Operate, maintain, and improve the website
- Respond to messages or inquiries
- Understand how visitors use the site
- Improve travel guides, navigation, and user experience
- Monitor website performance, security, and technical issues
- Display advertising, if enabled
- Track affiliate referrals or commissions, where applicable
- Comply with legal, security, or administrative obligations
WordPress
This website is built with WordPress. WordPress and related plugins may process information needed to operate the site, including technical data, security logs, comment or form data if those features are enabled, and administrative records.
If comments are enabled in the future, WordPress may collect the information shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Analytics
We may use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics or similar services, to understand how visitors find and use the website. These tools may collect information such as pages visited, time on site, device type, browser type, approximate location, referral source, and interactions with the website.
Analytics information is generally used in aggregated or non-personally identifying ways to improve the website and content.
Google AdSense and Advertising
This website may use Google AdSense or other advertising services to display ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use 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 to users based on visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
You can learn more about how Google uses information from sites and apps that use its services here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
You may be able to manage ad personalization through Google’s ad settings: https://adssettings.google.com/
Affiliate Links
Some pages may include affiliate links to booking platforms, travel products, eSIM providers, tours, transportation services, or other relevant services. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase or booking, the affiliate partner may use cookies or tracking technologies to attribute the referral.
Affiliate tracking is usually handled by the third-party affiliate platform or merchant, and their own privacy policies may apply.
Cookies
Cookies are small files stored on your device. We may use cookies for purposes such as:
- Website functionality
- Security and spam prevention
- Analytics and performance measurement
- Advertising and ad personalization, if enabled
- Affiliate referral tracking
You can usually control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect how some parts of the website function.
Third-Party Websites
Korea Travel Notes may link to third-party websites, including official tourism pages, booking platforms, transport providers, map services, affiliate partners, and other resources.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, policies, or security of third-party websites. Please review their privacy policies before providing personal information or making purchases.
Data Sharing
We do not sell personal information directly to third parties. However, information may be processed by service providers that help operate the website, such as hosting providers, analytics services, advertising networks, security tools, email providers, affiliate platforms, or WordPress plugins.
We may also disclose information if required to comply with legal obligations, enforce website policies, protect rights or safety, prevent fraud, or respond to lawful requests.
Data Retention
We keep information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
For example, emails may be retained for communication records, analytics data may be retained according to the settings of the analytics provider, and server logs may be retained by the hosting provider for security and operational purposes.
Your Choices and Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights related to your personal information, such as requesting access, correction, deletion, restriction, or objection to certain processing.
You can contact us at [email protected] if you have a privacy-related request. We may need to verify your request before responding.
Children’s Privacy
This website is intended for general travel information 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 delete it where appropriate.
Security
We take reasonable steps to protect the website and information processed through it. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]