Privacy Policy
Protection of Personal Information
AcademiaNote (https://www.academianote.site/en/, hereinafter “this site”) regards the protection of users’ personal information as an important responsibility, and complies with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) of Japan and other applicable laws and guidelines. By using this site, you are deemed to have agreed to the terms set out below.
Site Operator
| Site name | AcademiaNote (academianote.site) |
| Operator | AcademiaNote (sole proprietorship) |
| Person responsible | Akanon |
| Contact | Contact form |
| Operator’s name and address | As this site is run as a sole proprietorship, these are not published here. If you submit a request under Article 32 of the APPI, we will respond without delay via the contact above. |
Information We Collect and How We Use It
This site collects the information below. Unless you provide personal information yourself, you can browse this site freely and anonymously.
| When it is collected | Information collected | Purpose of use |
|---|---|---|
| Contact form | Name, email address, content of your inquiry | Replying to your inquiry, contacting you as needed, keeping a record |
| Comments on articles | Display name, email address, website URL (optional), IP address, browser user agent | Displaying and managing comments, detecting spam |
| Advertising and interview requests | Company name, contact person’s name, email address, details of the request | Responding to the request, performing the contract, invoicing and accounting |
| General browsing of the site | Cookies, IP address, pages viewed, referrer, device and browser information | Analytics, improving our content, serving and measuring ads, preventing unauthorized access and spam |
We do not use the personal information we collect beyond the purposes above. If we change a purpose of use, we will post the revised purpose on this page.
Providing Personal Information to Third Parties
Except in the following cases, this site does not provide personal information to third parties without the prior consent of the individual concerned.
- When required by law
- When it is necessary to protect a person’s life, body, or property and it is difficult to obtain the individual’s consent
- When cooperation is required for a government body to carry out duties prescribed by law
- When the information has been processed statistically into a form that cannot identify an individual
The transmission of information to the analytics tools and advertising services described below is not included here, because that information is sent in a form that does not identify individuals.
Cookies and Transmission of Information to External Services
This site uses cookies and similar technologies to improve convenience, analyze traffic, and serve advertising. Cookies do not identify you as an individual. You can refuse them by disabling cookies in your browser settings, although some features may then become unavailable.
When you browse this site, information is transmitted to the following companies.
| Service | Provider | Main information transmitted | Purpose | Privacy policy / opt-out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics (GA4) | Google LLC | Cookie identifier, IP address, pages viewed, referrer, device and browser information | Traffic analysis | Policy / Opt-out add-on |
| Google Tag Manager | Google LLC | Information required to deliver the measurement tags above | Managing measurement tags | Policy |
| Google AdSense | Google LLC | Cookie identifier, IP address, browsing history | Serving and measuring ads | Advertising policy / Ad settings |
| Microsoft Clarity | Microsoft Corporation | Cookie identifier, IP address, recordings of clicks, scrolling, and mouse movement on the page | Improving pages (heatmaps and behavior analysis) | Policy |
| Mieruca Heatmap | Faber Company Inc. | Cookie identifier, pages viewed, recordings of scrolling, clicks, and similar actions | Improving pages (heatmaps) | Policy |
| Visibility Kit | Visibility Kit (visibilitykit.ai) | Referring URL, pages viewed, user agent | Understanding traffic that arrives via generative AI services, and visits by AI crawlers | Policy |
| Gravatar | Automattic Inc. | A hash generated from your email address | Displaying profile images in the comment section | Policy |
| Affiliate services | A8.net, Moshimo Affiliate, Amazon Associates, Rakuten Affiliate, RENTRACKS, afb, felmat, and others | Cookie identifier, referrer, click information | Measuring advertising results | The privacy policy of each provider |
About Our Analytics Tools
This site uses Google Analytics, an analytics tool provided by Google. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect traffic data. This data is collected anonymously and does not identify individuals. For details, see the Google Analytics Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.
We also use Microsoft Clarity and Mieruca Heatmap to make our pages easier to read. These tools record how visitors interact with a page, such as how far they scroll and where they click. Personal information such as text entered into forms is masked and is not recorded.
Advertising
This site uses third-party advertising services (Google AdSense, A8.net, Moshimo Affiliate, Amazon Associates, Rakuten Affiliate, RENTRACKS, afb, felmat, and others). These advertising providers use cookies to serve ads based on your past visits to this site and other sites.
You can turn off personalized advertising in Google Ad Settings. You can also visit aboutads.info to disable the cookies used by third-party ad providers.
