Privacy Policy

Popopo (hereinafter referred to as 'Company') values your personal information and complies with the "Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection".
Through this Privacy Policy, the company informs you how your personal data is used and what measures are taken to protect it.
The company will notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy via website notices (or individual notifications).

■ Collected Personal Information

The company collects the following personal information for membership registration, consultations, service applications, etc.

  • ο Collected items: Name, Date of birth, Gender, Login ID, Password, Password question and answer, Home phone number, Home address, Mobile phone number, Email, Occupation, Company name, Department, Job title, Company phone number, Hobby, Marital status, Anniversary, Legal representative information, Resident registration number, Service usage record, Access log, Access IP information, Payment record
  • ο Method of collecting personal information: Website (membership registration), Paper forms

■ Purpose of Collecting and Using Personal Information

The company uses the collected personal information for the following purposes:

  • ο Fulfillment of contract for service provision and settlement of fees, providing content, purchase and payment, shipping of goods or invoices, etc.
  • ο Member management

    Verifying identity, personal identification, age verification, checking consent for collecting personal information of children under 14, delivering notifications

  • ο Marketing and advertising usage

    Analyzing frequency of access or user statistics of the service

■ Retention and Usage Period of Personal Information

The company will delete the information without delay after the purpose of collecting and using personal information is achieved.

■ Procedure and Method of Destroying Personal Information

The company will, in principle, destroy the personal information without delay after the purpose of collection and use is achieved. The procedure and method of destruction are as follows:

  • ο Destruction procedure

    The information you entered for membership registration will be transferred to a separate database (paper documents will be stored in a separate folder) and stored for a certain period according to internal policies and related laws (see retention period). Afterward, it will be destroyed. Personal information transferred to the separate database will not be used for any purpose other than retention unless required by law.

  • ο Destruction method - Personal information stored in electronic files will be deleted using technical methods that make the record unrecoverable.

■ Providing Personal Information

The company does not provide personal information to external parties in principle. However, exceptions are made in the following cases:

  • - If the user has agreed in advance
  • - If required by law or requested by law enforcement according to legal procedures for investigation purposes

■ Outsourcing of Collected Personal Information

The company does not outsource customer information to external parties without the customer's consent. In the future, if such need arises, the company will notify the customer about the outsourcing party and the nature of the outsourced work, and, if necessary, obtain prior consent.

■ Rights of Users and Legal Representatives and How to Exercise Them

Users and legal representatives may at any time view or modify the personal information registered for themselves or their children under 14 years old and may request membership cancellation.

To view or modify personal information for users or children under 14, users can go to "Personal Information Change" (or "Edit Profile"), and to cancel membership (withdraw consent), users can click "Member Withdrawal" and complete the identity verification process to directly view, modify, or withdraw. Alternatively, users can contact the Personal Information Manager by mail, phone, or email for prompt action.
If you request corrections for inaccurate personal information, it will not be used or provided until the correction is completed. If the incorrect information has already been provided to a third party, we will notify the third party of the correction without delay to ensure the correction is made.
Personal information that has been deleted or terminated by the request of the user or legal representative is processed according to the "Retention and Use Period of Personal Information" specified, and cannot be accessed or used for other purposes.

■ Collection and Use Scope of User Data

  • a. Text and related data input by users may be collected for search optimization, tag recommendations, and AI feature improvements within the service.
  • b. Collected data will be anonymized and may be used for training Textway's AI models and improving algorithms. It will not be provided externally in a form that can identify individual users.
  • c. This service uses Textway's AI API for automated tagging and search features, and the user's data may be used for model training to improve AI performance.

■ Installation, Operation, and Refusal of Automatic Collection Devices for Personal Information

The company uses "cookies" to store and retrieve your information. A cookie is a small text file sent from the server of oo's website to your browser and stored in your computer's hard disk. The company uses cookies for the following purposes:

  • ▶ How to refuse cookies

    Example: You can select the option in your web browser to allow all cookies, ask for confirmation when cookies are stored, or refuse to store all cookies.

    How to configure (for Internet Explorer)

    : Tools > Internet Options > Privacy

    However, if you refuse to install cookies, there may be difficulties in using the service.

■ Privacy-related Complaints

The company has designated the following department and personal information management officer to protect your personal information and handle privacy-related complaints:

  • Personal Information Manager: Jeong Yumi
  • Email: ceo@popopomagazine.com

You may report any personal information protection-related complaints that arise while using the company's services to the personal information manager or the relevant department. The company will respond promptly and adequately to user complaints.
If you need to report or consult about privacy infringement, please contact the following institutions:

  • 1. Supreme Prosecutors' Office Cyber Investigation Division (cybercid.spo.go.kr)
  • 2. National Police Agency Cyber Terror Response Center (www.ctrc.go.kr/02-392-0330)