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Who we are
koreacarhistory.com is run by KoreaCar Reports & API ("we", "us"). We decide how the personal data described here is used and are responsible for it. You can reach us at [email protected] or on Telegram.
What we collect
- The VIN you enter for the free check or an order. A VIN identifies a car, not a person.
- Your e-mail address, which you give on the Stripe payment page. We use it to send your reports and to answer you.
- Payment details. You enter them on the Stripe payment page and Stripe handles them. We never see or store your card number: we only receive the payment status and the amount.
- Order details: what you bought, prices, language, times, the state of each report and the links to its files.
- Your IP address, used for a short time to limit free checks (8 an hour) and to protect the site from abuse. It is not saved with your order.
- Technical logs kept by our hosting and network providers (IP address, browser, time of the request), used for security and to fix errors.
We do not ask for your name, address or phone number, and you do not need an account.
Why we use it
- To run the free check and deliver the reports you pay for (performance of a contract).
- To send the e-mail with your reports and answer your questions (performance of a contract).
- To refund reports we could not make and to keep accounting records (legal obligation).
- To prevent fraud and abuse and keep the site working (legitimate interest).
We do not use your data for advertising and we never sell it.
Who receives it
- Stripe, for payments and fraud prevention.
- Our vehicle data partners, who receive only the VIN to prepare the report. They do not receive your e-mail.
- Resend, which sends the e-mail with your reports.
- Cloudflare and our hosting provider, which carry and store the site.
- Google Fonts, which serves the fonts of the page and sees your IP address when they load.
We may also share data when the law requires it, for example with tax or law enforcement authorities.
Transfers outside Europe
Some of these providers process data outside the European Economic Area, for example in the United States. They do so under safeguards approved by the European Commission, such as standard contractual clauses.
Cookies
We do not use advertising or analytics cookies, and the site sets no tracking cookies of its own. Stripe uses cookies on its payment page to process the payment and prevent fraud, as described in the Stripe privacy policy.
How long we keep it
- Free check results: up to 6 hours, then they are removed.
- IP addresses used for check limits: up to 24 hours.
- Orders (VIN, e-mail, what you bought, payment state): as long as tax and accounting law requires us to keep records of sales.
- Report files: your order link keeps working while we keep the order, but the files come from our data partners and may stop being available after some time. Save the PDF.
Your rights
You can ask us for a copy of your data, to correct it, to delete it, to limit or object to its use, or to receive it in a portable form. Write to [email protected] from the e-mail address used for the order, or send us the order link. We reply within 30 days.
Some data, such as payment records, we must keep by law even if you ask us to delete it. You can also complain to the data protection authority of your country.
Security
The site works only over HTTPS, orders are stored on our server and readable only by it, and the keys to payment and data services stay on the server, never in the page. Your order link is a long random code: keep it private, because anyone with the link can open the reports.
Children
The service is not meant for children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their data.
Changes
If we change this policy, we update the date at the top of this page. Read it together with our terms of service and refund policy.