Privacy Policy

WhenStage (whenstage.com, the “Service”) values your privacy and complies with applicable law. This policy explains what information the Service collects and how it’s used.

1. Information we collect

The Service can be used without signing up or logging in, and we don’t collect personal identifiers like name, email, or phone number. The following may be collected and stored:

When posting a game/news comment: nickname and comment content.
View counts: page visit records (for aggregate purposes only; not personally identifying).
Browser local storage: wishlist, theme setting, last-used nickname, and duplicate-view/like prevention values. These stay in your browser and are never sent to our servers.

2. Cookies and personalized ads

The Service may use Kakao AdFit to display ads.
Third-party ad providers may use cookies and ad identifiers to serve personalized ads based on your prior visits.
You can opt out of third-party cookies at www.aboutads.info.

3. Purpose of use

Providing and operating service features such as comments and view counts
Ad delivery and service improvement

4. Third-party processing

The Service relies on the following external providers to operate:

Supabase — stores comments and view-count data
Vercel — website hosting
Kakao AdFit — ad delivery (if used)

Your information is processed only within the purposes above and is not sold or shared with third parties except as required by law. Data is encrypted in transit via HTTPS.

5. Retention and disposal

Comments are retained until deleted per our operating policy.

6. Your rights and data deletion requests

WhenStage (whenstage.com) users may request data deletion as follows:

Request deletion by email: to delete a comment you posted, email us with a link to the relevant page. We’ll verify and delete it promptly.
Data that gets deleted: comment content.
Data that may be retained: aggregate, non-identifying view-count statistics may be retained anonymously for service operation.
Local data: wishlist, theme, and other browser-stored data can be cleared directly from your browser settings.

7. Contact

For privacy or data-deletion inquiries: devju546@gmail.com

Effective date: June 16, 2026