NKW Co., Ltd. ("we", "us") protects your personal information in accordance with the Korean Personal Information Protection Act ("PIPA") and related laws. This Policy applies to the NOLJANG website (https://noljang.com.co) and mobile app. The Korean version is the governing text.
Effective September 17, 2026
1. Why We Process Personal Information
- Account management: identifying you, sign-in (email, Google, Apple), preventing misuse, password resets, account closure, notices
- Sales of products and travel products: taking orders, processing and verifying payments, delivery, issuing travel vouchers, cancellations, exchanges, returns and refunds, and handling Partner Seller orders
- Member benefits: granting and using points, issuing coupons, calculating membership tiers
- Content and community: publishing posts, comments, reviews and product questions; follows and likes
- Customer support: answering inquiries and keeping records for dispute resolution
- Service improvement: visit and usage statistics, content view counts, error analysis
- Seller onboarding: verifying and contacting businesses that apply to sell with us
- Marketing (only with your optional consent): event and benefit information by email and app push
2. Information We Collect and How
| When | Information | How |
|---|---|---|
| Sign-up (email) | Required: email, password (one-way encrypted), name, nationality, preferred language Optional: consent to receive marketing | Sign-up form |
| Sign-up (Google) | Required: email, name, Google account identifier | Provided by Google after authentication |
| Sign-up (Apple) | Required: email (including Apple relay email), name (first sign-in only), Apple account identifier | Provided by Apple after authentication |
| Profile update | Optional: mobile phone number | My Page |
| Orders and delivery | Required: recipient name, phone, country, address, postal code, items and options ordered, order and payment amounts, payment method type, payment transaction ID Card numbers and other payment credentials are handled by the payment provider and are not stored by us. | Checkout |
| Posts and inquiries | Posts, comments, reviews (rating, text, photos), product questions, 1:1 inquiries (subject, text, attached photos) | The relevant form |
| Seller application | Company name, business registration number, representative name, email, phone | Seller application form |
| Automatically | IP address, access time, browser and device information, usage records, a device identifier (for view counts), cookies | Generated while you use the Service |
The mobile app may ask for camera/photo access (to upload photos) and notification permission. These are optional; without them you can still use everything else. We do not collect your permission settings or the list of photos on your device — only photos you choose to upload.
3. How Long We Keep Information
We delete personal information without delay once its purpose is fulfilled, except for the following:
| Information | Retention | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Account information | Until you close your account | Your consent |
| Records of contracts and withdrawals | 5 years | E-Commerce Act, Art. 6 |
| Records of payment and supply of goods | 5 years | E-Commerce Act, Art. 6 |
| Records of consumer complaints and disputes (1:1 inquiries, etc.) | 3 years | E-Commerce Act, Art. 6 |
| Records of labelling and advertising | 6 months | E-Commerce Act, Art. 6 |
| Access logs (IP address, etc.) | 3 months | Protection of Communications Secrets Act, Art. 15-2 |
| Device records for view counts | 1 year from collection | Service statistics |
| Password reset link data | Valid for 30 minutes (void once used); records deleted after 7 days | Account security |
| Seller application data | 1 year if rejected; 5 years after the partnership ends if accepted | Dispute handling; Framework Act on National Taxes |
| Marketing consent status and time of consent/withdrawal | Until account closure or withdrawal of consent | Information and Communications Network Act, Art. 50 |
4. Sharing with Third Parties
We use personal information only for the purposes above and share it with third parties only with your consent or where the law permits (PIPA Articles 17 and 18).
| Recipient | Purpose | Information | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Partner Seller selling the item you ordered | Delivery, exchanges, returns, refunds and customer inquiries | Order number, items/options/quantity, recipient name, phone, address, postal code | Until the exchange/refund period after Purchase Confirmation ends (or longer where the law requires) |
This sharing happens only when you order a Partner Seller's product. You may refuse, but you then cannot buy that product. Creators receive only aggregated sales figures for settlement, never information that identifies buyers.
5. Service Providers (Processors)
We entrust the following processors, contractually requiring them to comply with data-protection law, restrict sub-processing and maintain security, and we supervise them.
| Processor | Task |
|---|---|
| Korea PortOne Co., Ltd. | Payment processing and verification |
| Payment gateways and card issuers connected via PortOne; PayPal | Card and PayPal payments and cancellations |
| Domestic and international couriers | Product delivery |
| Vultr (The Constant Company, LLC) | Server hosting and data storage |
| Cloudflare, Inc. | Traffic delivery and security (DDoS protection); file storage (R2) |
| Resend, Inc. | Sending password-reset and service emails |
| Google LLC | Visit analytics (Google Analytics 4), address search (Google Maps), Google sign-in |
| Apple Inc. | Sign in with Apple |
| 650 Industries, Inc. (Expo) | Mobile app push notifications |
6. International Transfers
Our servers are located in Singapore and some processors are abroad, so personal information is transferred overseas as necessary to provide the Service (PIPA Art. 28-8(1)(3)). Transfers take place over the network whenever you use the Service.
