Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 5, 2026

At Hot in Korea (https://hot-in-korea.com), we take your privacy seriously. This document outlines the types of personal information we collect and how we protect it while providing the fastest K-pop and Korean trending news.

1. Information Collection and Use

We collect information primarily through your interaction with our content to provide a better user experience:

• Comments: When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection.
• Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again.
• Log Files: We follow a standard procedure of using log files which track visitors’ IP addresses, browser types, and time stamps for analytical purposes.

2. Third-Party Advertising (Google Adsense)

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to Hot in Korea and/or other sites on the Internet.

3. Data Retention

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

4. Your Data Protection Rights

You have the right to request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you (e.g., your comments) or request that we erase any personal data we hold. To exercise these rights, please follow the contact instructions below.

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5. Contact Us Regarding Privacy

To protect our editorial team from unsolicited spam and security threats, Hot in Korea does not disclose a public contact email address.