Privacy Policy
Seoul Rising does not collect, store on a server, or share any personal data. It has no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking.
What the app does
The Seoul Rising iOS app and its home screen widget download one public JSON file, https://taejunoh.com/seoulpulse/trends.json, and display the K-pop ranking inside it. The file is the same for everyone; nothing about you is sent to produce it.
Data we collect
None. The app has no sign-in or account system and does not ask for your name, email, location, contacts, photos, or any other personal information. It contains no analytics, advertising, crash-reporting or tracking SDKs, and it does not use the advertising identifier. Apple's privacy manifest in the app declares no tracking and no collected data types.
Data stored on your device
- A cached copy of the most recent feed, so the app and widget can show content when you are offline.
- Optionally, a custom feed URL, only if you enter one in Settings (intended for developers).
Both are kept locally in an App Group container that the app and its widget share. They never leave your device through Seoul Rising, and deleting the app removes them.
Network requests and server logs
To load the feed, your device makes a standard HTTPS request to taejunoh.com, which is hosted on GitHub Pages. Like any web server, the host may record technical details of the request, such as your IP address and user agent, in its standard logs. Seoul Rising does not receive, read or use those logs. See the GitHub Privacy Statement.
The app also loads video thumbnail images directly from YouTube's image servers (i.ytimg.com) for the videos shown in an act's detail view. That request goes from your device to Google and is subject to Google's privacy policy.
External links
Tapping a video, headline, Wikipedia article or other link opens it in your browser or the relevant app (for example YouTube, Wikipedia, Yonhap, Soompi or Koreaboo). Those sites are independent and governed by their own privacy policies; we do not control them and receive nothing from your visit.
Third parties
We do not sell, rent or share data with third parties, because we do not collect any. The only third parties involved are the ones described above: GitHub (hosting the feed) and, for thumbnails and links, the sites you choose to open.
Children
Seoul Rising does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children under 13. The app has no accounts, no communication features and no purchases.
Not affiliated
Seoul Rising is a fan-made project. It is not affiliated with any artist, label, or outlet. Headlines are shown as published and link to their original sources.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email seoulrising.app@gmail.com. If you write to us, your email address and message are received only so we can reply.