Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy
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Last updated: 2025/03/31

Travel Alone Idea, a Japanese video creator and blogger (hereinafter 'we', 'us', or 'our') operates https://travelaloneidea.com/ (hereinafter the 'Site' or the 'Website').
Your privacy is important to us and we are committed to protecting the personal information of users of the Site (hereinafter 'you' or 'your').

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy (hereinafter the 'Policy' or the 'Privacy Policy') explains how we collect, use, protect and disclose your personal information on this Site. By using this Site, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent, you may not access or use this Site.

2. Personal Information This Site Collects

While using this Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information (hereinafter the 'Personal Information') may include, but is not limited to your name and email address.
This Site collects the following types of Personal Information:

(1) Personal information that you provide to us, such as your name and email address, when you submit a comment on this Site or use our Contact Form.

(2) Information that is automatically collected, such as your IP address, browser type, and operating system, when you use this Site.

(3) Log data, Cookies and similar technologies that may collect personal information.

3. How This Site Uses Your Personal Information

This Site uses your personal information collected for the following purposes:

(1) To provide you with the services that you request, such as responding to your comments or inquiries.

(2) To improve this Site and its services, such as analyzing how users interact with this Site.

(3) To display targeted advertisements or promotions from our affiliate advertising partners and advertisers.

(4) To comply with our legal obligations.

The lawful basis for processing your personal data will depend on the specific purposes for which we are using your data. Below are some examples of the lawful basis for processing personal data:

(1) Legal obligation

We may need to process your personal data to comply with a legal obligation, such as tax or accounting requirements.

(2) Consent

We may process your personal data if you have given us your consent to do so, for example, to respond to your requests or inquiries.

(3) Legitimate interests

We may process your personal data for our legitimate interests, such as managing our business, improving our services, and communicating with you about our business.

4. Data Security

We take appropriate security measures to ensure the accuracy and safety of your Personal Information. This includes using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption to prevent third parties from reading or altering important information. However, we cannot guarantee that the transmission of data over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

This Site may use invisible watermarking technology in addition to visible credit notations (watermarks) on texts, images and videos. Invisible watermarks are a technology that embeds specific information into digital content in a way that is not visible to the human eye. For example, in the case of text, it involves intentionally embedding unique patterns or characteristics into the created text, allowing its origin to be tracked. This technology helps to prove that the texts, images and videos created are original and to track the original source if they are tampered with or copied without authorization. If our copyright is infringed through unauthorized reproduction, this technology serves as a security measures to prove that we are the original rights holders and to assert and enforce our legitimate rights, such as filing criminal complaints or claiming damages. This technology is solely used for copyright protection and content tracking purposes and does not collect or process users’ Personal Information directly.

5. Log Data

Like many other websites, our Site collects information that your browser transmits whenever you visit our Site (hereinafter the 'Log Data'). This Log Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

6. Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data, which stores the user's website browsing history on the user's computer. Cookies are transmitted to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer's hard drive. Like many other websites, our Site uses cookies to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being transmitted. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

(1) Cookie Consent Banner

You can manage your cookie consent on this Site with the cookie consent banner.

You can also revoke your previous cookie consent for this Site at any time. To revoke your previous cookie consent and select a new cookie consent, click the button below to redisplay the cookie consent banner and select again whether you consent to the Site's use of cookies.

By clicking the 'Accept' button, you consent to our use of all cookies.

To refuse our use of non-essential cookies, please click the 'Reject' button.

But, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Site.

If you would like to manage your settings, click the 'Customize Settings' button.

To manage cookie settings, toggle each cookie switch on or off and click the 'Accept selected cookies' button.

If any of the following conditions apply to you, this Site will respect that fact and the cookie consent banner may not appear on your screen.

(In some cases, even if any of the following conditions apply to you, the cookie consent banner may still appear on your screen.)

① Users located in countries or regions where cookie consent is not required (If this condition applies to you, the cookie consent banner may not be displayed even if you click the 'Redisplay the cookie consent banner' button.)

