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Privacy policy

Effective date: 2026-11-21

This is a translation. The Korean version is the one that applies.

WeLocation (the 'Service') takes care of your personal information and follows Korea's Personal Information Protection Act. This policy explains what the Service processes, why, and for how long.

1. What we process

  • Sign-up: email address, password and nickname. The password is stored only as a one-way hash (BCrypt), never as the text you typed.
  • Sign-up or sign-in with Google or Kakao: the account id that service gives us, your name (nickname), and your email address only if that service has verified it and you agreed to share it. No password is received or stored then.
  • While you use the Service: your reviews (rating and text), likes and saved places.
  • Automatically: a cookie that keeps you signed in (__Host-wl_session), a cookie that remembers your language (wl_lang), and web server access records (IP address, time, requested address).
  • Your location in 'Nearby' is used for that search only and is never stored or logged.

2. Why

  • To identify members and sign them in, to provide reviews, likes and saved places, and to keep the Service secure.

3. How long

  • Account, reviews, likes and saved places: until you close your account. Ask by email and we delete them within 10 days.
  • Web server access records: up to 14 days, then deleted automatically.

4. Sharing with third parties

  • We do not give your personal information to third parties, except when the law requires it.

5. Service providers and transfer abroad

  • DigitalOcean, LLC: runs the server and stores the data, in a data centre in Singapore. Transferred: everything in section 1, over the network as you use the Service. Kept: as in section 3.
  • Google LLC (Gemini API): writes the AI guide's answers. Transferred: the question you type into the AI guide. The Service does not store your questions. Please don't put personal information in them.
  • If you don't want your data transferred abroad, you can skip signing up and the AI guide; searching and viewing places still work.

6. Your rights

  • You can ask at any time to see, correct or delete your personal information, or to stop its processing. Email us and we will act without delay.

7. Children under 14

  • Children under 14 may not sign up.

8. Security

  • HTTPS for every connection, one-way hashed passwords, limited admin access, managed server access keys.

9. Privacy officer

  • Name: SOLIJONOV AZAMATJON
  • Email: solijonov.azamat9507@gmail.com

10. Changes

  • When this policy changes, we post the new version on this page at least 7 days before it takes effect.