1. Introduction

Welcome to AI Korean Comic ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our AI Korean Comic service, website, and any related applications (collectively, the "Service"). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using our Service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Service.

2. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Service, including:

Personal Information: When you use our Service, we may collect personally identifiable information, such as your email address (if you choose to provide it), and any other information you voluntarily provide to us.
Images and Photos: When you upload photos to our AI Korean Comic transformation service, we temporarily store these images to process them and generate the Korean comic style transformations.
Usage Data: We may collect information on how you access and use our Service, including your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, time spent on pages, and other diagnostic data.
Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information to enhance your experience.

We do not collect any payment information directly. All payments are processed through secure third-party payment processors.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

Provide, operate, and maintain our Service
Process and complete your photo transformations
Improve, personalize, and expand our Service
Understand and analyze how you use our Service
Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
Communicate with you about our Service, including sending you updates, security alerts, and support messages
Detect, prevent, and address technical issues
Comply with legal obligations

We do not use your uploaded photos for any purpose other than providing you with the requested transformation service, unless we obtain your explicit consent to do so.

4. Image Retention and Deletion

We understand the importance of your privacy when it comes to personal photos. Here's how we handle your images:

Temporary Storage: Your uploaded photos are stored temporarily on our secure servers only for the time needed to process them and generate the Korean comic style transformation.
Automatic Deletion: All uploaded photos and generated transformations are automatically deleted from our servers within 24 hours of processing.
No Training Usage: We do not use your uploaded photos to train or improve our AI models without your explicit consent.

If you wish to have your images deleted immediately after processing, please contact us using the information provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your information in the following situations:

Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work.
Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
Vital Interests and Legal Rights: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or as evidence in litigation.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

6. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Service is at your own risk.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal information.
Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal information, under certain conditions.
Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

By email: [email protected]
By visiting this page on our website: www.aikoreancomic.com/contact
By mail: AI Korean Comic Privacy Team, 123 AI Street, Seoul, South Korea 04532