Privacy Policy

Who we are

Nihongo Plaza is an enthusiast web site dedicated to those who want to learn Japanese language, are interested in the Japanese culture, life, travel and other related topics.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also 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. 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) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

Nihogo Plaza does not sell your cookie data in any way. However, we do use Google Analytics for insights on the content on the site. Advertisers, embedded video and others might sell your data. Make sure to accept or decline the cookie consent form.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has 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, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Affiliate links

When you click on a link on Nihongoplaza.com and buy or sign up for a subscription we sometimes get a small commission. This helps us keep this website updated with new free content.

Who we share your data with

Nihogo Plaza does not use or sell you cookie data in any way. Advertisers, embedded video and others might though. Make sure to accept or decline the cookie consent form.

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 any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

You can always request 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. Send an email to info at nihongoplaza .com

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.