Privacy Policy

Welcome to Hanbok. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website or use our language learning services, and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

1. Important Information and Who We Are

Hanbok is a language learning platform that provides tools for analyzing text, studying vocabulary through flashcards, and other language learning features. This privacy policy aims to give you information on how Hanbok collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website and our services.

1.1 Controller

Hanbok is the controller and responsible for your personal data (referred to as "we", "us" or "our" in this privacy policy).

1.2 Contact Details

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: admin@hanbokstudy.com

2. The Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data includes username, email address, and preferences you set in your profile.
• Usage Data includes information about how you use our website and services, such as which languages you're studying, the content you analyze, and your interaction with features.
• Learning Data includes flashcards you create, vocabulary you save, study history, and progress tracking information.
• Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
• Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

2.1 Special Categories of Personal Data

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, health data, biometric data, or criminal convictions).

3. How We Collect Your Personal Data

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

• Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity and Learning Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by email or otherwise.
• Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns.
• Third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties, such as analytics providers (such as Google), or social media platforms if you choose to connect your account with them.

4. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• To register you as a new user
• To provide and maintain our language learning services
• To personalize your experience and deliver content relevant to your language learning journey
• To improve our website, services, and user experience
• To communicate with you, including sending relevant notifications about your learning progress
• To administer and protect our business and website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data)

4.1 User Content

When you input text for language analysis, we process this content to provide our services. While we do not claim ownership of this content, we may store it to enable features like history review and flashcard creation. You can delete this content at any time from your account.

5. Data Sharing

We may share your personal data with the following categories of recipients:

• Service Providers: We share data with service providers who help us deliver our services, such as hosting providers, analytics services, and payment processors.
• Affiliated Companies: If applicable, we may share data with our affiliated companies for purposes consistent with this privacy policy.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

5.1 International Transfers

We may transfer your personal data to countries outside your country of residence. When we do, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by implementing appropriate safeguards.

6. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. We also limit access to your personal data to employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know.

7. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

User accounts that have been inactive for more than 24 months may be subject to deletion after notification.

8. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

• Request access to your personal data
• Request correction of your personal data
• Request erasure of your personal data
• Object to processing of your personal data
• Request restriction of processing your personal data
• Request transfer of your personal data
• Right to withdraw consent

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at admin@hanbokstudy.com.

9. Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential cookies: Necessary for the website to function properly
• Functional cookies: Remember your preferences and settings
• Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website
• Authentication cookies: Recognize you when you return to our website

10. Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

11. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.