**Privacy Policy for Seoul Literature House**

Seoul Literature House ("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 and services. This includes browsing our website, purchasing books, participating in book clubs, attending author events, using our reading space, and any other interaction with Seoul Literature House.

**1. Information We Collect**

We collect several types of information from and about users of our online platform, including:

• **Information You Provide to Us:** This includes information you provide when you create an account, make a purchase, subscribe to our newsletter, participate in a book club, register for an event, contact us with inquiries, or otherwise interact with our site. This information may include your name, contact information (email address, phone number, and postal address), payment information (credit card details, billing address), demographic information (age, gender, interests), and any other information you choose to provide.
• **Information We Collect Automatically:** When you access and use our site, we may automatically collect certain information about your visit. This information may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring website addresses, pages you viewed, time spent on those pages, and other usage data. We may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect this information.
• **Information from Third Parties:** We may receive information about you from third-party sources, such as social media platforms if you choose to connect your account to our online platform. We will only receive the minimum required amount of data from any third-party platform.

**2. How We Use Your Information**

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• **To Provide and Improve Our Services:** We use your information to operate, maintain, and improve our site and services. This includes fulfilling orders, processing payments, providing customer support, personalizing your experience, and developing new features.
• **To Communicate with You:** We use your information to communicate with you about your account, purchases, book clubs, events, and other relevant information. We may also send you marketing communications about our products and services, but only if you have opted-in to receive such communications. You can opt-out of receiving marketing communications at any time by following the instructions in the communication.
• **To Personalize Your Experience:** We use your information to personalize your experience on our online platform, such as recommending books or events that may be of interest to you.
• **To Analyze Usage:** We use your information to analyze how our site is used, to identify trends, and to improve the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
• **For Legal and Security Purposes:** We may use your information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to protect our rights and the rights of others, and to prevent fraud and abuse.

**3. How We Share Your Information**

We may share your information with the following categories of recipients:

• **Service Providers:** We may share your information with third-party service providers who provide services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analytics, email marketing, and customer support. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and only use it for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
• **Business Partners:** We may share your information with business partners who offer products or services that may be of interest to you. We will only do this with your consent.
• **Legal Authorities:** We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required to do so by law or legal process, or if we believe that such disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or the rights of others.
• **Other Users:** If you participate in a book club or other interactive feature on our online platform, your information may be visible to other participants.
• **Affiliates:** We may share your information with our affiliates, which are companies that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with Seoul Literature House.

**4. 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 information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

**5. Your Rights**

You have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• **Access:** You have the right to access your personal information that we hold.
• **Rectification:** You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
• **Erasure:** You have the right to request that we erase your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
• **Restriction of Processing:** You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
• **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, where technically feasible.
• **Objection:** You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
• **Withdrawal of Consent:** If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.

**6. Security**

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include physical, technical, and administrative safeguards. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information.

**7. Children's Privacy**

Our online platform is not directed to children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and we will take steps to delete the information.

**8. Changes to This Privacy Policy**

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our website and update the "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

**9. Contact Us**

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Seoul Literature House 12 Sejong-daero, Suite 801, Jung-gu, Seoul, Seoul, 04520 южная корея