Effective Date: [4/23/2025]

Welcome to America Japan Travel and Life (the “Website”), located at https://america-travel-wj.com. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Website. Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

1. Who We Are

This Website is operated by an individual blogger. You may contact us through our About page.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following personal information from you:

First and last name
Email address

This information is collected when you voluntarily provide it through contact forms, email subscriptions, or other interactions on our Website.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect from you for the following purposes:

To respond to your inquiries
To send newsletters or promotional emails
To improve our Website and user experience
To serve personalized advertisements
To analyze Website traffic using tools like Google Analytics

4. Use of Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (such as Google Analytics) to analyze trends, administer the site, and track users’ movements around the site. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Ads.

You can control cookie settings through your browser settings or by using cookie consent tools on our Website.

5. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may collect information:

Google Analytics: to understand how visitors interact with the Website
Google Ads: to display personalized advertisements
Google reCAPTCHA: to protect our forms from spam

These services may collect data according to their own privacy policies.

6. Email Communications

If you sign up for email updates, we may send you newsletters or promotional content. You can unsubscribe at any time using the “unsubscribe” link in the email.

7. Your Privacy Rights

CalOPPA (California Online Privacy Protection Act)

Users can visit our site anonymously.
This Privacy Policy is linked on our homepage.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on this page.
You can change your personal information by contacting us.

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the right to:

Access, update, or delete your personal information
Object to or restrict processing of your personal information
Withdraw consent at any time
Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority

CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to:

Know what personal data is being collected
Request deletion of your data
Opt out of the sale of your personal data (we do not sell data)
Non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us through our About page.

8. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our Website is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Effective Date” and will be effective as soon as it is accessible.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us via our About page.

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