Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 11, 2026
1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy explains how Japonity.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit our website. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable data protection laws.
2. What Data We Collect
We collect the following types of personal data:
- Contact form submissions: Your name, email address, and message content when you use our contact form.
- Technical data: IP address, browser type, operating system, and pages visited. This data is collected automatically for security and performance purposes.
- Cookies: Small text files stored on your device as described in section 4 below.
We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors interact with our website. GA4 collects anonymized usage data such as pages visited, session duration, and general geographic region. This data helps us improve our content and user experience. Google Analytics may set cookies on your device. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
3. Cookies
Our website uses the following categories of cookies:
- Essential cookies: Required for the basic operation of the website, including WordPress session cookies.
- Performance cookies: Set by W3 Total Cache to improve page load times and site performance.
- Analytics cookies: Set by Google Analytics 4 to collect anonymized usage statistics. These cookies (e.g., _ga, _ga_*) help us understand how visitors use our site.
- Security cookies: Set by Wordfence to protect the website against malicious activity and to verify legitimate visitors.
We do not use advertising or third-party tracking cookies. You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of the website.
4. Contact Form
When you submit a message through our contact form (powered by Contact Form 7), we collect your name, email address, and message. This data is used solely to respond to your inquiry. We process this data on the legal basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) and our legitimate interest in responding to communications (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Contact form submissions are stored in our WordPress database and sent to us via email. We do not share this data with third parties.
5. Third-Party Services
Our website uses the following third-party services that may process data on our behalf:
- Google Analytics 4: Web analytics service by Google that collects anonymized usage data to help us understand site traffic and user behavior. Data is processed by Google in accordance with their Privacy Policy.
- WordPress: Content management system used to operate the website.
- W3 Total Cache: Caching plugin that improves website performance. It may store cached versions of pages and set performance-related cookies.
- Wordfence: Security plugin that monitors traffic and blocks malicious activity. It processes IP addresses and request data to protect the site.
- Yoast SEO: Search engine optimization plugin. It does not collect personal data from visitors.
6. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected:
- Contact form data: Retained for up to 1 year after your inquiry has been resolved, then deleted.
- Security logs: Retained for up to 90 days, then automatically purged.
- Cookies: Expire according to their individual lifespans, typically ranging from session-only to 1 year.
7. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right of access: You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification: You may request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to erasure: You may request that we delete your personal data, subject to any legal obligations requiring us to retain it.
- Right to data portability: You may request that we provide your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
- Right to restriction: You may request that we restrict the processing of your data under certain circumstances.
- Right to object: You may object to the processing of your data where we rely on legitimate interest as the legal basis.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at k.miyazawa@aurant-technologies.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe your data has been processed unlawfully.
8. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.