Privacy Policy

This is a reference translation. The Korean version is the official text, and if the two differ, the Korean version prevails. View the Korean original

In operating eGuro (https://eguro.kr, the "Site"), a semiconductor and electronic component inventory search and quotation brokerage site, EDENTECH (operator Heetae Kim, the "Operator") establishes this Privacy Policy as follows in order to protect users' personal information and promptly handle related grievances in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act of Korea.

Effective date 2026-10-24

1. Personal Information Processed

CategoryItems
ID sign-up (required)ID, password (stored encrypted in a non-recoverable form), name
ID sign-up (optional)E-mail, mobile phone number
NAVER / Google social loginMember identifier provided by NAVER / Google, e-mail, name
Business member (company information)Company country, business registration number (for overseas companies, that country's company registration number), representative's name and business start date (companies in the Republic of Korea), company name (Korean / English), address, company phone number (including country code), fax number, main e-mail, website, company type, company introduction, product lines handled
Overseas company verification documents (optional)Photos or PDFs of company registration documents (a business license (营业执照) in China, a Business Registration Certificate (商業登記證) in Hong Kong, a certificate of registered matters (登記事項証明書) in Japan, etc. — these may contain the representative's name, address and the like)
Information generated while using the servicesContents of RFQs, replies and orders (items, quantities, unit prices, memos), inventory files and shared link addresses, posts, comments and attachments, chat room messages (including the company name and name at the time of sending), records of employee invitations and company link requests, notification e-mail sending records (recipient address, subject, time sent), sign-up date and last login time
Automatically generated informationAccess IP address and access logs, cookies for keeping you logged in (session), cookies for visit statistics (Google Analytics / NAVER Analytics), values stored in browser storage (your ID if you chose "Remember ID", list of news items already viewed)

Of a Business member's company information, the company name, address, representative's name, phone, fax, main e-mail, website, company introduction and product lines handled are made public on the company profile page (eguro.kr/c/…) and in the eGuro Members list; the company profile page can be set to private in My eGuro > Company Info. The name of a member registered as a company administrator may be shown as the contact person on the company profile page.

2. Purposes of Processing

  • Member sign-up, identification and login, account management and identity verification
  • Business member verification: NTS business status verification using the business registration number, representative's name and business start date
  • Parts inventory search, brokerage of RFQs, replies and orders, and operation of company profile pages, eGuro Market, boards and the chat room
  • Sending notification e-mails for new RFQs, replies, orders, comments, answers to inquiries and the like
  • Responding to Contact & Feedback, delivering notices
  • Improving the Site through visit statistics (Google Analytics / NAVER Analytics)
  • Verification of overseas companies: checking the format of the company registration number, and displaying a verification mark after checking company registration documents
  • Providing foreign-language screens: automatic translation of content written by members
  • Prevention of fraudulent use and security: limiting the number of login, sign-up and business verification attempts, preventing duplicate post view counts, responding to failures and intrusions

3. Retention Period and Destruction

  • Member information is destroyed without delay upon withdrawal.
  • However, RFQ, reply and order records are kept so that the counterparty company can continue to view its own records; in this case, the withdrawn member's name and similar details are changed to "Withdrawn member" and stored so that the person cannot be identified.
  • Records of login and sign-up attempts (including IP) and view records are deleted once their security purpose has been fulfilled (within a short period).
  • Backups kept in case of failure may contain information from before destruction, but backups are stored encrypted and are deleted automatically once their retention period (up to about 10 weeks) has passed.
  • Company verification document files are deleted 30 days after they have been reviewed (approved or rejected), and only a record of the review (date and result) is kept. If a document is replaced with a new one, the previous document is deleted after 7 days.
  • Chat room messages are deleted automatically 1 year after they were sent. When a member withdraws, the name on their messages is changed to "Withdrawn member".
  • Electronic files are destroyed by a method that makes them impossible to restore. No information is kept in paper documents.

4. Provision to Third Parties

The Operator does not provide users' personal information to third parties. However, when a user sends an RFQ, order or company link request, its content and the sender's name, company and contact details are delivered to the counterparty company chosen by the user (an inherent function of the service). Cases where investigative agencies or others request information through prescribed procedures under the law are an exception.

