Pursuant to Article 30 of the Personal Information Protection Act (「개인정보 보호법」), this publication (the news organization that operates this website) establishes and discloses the following Privacy Policy in order to protect the personal information of data subjects and to handle related grievances promptly and smoothly.

1. Purposes of Processing Personal Information

This publication processes personal information only for the following purposes. If a purpose changes, this publication will take the necessary measures, such as obtaining separate consent, in accordance with Article 18 of the Personal Information Protection Act.

• Handling news tips: Verifying the content of tips and newsgathering; contacting tipsters for confirmation
• Partnership inquiries: Reviewing inquiries, consultation and reply
• Ombudsman procedure: Receiving, handling and replying to claims of damage caused by reporting and requests for a correction, a reply (counter-statement) or a follow-up report
• Event applications: Receiving applications to attend events held by this publication and providing related information
• Article usage statistics: Preventing duplicate counting of views and of article reactions
• Management of newsroom accounts: Identity verification of newsroom members, management of permissions, and blocking of unauthorized access
• Service security: Blocking abnormal access and identifying failures

2. Items of Personal Information Processed and Methods of Collection

This publication does not accept membership registration from general readers. No personal information needs to be entered in order to read articles.

• News tips: [Required] title of the tip, content of the tip · [Optional] name of the tipster, phone number or e-mail address, attachment
• Partnership inquiries: [Required] name of institution or organization, name of contact person, phone number, e-mail address, content of the proposal · [Optional] type of partnership
• Ombudsman requests: [Required] title, content · [Optional] name, e-mail address
• Event applications: [Required] name, e-mail address, preferred date of attendance · [Optional] category of attendance, attached materials
• Common to the online forms above: date and time of receipt, IP address of the connection (stored automatically)
• Article reactions: IP address of the connection, random identifier for duplicate checking (cookie)
• View counting: a value derived by converting the IP address of the connection (kept temporarily for 24 hours only)
• Newsroom accounts: name, user ID, e-mail address, password (stored encrypted), login records (date and time, IP address, browser information), two-step verification records
• Generated automatically in the course of using the Service: access records (date and time of access, IP address, address of the page requested, browser information), cookies

Methods of collection: Information is entered directly by the data subject in the input forms on the website, or is generated and collected automatically in the course of using the Service. Where a tip or an inquiry is received by telephone, post or e-mail, the information provided in that process is also processed for the same purposes and for the same periods.

3. Period of Retention and Use

This publication retains and uses personal information within the period prescribed by law or the period consented to at the time of collection, and destroys it without delay when the period ends.

• News tips, ombudsman requests: One year from the date on which handling is completed
• Partnership inquiries: One year from the date on which consultation is completed
• Event applications: Three months from the date on which the event ends
• Article reaction records: One year from the date on which the reaction was marked
• Value for checking duplicate views: 24 hours
• Newsroom accounts: Until the account is removed or its permissions are withdrawn. Login records are kept for one year
• Access records: Three months (Protection of Communications Secrets Act (「통신비밀보호법」))

Where another law requires longer preservation, the information is kept for that period and used only for that purpose.

4. Destruction Procedure and Method

• Procedure: Personal information whose retention period has passed or whose purpose of processing has been achieved is destroyed without delay. Information that must continue to be preserved under the law is stored separately from other personal information.
• Method: Electronic files are erased by a method that makes recovery or reproduction impossible, and materials printed on paper are shredded or incinerated.

5. Provision to Third Parties

This publication processes personal information only within the scope of the purposes in Section 1, and provides it to third parties only in the cases permitted by Articles 17 and 18 of the Personal Information Protection Act, such as where the data subject has consented or where there is a special provision in law. At present, no personal information is provided to third parties.

6. Outsourcing of Processing and Overseas Transfer

At present, this publication does not outsource the processing of personal information and does not transfer personal information overseas. If it comes to outsource processing or transfer information overseas in the future, it will give notice of the recipient, the details of the work and other such matters through this Policy, and will obtain consent in the cases prescribed by law.

