Effective: September 30, 2026 (what changed)
The Korean version of these terms governs. This page is a courtesy translation, and the Korean text prevails wherever the two differ.
What changed in these terms
These terms change as follows, with effect from September 30, 2026.
Why: to align when location data is destroyed with the time the Location Information Act sets for each ground of destruction, and to state clearly when data is destroyed after account deletion, in line with how deletion is actually handled.
What changed:
- Section 4 now gives each ground of destruction its own timing: at the same time as a suspension or closure of the business, immediately once the purpose is met, and without delay when you withdraw. (Before: all "without delay".)
- Account deletion: location data is destroyed immediately when you delete your account in the app. Where you ask by email, it is destroyed without delay once you reply to our confirmation email from the account's email address and, unless a legitimate reason prevents it, within 5 days of the day you reply. (Before: "within 30 days".)
- Section 4 now says that location data and access records destroyed on any ground or on account deletion can remain for about 7 days in the database backups kept to recover from a failure, that backups are not opened or used for anything else, and that if we restore from one, everything destroyed after that backup was made is destroyed again before the service runs on it. (Before: not stated.)
- The six months for access records is now tied to the location handling register that contains them, whose minimum period Article 6(5) of the Standards for Administrative and Technical Protection of Location Information sets; on closure, the records of use and provision are destroyed at the same time even if that period has not run out. (Before: six months was described as a minimum for the records themselves, twice credited to Article 16(2), and, for closure, as a floor that applies only while the business runs.)
- Section 6 now says access records are destroyed within 8 days from the day their six months end. (Before: "six months".)
- Other wording, mainly citations, is clarified with no change in substance.
Read the previous terms (effective August 19, 2026)
1. Who provides this
- Registered name: 런위드미서울 (Run With Me Seoul)
- Representative: Quintin James Willekens
- Business registration number: 501-14-72173
- Location-based service provider registration number: 1346
- Address: Unit 302, 24-3 Huiujeong-ro 7-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul 04019, Republic of Korea
- Phone: 010-2720-9604 (from outside Korea: +82 10-2720-9604)
- Email: quintin@runwithmeseoul.com
2. What the service does
Run With Me Seoul uses your location to provide the services below. You can agree to each one separately, and withhold agreement from any of them.
- Recording runs: records and stores your route, distance, pace, splits, elevation and time during a run. While a run is recording, location is collected even when the app is in the background.
- Running conditions: shows a running score based on the weather and air quality where you are.
- Routes near you: shows routes around you, and lets you draw and save your own.
- Route leaderboards: works out which route your run matches so it can show times for that route.
We do not provide your location data to third parties. No third-party provision means no notification duty arises under Article 19(3) of the Act.
3. Pricing
This location-based service is free. Should paid features be introduced, these terms will be amended, the price and conditions announced in the app, and your agreement taken again beforehand. Mobile data charges for using the service are yours, under your carrier's own terms.
4. Purpose and retention
| Data | Purpose | Kept for |
|---|---|---|
| Route recorded during a run | Storing and showing your runs | Until you delete the run or your account |
| Your position while browsing | Running score and routes near you | Not stored on our servers (cached on your device only) |
| Routes you save | Storing and showing your routes | Until you delete the route or your account |
| Access records (Section 6) — not location data | The record Article 16(2) requires us to keep | Six months, including after account deletion |
Your position while browsing is not stored on our servers. Coordinates are rounded to about 1km on your device before they are sent, rounded again to about a 5km grid on the server, and used only to answer the request.
So that the screen and the widget still work offline, the rounded coordinate and the last result are cached on your device. That cache never leaves the device and goes when you delete the app.
We destroy your location data at the time set for each case below:
- where all or part of the business is suspended or closed: at the same time as the suspension or closure (Article 11(1) and 11(2) of the Act);
- where the purpose of collecting, using or providing it has been met: immediately (Article 23(1));
- where you withdraw your agreement, in whole or in part: without delay (Article 24(4)).
The access record described in Section 6 outlives (2), and the law requires it to. Article 2(4) and 2(5) of the Act both define that record as excluding the location itself, so it is not location data and this Section does not reach it. Where the purpose has simply been met, Article 23(1) carves that record out of what must be destroyed, and Article 16(2) requires it to be recorded and preserved; we keep it for the six months set out in Section 6. Where you delete your account we sever the link to you rather than destroying the record early.
(3) is different. Where you withdraw your agreement, Article 24(4) puts the access record inside what must be destroyed, without delay, alongside the location data itself. Six months is how long it lasts in ordinary use, not a floor we hold it behind when you withdraw. Section 5 sets out what a full and a partial withdrawal each destroy.
