In brief: TipsKorea does not sell personal information. Optional analytics and advertising tags remain off until you consent. The site also processes information you choose to send and limited affiliate-attribution data when you follow an eligible link.
01 Who this policy covers
TipsKorea operates tipskorea.com. This policy covers information processed through that website and its first-party endpoints. It does not govern a merchant, booking platform, or other website you visit through an external link.
02 Information processed
The categories of information can include:
- Information you provide — an email address and message content if you contact TipsKorea or give consent to a newsletter subscription.
- Analytics and technical data — after consent, pages and interactions, device and browser details, approximate location derived from network information, referrer data, and identifiers used by Google Analytics or tags deployed through Google Tag Manager.
- Affiliate click data — the affiliate link, related article, locale, time, referrer, and country code supplied by Cloudflare when an affiliate click is recorded. A partner may collect additional data after you leave the site.
The public reading experience does not ask you to submit payment-card details or sensitive personal information. Do not send such information by email.
03 How information is used
Information is processed to:
- Respond to messages and requests you choose to submit.
- Deliver, maintain, localize, and improve the website.
- Understand aggregate usage and attribute eligible referrals to affiliate programs.
- Detect abuse, troubleshoot errors, and protect the website and its users.
- Meet applicable legal obligations and enforce site policies.
05 Affiliate links
When you follow an affiliate link, the destination provider or affiliate network may record the referral and process information under its own privacy policy. TipsKorea does not process the provider's checkout or payment details. See the Affiliate disclosure for more information.
07 Your privacy rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, including the EU/UK GDPR where relevant, you may be able to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or an objection to processing, withdraw consent, or complain to a supervisory authority. These rights can be subject to legal exceptions. Send a request to privacy@tipskorea.com.
08 Data retention
A newsletter subscription is kept until you unsubscribe, at which point its subscription record is deleted. First-party affiliate click events are removed after 13 months, and the consent-choice cookie expires after 12 months. Contact records and provider-side analytics are retained only as needed for support, security, measurement, accounting, disputes, or legal obligations and may follow the relevant provider's configured retention period.
09 Children's privacy
TipsKorea is a general travel-information site and is not directed to children. If you believe a child submitted personal information to TipsKorea, contact the privacy address so the request can be reviewed and appropriate action taken.
10 Changes to this policy
This policy may be revised when the site, its services, or applicable requirements change. The current version will be published at this URL, and material changes may be highlighted on the page.
11 Privacy contact
For privacy questions or requests, email privacy@tipskorea.com. Do not include passwords, payment-card information, identity documents, or other sensitive information unless specifically requested through a secure process.
This privacy policy is general information about tipskorea.com and is not legal advice.