Privacy Policy개인정보 처리방침
Welcl Buddy("we", "us") cares about your privacy. This page explains what data the site collects, why, and your options for controlling it.
1. Data we collect
We collect only what is needed to operate the site:
- Server logs— standard request metadata (IP address, user agent, requested URL, timestamp) retained for up to 30 days for abuse prevention and debugging.
- Analytics— aggregate, non-identifying page-view data via a privacy-respecting provider. No fingerprinting, no cross-site tracking initiated by us.
- Email (newsletter)— only if you subscribe. Your address is used to send issues and is never sold or shared. Unsubscribe in any issue, or by email request.
We do not ask you to create an account, do not run a comments section, and do not track your reading habits across articles.
2. Cookies
The site uses cookies in three places:
- Theme preference— a single key (
theme) inlocalStorageremembers your light/dark choice. Local to your browser; never transmitted. - Google AdSense— the ads you see on this site are served by Google. Google may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site and other sites. See "Advertising" below for opt-out details.
- Analytics— if our analytics provider sets a cookie, it is first-party, anonymized, and described in their policy.
3. Advertising (Google AdSense)
Welcl Buddyparticipates in the Google AdSense program. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our visitors based on visits to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting aboutads.info.
Ads on this site are served by Google. We do not see your individual identity from AdSense; we only see aggregate performance metrics.
4. Cross-promotion to Local Buddy
You will see in-article callouts for Local Buddy, our sister service. These are first-party promotions, marked as such. Clicking a callout takes you to localbuddy.kr; that site has its own privacy policy.
5. Data we do not have
- We do not store payment information — the site does not transact.
- We do not collect biometric, location, or device-fingerprint data.
- We do not sell or rent any data we do hold.
6. Your rights
You may request information about data we hold tied to your email (only if you have subscribed to the newsletter), or request deletion of that data. Email designloversko@gmail.com with your request.
7. Changes
If this policy changes, the "Last updated" date at the top will reflect that. Material changes will be flagged at the top of the page for at least 30 days.
8. Contact
Privacy questions: designloversko@gmail.com. We aim to respond within two business days.