Privacy Policy
This page explains what information may be collected when you visit Echizen Knife Guide, and why.
Information we collect
This site does not have user accounts, comments, or sign-up forms, and we do not ask you to enter personal information on the site.
If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in your message. We use it only to reply to you.
Hosting and server logs
Like most websites, this site is delivered by a hosting provider. When you visit, the provider may automatically process technical information such as your IP address, browser type, and the pages you request, for example to deliver the site and protect it from abuse.
Affiliate links and cookies
Some links on this site are affiliate links (see our Affiliate Disclosure). When you click one, you leave this site, and the seller or affiliate network may place cookies or use similar technology in your browser. They use this to know that you arrived from this site, so that a commission can be credited if you make a purchase. Their use of your information is governed by their own privacy policies, not this one.
On our Japanese pages, product images and banners for Rakuten Ichiba and Rakuten Travel are loaded from Rakuten’s servers. When such a page opens, your browser sends Rakuten the same information as for any image request (such as your IP address and browser type).
Embedded videos
Some articles include videos hosted on YouTube. They are embedded in YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com), which is designed not to store information about you until you play the video. When you play an embedded video, YouTube (Google) may collect information about your viewing under its own privacy policy.
Embedded maps
Some articles embed Google Maps to show where a place is. When a map loads, your browser sends information such as your IP address to Google, and Google may use cookies under its own privacy policy.
Analytics
At present, this site does not use analytics tools. We may add Google Analytics 4 in the future to understand which pages are read. If we do, it may use cookies to collect information such as the pages you visit, how long you stay, and your approximate location, and we will update this page before or when it is added.
Your choices
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking cookies does not stop you from reading this site.
Changes to this policy
We may update this page from time to time. The date at the top of the page shows when it was last changed.
Contact
Questions about this policy: echizen-knife-guide@proton.me