Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines how heejungkim.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Site”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) collects, uses, maintains, and protects information gathered from visitors. We are committed to safeguarding your personal privacy while providing a secure and professional browsing experience.

1. Purpose of Data Collection

The Site respects visitor anonymity and collects minimal data strictly for essential operational purposes, including:

  • Analyzing visitor traffic, engagement, and site performance.

  • Preventing security threats, unauthorized access, and malicious spam.

  • Managing user interactions (such as comments or inquiries).

  • Serving personalized or non-personalized advertisements via third-party advertising partners (e.g., Google AdSense).

2. Information We Collect

We may collect personal and non-personal identification information in the following ways:

  • Direct Submissions: Name (or pseudonym/nickname), email address, and message content when submitting contact forms or leaving comments.

  • Automated Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, access timestamps, and general geographic location generated through server logs and analytics tools.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

The Site uses cookies (small text files placed on your device) to enhance user experience, remember site preferences, and deliver relevant advertisements.

  • Google AdSense & Third-Party Cookies: Google and third-party vendors use cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this Site or other websites across the Internet.
  • Managing Cookies: You can choose to accept, reject, or delete cookies through your browser settings. You may also opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings (https://www.google.com/settings/ads) or AboutAds.info (https://www.aboutads.info/choices/). Please note that disabling cookies may affect certain interactive features on the Site.

4. Third-Party Services

We do not sell, trade, or rent personal information to third parties. Information may be processed by trusted global service providers solely to ensure site security and functionality:

  • Google AdSense & Google Analytics: Analyzing web traffic and serving digital advertisements.

  • Security & Spam Protection (e.g., Cloudflare, Wordfence, Akismet): Monitoring security threats, filtering malicious bots, and protecting site integrity.

  • Hosting & Infrastructure: Standard server management provided by our web hosting provider.

5. Data Retention and Security

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure of your data. Contact inquiries and comment logs may be retained as long as necessary for administrative and security purposes, or deleted immediately upon the user’s verified request.

6. Contact Information

If you have any questions, feedback, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact:

Last Updated: August 24, 2026