Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller

Focus Connect Core ("we", "us", or "our") acts as the data controller responsible for personal information collected via our website (focus-connectcore.click) and during seminar registrations at our facility in Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

2. Information We Collect

We collect only the minimum personal data required to process educational registrations and coordinate technical inquiries:

• Registration Data: Full name, professional email address, telephone contact number, corporate organization name, and technical seminar preferences.
• Billing Information: Corporate business registration details and tax invoicing data required for Korean commercial electronic tax invoices (세금계산서). We do not collect or store credit card numbers.
• Technical Usage Data: Anonymized server logs, browser user agents, and essential technical session cookies.

3. Purpose and Legal Basis of Processing

We process your personal data under the following lawful bases:

• Contractual Performance: To administer course enrollment, reserve laboratory bench slots, issue completion certificates, and deliver engineering handbooks.
• Legal Compliance: To comply with Korean statutory tax and accounting obligations under the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) and commercial tax laws.
• Legitimate Interests: To respond to engineering inquiries and maintain facility safety records for lab attendees.

4. Data Retention Period

Personal information associated with seminar attendees and tax invoices is retained for five (5) years in accordance with Korean commercial recordkeeping laws. General web inquiries from non-registered visitors are deleted after twelve (12) months.

5. Your Rights as a Data Subject

Under applicable data privacy regulations, you have the right to:

• Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
• Request correction or rectification of inaccurate or outdated information.
• Request deletion or erasure of your data, subject to statutory retention mandates.
• Object to or restrict specific processing activities.

6. International Data Transfers

Our servers and laboratory facilities are located in the Republic of Korea. For international participants, your data is processed and stored within South Korea under robust technical and organizational security measures.

7. Data Protection Inquiries

To exercise your privacy rights or contact our data protection officer: