Effective Date: September 21, 2026
Last Updated: September 21, 2026
Welcome to Korea Unfiltered, available at korea-unfiltered.com.
Korea Unfiltered is a website focused on rural Korea, Korean countryside life, local culture, travel, food, farming communities, and everyday experiences in South Korea.
This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit Korea Unfiltered, how that information may be used, and the choices available to visitors.
1. Information We May Collect
Korea Unfiltered does not require visitors to create an account to read its content.
However, certain information may be collected automatically when you visit the website. This may include:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Referring website
- Pages visited
- Date and time of visits
- General usage and interaction information
If you voluntarily contact Korea Unfiltered through email, a contact form, comments, or another communication method, information you provide may also be received.
This may include your name, email address, and the contents of your message.
2. How Information Is Used
Information collected through Korea Unfiltered may be used to:
- Operate and maintain the website
- Understand how visitors use the website
- Improve articles and website usability
- Analyze website traffic and performance
- Respond to questions or messages
- Prevent spam, fraud, or abuse
- Display and measure advertising
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
3. Cookies
Korea Unfiltered may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small data files stored on a visitor’s device. They may be used to remember preferences, understand website usage, measure traffic, improve website performance, and support advertising.
Visitors can control or delete cookies through their browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some website features.
4. Google AdSense and Advertising
Korea Unfiltered may use Google AdSense and other advertising services.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a visitor’s previous visits to Korea Unfiltered or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to this website and/or other websites on the Internet.
Visitors may manage or opt out of personalized advertising through Google’s advertising settings.
Google and other advertising providers may also use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or other identifiers in connection with advertising services.
Google explains that AdSense may send cookies when a page communicates with its advertising servers, and Google requires publishers to disclose the use of cookies to visitors.
5. Analytics
Korea Unfiltered may use analytics services, including Google Analytics or similar tools, to better understand how visitors use the website.
These services may collect information such as pages viewed, approximate geographic information, device and browser information, referral sources, and interactions with the website.
This information may be used to understand traffic patterns and improve the website and its content.
6. Third-Party Services
Korea Unfiltered may use third-party services for purposes such as:
- Website hosting
- Analytics
- Advertising
- Spam protection
- Website security
- Content delivery
- Embedded media
These third parties may process information according to their own privacy policies.
Korea Unfiltered does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party websites or services.
7. External Links
Articles on Korea Unfiltered may contain links to other websites.
Korea Unfiltered is not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of external websites.
Visitors should review the privacy policies of third-party websites they choose to visit.
8. Comments and Contact Information
If visitors leave comments or contact Korea Unfiltered, information voluntarily submitted may be collected and processed for communication, moderation, spam prevention, or website administration.
Visitors should avoid submitting sensitive personal information through public comments.
9. Children’s Privacy
Korea Unfiltered is a general-interest website about rural Korea and is not specifically directed at children.
Korea Unfiltered does not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information that should be removed, please contact the website.
10. International Visitors
Korea Unfiltered is operated from South Korea and may be accessed by visitors from other countries.
Privacy and data protection requirements may vary depending on the visitor’s location.
Where required, visitors may be provided with choices regarding cookies, advertising, and data processing.
For visitors in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, consent mechanisms may be used where required for advertising cookies, personalized advertising, and related data processing.
Google currently requires publishers using its advertising products to use a Google-certified consent management platform when serving personalized ads to users in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland.
11. Your Privacy Choices
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights or choices regarding personal information and cookies.
These may include the ability to:
- Disable or delete cookies through your browser
- Manage personalized advertising preferences
- Request information about personal data you have voluntarily provided
- Request correction or deletion of applicable personal information
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Requests may be subject to applicable legal requirements and exceptions.
12. Data Security
Reasonable measures are taken to protect information associated with Korea Unfiltered.
However, no method of transmission or storage on the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated when website services, advertising practices, technologies, or legal requirements change.
When this policy is updated, the Last Updated date at the top of this page will be revised.
Visitors are encouraged to review this page periodically.
14. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or privacy practices at Korea Unfiltered, please contact:
Korea Unfiltered
Website: korea-unfiltered.com