② Users who have visited our site in the past and have chosen to accept or reject our use of cookies (However, the cookie consent banner will be displayed again after a certain cookie consent storage period has elapsed. If you are located in a country or region where cookie consent is required, you can have the cookie consent banner redisplayed by revoking your previous cookie consent.)

③ Users who have special settings on their devices or browsers, such as cookie blocking, JavaScript turned off, or comprehensive privacy settings (such as 'Global Privacy Control')

④ Users using relatively old, non-updated or non-primary devices or browsers

For a better experience on this Site, we strongly recommend that you check your device and browser settings.

If none of the above conditions apply to you and you are located in a country or region where cookie consent is required, but you do not see the cookie consent banner on this Site, please let us know the name of the country and region in which you are located.

(2) Types of Cookies and Purpose of Use

This Site uses the following cookies to improve the user experience, personalize content and advertising, and analyze our traffic.

① Functional Cookies

This technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.

② Statistics Cookies

This technical storage or access is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify an individual.

③ Marketing Cookies

This technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

7. Disclosure and Transfer of Information

We do not share, provide or disclose users' personal information to third parties without their prior consent.
However, this does not apply in the following cases.

(1) When it is based on laws and regulations;

(2) When it is necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of an individual and where it is difficult to obtain a principal’s consent;

(3) When it is specially necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children and where it is difficult to obtain a principal’s consent;

(4) When it is necessary for cooperating with a state organ, a local government, or an individual or a business operator entrusted by either of the former two in executing the affairs prescribed by laws and regulations and where obtaining a principal’s consent is likely to impede the execution of the said affairs.

(5) When we investigate, prevent, and take action against illegal or suspected illegal activities.

(6) When we deem it necessary for the protection and defense of the our rights, property, or safety.

(7) When we use third-party service providers specified in this Privacy Policy to facilitate the smooth operation of our Site and to provide services on our behalf.

The external services currently used on this Site and the names of the third parties to which information is transmitted are as follows. (Some services that are temporarily not in use or in preparation for future use may be included.)

For information on the use of personal data by these external services, please refer to the 'Privacy Policy' page of each external service below. For information on how to stop the transmission of information to these external services, please refer to the 'Opt-Out' page of each external service below.

However, please note that if you stop transmitting information to these services, you may not be able to use some of the services offered by these external services, or you may be restricted from using them. These external services are not controlled or operated by us. Therefore, we do not guarantee that all information transmissions will be stopped by the methods described in the links below for turning off information transmission for each external service.

Affiliate Advertising Programs:
https://travelaloneidea.com/en/affiliates/

We provide services of our Site to users located in various jurisdictions. If we transfer your information to another country, we will use and protect that information as described in this Privacy Policy and in accordance with applicable law.
Personal Information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of the European Economic Area ('EEA') and the UK, where the level of data protection may not be the same as in the EEA and the UK. We will take appropriate measures to ensure that such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws.

8. Google Analytics

Our Site uses Google Analytics provided by Google to analyze and improve our Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit our Site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other websites they used prior to coming to our Site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our Site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit our Site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit our Site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to our Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to our Site by disabling cookies on your browser. For more information on Google Analytics, please see the Google Analytics Terms of Service page and the Google Privacy and Terms page.

Google Analytics Terms of Service:
https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/

Google Privacy and Terms:
https://policies.google.com/

9. Google Adsense

Our Site uses Google Adsense, a third-party advertising service, to display advertisements based on users' interests. Google Adsense uses cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our Site or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Site and/or other websites on the internet. You may opt-out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings in your Google account. For more information on Google Adsense, please refer to the following link.

How Google uses cookies:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies

10. Google Forms

Our Site uses Google Forms, a survey administration software provided by Google, as our Contact Form. By using our Contact Form, you acknowledge that the information you provide will be transferred to Google for processing in accordance with their Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review Google's Privacy Policy referenced above before using our Contact Form.

11. Affiliate Advertising Partners

Our Site may display advertisements and promotions through affiliate programs. The affiliate partners of those advertisements may collect data about your browsing behavior and may use cookies or similar technologies in order to personalize the ads that you see and to be able to track the placement of orders by the affiliate. This enables our affiliate partners to recognize that an affiliate link on our Site has been clicked and that a purchase has subsequently been made. If you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase, our Site or we may receive a commission from the sale (at no additional cost to you). As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Please refer to the links below for all the affiliate programs we are currently affiliated with and their privacy policies.

