Privacy Policy 🔒

Last updated: September 29, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what personal information is collected when you visit yuzunamiko.com (the “Site”), how it is used, and what choices you have. The Site is run by Yuzuna Miko (“I”, “me”). I keep things simple: there are no user accounts, I don’t run advertising networks on the Site, and I don’t sell your personal information.

1. Who is responsible for your data

I am the person responsible for the personal information described here. You can reach me any time through the Contact page, including to ask questions about this policy or to use your rights (see section 8).

2. What information the Site collects

Information you give me:

• Newsletter sign-up: your first name and email address.
• Contact form: your name, email address and the message you write.
• Site reports: when you use the “Report this site” button, the reason you choose, any text you write, and the name and address of the reported site. No name or email is asked.
• Site suggestions: the site name, web address, category and reason you enter, plus your name and email address if you choose to add them (both are optional).

Information collected automatically:

• Analytics: the Site uses Google Analytics 4 to see which pages are visited, how visitors arrive (for example, from a search engine or another site), which device and browser are used, and an approximate location (country or city level). Google Analytics uses cookies or similar identifiers to do this.
• Technical data: like any website, the Site’s hosting provider receives technical information such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested, in order to deliver the Site and protect it from abuse.
• Saved on your device: the “Spin the Wheel” feature saves your picks in your browser’s local storage so they are still there on your next visit. This stays on your device and is not sent to me.

I do not ask for payment details, government IDs or any sensitive personal information. Purchases happen on other websites, not here.

3. How I use your information

• To send you my newsletter (monthly finds and discoveries). This is based on your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
• To reply to your messages and to review the sites you suggest. This is based on my legitimate interest in answering people who write to me and in choosing what to feature. If you add an email address to a suggestion, I use it only to reply about that suggestion.
• To understand how the Site is used and improve it (analytics). This is based on my legitimate interest in improving the Site.
• To keep the Site secure and prevent spam or abuse, and to comply with the law when required.

4. Who receives your information

• Google: newsletter, contact, site-suggestion and site-report form submissions are sent through Google Apps Script and saved in a Google Sheet that I control. Google also provides Google Analytics, Google Fonts and a favicon service used on the Site.
• Cloudflare: hosts and delivers the Site.
• GitHub: some small icons shown on Discoveries pages are loaded from GitHub’s servers.
• Other websites you visit through links: the Site links to other websites, including JPFans and the sites featured in Discoveries. Links to JPFans include a referral code so that JPFans can recognise visits that started on this Site. Once you leave the Site, those websites’ own privacy policies apply, and they may set their own cookies.

I currently keep newsletter subscribers in a Google Sheet. If I start using an email service to send newsletters, I will update this policy. I do not sell your personal information, and I do not share it for advertising purposes. I may disclose information if the law requires it.

5. Cookies and similar technologies

• Google Analytics sets cookies named _ga and _ga_ followed by an identifier. They distinguish visitors so that statistics are accurate, and typically last up to two years. To stop Google Analytics from collecting data about your visits, you can use your browser’s cookie settings or Google’s opt-out browser add-on.
• Local storage is used only for the “Spin the Wheel” feature described above.
• The Site does not use advertising cookies of its own.

6. Content loaded from other servers

To display fonts, icons and similar resources, your browser connects directly to servers run by Google and GitHub. When that happens, those providers receive your IP address and basic browser information, as with any request on the internet. Please see their privacy policies for details.

7. How long I keep information

• Newsletter details: until you unsubscribe or ask me to delete them.
• Contact messages, site suggestions and site reports: for as long as needed to reply or review them, and then for up to 12 months before deletion.
• Analytics data: for up to 14 months.
• Hosting logs: according to my hosting provider’s own retention practices.

8. Your rights and choices

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask me for access to the personal information I hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to its use, to receive a copy of it, and to withdraw your consent at any time. You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority. These rights come from laws such as the EU and UK GDPR, California’s privacy law (CCPA/CPRA) and Algeria’s Law 18-07. California residents can also be sure that I do not sell or share their personal information.

To use any of these rights, or to unsubscribe from the newsletter, contact me through the Contact page. I aim to respond within 30 days.

9. International transfers

Google, Cloudflare and GitHub operate in many countries, including the United States, so your information may be processed outside the country where you live. These providers describe the safeguards they use, such as standard contractual clauses, in their own policies.

10. Children

The Site is meant for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. I do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, please do not use the newsletter, contact or suggestion forms. If you believe a child has sent me personal information, contact me and I will delete it.

11. Security

I limit access to the Google Sheets that hold form submissions to myself and take reasonable steps to protect your information. No method of storing or transmitting data is completely secure, so I cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Changes to this policy

If my practices change, for example if I add a new analytics tool or newsletter service, I will update this page and change the “Last updated” date above.

13. Contact

Questions about this policy? Please get in touch through the Contact page.