Privacy Policy

Hiroki Tanaka (LHAS WEBWORKS Co., Ltd.) operates the https://japanese-names.info/ website (the “Service”). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Information Collection And Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes in order to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
Name
Payment information (processed securely through Stripe; we do not store your full credit card details)
Cookies and Usage Data

Membership Account Data

If you create a membership account, we collect and store information related to your account, including:

Account credentials (email and encrypted password, if set)
Authentication data (we primarily use PIN-based authentication sent to your email; password-based authentication is also available as an alternative)
Subscription status and plan type
User preferences and settings (such as default voice character, dark mode preference)
Favorite names lists and other saved content
Transaction history and billing records
Session information (you may be logged in on up to 5 devices simultaneously per account)

This data is stored securely and is used to provide you with personalized services, manage your subscription, and maintain the functionality of your membership account.

Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”), for example through the WordPress comment system and analytics tools. This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Authentication Cookies. We use Authentication Cookies to keep you logged into your membership account.

Use of Data

Japanese Names uses the collected data for various purposes, including:

To provide and maintain the Service
To manage your membership account and subscription
To process payments and prevent fraudulent transactions
To notify you about changes to our Service
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
To provide customer care and support
To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
To monitor the usage of the Service
To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
To send you newsletters or other information you have requested (you can opt out at any time)

Data Retention and Deletion

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to provide you with our Service and as described in this Privacy Policy. If you have a membership account, your account data will be retained for the duration of your account’s existence.

You may request deletion of your account and associated personal data at any time by:

Visiting your account settings page and selecting “Delete Account”
Contacting us through our contact page

Upon account deletion, we will remove or anonymize your personal data within 30 days, except where we are required to retain certain information for legal or legitimate business purposes (such as transaction records for tax compliance or to prevent abuse of free trial offers and other promotional programs).

Transfer Of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Japan and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Japan and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Japanese Names will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and that no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure Of Data

Legal Requirements

Japanese Names may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of Japanese Names
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liability

Security Of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

For membership accounts, we implement the following security measures:

Passwords are encrypted using industry-standard hashing algorithms
Payment information is processed directly by Stripe and is not stored on our servers
Secure HTTPS connections for all data transmission
Regular security updates and monitoring

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services, or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt out of having activity on the Service made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visit activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Payment Processing

Stripe

We use Stripe for payment processing. When you make a purchase or subscribe to our premium services, your payment information is sent directly to Stripe. We do not store your full credit card number on our servers. Stripe’s use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy, available at:
https://stripe.com/privacy

Advertising

Raptive

CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this Site for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here:
https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement

Links To Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

This Service is not directed to children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child under 13 has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Users between 13 and 17 years of age may use the Service only with the involvement and consent of a parent or legal guardian.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service prior to the change becoming effective and will update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By visiting this page on our website: https://japanese-names.info/contact/

Effective date: December 25, 2025