Privacy Policy

Effective date: November 11, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what information is collected when you visit "Meliens: Korean Culture, Explained" (the "Site"), at https://meliens-kculture.blogspot.com and any future address for the same blog, such as blog.meliens.cloud. The Site is a personal blog run by Min, operated on Google's Blogger platform.

If you do not agree with this policy, please stop using the Site.

Information collected on this Site

I do not ask you to create an account or register to read anything here. Information reaches me or my service providers in three ways:

  • Automatically, as you browse. Because the Site runs on Blogger, Google collects standard technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, and the pages you view. This is used to serve the Site and to compile basic traffic statistics.
  • When you leave a comment. Comments on this Site are handled by Blogger. Depending on how you comment, your display name, your profile link, and your comment text become publicly visible. Please do not put personal information you want kept private into a comment.
  • When you use the contact form. If you contact me through the form in the sidebar, I receive the message you send and whatever name or contact details you choose to include. I use that information only to read and reply to your message. I do not add you to a mailing list and I do not sell, rent, or trade it.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by a website or by a third party whose content appears on that website. The Site and the third-party services it uses may place cookies to remember preferences, measure traffic, and serve advertising.

You can control cookies through your browser settings, including blocking them or deleting those already stored. If you block cookies, parts of the Site may not work as intended.

Advertising, Google AdSense, and third-party vendors

This Site displays advertising through Google AdSense. The following applies to that advertising:

  • Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this Site or other websites.
  • Google's use of advertising cookies, including the DoubleClick DART cookie, enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this Site and other sites on the internet.
  • Third-party advertising networks and vendors other than Google may also appear on this Site and may likewise use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to measure ad performance and to show ads they believe are relevant to you.
  • I do not control the cookies set by these third parties and I do not have access to the information they collect. Their own privacy policies govern that information.

How to opt out

  • You can opt out of personalized advertising from Google at https://adssettings.google.com.
  • You can opt out of personalized advertising from many other participating vendors at https://www.aboutads.info.
  • You can also block advertising cookies through your browser settings. Opting out does not remove advertising from the Site; it means the ads you see are less likely to be tailored to you.

Google Analytics

The Site may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors find and use it, such as which posts are read, roughly where in the world readers are, and what kind of device they use. Google Analytics does this using cookies and similar technology, and it may process your IP address. I view this information in aggregate; it is not used to identify individual readers.

If you would prefer not to be included, Google offers a browser add-on to opt out of Google Analytics, and blocking cookies in your browser also prevents it from working.

Links to other sites

Posts on this Site link to outside websites for sources and further reading. I am not responsible for the content, cookies, or privacy practices of any site I link to. Please read their policies before giving them your information.

If you are in the EEA or the UK (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you have rights over your personal data, including the right to request access to it, to ask that it be corrected or deleted, to object to or restrict its processing, and to lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority.

Where I process your personal data, the legal bases are:

  • Legitimate interests, for keeping the Site running securely and understanding aggregate readership.
  • Consent, for personalized advertising and analytics cookies where consent is required. Where a consent notice appears on the Site, you can change or withdraw your choice using that notice or your browser settings.
  • Legitimate interests, for reading and replying to a message you choose to send me through the contact form.

Note that Google acts as its own controller for much of the data described above. For data held by Google rather than by me, your requests may need to go to Google directly.

If you are in California (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information is collected about you, to request its deletion, to request correction of inaccurate information, and to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

I do not sell your personal information for money. Advertising cookies placed by third-party vendors on this Site may constitute "sharing" for targeted advertising under California law. You can opt out using the links in the advertising section above, by enabling a recognized opt-out preference signal in your browser, or by blocking advertising cookies.

How to exercise your rights

To make a request about information I hold, contact me through the form in the sidebar. I may need to ask you for details to locate your information, and I will respond within the time required by applicable law. I will not treat you differently for making a request.

Children's privacy

This Site is written for a general adult audience and is not directed to children. I do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or under the minimum age set by the law where the child lives). If you believe a child has provided personal information through this Site, please contact me through the form and I will delete it.

Data retention and security

Messages sent through the contact form are kept only as long as needed to handle the conversation. Comments stay published until you or I remove them. No website can promise perfect security, and information sent over the internet always carries some risk, but I do not store reader data beyond what is described here.

Changes to this policy

I may update this policy when the Site changes or when legal requirements change. Any update will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Significant changes will be noted at the top of the page. Continuing to use the Site after an update means you accept the revised policy.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent through the contact form in the sidebar.

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