Privacy Policy

Backpacking Japan (“we”, “us”, or “our”) respects the privacy of our users (“you”). This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit our website.

Information Collection

When you visit our site, we may collect the following information:

  • Personally Identifiable Information: such as your name, email address, and/or other contact details when you subscribe to our newsletter.
  • Non-Personally Identifiable Information: such as browser name, type of computer, and other technical information such as operating system and the Internet service providers utilized when accessing our site.

Use of Information

The information we collect about you may be used for various purposes including, but not limited to:

  • Logging and analyzing this website’s traffic
  • Understanding interests and needs to better serve our visitors
  • Delivering you our newsletter
  • Responding to your comments and inquiries
  • Preventing, investigating, and protecting against spam, abuse, illegal activities, and unauthorized use.

Third-Party Disclosure

This website uses the following third-part services:

  • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how our site is being used. This service tracks usage and provides information such as referring websites, user actions, and demographic data.
  • Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to display advertising on our site. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users about goods and services that may be of interest to you. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your personal information to other parties without your consent.

Cookies

Cookies are small files which are stored by your web browser so that a website can remember your browsing activity. We may use cookies to help provide a more personalized experience by remembering your preferences.

Cookies may also be used by third-party services for advertising and analytics.

You may modify your browser settings to decline cookies, as well as remove any saved cookies. However, some or all functions of our website may be rendered unusable.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify our Privacy Policy at any time, so please review them frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on this page.

Last Updated: July 6 2024