This Privacy Policy explains how Private Wisdom (“this blog”, “we”) handles information about visitors. We follow Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other applicable laws.
1. Information we collect and why
- Contact form: your name, email address, subject and message. Used only to reply to your enquiry.
- Comments: your name (a nickname is fine), email address, comment text and IP address. Used to display and moderate comments and to prevent spam. Comments are published only after review, and email addresses are never shown.
- Usage data: through cookies and similar technologies we receive the pages you view, the referring site, your device and browser type, and your approximate region. We use this to understand how the site is used and to improve it, not to identify individuals.
2. Analytics tools
We use the following tools. They collect traffic data with cookies or similar technologies; this data does not include your name or other directly identifying information.
- Google Analytics (Google LLC): How Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can opt out with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft Corporation): records interactions such as clicks and scrolling so we can review heatmaps and usability. Microsoft Privacy Statement
- Jetpack Stats (Automattic Inc.): counts page views per article. Automattic Privacy Policy
3. Advertising (Google AdSense)
This blog uses Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this blog or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this blog and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising in Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info.
- For details, see how Google uses cookies in advertising.
4. Affiliate programmes
Private Wisdom is a participant in the Amazon Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn fees by linking to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, this blog earns from qualifying purchases.
Articles that contain affiliate links are labelled “PR”. Compensation never changes what we recommend or how we rate it.
5. Cookies and your choices
On your first visit, a cookie banner lets you accept, reject, or choose which categories of cookies to allow. You can also block cookies in your browser settings, although some features may then not work correctly.
6. Sharing with third parties
We do not share your personal information with third parties without your consent, except where required by law.
7. Your rights
You may ask us to disclose, correct, stop using or delete the personal information we hold about you. We will respond promptly after confirming your identity. If you are in the EEA or the UK, you also have the rights given to you by the GDPR, including the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
8. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when laws or our practices change. The updated version takes effect when it is posted on this page.
9. Contact
For questions or requests about this policy, please use the contact form.
Established: 30 August 2025
Last updated: 20 September 2026