(1) splits. Where we suspend the service, Article 11(1) reaches your location data only and the access record is kept. Where we close it, Article 11(2) requires the records of how your location was used and shared to be destroyed at the same time, even where the period for which Article 6(5) of the Standards for Administrative and Technical Protection of Location Information requires the location handling register to be kept (Section 6) has not yet run out.
Where you delete your account in the app, your location data is destroyed immediately. Where you ask by email, we destroy it without delay once you reply to our confirmation email from the account's email address and, unless a legitimate reason prevents it, within 5 days of the day you reply.
Location data and access records destroyed under (1) to (3) above or on account deletion are removed from the service database, but can remain for about 7 days in the database backups we keep to recover from a failure. Backups are created daily and only the latest 7 are kept; older copies are destroyed in turn. We do not open or use backups for any other purpose. If we ever restore the database from a backup, we destroy again everything destroyed after that backup was made before the service runs on it. Run summaries, including a simplified route line, are in those backups; full GPS track files are not.
5. Your rights
- Withdrawing agreement: turn any service off under Me → Preferences → Location in the app. You can withdraw all or part of it, and turning one off leaves the others working. Withdrawing stops collection for that service immediately and destroys what Article 24(4) requires.
Removing the location permission in your device settings is not a withdrawal. It stops your device handing us your location, which stops collection just as effectively, but it is not an act under Article 24(1) and so it does not trigger the destruction in Article 24(4): your agreement stands and what we already hold is kept. To have that data destroyed, withdraw here in the app. - Temporary suspension: in the app, under Me → Preferences → Location, switching a service off offers Pause collecting. Choosing it stops collecting your location for that service and leaves everything else standing: your consent remains, nothing is destroyed, and the access records in Section 6 are kept. You can switch it back on at any time, and we will not ask for your consent again. This is the technical means Article 24(2) requires, and it is deliberately separate from withdrawing, which carries destruction under Article 24(4).
Ending a run also stops that run's collection immediately, as does withdrawing.
The Pause button on the run screen is a different control: it pauses your run, not the collection, and location keeps being recorded until you finish. To stop collecting, finish the run, or use Pause collecting or withdraw in Preferences. - Viewing and correcting: your saved runs and routes are visible in the app. You may also ask to view or be told the contents of your location access records, and to have any errors in them corrected. Ask at the contact in section 1 or the manager in section 7. We will not refuse without good reason.
This right applies while your account exists. Deleting your account severs the link between you and the access records, so the rows that remain for the rest of their six months can no longer be traced back to you and cannot be produced on request. If you want to see them, ask before you delete the account. - Deletion: delete individual runs and routes in the app. To delete your whole account use Me → Delete account or the account deletion page.
This covers your location data. It does not normally reach the access records in Section 6, which Article 16(2) requires us to record and preserve, which we keep for the period set out there, and which hold no location. Outside a withdrawal we cannot delete those early, for you or for ourselves; what deletion does do is sever the link between them and you.
Withdrawing consent is different. Article 24(4) requires us to destroy the access records as well. Withdraw one service and we destroy that service's location data together with the records of how it was used and shared; Article 24(4) limits a partial withdrawal to those, so the records of collection are kept for the rest of the period in Section 6. Where no service you consented to is left, that is a full withdrawal and the records of collection are destroyed too. A service you have only paused still holds your consent, so while one remains, a withdrawal is a partial one.
This service is for people aged 14 and over. We do not allow accounts for under-14s. We also do not serve the groups covered by Article 26 of the Act (children aged 8 and under, adults under guardianship, and registered persons with a severe intellectual disability), and we hold no location data consented to by a guardian.
6. Location access records
Article 16(2) of the Act requires us to automatically record and preserve data confirming the collection, use and provision of your location. Article 6(1) of the Standards for Administrative and Technical Protection of Location Information puts those records in the location handling register, and Article 6(5) requires that register to be kept for at least six months. We keep them for six months and destroy them within 8 days from the day that period ends.
These records cover who requested collection, when and by what method, and who received the data, how it was obtained, and when and how it was used or provided. They do not contain the location itself: Article 2(4) and 2(5) of the Act each define these records as excluding it. Because we provide nothing to third parties, the "recipient" field never applies.
7. Location information manager
The person responsible for protecting location data and handling complaints about it:
- Name: Quintin James Willekens
- Position: Owner
- Email: quintin@runwithmeseoul.com
- Phone: 010-2720-9604 (from outside Korea: +82 10-2720-9604)
8. Remedies and disputes
Where you suffer loss because we breached Articles 15 to 26 of the Act, you may claim damages from us.
Where a location-related dispute cannot be settled with us directly, you may apply to the Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee.
The Korean version of these terms governs. General app terms are in the app terms, and how personal information is handled is in the app privacy policy.
Effective date
These terms take effect on September 30, 2026.