Who We Are
SeoulScout (https://seoulscout.com) is a travel guide site focused on helping visitors plan trips to Seoul and South Korea. This page explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have.
Comments
When you leave a comment on the site, we collect the information shown in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string, to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (a “hash”) may be shared with the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to this site, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract location data from images on the site.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill in your details again next time. These cookies last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we also set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes your login cookies.
We use a cookie consent banner (CookieYes) to ask for your consent before non-essential cookies — such as those used for analytics and advertising — are set, in line with GDPR requirements. You can change your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie settings link in the site footer.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (for example, videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited that website directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For registered users (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except their username. Site administrators can also see and edit that information.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Advertising
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on this site. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com/.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics, connected via Google Site Kit, to understand how visitors interact with this site. Google Analytics collects data anonymously and reports website trends without identifying individual visitors.
Affiliate Links
Some posts on this site may contain affiliate links to third-party travel services, including Creatrip, Klook, and Agoda. If you make a booking or purchase through these links, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. We only recommend products and services we believe are genuinely useful for travelers to Korea.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please get in touch through our Contact page.