Last updated: October 2026
This Privacy Policy explains what information Arirang Compass (arirangcompass.com) collects when you visit, how it is used, and the choices you have.
Who runs this site
Arirang Compass is a personal site written and run by Sorang Kim (김소랑), a linguistics PhD researcher at Pusan National University in Korea. It is not an official website of Pusan National University and is not affiliated with or endorsed by it. You can reach me through the Contact page.
Information collected when you visit
This site is hosted on WordPress.com, which is operated by Automattic. When you visit, WordPress.com and its related services — including site statistics, Likes, and Akismet spam protection — collect certain information, such as your IP address, browser type, the pages you view, and the site that referred you, and may use cookies or similar technologies to do so. How Automattic collects and uses this information is described in Automattic’s Privacy Notice for Visitors to Our Users’ Sites.
Information you choose to send
- Contact form. If you send a message, the form collects your name, email address, and message. I use them to read and reply to your message. Messages are checked for spam by Akismet, a service operated by Automattic.
- Comments. If you leave a comment, your name, email address, comment, and IP address are collected. Your email address is not displayed publicly with your comment. Comments are checked for spam by Akismet.
- Subscriptions. If you subscribe to receive new posts by email, I use your email address to send you new posts. The subscription service, provided by WordPress.com, also processes it to manage your subscription and deliver the emails. Every email includes a link to unsubscribe.
Advertising and cookies
This site does not currently show advertising. It intends to use Google AdSense. Once ads are enabled:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info.
- To learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services, see Google’s explanation.
Before personalized ads are shown to visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, a Google-certified consent message will be used to ask for consent, and this section will be updated to explain how to review or withdraw your choice. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings; some features may not work as expected if you do.
Links to other sites
Guides on this site link to official sources and other websites, such as Hi Korea, embassy pages, and LinkedIn. Those sites have their own privacy policies, and this policy does not cover them.
How long information is kept
- Contact messages: kept for up to 12 months after our correspondence ends, then deleted.
- Comments: kept for as long as the comment remains on the site. You can ask for your comment to be removed at any time.
- Subscription email addresses: kept until you unsubscribe.
- Technical logs and statistics held by WordPress.com are retained according to Automattic’s own practices, described in Automattic’s Privacy Notice for Visitors to Our Users’ Sites.
Your choices
You can ask to see, correct, or delete personal information you have sent to this site — for example, a contact message or a comment — by writing through the Contact page.
Children
This site is written for prospective and current university students and is not directed at children under 14.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date.