Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Fudoki Japan ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services.

Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

• Register for an account with an email address and password. We store your email address, the display name you provide, and a cryptographic hash of your password. We never store your password itself.
• Sign in with Google. If you choose Google sign-in, Google provides us with your name, email address, and profile picture URL. We do not receive your Google password, and we do not request access to your Gmail, contacts, calendar, or any other Google data. The access tokens Google issues during sign-in are discarded once you are signed in — we do not store them and cannot use them to reach your Google account afterwards.
• Subscribe to Premium. Payment details are entered on Stripe's own checkout pages, not ours. We store only the customer and subscription identifiers Stripe returns to us, plus your resulting plan status (free or premium).
• Contact us via our contact form. We collect the name, email address, topic, and message you submit. This is delivered to our support inbox by email so we can reply.

2.2 Information Created by Using the Service

If you save a spot to your list, we store the association between your account and that spot, together with the date you saved it, so your list is available when you sign back in. You can remove any saved spot at any time from your list or from the spot's page.

2.3 Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, our hosting provider and the analytics and advertising services described in Section 4 automatically receive certain information about your device, including:

• IP address and browser type
• Operating system and device information
• Pages visited and time spent on pages
• Referring website addresses
• Cookies and similar tracking technologies

We do not keep our own log of the pages you visit. The one exception is our sign-up, password-reset, and contact forms: to stop them being abused for spam or for guessing which email addresses have accounts here, we count recent submissions per visitor. That counter is stored against an irreversible cryptographic hash of your IP address rather than the address itself, it holds nothing about what you submitted, and it is deleted automatically once the counting period has passed.

2.4 Precise Location

Our interactive map includes an optional "show my location" button. It works only if your browser asks for your permission and you grant it. Your coordinates are used inside your browser to centre the map; they are not transmitted to our servers and not stored. You can decline, or revoke the permission later in your browser settings, and the rest of the map still works.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our services
• Create and authenticate your account, and verify your email address
• Process your transactions and manage subscriptions
• Send you service emails you have asked for or that are required to run your account — email verification, password resets, and billing notices from Stripe
• Respond to your comments, questions, and customer service requests
• Display and remember your saved spots
• Analyze usage patterns and optimize our content
• Show advertising, as described in Section 4
• Detect, prevent, and address technical issues or fraudulent activity
• Comply with legal obligations

We do not currently operate a newsletter and do not send marketing email. If we introduce one, it will be opt-in and we will update this policy first.

4. Advertising and Analytics

Our pages load scripts from the following third parties, which set their own cookies or similar identifiers and receive your IP address and browsing activity on this site:

• Google AdSense. We use Google AdSense to display ads. Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising at Google Ad Settings, and opt out of third-party vendor cookies at aboutads.info/choices. See also how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
• Google Analytics (GA4). Used to understand which pages are read and how people navigate the site. You can opt out with Google's browser add-on.
• Pinterest. Our "Save" buttons load a script from Pinterest, which allows Pinterest to see that you loaded a page containing one.
• Map tiles (OpenFreeMap) and images (Unsplash, Pexels, Cloudflare R2). Loading a map or a photo sends a request — including your IP address — to the service hosting it.

These services act under their own privacy policies, which we do not control.

5. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information with:

• Service Providers: Third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf — Stripe (payment processing and subscription billing), Cloudflare (website hosting, database, and file storage), Resend (delivery of account and contact-form email), and Google (sign-in, analytics, and advertising)
• Legal Requirements: When required by law, regulation, or legal process
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets
• With Your Consent: When you have given us explicit permission

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies for two purposes. Essential cookies keep you signed in and are required for accounts, saved spots, and Premium access to work. Analytics and advertising cookies are set by the third parties listed in Section 4.

If you are visiting from the EU, the EEA, or the UK, we ask for your permission before any analytics or advertising cookies are set, and the scripts that set them are not loaded unless you agree. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time using the Cookie Settings link in the footer of every page.

You can also instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent, and you can use the opt-out links in Section 4 to limit advertising and analytics cookies specifically. If you block essential cookies, you will not be able to sign in or use account features.

7. Administrator Access to Account Information

Our site administrators have access to a list of registered accounts, limited to: name, email address, subscription plan (free or premium), email verification status, and the date an account was created.

This access exists solely to confirm that an account exists and to verify its status (for example, to assist with a support request). We do not collect any additional personal information beyond what is described in Section 2, and this account list is not used for marketing, profiling, analytics, or any purpose other than account verification. It is not shared with third parties.

8. Data Retention

We keep your account information, including your saved spots, for as long as your account exists. You can delete your account yourself at any time from your account page, without asking us first. Doing so removes your account, your saved spots, your sign-in details, and any outstanding verification or password-reset tokens from our database, and cancels any Premium subscription so that you are not billed again. If you would rather we did it for you, use the contact form and we will.

Email verification and password-reset tokens expire automatically and are deleted once used. Records that Stripe holds for billing and tax purposes, and messages you have sent us by email, are retained under Stripe's policy and our own records-keeping obligations respectively.

9. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

All payment information is processed securely through Stripe. Card details are entered on Stripe's pages and never reach our servers, so we do not store credit card information at all.

10. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: Request access to your personal information
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information
• Restriction: Request restriction of processing your information
• Data Portability: Request transfer of your information to another service
• Objection: Object to our processing of your information
• Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time

Deletion you can carry out yourself, immediately, from your account page — see Section 8. To exercise any of the other rights, please contact us using the contact information below. We will respond within the period required by the law that applies to you.

11. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites. We encourage you to read their privacy policies.

12. Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed to children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.

13. International Data Transfers

Our site runs on a global content delivery network, and the service providers listed in Section 5 operate internationally. Your information may therefore be transferred to and maintained on servers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ. By using our services, you consent to this transfer.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

15. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us: