Last updated: 6 November 2026
This page explains what happens to any information collected when you visit Our Japan with Kids (ourjapanwithkids.com). We have tried to keep it short and accurate rather than long and legalistic.
This site is run by a family in Japan. It is a personal travel blog, not a company.
What we do not collect
We do not ask you for personal information. There is no contact form, no newsletter, no account to create and nothing to sign up for. We do not sell, rent or share personal information with anyone.
Analytics and affiliate tracking
We do not run Google Analytics, advertising pixels or similar general-purpose tracking.
We do load one third-party script, provided by ValueCommerce, an affiliate network. Its only purpose is to recognise links on this site that point to merchants we have an affiliate relationship with, and to credit us if you go on to make a booking or purchase. It may set a cookie for that purpose. It is not used to build a profile of you or to show you advertising, and we never receive your personal or payment information through it.
If we add general analytics in future in order to understand which articles are useful, we will update this page to say what we use and what it collects.
Comments
If you leave a comment, the comment itself and the name and email address you enter are stored, along with your IP address and browser user agent string. This is standard WordPress behaviour and is used to help detect spam.
Your email address is not published and is not used to contact you for any other purpose. If you would like a comment and its associated data deleted, get in touch and we will remove it.
Cookies
If you leave a comment, WordPress may set cookies to save your name, email address and website so you do not have to type them again next time. These are optional and last for one year.
If you do not comment, this site sets no cookies of its own. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time.
Embedded content from other sites
Articles may include embedded content such as maps or videos. Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited that website directly, and those sites may collect data about you, use cookies and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. We have no control over what they collect.
Affiliate links
We intend to join affiliate programmes for travel services such as hotel booking sites. Where an article contains an affiliate link, it will say so clearly, and our affiliate disclosure explains how we use them.
If you click an affiliate link, the company at the other end may set a cookie to record that you arrived from this site, so that any booking you make is credited to us. That cookie belongs to them, not to us, and is covered by their own privacy policy. We never receive your payment details or personal information from them — only anonymous reports of whether a booking was made.
How long we keep information
Comments and their metadata are kept indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognised and approved automatically rather than held in a moderation queue.
Your rights
If you have left a comment on this site, you can ask to receive a copy of the data we hold about you, or ask us to delete it. We will do so unless we are required to keep it for legal or security reasons.
Children
This site is written for adults planning family travel. We do not knowingly collect information from children.
Changes to this policy
If what we collect changes — for example if we add analytics or join an affiliate programme — we will update this page and change the date at the top.
Contact
If you have a question about this policy or about data we may hold, please leave a comment on any article and we will reply.