Scope
This policy covers the Japan Undercover website, the Japan Undercover Facebook Page, and Independent Publications Ops when it is used to prepare, publish, verify, or measure content on explicitly registered publication Pages.
Independent Publications Ops is an internal publishing tool. It does not currently offer a public consumer login or ask readers to connect a Facebook account.
Information handled
Website activity
- The Japan knowledge test stores scores only in your browser's local storage. No account is required, and those scores are not sent to Japan Undercover.
- If you join the email list, Japan Undercover stores your email address, your consent choice, the page you signed up from, the time, your IP address and the rough location derived from it. It is used only to send Japan Undercover email updates; we do not sell your email address or send it to Meta through the Pixel. Service providers may process it to deliver the requested updates. To unsubscribe, email contact@japanundercover.com.
- The hosting provider may process standard technical logs such as IP address, browser type, requested page, and timestamp for delivery, reliability, and security.
- Japan Undercover keeps its own visit log: the page requested, the referring site's hostname, your IP address and the rough location derived from it, your browser's user-agent string, and the time. It is used to see which pages and posts people actually read. No cookies are set for this; you can opt out from the notice shown on your first visit, and the choice is remembered in your browser.
- Study clips on the field notes play from YouTube in its privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). Nothing is loaded from YouTube until you press play; once you do, YouTube handles that playback under its own privacy policy.
Publication operations
When authorized operators use Independent Publications Ops, the tool may process Page names and IDs; post or Reel text; media and source URLs; publication rights records; scheduled and published timestamps; platform-generated post, media, and Reel IDs; delivery status; aggregate Page and content insights; and operational audit receipts.
Comments or commenter information are accessed only when an authorized operator specifically requests comment review or response work. The comment tools do not independently retain or alter commenter data.
How information is used
Information is used only to operate the publication: prepare and publish authorized content, prevent duplicate or unintended posts, confirm delivery, investigate failures, measure aggregate performance, respond to requested Page interactions, secure the service, and maintain accountable operational records.
Retention and security
Content records and publication receipts are kept only as long as reasonably needed for editorial accountability, duplicate prevention, incident review, security, and legal obligations. Aggregate insights may be retained for historical comparison. Subscription information is retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion, subject to limited suppression and compliance records.
Facebook access credentials are stored in protected local credential storage and are not displayed in operational output. Access is restricted to authorized operators. No transmission or storage system is perfectly secure, but the tool is designed to minimize access and fail closed when its publishing state cannot be trusted.
Optional Meta measurement
With your permission, Japan Undercover loads Meta Pixel to measure page views and understand visits from Facebook and Instagram. Declining does not affect access to our articles, videos or study tools.
When enabled, Meta receives the page address and technical information such as your IP address and browser/device details. Its cookies and identifiers can connect the visit to a Meta account. Meta may use this information for measurement and to personalize advertising and content, under its Privacy Policy. This is third-party sharing, unlike the separate first-party visit log.
Our site explicitly sends PageView events. Meta’s automatic page and product details feature is also enabled and may collect additional website details, such as page information, reviews or pricing where present. We do not explicitly send newsletter email addresses, typed answers, quiz scores or other form values as custom event parameters. Automatic advanced matching, automatic event configuration and portfolio-wide Conversions API are not part of this installation. We do not load the Pixel on local previews, or when the browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track. Pages containing query strings are excluded from this installation.
Your choice is remembered in this browser. Use Privacy choices at the bottom of any page to withdraw permission. Withdrawal stops future optional events and clears the first-party Pixel cookies we can remove; it cannot recall data already sent to Meta. For Meta account data controls, use Meta’s own privacy settings.
Your choices
- Use Privacy choices at the bottom of the page to allow or decline optional Meta measurement. Clearing browser storage resets that choice.
- Clear this site's local storage in your browser to erase locally saved quiz scores.
- Use the unsubscribe method in any Japan Undercover email, if email delivery is activated.
- Remove a connected Meta integration through Facebook's settings when applicable.
- Request access to or deletion of information reasonably linked to you by following the data deletion instructions.
This service is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13.
Changes and contact
This policy may change when the website, publishing tool, or legal requirements change. The effective date above will be updated when a revision is published.
For privacy questions, contact Japan Undercover through the Japan Undercover Facebook Page. Do not include passwords, access tokens, government identification, or other sensitive documents in a message.