Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 2025-05-21

1. Introduction

Welcome to JapanSteps ("us", "we", or "our"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at contact@japansteps.com.

This Privacy Policy governs the privacy policies and practices of our Website/Application at https://japansteps.com. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using our service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

2. Information We Collect

When you use our Google OAuth login, we request access to the following information from your Google account:

Email Address: We use your email address to uniquely identify you on our platform.
Profile Information: This may include your name and profile picture, which helps personalize your experience and allows other users to identify you if you choose to make public contributions (like comments).

We only collect information that is necessary for the functioning of our services.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To Provide and Maintain Our Service: To create and manage your account, and enable you to use the features of our service.
User Identification: To distinguish you from other users.
To Enable User Interactions: Such as allowing you to post comments.
To Facilitate Communication: To enable you to send inquiry emails more conveniently.
To Improve Our Service: To allow you to submit feature requests and for us to understand user needs.
To Communicate With You: To contact you with updates, or other information related to the service, if necessary.

4. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise share your Personal Information with third parties for their marketing purposes without your consent, except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy.

We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, and customer service. These third parties are obligated to protect your data and use it only for the purposes for which it was disclosed.

We may also disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.

5. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

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

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@japansteps.com.

7. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

8. 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.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By email: contact@japansteps.com

By visiting this page on our website: https://japansteps.com/privacy