5. Outsourcing of Processing and External Services

RecipientTaskInformation transferred
Brevo (Sendinblue SAS, France)Sending notification e-mailsRecipient's e-mail and name, e-mail content
Google LLC (Google Drive, USA)Storing backups in case of failureFull Site backup files (uploaded after being encrypted with a password known only to the Operator)
National Tax Service (NTS) (business status verification via the Public Data Portal)Business verification of Business membersBusiness registration number, representative's name, business start date
NAVER, GoogleSocial login (if chosen by the user)Member identifier, e-mail and name received as the login result
Kakao (postal code service)Address search windowSearch terms entered in the address search window (processed directly on Kakao's screen)
Google LLC (Google Analytics, USA)Visit statistics (how many people view which screens)Address of the screen viewed, browser and device type, approximate region, visit statistics cookie values (names, e-mails, etc. are not sent)
Anthropic, PBC (Claude API, USA)Automatic foreign-language translation of content written by members (for English, Chinese and Japanese screens)Company introduction, product lines handled and address, eGuro Market post descriptions, item remarks and comments (name, phone and e-mail fields are not sent)
NAVER Corp. (NAVER Analytics, Korea)Visit statistics (how many people view which screens)Address of the screen viewed, browser and device type, referral path, visit statistics cookie values (names, e-mails, etc. are not sent)

Overseas transfer: Information transferred to Brevo (France), Google (USA) and Anthropic (USA) above is transmitted over the internet when the relevant task occurs during use of the services (when an e-mail is sent, at each daily backup, and when a member's content is translated for the first time), and is retained according to each company's retention standards or until the end of the retention period in this Policy. If you do not want overseas transfer, you may turn off notification e-mails in Account or withdraw (backups are essential to operating the Site and cannot be turned off separately).

Information of overseas members (China, Hong Kong, Japan, etc.) is also stored and processed on the Operator's servers located in the Republic of Korea.

6. Cookies

We use cookies (a session with a random value) to keep you logged in. We also compile visit statistics with Google Analytics and NAVER Analytics to improve the Site, in which case each company's visit statistics cookies (_ga, etc.) are stored. We do not use advertising cookies. You can block cookies in your browser settings (features that require login will then be unavailable), and to block only visit statistics, you can use Google's Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

7. Users' Rights and How to Exercise Them

  • Users may at any time access, correct or delete (withdraw) their personal information and may request suspension of processing.
  • How: You can view, edit or withdraw directly in My eGuro > Account (for company information, My eGuro > Company Info). If it is difficult to do so yourself, please make a request on the Help Center Contact & Feedback board (as a private post).
  • Notification e-mails can be turned off in Account.
  • Persons under 14 years of age cannot sign up. (B2B service)

8. Safety Measures

  • Passwords are stored encrypted in a non-recoverable form (PBKDF2), and for login sessions only a fingerprint, not the original value, is stored.
  • All connections are accepted only over https (encrypted communication).
  • Security measures are applied, such as limiting login attempts, restricting access to administrator screens and blocking requests sent from other sites.
  • Backups are stored encrypted, and handling of personal information is limited to the Operator.
  • Company verification documents can be viewed only by Site administrators and are not disclosed to other members or visitors.

9. Chief Privacy Officer

  • Chief Privacy Officer: Heetae Kim (operator of EDENTECH)
  • E-mail: hite97@gmail.com
  • Or the Help Center Contact & Feedback board (please leave privacy-related inquiries as a private post)

You may also report or seek consultation on personal information infringement with the following organizations.

  • Personal Information Infringement Report Center (privacy.kisa.or.kr / 118 without area code)
  • Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee (www.kopico.go.kr / 1833-6972)
  • Supreme Prosecutors' Office (www.spo.go.kr / 1301 without area code)
  • Korean National Police Agency (ecrm.police.go.kr / 182 without area code)

10. Changes to This Policy

If the content of this Policy changes, we will announce it in Notices from 7 days before the change takes effect (30 days before, for changes unfavorable to users).

Effective date 2026-10-22 (first effective)
Changed 2026-10-23: NAVER Analytics added for visit statistics (Sections 1, 2, 5 and 6)
Changed 2026-10-24: automatic translation of member content (Anthropic) added (Sections 2 and 5)
Changed 2026-10-24: overseas Business members and company verification documents added (Sections 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8)
Changed 2026-10-24: community chat room added (Sections 1, 2 and 3)