Privacy Policy for Beyond Kimono
Last updated: April 13, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information when you use our website. It also includes disclosures related to advertising, analytics, and affiliate links.
Who we are
Beyond Kimono (“we,” “us,” or “our”) publishes original articles on Japanese culture, language, travel, and everyday life, shaped by personal experience, cross-cultural comparison, and independent perspective.
Website: https://beyondkimono.com/
Email: hello@beyondkimono.com
1) Information we collect
Personal information you provide:
Your name and email address (e.g., via contact forms).
Automatic data (collected by our hosting provider and partners):
・IP address, browser type, device information
・Pages viewed, clicks, referral sources
・Date/time logs and error logs
・Approximate location (city-level only)
Cookies & similar technologies:
We and our partners use cookies, local storage, pixels, and similar technologies to operate the site, measure performance, and show ads.
2) How we use information
We may use information to:
・Operate and maintain our website
・Improve content and user experience
・Respond to inquiries
・Prevent misuse, spam, or fraudulent activity
・Deliver, measure, and personalize advertising (where allowed)
・Generate analytics and performance insights
We may share information with service providers that help us operate the site, including hosting, analytics, advertising, email, spam-prevention, and security providers. These providers may process data on our behalf.
3) Advertising (Google AdSense)
Third-party vendors, including Google, may place and read cookies on your browser, or use web beacons and IP addresses to collect information as a result of ad serving on this site.
How Google uses cookies
・Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on prior visits to this or other websites.
・Google may use advertising cookies (like the DoubleClick cookie) to enable personalized ads unless you opt out.
Learn more: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Ad partners and data usage
Google and authorized ad technology providers may collect or receive:
・IP address
・Device information
・Cookie identifiers
・Page activity
They use this information to:
・Measure ad performance
・Prevent fraud
・Deliver personalized or non-personalized ads
Opt‑out of personalized ads
・Google’s My Ad Center: https://myadcenter.google.com
・Google Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com
・US — AboutAds choices: https://aboutads.info/choices
・EU/UK — YourOnlineChoices: https://youronlinechoices.eu
How Google uses information on partner sites: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Other ad technology providers (if we have not opted out of third‑party ad serving) may also use cookies to serve and measure ads on this site. See Google’s ad technology providers list.
Note: You may still see ads if you opt out; they simply won’t be based on your past activity.
4) European Economic Area (EEA), UK, and Switzerland – consent
Where required, we use a Google-certified Consent Management Platform (CMP) to collect and manage consent for advertising and cookies in the EEA, the UK, and Switzerland.
You may choose:
・Personalized ads
・Non-personalized ads
・Ads measurement only
You can revisit or change your consent anytime via the “Cookie Preferences” link in our footer, where available.
Legal basis (GDPR)
Depending on your choice, processing may be based on:
・Consent (for cookies and personalized ads)
・Legitimate interests (site security, fraud prevention, and essential operations)
5) Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site (e.g., pages visited, time on page, referrers).
Google’s Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
More information:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
6) Affiliate links
Some articles include affiliate links. If you click and buy, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
We are transparent that these links help support our site.
7) Your rights & controls
Ad choices: manage personalization via My Ad Center.
Cookie choices: use the “Cookie Preferences” link in our footer (available to EEA/UK/CH visitors) to revisit consent settings.
Data requests: you may request access, correction, or deletion of personal information we hold by emailing hello@beyondkimono.com. We will respond as required by applicable law.
8) Children’s privacy
This website is for general audiences and is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
9) Data security & retention
We use reasonable safeguards to protect information, but no method is 100% secure. We retain information only as long as needed for the purposes in this policy and to comply with legal obligations.
10) Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date will reflect the latest changes.
11) Contact
Questions or requests? Email hello@beyondkimono.com