Personal Information Processing Policy
TrendKorea (hereinafter referred to as the "Blog") establishes and discloses the following personal information processing policy in accordance with Article 30 of the Personal Information Protection Act to protect the personal information of data subjects and to promptly and smoothly address any complaints related thereto.
1. Personal Information Collected
This blog collects the following personal information:
- When leaving a comment: nickname, password (non-member), email (optional)
- Automatically collected information: IP address, cookies, visit date and time, browser information, service usage history
2. Purpose of Personal Information Processing
Collected personal information is processed only for the following purposes:
- Provision and management of comment services
- Analysis of blog usage statistics (Google Analytics)
- Provision of advertising services (Google AdSense)
3. Use of Cookies
This blog uses cookies through the following services:
Google Analytics
- Purpose: Analyzing visitor statistics and improving the blog
- Information collected: Visited pages, length of stay, referral paths, etc.
- For more information: Google Privacy Policy(https://policies.google.com/privacy)
Google AdSense
- Purpose: Providing personalized advertising
- Information collected: Advertising identifiers, visit history, etc. via cookies
- Google may use this information to display interest-based advertising
- For more information: Google Ads Policy(https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads)
- Disabling personalized advertising: Google Ads Settings (https://myadcenter.google.com/home?sasb=true&ref=ad-settings)
Tistory
- Tistory, a blog platform, may use cookies on its own
- For more information: Tistory Privacy Policy (https://policy.daum.net/policy/privacy)
Users may refuse cookie storage through their web browser settings. However, doing so may limit the use of some services.
4. Retention and Deletion of Personal Information
- Comment information: Retained until the comment is deleted, immediately destroyed upon deletion request
- Automatically collected information: In accordance with Google Analytics data retention policy (default 14 months)
5. Rights of Data Subjects
Users may exercise the following rights at any time:
- Request comment deletion
- Opt-out of cookie collection (browser settings)
- Disable Google personalized ads
6. Data Protection Officer
- Blog Name: TrendKora
- Email: lee@trendkorea.kr
7. Changes to Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies from January 1, 2026. Any changes will be announced on the blog.