Privacy Policy
Last Updated: Y:2025, M:November, D:11
1. Introduction
Welcome to Tag Exploration (“the Website”). We are dedicated to sharing insights and information on Japanese travel, cuisine, and shopping coupons.
We understand the importance of your privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) aims to transparently explain how we (as the data controller) collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you visit and use Tag Exploration, and the rights you have regarding it.
By accessing the Website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the terms of this Policy.
2. Information We Collect
We collect two main categories of information:
- Personal Information You Provide:
- Comment Data: When you leave comments, we may collect the name, email address, and website URL you provide in the comment form.
- Contact Data: When you contact us via our contact form or email, we collect your name, email address, and any information included in your message.
- Automatically Collected Technical Information:
- Device and Usage Data: When you access the Website, we automatically collect certain information, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, access times, and the pages you have viewed. This information is primarily used to maintain the security of the Website and for our internal analytics.
3. How We Collect and Use Information (and Legal Basis)
We collect and use your data for the following specific purposes and using the following technologies:
- a) Website Operation & Maintenance
- Purpose: To display content to you, respond to your comments and inquiries, and protect the website from spam and malicious activity.
- Collection Method: Through your voluntary submissions (like comment boxes) and server logs.
- b) Website Analytics (Google Analytics)
- Purpose: We use Google Analytics to analyze how visitors interact with the Website. This helps us understand what content is popular and improve the Website’s design and content.
- Data Processing: Google Analytics uses Cookies to collect anonymous, aggregate information (e.g., pages visited, duration of visit). It does not identify you personally.
- Information Sharing: This data is transmitted to and stored by Google on its servers (which may be in the United States).
- Your Choice: You can opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- c) Affiliate Marketing
- Purpose: This Website earns revenue through affiliate marketing programs, including CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction) and other similar networks.
- Data Processing: When you click on an affiliate link (e.g., a coupon code or product recommendation) on this Website, a tracking Cookie may be placed in your browser. If you make a purchase within a certain time frame after clicking that link, the third-party affiliate network (like CJ) will record the purchase, and we may earn a small commission.
- Transparency: This does not result in any extra cost to you. These Cookies are used solely for commission tracking.
- d) Advertising (Future Plans)
- Purpose: We plan to use third-party advertising networks (such as Google AdSense) to display advertisements on the Website in the future.
- Data Processing: These ad networks use Cookies (e.g., Google’s DoubleClick DART Cookie) to serve ads to you based on your visit to this Website and other sites on the Internet (“personalized advertising”).
- Your Choice (Advertising): You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings. You can also opt out of many third-party vendors’ use of cookies by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices/ (for the US) or Your Online Choices (for the EU).
4. Third-Party Data Sharing and International Transfers
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information, except as described in this Policy. We may share information with third parties in the following situations:
- Service Providers: As mentioned above, with analytics providers (Google), affiliate networks (CJ), and (in the future) advertising networks.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law, or to respond to legal process, protect our rights, or protect public safety.
International Transfers: Your information (including personal data) may be transferred to, and processed on, computers located outside of your country, state, or jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your region. In particular, as a website with a global audience, your data may be transferred to the United States (where service providers like Google and CJ are based).
5. Your Privacy Rights (Under US & Japanese Law)
Depending on your jurisdiction (e.g., Japan’s APPI or California residents’ CCPA), you may have the following rights:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal information.
- Right to Deletion: Under certain conditions, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal information (e.g., you may request the deletion of a comment you posted).
- Right to Know (CCPA): You have the right to know what categories of personal information we have collected, used, and shared.
- Right to Opt-Out of “Sale” or “Sharing” (CCPA):
- Under the definition of California law, our use of third-party cookies for advertising and affiliate marketing may be considered a “Sale” or “Sharing” of personal information.
- We do not sell your name or email address in the traditional sense.
- To Opt-Out of such cookie-based “Sharing” activities, please use the cookie management and ad-opt-out tools provided in Sections 3(b), 3(c), and 3(d).
How to Exercise Your Rights: To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact details at the end of this Policy.
“Do Not Track” (DNT): Please note that our Website does not currently respond to browser “Do Not Track” (DNT) signals.
6. Data Security
We implement commercially reasonable security measures (such as SSL encryption) to protect your information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access. However, no transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
7. Children’s Privacy
This Website is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or the relevant higher age in your country). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13.
8. Third-Party Website Links
This Website contains numerous links to third-party sites (such as restaurants, stores, and booking platforms). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites. When you click these links, you are leaving our Website, and we encourage you to read the privacy policies of any new site you visit.
9. Changes to This Policy
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. We may notify you of significant changes via a notice on our website.
10. Contact Us (Data Controller)
If you have any questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us. For the purposes of this Policy, the operator of this Website is the data controller.
Contact: Contact Page