7. Rights of Data Subjects and How to Exercise Them

• A data subject may at any time request this publication to allow access to, to correct or delete, or to suspend the processing of his or her personal information, and may withdraw consent.
• Requests may be made in writing, by telephone or by e-mail to the Privacy Officer named in Section 12. After verifying the identity of the requester, this publication takes action within 10 days of receiving the request and gives notice of the result.
• Where correction or deletion has been requested, the personal information concerned is not used or provided until handling of the request is completed.
• A request may also be made through a legal representative or a person who has been delegated authority, in which case a power of attorney must be submitted together with the request.
• Deletion cannot be requested for personal information that another law specifies as subject to collection, and access or suspension of processing may be restricted in accordance with the law. In such a case we will inform you of the reason.

8. Installation, Operation and Refusal of Automatic Collection Devices (Cookies)

A cookie is a small information file that a website stores in the user's browser. This publication does not use cookies for advertising targeting or visitor analytics, and uses them only for the following purposes.

• Screen brightness (dark mode) selection — 1 year
• Text size selection — 1 year
• Screen environment (desktop, tablet, mobile) selection — 1 year by default. It is erased immediately when "Reset" is pressed.
• Prevention of duplicate view counting — 24 hours
• Prevention of duplicate article reactions (random identifier) — 1 year
• Keeping you logged in (newsroom accounts only) — until you log out or the cookie expires

In addition, display settings such as the list view mode, text size, and the choice between Simplified and Traditional Chinese are stored in the browser's storage space (local storage). These values remain only on the user's device and are not transmitted to this publication.

How to refuse: You can refuse the storage of cookies or erase stored cookies in your browser's settings menu. Refusing cookies does not affect your ability to read articles, but your display settings may not be remembered.

9. Measures to Ensure Security

• Administrative measures: The persons who handle personal information are limited to those strictly necessary for the work, and each account is granted only the permissions it needs.
• Technical measures: Passwords are stored encrypted by an irreversible method. After repeated failed login attempts, access is blocked for a certain period, and two-step verification is available for newsroom accounts. Input forms are equipped with mechanisms that limit repeated submissions and repeated lookups.
• Management of access records: Access records of the systems that process personal information are kept and inspected.

10. Measures in the Event of a Personal Information Breach

If this publication becomes aware that personal information has been lost, stolen or leaked, it will without delay (within 72 hours) notify the data subjects concerned of the items leaked and the time and circumstances of the leak, the steps the data subject can take to reduce harm, this publication's response measures and the procedure for remedying harm, and the point of contact for inquiries. In the cases prescribed by law, it will report to the Personal Information Protection Commission or the Korea Internet & Security Agency.

11. Personal Information of Children Under 14

This publication does not collect personal information from children under the age of 14. If it becomes aware that the personal information of a child under the age of 14 has been collected without the consent of a legal representative, it will destroy that information without delay.

12. Privacy Officer

This publication has appointed a Privacy Officer who has overall responsibility for matters concerning the processing of personal information and who is in charge of handling data subjects' complaints and remedying harm.

• Privacy Officer: The Editor
• Contact: The main telephone number and e-mail address shown in the publication information at the bottom of the screen

Inquiries, complaints and requests for remedy concerning the protection of personal information may be addressed to the Privacy Officer, and this publication will respond to and handle them without delay.

13. Remedies for Infringement of Rights and Interests

To obtain a remedy for an infringement of personal information, you may apply to the following bodies for dispute mediation or consultation.

• Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee: 1833-6972, www.kopico.go.kr
• Personal Information Infringement Report Center (Korea Internet & Security Agency): 118 (no area code), privacy.kisa.or.kr
• Supreme Prosecutors' Office: 1301 (no area code), www.spo.go.kr
• Korean National Police Agency: 182 (no area code), ecrm.police.go.kr

14. Changes to This Policy

This Policy applies from September 18, 2026. Where content is added, deleted or modified, notice will be given on this screen from 7 days before the effective date.

Amended October 4, 2026 (effective the same day): With the replacement of the advertising inquiry form by the partnership inquiry form, the "advertising inquiries" lines in Section 1 (Purposes of Processing), Section 2 (Items Processed) and Section 3 (Period of Retention and Use) were changed to "partnership inquiries."