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Privacy Policy

This is an English translation for convenience. If it differs from the Korean version, the Korean version prevails.

Lud Dynamics Inc. (the "Company") processes the personal information of Daily Mascot users in accordance with South Korea's Personal Information Protection Act.

1. Personal information we process

  • Tips, official profile registrations, correction requests and partnership inquiries: name, organization or company, title or department, email, phone number, message and links
  • Information created automatically: an irreversibly transformed value of your connection address (to prevent spam), and article view counts (totals that cannot identify anyone)

2. Why we process it

  • To confirm and answer your message, to report and fact-check stories, and to verify directory information
  • (Only if you opt in) To send you Daily Mascot stories and event news

3. How long we keep it

  • Submissions: deleted one year after we finish handling them, unless a law requires a longer period
  • Newsletter consent: kept until you withdraw it. We ask again every two years whether you still agree.

4. Sharing with third parties

The Company does not share your personal information with third parties, except when required by law.

5. Processors and storage location

  • Service operation (web hosting): Vercel Inc.
  • Data storage: Neon Inc. (stored in Singapore)
  • Internal work alerts: Slack (only your name, organization and part of your message; contact details are not sent)

6. Your rights

You may ask at any time to access, correct, delete or stop the processing of your personal information. Contact us via phone +82 2-499-7177 and we will act without delay.

7. Children under 14

We do not collect personal information from children under 14 without the consent of a parent or guardian.

8. Cookies

Daily Mascot does not use advertising or tracking cookies. To avoid counting the same view twice in one tab, we use your browser's session storage. We also store your edition choice (Global or Korean) in a cookie.

9. Privacy officer

Lud Dynamics Inc. · phone +82 2-499-7177

10. Effective date

This policy takes effect on November 10, 2026.