Breeze in Busan / Policies & Standards
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Privacy Policy
How Breeze in Busan processes personal information when readers use the website, contact the newsroom, subscribe, create an account or submit material.
Publication
Who we are
Breeze in Busan is an independent English-language online news publication based in Busan, Republic of Korea. This policy applies to breezeinflow.com and the publication services operated through that website.
It does not govern websites, platforms or services operated by other organizations, even when our journalism links to or embeds material from them.
Data flow
Information processed by activity
The website processes different information for different reader actions, as described below.
| Activity | Information | Purpose | Storage / retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsletter | Name, email address, consent and confirmation status, delivery and unsubscribe records | Confirm and deliver the weekly newsletter; maintain suppression and delivery records | Prisma database and email delivery systems. Active subscription records remain while subscribed. Consent, suppression and delivery records may be retained as needed to honor an unsubscribe request and operate the service. |
| Account and member services | Email, name and optional profile information; authentication and provider identifiers; preferences and activity linked to the account | Authentication, member features, moderation and account administration | Firebase authentication and Breeze databases. Records remain while the account is active and are deleted or deactivated after an authorized account request, subject to records needed for security, moderation or legal obligations. |
| News tips and other newsroom submissions | Name, email, message, submission details and up to five permitted attachments | Receive, review, verify and respond to editorial material | Delivered to the newsroom through Brevo SMTP. Submission emails are retained only as long as needed for review, verification, response, editorial record-keeping or legal obligations. |
| Contact inquiries | Name, email, inquiry type, message and optional permitted attachments | Route and respond to the inquiry | Delivered through Brevo SMTP and retained only as long as needed to answer the inquiry, maintain an appropriate business record or meet legal obligations. |
| Corrections and rebuttals | Name, email, article URL, request type and explanation | Assess a challenge to the published record and contact the requester | Delivered through Brevo SMTP and retained as long as needed to assess the request, communicate a decision and preserve an appropriate record of changes to published journalism. |
| Reader Signal, polls and reading activity | For signed-in readers, an account identifier; for other readers, a randomly generated identifier; article or poll choices and per-article view state | Prevent duplicate responses, calculate aggregate results and provide reader-history features | A first-party identifier may remain in the browser for up to one year; related participation and view records remain while needed to operate those features and aggregate newsroom reporting. |
| Website analytics | Page URL, title, referrer, hostname, interaction events and Web Vitals; aggregate request and path metrics | Measure readership, performance and publishing operations | Google Analytics 4 and Cloudflare analytics. Provider and property retention settings apply. |
| Site operation and security | Request, device, IP and diagnostic information ordinarily generated by web infrastructure | Deliver the site, diagnose failures, rate-limit abuse and maintain security | Application, hosting and Cloudflare operational logs, subject to the relevant infrastructure configuration. |
Service providers
Processors and external services
Breeze uses service providers only where they support a defined publishing or operational function. Current providers include Cloudflare for delivery, security and traffic data; Google Analytics for audience measurement; Google Firebase for authentication and related account services; Brevo SMTP for transactional and newsletter email; Oracle Cloud Infrastructure object storage for configured media workflows; Ghost for editorial publishing; and the publication’s database and hosting infrastructure.
Embedded YouTube video is delivered through YouTube's privacy-enhanced domain when an article containing that embed loads. External services apply their own terms and privacy practices to information they receive.
Some providers operate infrastructure outside Korea and process information according to their service configuration, contracts and published privacy terms.
Lifecycle
Retention and deletion
Retention follows the purpose and event-based criteria stated in the activity table. Records are deleted, disabled or anonymized when they are no longer needed for the stated purpose, subject to applicable legal, security, editorial-record and suppression requirements.
Authorized account, subscriber and moderation tools can update, disable or delete records according to their function. Newsroom email and provider-held records are handled through the relevant operational account. Backup, legal, security or suppression records may need to remain after an active service ends.
Breeze does not claim cryptographic destruction or immediate removal from every backup. Requests are assessed against the record, the purpose for which it is held and applicable obligations.
Reader rights
Access, correction, deletion and objection
A person may contact Breeze to request access to, correction or deletion of personal information associated with them, or to object to or request suspension of processing where applicable. Newsletter recipients can also use the unsubscribe link included in each email.
Send a request to [email protected]. Breeze may ask for information reasonably necessary to identify the requester and the relevant record. It does not operate a separate automated privacy-request portal.
If a request cannot be completed, Breeze will explain the operational or legal basis where appropriate. Individuals may also consult the Personal Information Protection Commission and its official complaint and dispute-resolution channels.
Official references
Safeguards
Security, children and automated decisions
Breeze applies access controls, authenticated administration, transport security and other technical and organizational measures appropriate to the information processed. No online system can promise absolute security.
The site is a general news service and is not designed specifically to collect information from children. Forms do not request age, but a minor could submit the same contact information as another reader. A parent or guardian may contact Breeze about a relevant record.
The public website does not make a decision producing legal or similarly significant effects about a reader through automated processing. Newsroom AI use is governed separately by Editorial Standards and does not replace human responsibility for publication decisions.
Accountability
Changes and privacy contact
Material changes will be published on this page with revised effective and review dates. Breeze does not promise individual email notice for every policy change.
Privacy inquiries, rights requests and related complaints may be sent to [email protected] or made by telephone at +82 507-1311-4503.