At Korea Travel Compass (“we,” “us,” “our,” or “the Company”), we are deeply committed to safeguarding the privacy and personal information of our travelers and visitors to our website. We highly value our relationship with you and consider the protection of your private information a top priority.
When you register with us to access our services and information, your personal details will be securely stored and will not be shared with third parties except as necessary to provide our services or as required by law. All handling of your information is strictly governed by our Privacy Policy. By using www.koreatravelcompass.com, you acknowledge and agree to the practices described in the Privacy Policy.
When you create an account or make a purchase, we may collect the following types of personal information:
Contact Information – including your email address, phone number, and physical address.
Identifying Details – such as your name, gender, nationality, username and encrypted account credentials, date of birth, title, and company name.
Payment Information – including credit card details, bank account information, or PayPal credentials.
Marketing Preferences – such as your responses to surveys and any newsletters you have opted to receive.
Technical Data – like your IP address, browser type, cookie data, time zone, and approximate location (such as country or city level).
Other Information – any additional details you choose to share with us, for example when interacting via social media or using our Chatbot.
We use your personal information to deliver and improve our Sites and Services. This includes, but is not limited to, the following purposes:
Providing access to and functionality of our Sites and Services.
Managing and maintaining your membership account.
Delivering marketing communications.
Conducting surveys, promotions, and contests.
Processing payments and transactions.
Responding to your inquiries, comments, and requests.
Analyzing usage data to monitor performance and enhance our Sites and Services.
Personalizing your experience on our Sites and Services.
Safeguarding our rights, property, and users.
Our website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, please do not use this site or provide any personal information. If we discover that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verified parental consent, we will promptly delete it. Korea Travel Compass may occasionally receive information about children under 13 from third parties, such as travel agents. In such cases, this information will be used solely to provide the requested services. If you are under 13, please seek assistance from a parent or guardian when using our site.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or customer feedback. Any updates will take effect immediately upon being posted on our website. By continuing to use our website after these changes are posted, you agree to the revised Policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about how we protect your information.
The Korea Travel Compass website uses cookies to enhance and personalize your online experience.
A cookie is a small text file stored on your hard drive by a web server. It does not grant us access to your hard drive or any personal information.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies through your web browser settings. Cookies may have varying retention periods and may be stored for different durations depending on their purpose.
The main purpose of cookies is to save you time by recognizing you on return visits. For example, if you customize pages or register on the Korea Travel Compass site, cookies help the website remember your preferences and login details for future visits.
Most browsers accept cookies by default, but you can adjust your settings to decline them. Please note that disabling cookies may limit your ability to use certain interactive features on the Korea Travel Compass site.
We want you to feel confident when using our platform and all related tools and services.
Although no company can guarantee complete security, we are dedicated to taking all reasonable steps to implement physical, technical, and organizational safeguards to protect the personal information we collect and process.
We continually update and enhance our security measures to prevent unauthorized access, loss, destruction, or alteration of your data. Our cybersecurity team actively develops and applies robust controls to ensure responsible data collection, storage, and sharing, aligned with the confidentiality and sensitivity of the information. We also require our data-handling partners to adhere to equally high standards.
Please note that while we strive to protect your information, Korea Travel Compass cannot guarantee that any part of our websites is completely free from security threats or vulnerabilities.
To create a Korea Travel Compass membership account, we require basic personal information, such as your name and email address. By providing your email when registering, you consent to receive periodic emails and newsletters about our programs, services, and updates.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of any newsletter or by contacting us at support@koreatravelcompass.com. Unsubscribing will remove your personal data from our marketing distribution list.
Please note that even after unsubscribing, we may still send you essential transactional emails related to your account or purchases (e.g., order confirmations or customer support responses). For your security, avoid including sensitive personal information, such as passwords, in any email communications.
Korea Travel Compass may feature products or services provided by third parties on our website. Please note that these third-party websites have their own separate and independent privacy policies. As such, we are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or activities of these linked sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external sites you visit to understand how they collect, use, and share your information. We remain committed to maintaining the integrity of our website and welcome any feedback about these third-party sites.
We may share personal information with trusted third-party service providers, such as payment processors, booking platforms, IT service providers, analytics services, and email communication tools, solely for the purpose of providing and improving our services. These providers are contractually required to protect your information.
You have the right to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or restriction of the processing of your personal information, including your account, as well as the right to object to certain uses of your personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@koreatravelcompass.com .
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or as required by law.
Your personal information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the Republic of Korea or other countries where our service providers operate. We take appropriate measures to ensure that such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws and that your personal information remains protected.
We collect and use personal information only when legally permitted. This includes processing data to fulfill bookings and provide our services, comply with legal obligations, improve our website and customer support, and, where required, based on your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time.
We welcome your questions, comments, or feedback regarding this Privacy Policy. For any inquiries or suggestions, please contact us at: support@koreatravelcompass.com
