
Curating from Seoul

Curating from Seoul
The Korean House is committed to safeguarding your personal data and upholding transparency under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), 2023.
DPDPA 2023 Compliant
Strict adherence to India's Data Protection Act & IT Rules.
Zero Card Storage
No card or UPI PINs ever stored on our servers.
Never Sold or Rented
Your data is only used for fulfilling your Seoul orders.
48-Hour Response SLA
Prompt statutory redressal for data queries.
At The Korean House (“we”, “us”, or “our”), we take your privacy with paramount seriousness. This Privacy Policy sets forth our practices regarding the collection, handling, storage, transfer, and protection of digital personal data when you interact with our website (thekoreanhouse.in and thekoreanhouse.com) and purchase our products.
This policy is formulated in strict compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA), the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011.
We collect only the personal information reasonably necessary to operate an efficient, delightful e-commerce experience:
A. Contact & Delivery Information
When you create an account, place an order, or contact customer care, we collect your Full Name, Email Address, 10-digit Mobile Phone Number, Delivery Address (street, apartment, city, state, pincode), and recipient details.
B. Transaction & Order History
Records of products purchased, quantities, sizes, order amounts, timestamp of order, delivery tracking numbers, discount coupons applied, and communication logs.
C. Device & Browsing Metadata
IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited, time spent per page, and referral source, collected via server logs and anonymized analytical tokens.
We process your personal data on the lawful ground of fulfilling our contract with you (processing and shipping your order) or based on your explicit consent:
Zero Payment Credential Storage Guarantee
The Korean House NEVER stores, processes, or retains your credit card numbers, debit card numbers, CVVs, expiry dates, or UPI PINs on any of our internal databases or servers.
All electronic payments are routed directly through Razorpay Software Private Limited, an RBI-regulated payment aggregator compliant with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS Level 1) and end-to-end 256-bit SSL encryption.
We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill customer orders, honor warranties, resolve disputes, and maintain statutory GST sales ledgers (typically 6 years under Indian taxation statutes).
Technical safeguards in place include bcrypt password hashing, encrypted SSL/TLS data transmission in transit, database access segregation, and regular security audits.
As a Data Principal under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, you possess the following rights:
Right to Access Information
Request a summary of personal data held about you and processing activities undertaken.
Right to Correction & Update
Request rectification of inaccurate, incomplete, or out-of-date personal data.
Right to Erasure / Deletion
Request deletion of personal data, subject to mandatory tax retention obligations.
Right of Grievance Redressal
Submit inquiries or complaints to our designated Grievance Officer for resolution within 30 days.
The Korean House does not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 18 years without parental consent. If you believe a minor has provided us personal data without guardian supervision, please reach out to hello@thekoreanhouse.in to have the record deleted.
For any data protection requests, right exercise, or privacy grievances, please write to our Grievance Officer at:
Officer: Grievance & Data Protection Officer, The Korean House
Email: hello@thekoreanhouse.in
Address: Bandra, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400050, India
All data subject inquiries are acknowledged within 48 hours.
In accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000, the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020, and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, the contact details of the Grievance Officer for The Korean House are provided below:
Designation / Role
Grievance Officer & Data Protection Lead
Official Email
hello@thekoreanhouse.in
Contact Number
+91 9638556363 (10:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST)
Registered Address
Bandra, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400050, India
* Grievances are acknowledged within 48 hours of receipt and formally redressed within 30 days.