Privacy Policy

Table of Contents

Who we are

The controller is IESF, an organization with its registered seat at 615, 6F, Suyeonggangbyeon-daero 140, Haeundae-gu, Busan, Korea, (further referred to only as “IESF” or “controller”). Controller contact details:

Email: [email protected]

Phone number: +82 2 715 6668

The controller has entrusted with the supervision of the processing of personal data a responsible person, which you can contact in case of any questions related to the processing of your personal data by sending an email to [email protected].

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Personal data shall be the subject of a cross-border transfer to the Member State of the European Union or to the third countries that do ensure an adequate level of personal data protection as well as to the third countries that do not ensure an adequate level of personal data protection on the understanding that the controller had taken measures directed at personal data protection.

How long we retain your data

The processing of personal data in the case of consent is only possible for the period for which the consent was granted or as the case may be until the consent withdrawal.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

In connection with the processing of your personal data, you have the following rights stated below. If you exercise any of the rights below, we will notify you of your request being processed within 30 days of its receipt. In justified cases, we may extend this period to 60 days, which we will inform you about.

Right of access by the data subject

You have the right to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed, and, where that is the case, access to the personal data and the following information: the purposes of the processing; the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries; the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored. The data subject also has the right to obtain a copy of the personal data that are being processed.

Right to rectification

If you believe IESF is processing incorrect, inaccurate, or outdated personal data about you, you have the right to obtain the rectification of personal data. It is important for us to process accurate personal data about you, so be sure to use this right whenever any of your personal data, which is important to your relationship with us, changes. Based on your corrected or up-to-date information, we will rectify the personal data we process about you.

Right to erasure(‘Right to be forgotten’)

You shall have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her where one of the following grounds applies and there are no statutory exclusions:

  • the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; 
  • the data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based, and where there is no other legal basis for the processing;
  • the data subject objects to the processing of personal data, processed on the basis of legitimate interest, due to his / her specific situation and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing for direct marketing purposes; 

Right to restriction of processing

You shall have the right to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

  • if you contest the accuracy of the personal data being processed, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
  • the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead;
  • we no longer need the personal data for the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims;
  • you object to the processing of personal data pending the verification of whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

In these cases, IESF will not delete your personal data but will mark it and restrict its processing for certain purposes.

Right to data portability

You shall have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to a controller, and the processing is carried out by automated means in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You have the right to transmit those data to another controller. If it is technically feasible, we will directly transmit your personal data to another controller.

Right to object and automated individual decision-making

You shall have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on our interest, including profiling based on those provisions. Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you shall have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you.

You also have the right to object if your personal data is processed automatically, which may result in a decision that has legal effects on you or otherwise affects you significantly.

In the event of an objection to the processing of your personal data that are being processed on a legal basis of IESF’s legitimate interest, IESF will assess the situation based on the information provided by you and inform you whether IESF’s legitimate interest prevails in a particular situation and the processing will continue or your rights as a data subject prevail and the processing will be stopped.

Right to withdraw consent

If your personal data are being processed based on the consent, you are entitled to withdraw this consent at any time. However, withdrawal of consent has no impact on the legality of processing resulting from consent before its withdrawal.

How to exercise your rights

The data subject may exercise their rights by sending an e-mail to [email protected]

Please state your name, surname, e-mail address, or permanent address in your request. If you do not provide us with this information, your request will not be accepted. We require this additional information to verify your identity and not to disclose your personal information to an unauthorized person.