Privacy Policy

Whoyaho Corp (hereinafter referred to as “we”, “our” or “us”) respect your privacy and makes best efforts to protect the privacy of the members(the “Members” or “you”)  by adopting measures and policies to safeguard the personal information of the members that we collect through the services that we provide(the “Services”), in accordance with Article 30 of the Personal Information Protection Act.

  1. Information We Collect & How We Collect Them We collect certain personal information as described below from the Members, to the minimal extent required for the operation of the Services. The optional additional information is collected for the purpose of providing certain special functions, and the Members who opt out of providing such optional additional information can still use the majority of the Services by only providing the minimally required information.
  1. How We Use the Information We Collect

① Purpose of use of cookies: It is used to provide optimized information to users by identifying each service and website visited by users, preference analysis, immersion analysis according to residence time, and security access.

② Installation, operation, and rejection of cookies: Users have the right to refuse to install and use cookies and can allow or reject all cookies through browser options.

① ADID/IDFA Collection Method: Automatic collection when users visit/run apps.

② ADID/IDFA retention/use period: 1 year from the date of collection

③ How to restrict advertisement data sharing

  1. Methods of Collecting Personal Information Collection
  1. Purpose of collection and use of personal information

The information we collect from you are collected for the purpose of providing you with safe and enjoyable Services and contents.  The personal information shall not be used for any purposes other than the purposes set forth below, and in the event we need to modify or add additional purposes of use, we shall obtain Member consents to that effect in accordance with Article 18 of the Act on Protection of Personal Information.

  1. Retention of Personal Information

Basic account information such as your ID and phone number will be kept until you request deletion.

To provide you with more relevant content and advertising, we will continue to collect and update information about what you like and dislike.

If you want to stop using our service, you can request to delete your account. And if you do not use it for a certain period, we will delete most of the information we have collected about you. But you do not have to worry because we will contact you first.

Please note that our system is designed to perform deletion automatically, but we cannot guarantee that deletion will take place within a certain period. In some cases, your data may need to be stored legally, and deletion may be suspended if a valid legal procedure for requesting content retention, an abuse report, or a violation of Terms of Use, or if the account or content you create is reported to our automated system for abuse or other violations of Terms of Use. In addition, we may keep certain information as a backup for a limited period or as required by law.

  1. Destruction of Personal Information

As a matter of principle, we shall destroy without delay any personal information collected from you after the purpose of collection and usage has been completed, in the following manner and process as follows:

  1. Destruction Process
  1. Manner of Destruction
  1. Measures to secure personal information being retained

We are taking the following measures to ensure safety of the personal information to prevent any loss, theft, leakage, modification, or destruction of the personal information we collect and handle.

  1. International Transfer of Information

Your use of our Service will involve the transfer, storage, and processing of your personal information within and outside of your country of residence, consistent with this policy. In particular, your personal information will be transferred to the United States and the Republic of Korea. Please note that the data protection and other laws of countries to which your information may be transferred might not be as comprehensive as those in your country.

  1. Information Sharing

We share information as joint controllers of your personal information whenever necessary to provide Services efficiently and in compliance with applicable law. We disclose personal information about you through the Services as described in the following:

  1. Sharing with others. We may share the following information with others. - Information about you, such as nickname and profile picture. - Any additional information you have instructed us to share, for example, if you share information or content online with a third-party app, we will share your information. - Content posted or sent by you. The extent to which your content is shared depends on your personalization and the type of service you use.
  1. Sharing with all users, our business partners, and the general public. We can share the following information with business partners, the general public, and everyone. - Public information such as your ID, nickname, profile picture, etc. - Posts that are set up for everyone to see. This content can be viewed and shared by the general public both inside and outside our service, such as search results, websites, apps, and online/offline broadcasts.
  1. Sharing with third parties. We can share information about you with service providers acting on our services, including third-party websites or apps, checking and optimizing the performance of advertisements, and providing more relevant advertisements. - We may share information about you with business partners responsible for our service agency. - We may share certain information about you, such as device and usage information, to prevent us and others from fraud. - We may share certain information about you for legal issues, safety, or security reasons. We may share information about you if it is reasonably deemed necessary to disclose information for legal purposes. - We may share information about you as part of information provided for merger or acquisition of our company. In the event of a merger, asset sale, liquidation, bankruptcy, or closure of our company, or the acquisition of all or part of our business by another company, we may share your information with the company before and after the transaction is closed. - We can also share information or anonymized information that cannot be personally identified with third parties that provide services to us or perform business purposes for us.
  1. Sharing in the case of prior Member consents
  1. Privacy Policy for third-party partnership services

We can also provide you with certain contents or services from other companies we have partnered with. Through these partnership services, you can provide information not only to us but also to third parties. However, we are not responsible for how to collect or use user information from other companies. We are not responsible for the Terms of Use, responsibilities, and obligations related to the services of other companies you use through our services.

User’s information management

We provide the following tools to help you manage your information on your own.

For Californian consumers

Residents of California, USA have privacy rights under California laws, including the 2018 Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Childrens Personal Information

We do not deliberately collect personal information from people under the age of 13. In addition, some information from EU users aged 13 to 16 may be restricted from collecting, using, and storing. Therefore, in some cases, there may be features that cannot be provided to these users. If the legal basis for processing your information is 'consent' and your country requires parental consent, we may require your parent's consent before collecting/using it.

Updates to Our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated to reflect changes in our personal information practices concerning the Service, or changes in the applicable law. We will post a notice on our Service to notify you in advance of material changes to our Privacy Policy and indicate at the top of the notice when it was most recently updated.

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact support@whoyaho.com