Who We Are
Welcome to Tokyo Pop Culture — your source for news and commentary about Japanese movies, anime, drama, music, and more. Our website address is: https://tokyopopculture.com
Comments
When visitors leave comments on Tokyo Pop Culture, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture becomes publicly visible alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to Tokyo Pop Culture, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can extract any location data from images on the site.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience and last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, several cookies will store your login details and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen preference cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” will extend login cookies to two weeks. Logging out will remove the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved, which contains the post ID of the article you edited. This cookie expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on Tokyo Pop Culture may include embedded content (such as videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if the visitor has visited the other site directly.
These external sites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your activity if you are logged into their service.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any future comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in the user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except the username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on Tokyo Pop Culture, or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided.
You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not apply to data we are obligated to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.