Hanmi Real Estate Group - Your Trusted Partner in Seoul Real Estate

Hanmi Real Estate Group ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you use our site and our services. This policy applies to anyone who interacts with our online platform.

Data Controller

Hanmi Real Estate Group, located at 27 Sejong-daero, Suite 1201, Seoul, Seoul, 04522, KR, is the data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data.

Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information:

Information You Provide Directly: We collect information you provide directly to us, such as when you:
- Fill out forms on our site, including contact forms, registration forms, and survey forms. This information may include your name, email address, phone number, postal address, and any other information you choose to provide.
- Contact us with inquiries or requests.
- Apply for a job with us.
- Participate in interactive features of our online platform.

Information Collected Automatically: When you use our site, we automatically collect certain information about your device and your usage of the site, including:
- Log Data: This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, and the dates and times of your visits.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activity. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that enable us to recognize your browser and remember certain information about your preferences. You can control cookies through your browser settings.

Information from Third-Party Sources: We may also collect information about you from third-party sources, such as public databases, social media platforms, and our business partners.

How We Use Your Information

We use your information for the following purposes:

To Provide and Improve Our Services: We use your information to provide you with the services you request, to personalize your experience on our site, and to improve the quality and functionality of our online platform. This includes using your data to manage properties, facilitate real estate transactions, and provide investment consulting services.
To Communicate with You: We use your information to communicate with you about our services, respond to your inquiries, provide customer support, and send you important notices and updates.
To Market to You: With your consent, we may use your information to send you promotional materials and offers about our services and those of our partners. You can opt out of receiving these communications at any time.
To Conduct Research and Analysis: We use your information to conduct research and analysis to better understand our customers and to improve our services.
To Comply with Legal Obligations: We may use your information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.
For Internal Business Purposes: We may use your information for internal business purposes, such as auditing, data analysis, and improving our operations.

Legal Basis for Processing

Our legal basis for processing your personal data depends on the specific context in which we collect it. Generally, we rely on the following legal bases:

Contractual Necessity: We process your personal data when it is necessary to perform a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
Legitimate Interests: We process your personal data when we have a legitimate interest in doing so, and our interests are not overridden by your rights or interests. These legitimate interests include providing and improving our services, marketing to you, conducting research and analysis, and protecting our business.
Consent: We may process your personal data based on your consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Legal Obligation: We may process your personal data when it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.

Sharing Your Information

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

Service Providers: We share your information with third-party service providers who provide services on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, email marketing, and customer support. 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.
Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners, such as real estate brokers, lenders, and developers, to provide you with services and offers that may be of interest to you.
Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information to legal authorities if we are required to do so by law or legal process.
Other Third Parties: We may share your information with other third parties with your consent or as otherwise permitted by law.
Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates for internal business purposes.

International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of your country of residence, including countries that may not provide the same level of data protection as your country. We will take appropriate safeguards to protect your information when it is transferred internationally.

Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include implementing physical, technical, and administrative safeguards. 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.

Data Retention

We will retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Your Rights

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

Right to Access: You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: You have the right to have your personal information corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to Erasure: You have the right to have your personal information erased in certain circumstances.
Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal information in 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 it to another controller.
Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in 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.
Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that we have violated your rights.

To exercise your rights, please contact us at the address provided above.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our site and update the date at the top of this policy. Your continued use of our online platform after the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.