| Recipient (contact) | Country | Information | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Constant Company, LLC (Vultr) · vultr.com/legal/privacy | Singapore (server location) | All service data: accounts, orders, delivery, posts | Hosting and storage | Until the service contract ends or the retention periods in this Policy |
| Cloudflare, Inc. · cloudflare.com/privacypolicy | USA and other countries with Cloudflare data centres | IP address, request data, uploaded images | Traffic delivery, security, file storage | Until the service contract ends |
| Google LLC · policies.google.com/privacy | USA | Usage records, device information and cookie identifiers (analytics); address search terms; Google account data (sign-in) | Analytics, address search, sign-in | Per Google's policies |
| Apple Inc. · apple.com/legal/privacy | USA | Apple account authentication data | Sign-in | Per Apple's policies |
| PayPal · paypal.com/privacy | USA and others | Payment amount, order number, PayPal account data | PayPal payments and refunds | Per applicable law and PayPal's policies |
| Resend, Inc. · resend.com/legal/privacy-policy | USA | Email address, message content | Sending email | Per Resend's policies |
| 650 Industries, Inc. (Expo) · expo.dev/privacy | USA | App push token, notification content | Push notifications | Per Expo's policies |
If you do not want your information transferred abroad, you may choose not to register or close your account; however, these transfers are essential to the Service. You can opt out of Google Analytics as described in Section 7.
7. Cookies and Similar Technologies
| Type | What is stored | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Browser local storage | Sign-in state (authentication token), device identifier, recent searches, cart | Keeping you signed in, preventing duplicate view counts, convenience |
| Google Analytics cookies (_ga, etc.) | Random identifier, visit history | Visitor and navigation statistics |
| Cookies from video platforms | Set by YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Vimeo | Playing embedded shorts and live videos (their policies apply) |
You can block cookies or clear site data in your browser settings. You can opt out of Google Analytics with Google's browser add-on (tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout). Clearing local storage may sign you out. We do not use your usage data for targeted advertising or share behavioural data with third parties for advertising.
8. Deletion
We delete information without delay when its retention period ends or its purpose is fulfilled. Information we must keep by law is used only for that purpose and deleted at the end of the legal period. When you close your account, your sign-in credentials (email, password, social account identifier), name and phone number are immediately deleted or de-identified, and your saved addresses and wishlist are deleted; order and payment records are kept for the legal periods in Section 3. Electronic files are deleted irrecoverably and paper records are shredded or incinerated.
9. Your Rights
- You may at any time request access to, correction or deletion of, or suspension of processing of your personal information, or withdraw consent.
- In My Page you can view and edit your name and phone number, add or delete addresses, turn marketing consent on or off, change your password and close your account.
- For other requests, email our Privacy Officer at [email protected]. We will respond within 10 days. You may also act through a legal representative or an authorised agent with a power of attorney.
- Information we are legally required to keep cannot be deleted on request, and requests may be refused where they could harm another person's life, body or property; we will explain any refusal.
- We do not accept registrations from children under 14 and delete any such information without delay once we become aware of it.
- Please keep your information accurate and up to date.
If you live outside Korea, you may have additional rights under local law (for example, data portability or the right to object); we will honour them through the same contact.
10. Security Measures
- Administrative: access to personal information is limited by role (super admin, operations, staff, partner seller, creator); partner sellers and creators can access only their own data.
- Technical: passwords stored with one-way encryption (bcrypt); all traffic encrypted with HTTPS (TLS 1.3); token-based access control with ownership checks; rate limiting on sign-in and password recovery; payment credentials not stored (handled by the payment provider); uploaded images re-encoded to strip metadata such as photo location.
- Physical: servers run in a cloud data centre (Vultr) with access controls and security certifications; the database cannot be reached directly from the internet.
11. Pseudonymised Information
We do not process pseudonymised information.
12. Privacy Officer
| Privacy Officer | Nam Kyung-woo (CEO) |
| Department | Customer Support |
| Contact | Email [email protected] |
13. Remedies
For reports or advice on privacy infringement you may contact: Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee (1833-6972, www.kopico.go.kr); Privacy Infringement Report Center, KISA (118, privacy.kisa.or.kr); Supreme Prosecutors' Office (1301, www.spo.go.kr); Korean National Police Agency Cyber Bureau (182, ecrm.police.go.kr). Users abroad may also contact the data protection authority in their country.
14. Changes to This Policy
This Policy is effective from September 17, 2026. We will announce any additions, deletions or changes on the Notice board at least 7 days before they take effect (30 days for changes that significantly affect your rights).