Affiliate Advertising Programs:
https://travelaloneidea.com/en/affiliates/

12. Embedded Content from Other Sites

Our Site may contain embedded content from other third-party websites, such as videos, images, articles, and so on. 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. We have no control over these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy practices or contents. We encourage you to read their privacy policies.

13. Links to External Sites

Our Site may contain links to external websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's website. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the safety, the accuracy, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. You shall use any external website entirely at your own risk. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every website you visit.

14. Retention Period

We shall retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which our Site collected your Personal Information, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. We shall promptly erase such personal information when it is no longer needed.

15. Your Rights

Under applicable privacy laws, you have the following rights with respect to your Personal Information:

(1) The right to access, correct, or delete your Personal Information

(2) The right to object to Processing of your Personal Information

(3) The right to restrict Processing of your Personal Information

(4) The right to data portability

(5) The right to withdraw your consent to Processing of your Personal Information

(6) The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided in the last section of this Privacy Policy.
You generally do not have to pay a fee to access your Personal Information. However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repeatedly submitted, or excessive.
In order to respond to your request, we may contact you and ask you to verify your identity or the content of your request.
These are security measures to ensure that personal information is not disclosed to people who are not entitled to receive it.
You understand and agree that by using our services, your personal information may be transferred to us and to third parties with whom we share information as described in this Privacy Policy.

16. Data Controller

The following individual is the data controller for the personal data we collect from users on our Site and we appropriately manages personal information with such individual playing central roles. Users of our Site may contact that individual using the contact information provided below.
Manager of the management team of the official website and YouTube channel

Contact Form:
https://travelaloneidea.com/contact/

17. Personal information about Children

Our Site is open to the general public but is not addressed to children. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children. The following individuals are considered children.

(1) Individuals under the age of 18 or under the age of privacy consent in the jurisdiction in which they are located.

(2) Individuals who have not reached the age of legal capacity to enter into a contract when processing data on a contractual basis.

If a user of our Site is any of the above individuals, the user shall obtain the prior consent of your parental authority and use our Site under their supervision in order to ensure that you do not provide us with your Personal Information unnecessarily.
If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your children have provided us with Personal Information and wish to remove it, please contact us using the contact information provided in the last section of this Privacy Policy.

18. Changes to This Privacy Policy

In the event of any change, modification or revision of this Privacy Policy, the changed, modified or revised Privacy Policy shall become effective from it is posted on this Site.

We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify or revise this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice to you, and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of our Site after we post any changes to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the changes and your consent to abide and be bound by the changed Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any changes to this Privacy Policy, you may not continue to use our Site, and you shall immediately discontinue using our Site.

19. Validity of This Privacy Policy

Even if any part of this Privacy Policy is unlawful or invalid under any law or regulation, the remainder of this Privacy Policy shall remain in full force and valid.

The original text on this Site, including this Privacy Policy, is in Japanese. The texts in other languages on this Site are automatically translated from the original for reference purposes only, so there may be errors due to the quality of the automatic translation.

In the event of any inconsistency or discrepancy between the Japanese original text and any text translated into a language other than Japanese, the content, wording, meaning, intent, expression, and context of the Japanese version shall always prevail.

When using this Site, in addition to the matters set forth on this page, you shall also read, understand, and agree to the matters set forth on the following pages on this Site.

If you do not understand or agree to any of them, you may not use this Site, and you shall immediately discontinue using this Site.

(1) Terms of Use :
https://travelaloneidea.com/en/terms-of-use/

(2) Disclaimer and Notes :
https://travelaloneidea.com/en/disclaimer/

20. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All the texts on our Site, including this Privacy Policy and other terms and guidelines, etc., are governed by the laws of Japan and shall be construed in accordance with said laws. In the event of a dispute between you and us, the Tokyo District Court or the Tokyo Summary Court shall be the exclusive court of first instance.

21. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our Contact Form below.

Contact Form:
https://travelaloneidea.com/contact/