Make Japan Home (“we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit makejapanhome.com (the “Website”) or contact us through the Website.
1. Information We Collect
Information you provide
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:
- Your name and email address
- The content of enquiries or messages
- Information submitted through contact forms or comment forms
- Any other information you choose to provide
Please do not submit sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your enquiry.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the Website, we and our service providers may automatically collect technical and usage information, including:
- Your IP address
- Browser and device type
- Operating system
- Referring website or page
- Pages viewed
- Approximate location derived from your IP address
- Date and time of access
- Interactions with the Website
This information may be collected through cookies, server logs, and similar technologies.
2. How We Use Information
We may use the information we collect to:
- Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Website
- Respond to enquiries and communicate with you
- Provide information or services you request
- Understand how visitors use the Website
- Identify useful content and improve the visitor experience
- Detect spam, abuse, fraud, and security incidents
- Diagnose technical problems
- Comply with legal obligations
- Protect our rights and the rights of others
Where applicable law requires a legal basis for processing, we rely on your consent, the performance of a contract or steps requested before entering into a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, or our legitimate interests in operating and protecting the Website.
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device.
We may use:
- Necessary cookies required for core Website functions
- Preference cookies that remember selected settings
- Analytics cookies that help us understand Website usage
- Security cookies used to detect abuse or suspicious activity
- Affiliate cookies used to record referrals and qualifying actions
You can restrict or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some Website functions.
Where required by applicable law, we will request consent before using non-essential cookies.
4. Analytics, Security, and Spam Protection
We may use services provided by Automattic, including Jetpack, to understand Website traffic, improve performance, monitor availability, and protect the Website.
If Akismet is enabled for comments or forms, information such as the submitter’s name, email address, website URL, IP address, browser information, and submitted content may be sent to Automattic for spam checking.
For more information, please review Automattic’s Privacy Notice for Visitors to Users’ Sites:
Automattic’s Cookie Policy is available at:
5. Affiliate Links and Advertising
Some pages may contain affiliate links.
If you follow an affiliate link and make a purchase or complete another qualifying action, we may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate networks and advertisers may use cookies or similar technologies to:
- Record referrals
- Measure conversions
- Prevent fraud
- Administer their affiliate programmes
- Analyse the effectiveness of advertising
The collection and use of information by affiliate networks and advertisers are governed by their respective privacy policies.
Compensation does not determine our editorial conclusions. We aim to identify advertising and affiliate content clearly where appropriate.
6. Embedded Content and External Services
Articles on the Website may include embedded content or links from third-party websites, including videos, maps, booking services, social media platforms, and other external services.
Embedded content may behave in the same way as if you had visited the third-party website directly. Those providers may collect information, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with their content according to their own privacy policies.
We do not control the privacy practices of third-party websites or services.
7. How We Share Information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share information with service providers that help us operate the Website, including providers of:
- Website hosting
- Security and spam prevention
- Analytics
- Communications
- Technical support
- Professional advice
These service providers may process information on our behalf for the purposes of providing their services.
We may also disclose information:
- When required by law or a lawful request
- To protect the safety, rights, or property of Make Japan Home or others
- To investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents
- In connection with a reorganisation, transfer, merger, or sale of all or part of the business
8. International Data Transfers
Some service providers may process information outside Japan or outside the country where you live.
The privacy laws of another country may differ from those in your jurisdiction. Where required, we take reasonable steps to use appropriate safeguards for international transfers of personal information.
9. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
The retention period may depend on:
- The nature of the information
- The purpose for which it was collected
- The need to respond to an enquiry
- Security and fraud-prevention requirements
- Legal, accounting, or reporting obligations
- The need to resolve a dispute or enforce an agreement
Information may be deleted or anonymised when it is no longer reasonably required.
10. Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect personal information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
11. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on the law that applies to you, you may have the right to request:
- Access to your personal information
- Correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
- Deletion of your personal information
- Restriction of certain processing
- Objection to certain processing
- Withdrawal of consent
- Data portability
- Information about how your personal information is handled
You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority.
To exercise a privacy right, please contact us using the method described below. We may need to verify your identity before responding.
Some rights may be subject to legal exceptions or retention requirements.
12. Children’s Privacy
The Website is not intended to encourage children to submit personal information without the involvement of a parent or guardian.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information inappropriately, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete the information.
13. External Links
The Website may contain links to websites operated by third parties.
We are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices of those websites. We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any external website before providing personal information.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to the Website, our practices, services, or applicable law.
The revised version will be published on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. Where appropriate, material changes may also be communicated through an additional notice.
15. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise a privacy right, please contact Make Japan Home through the contact page on this Website.