Cookie Policy

This page explains, plainly, what this site stores in your browser and why. It is not a formal legal certification — it is a description of what this implementation actually does.

The short version

Korea, Lived uses at most two kinds of browser storage: one that remembers your own cookie choice, and one — Google Analytics — that only runs if you say yes. Nothing analytics-related loads before you decide, and rejecting or withdrawing means nothing analytics-related loads at all.

Necessary storage

We store one small first-party record in your browser (localStorage, not a tracking cookie) that remembers your Analytics choice — accepted or rejected — so we do not ask you again on every page. This record holds only your choice, a timestamp, a policy-version number, and your locale. It never holds your name, email, IP address, or any identifier that could be linked to you personally. This storage is not optional, because without it we could not remember your choice at all; it is not used for anything besides remembering that one choice.

Optional analytics storage — Google Analytics 4

If you choose Accept analytics, this site loads Google Analytics 4 (GA4), which sets its own first-party cookies (for example, cookies starting with _ga) to distinguish visits and sessions.

• Purpose: understanding which articles and topics readers find useful, which pages readers visit next, and how much search traffic the site receives — used only for editorial planning, not advertising.
• Analytics before you decide: disabled completely. No Google Analytics script, cookie, or network request happens before you make a choice.
• If you reject: disabled completely, and it stays that way — nothing analytics-related loads, ever, unless you later change your mind via “Cookie Settings” below.
• Provider: Google LLC. Analytics data may be processed in the United States under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and/or Standard Contractual Clauses.
• Categories of data collected: which page was viewed, its category/type, a small number of approved navigation-click events (see our Privacy Policy for the full list), general traffic-source information, and coarse, non-precise location/device information that Google Analytics derives automatically. We do not collect your name, email address, exact location, or any government ID.
• Retention: 14 months.
• What we do not do: we do not use Google Signals, User-ID, advertising features, or cross-domain tracking, and we do not sell your personal information to anyone.

How to change or withdraw your choice

Click Cookie Settings in the footer of any page, at any time, to see your current choice, switch from rejected to accepted, or withdraw a prior acceptance. Withdrawing disables all future analytics collection immediately and clears Google Analytics’ own cookies for this domain where your browser allows it.

Questions

For any question about this page, contact privacy@korealived.com.

Changes to this policy

We will update this page whenever our cookie/analytics practices change, and the Last Reviewed date above reflects the most recent review, whether or not a change was made. A meaningful change to this policy also means the “Cookie Settings” choice is asked again, even if you decided before.