Privacy Policy

KORMA-USA does not sell personally identifiable information (PII) or customer data, whether through this website or in any other way.

KORMA-USA may share limited personally identifiable information as reasonably necessary with Korean martial arts governing, certifying, or rank-issuing bodies in connection with rank registration, certification review, promotion processing, lineage verification, and related administrative requirements.

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the KORMA-USA website, online forms, application workflows, billing communications, and related digital services. It is intended to describe our current practices as reflected in this website’s live features and connected service providers.

Depending on how you use the site, we may collect:

• Contact details such as your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and communication preferences.
• Program, inquiry, and registration details, including the martial art or service you are interested in, scheduling information, prior experience, and free-form messages you submit to us.
• Application and certification information, including selected services, rank history, school details, testing-eligibility details, uploaded file names, and related submission metadata.
• Waiver and safety information, such as date of birth, emergency contact details, guardian details for minors, electronic signatures, and photo/video consent choices.
• Enrollment and checkout information, including program selection, number of participants, and payment-session metadata.
• Address validation data returned by Google services, including a standardized mailing address, Google Place ID, and Google Maps link where available.
• Technical and preference data, including cookie-consent choices and locally stored application draft data on your device.

• Respond to inquiries and provide information about classes, seminars, and services.
• Create and maintain contact, inquiry, registration, waiver, and application records.
• Process enrollments, billing communications, and related administrative work.
• Validate mailing addresses before accepting address-based submissions.
• Prevent duplicate records and keep CRM data accurate.
• Track certification history, promotion history, and testing eligibility.
• Send emails or texts you have authorized, including account, billing, scheduling, and application updates.
• Maintain site functionality, security, and record integrity.

KORMA-USA uses a consent mechanism that stores your cookie preferences in browser storage and in a site cookie so your selection persists across visits.

• Necessary storage is used to save your consent choice and support core site behavior.
• Application drafts may be stored locally in your browser for convenience before submission.
• Optional analytics and marketing preferences are presented in the banner, but those categories are currently off by default and are not used to activate analytics or advertising tools unless the site is updated to do so.

We use service providers to operate parts of the site and process submitted data:

• HubSpot for CRM records, inquiry tracking, application tracking, and related follow-up workflows.
• Google Maps / Google Places / Google Address Validation to search, validate, and standardize mailing addresses.
• Stripe to create checkout sessions for paid enrollments. KORMA-USA does not store full payment card details on this site.
• Resend for application billing emails when that billing workflow is used.
• Vercel and related hosting infrastructure to host and serve the site.

These providers handle data under their own terms and privacy policies. Their use is limited to supporting site operations and our program administration.

We do not sell personal information through this website. We may share information:

• With service providers that process data on our behalf to run the site and support KORMA-USA operations.
• Within KORMA-USA for program administration, applicant review, billing, testing eligibility, and student support.
• When required to comply with law, legal process, or to protect rights, safety, or site security.

Based on the current implementation of this site, we do not currently use the website to sell personal information or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as those terms are commonly used in U.S. privacy laws.

Certain forms require you to affirmatively authorize text messages, emails, or both. Those permissions are used for operational communications such as application updates, billing notices, testing reminders, scheduling, and requested class information.

KORMA-USA provides services involving minors. When information is submitted for a minor, we may collect parent or guardian contact details, emergency contact information, guardian signatures, and other related records needed for participation, safety, and program administration.

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate programs, manage student and applicant records, support billing, document waivers and permissions, maintain promotion history, and satisfy legal, operational, or recordkeeping needs.

We use reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information, but no internet transmission or storage system is guaranteed to be completely secure. You should avoid sending information through the site that you would not want transmitted electronically unless it is required for the service you are requesting.

You may contact us to request updates or corrections to your information, ask questions about records we maintain, or request that we review a deletion request where appropriate.

California residents may also have additional privacy rights under California law, depending on the nature of the information and our role in processing it.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date on this page and post the revised version here.

Questions or privacy requests can be sent to info@kormausa.com or masterclay@kormausa.com.

You may also review our Terms of Service.