Hanguk Global Education - Your Gateway to Korean Language and Culture

Hanguk Global Education ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you use our site, our language instruction services, translation services, cultural exchange programs, language learning software, and international student placement services.

1. Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information:

Personal Information: This includes information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, address, phone number, email address, date of birth, nationality, educational background, and payment information. We collect this information when you register for our courses or services, create an account on our site, participate in our cultural exchange programs, purchase our language learning software, or apply for international student placement.
Usage Data: This includes information about how you use our site and services, such as the pages you visit, the features you use, the courses you take, and the content you upload. We collect this information through cookies, log files, and other tracking technologies.
Device Information: This includes information about the device you use to access our site, such as your IP address, device type, operating system, and browser type.
Communications Data: Records of correspondence initiated by users to our site.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information for the following purposes:

To Provide and Improve Our Services: We use your information to provide you with access to our language instruction services, translation services, cultural exchange programs, language learning software, and international student placement services. We also use your information to improve our services and develop new features.
To Personalize Your Experience: We use your information to personalize your experience on our site and to recommend courses and services that may be of interest to you.
To Communicate With You: We use your information to communicate with you about our services, to respond to your inquiries, and to provide you with updates and information about our company.
To Process Payments: We use your payment information to process payments for our services.
To Protect Our Rights and Interests: We use your information to protect our rights and interests, such as to prevent fraud and to enforce our terms of service.
To comply with legal obligations This includes, but is not limited to, the processing of personal data to meet legal requirements under South Korean law.

3. How We Share Your Information

We may share your information with the following parties:

Service Providers: We may share your information with service providers who help us to operate our site and provide our services, such as payment processors, hosting providers, and marketing automation platforms. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and to use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
Educational Institutions: If you are applying for international student placement, we may share your information with educational institutions in order to facilitate your application.
Government Authorities: We may disclose your information to government authorities if required to do so by law or in response to a valid legal request.
Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates for marketing and business purposes.
Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
Other Users: Certain information, like your profile picture and name may be visible to other users of our online platform depending on the functionality you are using.

4. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include:

Using encryption to protect your information when it is transmitted over the internet.
Storing your information on secure servers.
Limiting access to your information to authorized personnel only.
Regularly monitoring our systems for security vulnerabilities.

5. Data Retention

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

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

6. Your Rights

You have the following rights with respect to your personal information:

Access: You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you.
Rectification: You have the right to have your personal information corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
Erasure: You have the right to have your personal information erased in certain circumstances, such as when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
Restriction of Processing: You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, such as when you are contesting the accuracy of the information.
Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.
Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, such as when we are processing your information for direct marketing purposes.
Withdrawal of Consent: If you have provided consent to the processing of your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the address provided below.

7. International Data Transfer

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your country of residence, including countries that may not provide the same level of protection for your personal information as your country of residence. We will take appropriate safeguards to protect your information when it is transferred internationally.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes to this Privacy Policy on our site.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Hanguk Global Education 27 Sejong-daero, 12th Floor, Jung-gu, Seoul, Seoul, 04522, South Korea.