Advertising and PR Disclosure
This site contains articles, banners, and links that are published in return for compensation from advertisers. Such articles are clearly marked as “PR” or “Advertisement”. As a participant in affiliate programs including the Amazon Associates Program, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Whether or not we are compensated, we write our articles based on what we have actually verified, and we do not give evaluations that differ from the facts.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on this site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, together with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture is publicly visible alongside your comment.
Comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Cookies Used in the Comment Section
When you leave a comment on this site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website URL in cookies. These save you from re-entering your details the next time you comment, and they are kept for 1 year.
When you log in to this site, we set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies (it contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser), a cookie that stores your login information (2 days, or 2 weeks if you select “Remember Me”), and a cookie for your screen display options (1 year). The login cookies are removed when you log out. If you edit or publish a post, an additional cookie indicating the ID of the post you edited is stored in your browser, and it expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (videos, images, posts, and so on). Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor had visited that website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content. If you have an account on that website and are logged in, this includes tracking your interaction with the embedded content.
Web Server Logs
The web server of this site automatically collects and records the IP addresses of users’ computers as a countermeasure against spam and unauthorized access, but these do not identify individual users.
How Long We Keep Your Data
| Data | Retention period |
|---|---|
| Content of inquiries | 3 years after we finish handling the inquiry (unless a longer period is required by law) |
| Comments and their metadata | Indefinitely, so that follow-up comments can be recognized and approved automatically |
| Profile information of registered users | For as long as the account exists |
| Documents relating to transactions (advertising and similar) | The period prescribed by law |
All registered users can view, edit, or delete their own personal information (although they cannot change their username). Site administrators can also view and edit that information.
Security Measures
This site takes the following measures to prevent the leakage, loss, or damage of personal information and to otherwise keep it secure.
- Encryption of communications (SSL/TLS)
- Access restrictions on the admin screen, password management, and use of two-factor authentication
- Keeping software and plugins up to date, and deleting data that is no longer needed
- Appropriate supervision of any contractor entrusted with work that involves personal information
Requests for Disclosure, Correction, and Deletion
For the personal data we retain about you, you may request notification of the purpose of use, disclosure, correction, addition or deletion of the content, suspension of use or erasure, and suspension of provision to third parties. Please get in touch using the contact above. Once we have confirmed your identity, we will respond without delay in accordance with the law.
If you have left comments, you can request an export file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request that we erase that data. This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
We also accept complaints and questions about how we handle personal information at the contact above.
For Users Outside Japan
This site is operated in Japan, and the information we collect is managed in Japan. If you use this site from outside Japan, your information will be transferred to Japan.
For users in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom, our legal bases for processing personal data are performance of a contract and our legitimate interests when we respond to inquiries, and consent or our legitimate interests for analytics and advertising optimization. If you hold rights under the laws of the EEA, the UK, South Korea, China, or another jurisdiction, such as access, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, objection, data portability, or withdrawal of consent, please get in touch using the contact above and we will respond in accordance with the applicable law.
Minors
This site is aimed mainly at graduate students and researchers. If you are under 16, please obtain the consent of a parent or guardian before providing personal information. If we find that we have collected personal information from someone under 16 without that consent, we will delete it promptly.
Disclaimer
The operator of this site is not liable for any damage a user may suffer as a result of viewing this site or referring to its content.
The pricing and features of the research tools and services introduced on this site may change at the discretion of their providers. We describe them based on the information available at the time of writing, and we do not guarantee that they are accurate or up to date. Please always check the official website before you sign up.
The content of this site is provided for information only. It is not professional legal, tax, medical, or investment advice.
This privacy policy does not apply to the content or services of external websites linked from this site. The operator of this site is not responsible for the content of those external sites or for how they handle personal information.
Copyright
The copyright in the text, images, and figures published on this site belongs to the operator of this site or to the respective rights holders. Please do not reproduce or republish them beyond the scope of fair quotation. When you quote from this site, please cite the URL of the relevant article as the source.
If there is a rights issue with anything published here, please get in touch using the contact above. We will look into it and respond promptly.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
The interpretation and application of this privacy policy are governed by the laws of Japan. In the event of a dispute concerning the use of this site, the court with jurisdiction over the operator’s address shall be the exclusive court of first instance.
Changes to This Policy
We may revise this privacy policy in line with changes to the law or to the services used on this site. The revised version applies from the moment it is posted on this page. We will announce any significant change on this page.
Established: 2021-12-13
Last updated: 2026-08-07
AcademiaNote — Akanon, Person responsible