Hanmi Research Insights - Your Partner in Korean Market Intelligence

This Privacy Policy describes how Hanmi Research Insights collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you use our site. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This policy is effective immediately.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal information:

Information You Provide Directly: This includes information you provide when you contact us through our site, such as your name, email address, phone number, company, and any other information you choose to share in your message.
Automatically Collected Information: When you visit our site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and the dates/times of your visits. We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect this information.
Information Related to Our Services: As a marketing research company, we may collect personal data as part of our research projects. This data collection will always be conducted with your explicit consent, and we will clearly outline the purpose and scope of the research at the time of consent. This may include demographic information, opinions, preferences, and other data relevant to the specific research project.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

To Respond to Your Inquiries: We use the information you provide to respond to your questions, requests, and other inquiries.
To Provide and Improve Our Services: We use your information to provide and improve our services, including our market analysis, consumer behavior research, brand positioning studies, competitive intelligence, new product development research, customer satisfaction surveys, and digital marketing analytics.
To Personalize Your Experience: We may use your information to personalize your experience on our site and to provide you with content and offers that are relevant to your interests.
To Conduct Research: With your explicit consent, we may use your information to conduct market research, consumer behavior research, and other types of research.
To Comply with Legal Obligations: We may use your information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.
Data Analysis and Aggregation: We may analyze collected data in an aggregated and anonymized form for internal purposes, such as improving our research methodologies and developing new services. This aggregated data does not identify individual users.
Security: We may use your information to maintain the security of our site and to protect against fraud and other illegal activities.

3. Sharing Your Information

We may share your personal information with the following categories of recipients:

Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us with various aspects of our business, such as website hosting, data analysis, email marketing, and customer service. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and to use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
Clients: We may share anonymized or aggregated research data with our clients. However, we will not share your personal information with our clients without your explicit consent.
Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required by law or legal process.
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or other business transaction, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity.

4. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include:

Implementing technical safeguards, such as encryption and firewalls.
Implementing physical safeguards, such as secure data centers.
Implementing administrative safeguards, such as employee training and access controls.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

5. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

6. Your Rights

You have the following rights with respect to your personal information:

Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal information, under certain circumstances.
Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain circumstances.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller.
Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information, under certain circumstances.
Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the address provided below.

7. International Data Transfers

Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of your country of residence, including Южная Корея. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. We will take appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal information is protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.

8. Children's Privacy

Our site is not directed to children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at the address provided below.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our site. Your continued use of our site after the posting of any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Hanmi Research Insights 23 Seolleung-ro, Floor 12, Seoul, Seoul, 06244 Южная Корея