Privacy Policy - Japanese Kanji 🇯🇵

Introduction
This Privacy Policy describes how we collects, uses, and discloses information when you visit and use the website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner.
Information We Collect
We collect various types of information for different purposes to provide and improve our service to you.
a. Personal Information You Voluntarily Provide

Name Conversion Service: When you use our name conversion service, you may provide your name (in Roman letters or Katakana) to receive suggested Kanji translations. We do not store these names after the conversion is completed unless explicitly stated and consented to by you for a specific purpose (e.g., if you choose to save a preferred Kanji name to a user profile, which would require a separate user account system).
Contact Information: When you contact us through our contact form or email, you may provide your name, email address, and message content.
Comments and User Contributions: If you leave comments on our articles or contribute to any community features, the information you provide (e.g., name, email address, comment text) will be collected.
Other Information: Any other information you choose to provide directly to us through the Site.
b. Automatically Collected Information
When you access and use the Site, we may automatically collect certain information, including:
Log Data: Your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for various purposes, including:

To provide and maintain our Site and services (e.g., performing name conversions, displaying articles).
To notify you about changes to our Site or services.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Site when you choose to do so.
To provide customer support.
To monitor the usage of our Site.
To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
To improve our Site, services, and user experience.
To send you newsletters or marketing communications, if you have opted in to receive them.

Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose your personal information in the following situations:

With Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Site, provide the Site on our behalf, perform Site-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Site is used (e.g., web hosting providers, analytics providers, AI/API services for name conversion). These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Regarding AI/API Services (for Name Conversion): For the purpose of providing accurate name conversions, your input (e.g., name in Roman letters) may be sent to third-party AI/API providers (e.g., OpenAI, Google Gemini API). These providers typically process this data to generate a response and generally do not store the specific input data beyond the immediate processing, but we encourage you to review their respective privacy policies.
For Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Information may be transferred.
For Legal Requirements: We may disclose your Personal Information in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Comply with a legal obligation.
Protect and defend the rights or property of [Your Website Name].
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site.
Protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public.
Protect against legal liability.

Third-Party Websites and Services
Our Site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us, including but not limited to e-commerce platforms for merchandise sales. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Security of Your Information
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children’s Privacy
Our Site does not address anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location (e.g., EU under GDPR, California under CCPA), you may have certain data protection rights. These include:

The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you.
The right of rectification.
The right to object.
The right of restriction.
The right to data portability.
The right to withdraw consent.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Site, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By email: japanese.kanji.yuya@gmail.com
By visiting this page on IG: @japanesekanji