ISOCC Privacy Policy

Evergreen website version for ongoing use across annual ISOCC editions. Effective date: 20 March 2026.

Legal Entity and Data Controller

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the legal entity responsible for the operation of the ISOCC Website and for the collection, use, and protection of personal data through the Website is The Institute of Semiconductor Engineers (사단법인 반도체공학회), Republic of Korea.

This Privacy Policy explains how the ISOCC Secretariat, acting on behalf of the current ISOCC Organizing Committee (“ISOCC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal information through the official ISOCC website and related online services available at www.isocc.org and any successor domain or platform (collectively, the “Website”).

This Privacy Policy is intended to apply on an ongoing basis across annual editions of ISOCC. Event-specific notices may supplement this Policy where necessary for registration, abstract submission, sponsorship, exhibition, or other conference operations.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information you provide to us

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you contact us, subscribe to newsletters or announcements, create an account, register for an event, submit a paper or abstract, request support, apply for sponsorship or exhibition opportunities, or otherwise interact with the Website.

Depending on the context, this information may include your name, affiliation, job title, email address, telephone number, postal address, billing details, profile information, and any other information you choose to provide.

1.2 Information collected automatically

When you access or use the Website, we or our service providers may automatically collect technical and usage information such as IP address, approximate location derived from IP, browser and device information, operating system, language preferences, referring pages, requested URLs, timestamps, pages viewed, clickstream information, session identifiers, cookies, and similar diagnostic or security-related data.

2. How We Use Information

We use personal information and technical information as reasonably necessary to:

• operate, maintain, and improve the Website and related services;
• create and manage user accounts and process event-related interactions;
• communicate with you about registrations, submissions, schedules, news, updates, and support matters;
• administer sponsorship, exhibition, and other business relationships;
• protect the security, integrity, and availability of the Website;
• detect, investigate, prevent, or respond to fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, excessive automated requests, scraping, and suspected AI-crawling or other prohibited automated activity;
• enforce our Terms of Use, event policies, and other legal rights; and
• comply with legal obligations and resolve disputes.

3. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Website may use cookies and similar technologies to remember preferences, maintain sessions, analyze usage, improve performance, and protect the Website against abuse. You may be able to manage cookies through your browser settings, but some Website features may not function properly if certain cookies are disabled.

4. Server Logs, Bot Detection, and Security Monitoring

To protect the Website and its users, we may maintain server logs and use security tools that analyze connection details, user-agent strings, request patterns, and other technical indicators. These measures may be used to identify suspicious login activity, denial-of-service activity, credential abuse, malware, unauthorized scraping, or other automated access, including attempts to collect Website content or data for machine-learning or AI-related use in violation of our Terms of Use.

Where appropriate, we may use third-party hosting, content delivery, security, analytics, or anti-bot service providers to help operate and protect the Website. Those providers may process technical data on our behalf subject to contractual or legal safeguards.

5. Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal information. We may share personal information only as reasonably necessary in the following circumstances:

• with service providers that host, secure, maintain, analyze, support, or process transactions for the Website on our behalf;
• with event partners, organizers, or vendors where necessary to administer registrations, submissions, sponsorships, exhibitions, or other services you request;
• to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request;
• to protect the rights, safety, property, or operations of ISOCC, Website users, or others; or
• in connection with a reorganization, transfer of conference administration, or similar operational transition affecting the Website.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal information and technical logs for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including conference administration, account management, recordkeeping, security monitoring, legal compliance, dispute resolution, and enforcement of our agreements. Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information and the context in which it was collected.

7. Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. However, no website or transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and you use the Website at your own risk.

8. International Transfers

Because ISOCC is an international conference series, personal information may be processed in jurisdictions other than your own when necessary for Website operation or conference administration. Where required, we will take reasonable steps to implement appropriate safeguards for such transfers.

9. Children’s Privacy

The Website is not directed to children under the age of 14, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 14 without appropriate consent where required by law.

10. Your Choices and Rights

You may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information, or to unsubscribe from certain communications, subject to applicable law and legitimate operational needs. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.

11. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised version on the Website and update the effective date above. Your continued use of the Website after the revised Policy becomes effective constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy to the extent permitted by law.

12. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our handling of personal information, please contact: secretary@isocc.org