Who We Are
Our website address is:
https://japaneseculturehub.com
What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as 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.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS).
Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact Forms
When you contact us through a form or email, we collect the information you provide (such as your name and email address) only for the purpose of responding to your inquiry.
We do not use this information for marketing purposes.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name and email address in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience and 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 screen display choices.
Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year.
If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks.
When you log out, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, links to external shops).
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
Analytics and Advertising
We may use third-party analytics and advertising services such as Google Analytics and Google Ads to understand how visitors use our site and to display relevant ads.
These services may collect information such as:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Pages visited
- Time spent on the site
This information is used only for analytical and advertising purposes and does not directly identify individual users.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
This is so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
If you register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information you provide in your user profile.
All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username).
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request:
- An exported file of the personal data we hold about you
- 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 Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:
https://japaneseculturehub.com/contact/
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
Any changes will be posted on this page.