Seoul F&B Privacy Policy

PRIVACY

Privacy Policy

Seoul F&B Co., Ltd. values your privacy and processes personal information safely and transparently in accordance with applicable laws.

Effective 2025. 12. 05

1. Purposes of processing

We process personal information only for the purposes below. If a purpose changes, we will take the steps required by applicable law, including obtaining additional consent where necessary.

  • Receiving and responding to customer inquiries, complaints, partnerships, and proposals
  • Reviewing and responding to product development and custom product consultations
  • Identity verification and inquiry history lookup
  • Website analytics, service quality improvement, and security

2. Information processed and retention

We collect the minimum information required for each purpose. Please do not include unnecessary sensitive information or government-issued identifiers in free-text fields or attachments.

ServiceInformationRetention
Customer inquiries
  • Contact: name, email, and phone number
  • Inquiry: country, type, title, and message
  • Purchase details where applicable
  • Attachments and lookup password
2 years after closure
Product development inquiries
  • Company: name, country, and address
  • Contact: name, title, email, and phone number
  • Development: target market and project, product, and trade details
  • Title, message, attachments, and lookup password
2 years after closure
Custom product consultations
  • Company: name, country, and address
  • Contact: name, title, email, and phone number
  • Consultation: target market, channel, and requirements
  • Attachments and lookup password
2 years after closure
Website usage
  • Access: session ID, visited/referrer paths, and access time
  • Device: browser and device type
  • Network: IP address and hash, country, and approximate location
Raw data: 1 year · Anonymous statistics: permanent

※ Lookup passwords are stored as one-way hashes. Legally required records are retained separately.

3. How information is collected

  • Customer inquiry, product development, and custom consultation forms
  • Information and files provided directly during consultation
  • Access and device information generated automatically while using the website

4. Third-party disclosure

We do not disclose personal information to third parties unless you separately consent or disclosure is permitted or required by applicable law.

5. Service providers

We currently do not outsource the processing of personal information submitted through website inquiries. The inquiry database and attachments are stored in an on-premises environment managed directly by the Company.

If processing is outsourced in the future, we will disclose the service provider and scope here and apply the contractual, supervisory, and security safeguards required by applicable law.

6. International transfers

We currently do not transfer personal information collected through website inquiries outside Korea. If an international transfer becomes necessary, we will provide advance notice of the recipient, destination country, information transferred, purpose, timing and method, and retention period, and complete all procedures required by applicable law.

7. Deletion

We delete personal information without delay when it is no longer required. Information retained under law is stored separately.

  • Electronic files are securely deleted so they cannot be restored
  • Paper records are shredded or incinerated
  • Attachments and backups are deleted after the applicable operational retention period

8. Your rights

You may request access, correction, deletion, suspension of processing, or withdrawal of consent. Requests may be submitted by you or an authorized representative using the contact details below. We verify identity and respond within the period required by law.

9. Security measures

  • Minimizing and training personnel who handle personal information
  • Role-based access control and timely permission changes
  • One-way password hashing and encrypted transmission
  • Retention and review of access logs
  • Security updates, vulnerability checks, malware protection, and protected backups
  • Incident response procedures

10. Automatically collected information

We may automatically collect visited and referrer paths, IP address, approximate location, browser, and device information for website analytics and security. Raw usage records are deleted after 1 year. Only aggregated statistics with IP addresses, session identifiers, and other identifying information removed are retained permanently.

11. Privacy contact

For privacy questions, complaints, or rights requests, contact us using the details below.

Company
Seoul F&B Co., Ltd.
Privacy officer
CEO Oh Deok-geun
Telephone
+82-33-345-9550
Address
145, Gieopdosi-ro, Jijeong-myeon, Wonju-si, Gangwon State, Republic of Korea

12. External remedies

13. Changes to this Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective from 2025. 12. 05. Material changes will be announced on the website before they take effect.