Privacy Policy

Purpose of Using Personal Information

About the site's privacy policy
About us
Our website address is https://secret-japan-journal.com/.

What personal data does this site collect and why?


Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor's IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.


About comments on this site

In order to combat spam and trolling, we record the IP address used when making comments.

This is a standard feature supported by blogs, and the IP address will not be used for any other purpose than responding to spam and vandalism. Additionally, entering an email address and URL is optional. Please note that all comments are posted only after the administrator has checked and approved the content in advance. In addition, comments that contain any of the following items may not be approved and may be deleted at the administrator's discretion.

・Anything that slanders or libels a specific individual or corporation.

・Anything that includes extremely obscene content.

・Anything that relates to the trade of prohibited goods or requests for acts that harm others, or anything that relates to requests or referrals for acts that are prohibited by law.

・Anything that is contrary to public order and morals, or that the administrator deems should not be approved.


MEDIA

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.


Contact form

Cookie

If you leave a comment on our site you can opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish a post, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the post you just edited. It expires after 1 day.


Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.


analytics

Who we share your data with

About the access analysis tool

This website uses the access analysis tool "Google Analytics" provided by Google.

This Google Analytics uses cookies to collect traffic data. This traffic data is collected anonymously and does not identify individuals. This function allows you to refuse collection by disabling cookies, so please check your browser settings. For more information about these terms, please click here.


How long to store data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.


YOUR RIGHTS TO YOUR DATA

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.


Where to send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.


Ad delivery

This site uses the third-party advertising service "Google Adsense".

Advertising providers may use cookies to display advertisements that correspond to users' interests.
For more information on disabling cookies and Google AdSense, please see "Advertising - Policies and Terms - Google."

Third parties may provide content and advertisements, collect information directly from visitors, and set or recognize cookies on visitors' browsers.


Disclaimer

The copyrights and portrait rights of the images posted on this site belong to the respective rights holders. It is not our intention to infringe on any rights. If there are any problems with the content of the articles or the images posted, please contact the respective rights holders directly by email. We will respond after confirming the matter.

If you are redirected to another site from this site via a link or banner, we assume no responsibility for the information, services, etc. provided on the redirected site.

We strive to post as accurate information as possible regarding the content and information on this site, but there may be cases where incorrect information is included or the information is out of date.

Please note that we cannot assume any responsibility for any damages caused by the content posted on this site.

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