Saigen Inc. (hereinafter "the Company") recognizes the importance of personal information and behavioral history data in the advanced information and communication society, and establishes the following Privacy Policy (hereinafter "this Policy") for the various services provided by the Company (hereinafter "the Services").
Definitions
Personal Information
"Personal information" in this Policy refers to information relating to a living individual that falls under either of the following:
- Information that can identify a specific individual by name, date of birth, or other descriptions contained in documents, drawings, or electromagnetic records (including information that can be easily cross-referenced with other information to identify a specific individual), excluding personal identification codes as defined in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.
- Information that includes personal identification codes.
Behavioral History Data
"Behavioral history data" in this Policy refers to information accumulated for analyzing customer interests and preferences, including service usage history, advertisement viewing history, in-service operation history, IP addresses, location data, and device-specific identifiers. While behavioral history data alone cannot identify a specific individual, it shall be treated as personal information when it can be easily cross-referenced with other information to identify an individual.
Collection of Personal Information
- The Company collects personal information through lawful and fair means.
Use of Personal Information
The Company uses personal information within the scope of the following purposes, to the extent necessary for business operations:
- To deliver information optimized for individual users of the Services
- To improve the quality of the Services through statistical analysis
- To respond to inquiries regarding the Services
- To conduct surveys related to the Services
- To send information about campaigns and new products conducted by the Company
- Other purposes incidental to the above
Cookies
- The Company uses cookies on the Services website. Cookies may also be used in parts of the advertising system. A cookie is a technology that stores usage history exchanged between a browser and server as a file on the user's device. If a user does not wish the Company to use cookies, they can configure their browser to reject cookies. However, rejecting cookies may affect the use of the Services on the website.
Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
The Company will not provide personal information to third parties without prior consent of the individual, except as provided by law. However, the Company may access and disclose personal information to third parties in the following cases:
- When the user has given consent
- When disclosure is required by law, court order, or administrative authority
- When reasonably necessary to protect and defend the Company's rights or property
- When necessary to protect the life, body, or property of the Company, customers, or other members of the public, and it is difficult to obtain the user's consent
- When particularly necessary for the improvement of public health or the sound development of children, and it is difficult to obtain the user's consent
- When disclosing or providing data in a state that cannot identify individual users, such as statistical data
Management of Personal Information
- The Company maintains the accuracy of personal information and manages it securely.
- The Company implements appropriate information security measures to prevent the loss, destruction, alteration, or leakage of personal information.
- The Company appropriately manages personal information through the development of operational structures and employee education, and takes preventive measures against loss, destruction, alteration, or leakage of personal information.
Requests for Notification, Disclosure, Correction, or Suspension of Use
- When the Company receives a request from a customer regarding disclosure, correction, addition, deletion, suspension of use, erasure, suspension of third-party provision, or notification of the purpose of use of personal information, the Company will confirm the identity of the applicant and respond sincerely and promptly in accordance with the provisions of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information. There are no fees payable by the customer for such requests. However, communication costs, transportation costs, and expenses incurred by the customer in preparing materials for identity verification shall be borne by the customer.
Additional Provisions for EU/EEA Residents (GDPR)
The following additional rights and information apply to users residing in the European Economic Area (EEA) and European Union (EU) under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Legal Basis for Data Processing
The Company processes your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR): Data processing for ad personalization is based on your explicit consent, which you can withdraw at any time through the Consent Management Platform (CMP) within the app.
- Performance of a Contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR): Data processing necessary for managing subscriptions and processing purchases.
- Legitimate Interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR): Collection of crash reports to improve app stability and prevention of fraudulent use.
Types of Data Collected
Our applications (such as ImageCompression) collect and process the following data:
- On-Device Processing Data: All image and video compression is performed entirely on your device. No media files are ever transmitted to external servers.
- Advertising Data: Through Google AdMob, device identifiers and ad interaction data may be collected, subject to your consent.
- Crash Reports: Through Firebase Crashlytics, anonymous crash reports (device model, OS version, stack traces) are collected. No personally identifiable information is included.
- Purchase Information: Subscriptions and in-app purchases are processed through Apple's App Store. The Company does not directly collect or store payment information.
Third-Party Data Sharing
The Company may share data with the following third-party service providers:
- Google LLC (AdMob): For ad delivery and optimization. Google Privacy Policy
- Google LLC (Firebase Crashlytics): For app stability monitoring.
- Apple Inc.: For processing in-app purchases. Apple Privacy Policy
Data Retention
- On-device data (compressed images/videos, app settings): Deleted when the app is uninstalled.
- Crash reports: Retained for 90 days from collection, then automatically deleted.
- Advertising data: Managed according to Google's data retention policies.
Rights of EU/EEA Residents
Under the GDPR, EU/EEA residents have the following rights:
- Right of Access (Article 15): The right to request a copy of personal data the Company processes about you.
- Right to Rectification (Article 16): The right to request correction of inaccurate personal data.
- Right to Erasure (Article 17): The right to request deletion of your personal data. Since all processing is performed on-device, uninstalling the app will erase all local data.
- Right to Restriction of Processing (Article 18): The right to request restriction of data processing in certain circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability (Article 20): The right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- Right to Object (Article 21): The right to object to data processing based on legitimate interests. For ad personalization, you can change your preferences at any time through the consent settings in the app.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: The right to withdraw consent for consent-based data processing at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out prior to withdrawal.
To exercise any of these rights, or to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority regarding the processing of your personal data, please contact us using the information below.
International Data Transfers
Third-party services used by the Company (such as Google LLC) may transfer your data outside the EEA (e.g., to the United States). Such transfers are made based on European Commission adequacy decisions, Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), or other appropriate safeguards.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
- The Company will review the operational status of personal information handling as appropriate, make continuous improvements, and may change this Policy as necessary. The revised Privacy Policy will be published on this site as needed.
Last updated: March 15, 2026 (GDPR provisions added)
Revised: May 24, 2019
Established: July 10, 2017
Saigen Inc.