Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 12, 2026
Dear My Seoul Mate (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you choose to share with us.
This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit Dear My Seoul Mate, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.
1. Information We Collect
Information You Provide Voluntarily
When you contact us through our contact form, you may provide information such as:
- Your first and last name
- Your email address
- The subject of your inquiry
- The contents of your message
- Any other information you voluntarily include in your message
Please do not submit sensitive personal information, payment information, passport numbers, medical records, or other confidential documents through the contact form.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, security services, or other technologies used to operate the site.
This information may include:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Referring pages or websites
- Pages visited
- Date and time of access
- Other basic technical or diagnostic information
This information may be used to operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the website.
2. Contact Form Information
Dear My Seoul Mate uses a contact form to allow visitors to send inquiries.
Information submitted through the contact form may be stored in the website’s WordPress database and transmitted to our designated email account so that we can review and respond to your inquiry.
We use Fluent Forms to process contact form submissions and FluentSMTP to facilitate email delivery.
The information you submit through the contact form is used primarily to:
- Receive and review your inquiry
- Respond to your message when appropriate
- Maintain website security and prevent abuse or spam
- Maintain reasonable records of communications when necessary
Submission of the contact form requires your acknowledgment of the privacy notice displayed with the form.
3. Email Communications
Messages submitted through the contact form may be delivered to and processed through email services provided by Google.
Google may process information in accordance with its own privacy practices.
We do not use information submitted through the contact form to send marketing emails unless you have separately and explicitly agreed to receive such communications.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Dear My Seoul Mate may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for website functionality, security, performance, or user preferences.
As the website develops, we may also use analytics, advertising, or other technologies that use cookies or similar identifiers.
Where required by applicable law, visitors will be provided with appropriate notice or consent choices before non-essential cookies or similar technologies are used.
You may also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some website features function.
5. Analytics
Dear My Seoul Mate may use analytics services in the future to understand how visitors interact with the website, such as which pages are visited and how visitors arrive at the site.
If analytics services that collect personal data or use non-essential cookies are implemented, this Privacy Policy and, where appropriate, our cookie consent mechanisms will be updated accordingly.
6. Advertising and Affiliate Links
Dear My Seoul Mate may participate in advertising or affiliate programs in the future.
If such services are implemented, third-party advertising or affiliate partners may use cookies, tracking technologies, or other identifiers as permitted by applicable law.
This Privacy Policy will be updated as necessary when such services are introduced.
Affiliate relationships and sponsored content will also be disclosed where appropriate.
7. Embedded Content and Third-Party Links
Articles on Dear My Seoul Mate may contain links to third-party websites or embedded content such as videos, maps, social media posts, or other external resources.
Embedded content from third-party websites may behave in the same way as if you visited those websites directly. Those third parties may collect information, use cookies, or track interactions with their content according to their own privacy policies.
Dear My Seoul Mate is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you visit.
8. How We Use Information
Information collected through Dear My Seoul Mate may be used to:
- Operate and maintain the website
- Respond to inquiries
- Improve website functionality and content
- Understand general website usage
- Detect spam, fraud, security threats, or technical problems
- Protect the website and its visitors
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
- Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights when necessary
We do not sell your personal information.
9. How We Share Information
We may share limited information with service providers that help us operate the website, such as hosting, website infrastructure, security, form-processing, or email providers.
These providers may process information only as necessary to provide their respective services and according to their own contractual and privacy obligations.
Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request
- Protect the rights, property, or security of Dear My Seoul Mate, our visitors, or others
- Investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents
We do not sell or rent contact-form information to third parties for their independent marketing purposes.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including responding to inquiries, maintaining appropriate business records, protecting the website from abuse, and satisfying applicable legal obligations.
Contact-form submissions and related email correspondence may therefore be retained for a reasonable period and deleted when they are no longer needed, subject to technical, security, backup, or legal requirements.
11. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information handled through the website.
However, no website, email transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should therefore avoid submitting sensitive or confidential information through the contact form.
12. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, applicable privacy laws may provide rights concerning your personal information, which may include the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of certain personal information
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Exercise other rights provided by applicable law
These rights may be subject to legal limitations or exceptions.
To make a privacy-related request, please contact us through the Contact page and clearly identify the nature of your request.
We may need to take reasonable steps to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.
13. Children’s Privacy
Dear My Seoul Mate is intended for a general audience and is not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children through the contact form.
If you believe that a child has submitted personal information to us without appropriate authorization, please contact us so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action.
14. International Visitors
Dear My Seoul Mate may be accessed by visitors from countries around the world.
Because the website and the service providers used to operate it may process information in different countries, information may be transferred to or processed in jurisdictions outside your country of residence.
Privacy and data-protection laws may differ between jurisdictions.
Where required, we will take reasonable steps to handle personal information in accordance with applicable privacy requirements.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, technologies we use, legal requirements, or our business practices.
When changes are made, the “Last updated” date at the top of this page will be revised.
We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
16. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to make a privacy-related request, please contact us through the Contact page on Dear My Seoul Mate.