Privacy
Policy

1. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly to us when you create an account, subscribe to our Service, or communicate with us. This includes:

• Account Information: Your email address, full name, and password when you register for an account.
• Payment Information: When you subscribe, your payment details (such as credit card number and billing address) are collected and processed directly by our payment processor, Stripe. We do not store your full credit card number on our servers. We receive and store your Stripe customer identifier to manage your subscription.
• Usage Data: We automatically collect information about your interactions with the Service, including pages visited, features used, and actions taken within your account.
• Technical Data: Your IP address, browser type, operating system, and device information are collected automatically when you access the Service.

What We Collect

When you sign up, we ask for your email address, full name, and a password.

When you subscribe, your payment details go directly to Stripe (our payment processor). We never see or store your credit card number.

We also collect basic technical information like your IP address and what pages you visit, which helps us keep the site running smoothly.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, operate, maintain, and improve our Service.
• Process payments and manage your subscription through Stripe.
• Send you the weekly newsletter and other service-related communications.
• Respond to your comments, questions, and support requests.
• Monitor and analyze usage patterns and trends to improve the user experience.
• Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities.

How We Use It

• We use your email to send you the newsletter and to contact you about your account.
• We use Stripe to process your payments securely.
• We look at how people use the site so we can make it better.
• That's about it.

3. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personally identifiable information to third parties. We share your information only with the following service providers who assist us in operating the Service:

• Stripe: Processes payments on our behalf. Stripe receives your payment details directly. See Stripe's Privacy Policy.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS SES): Delivers emails on our behalf, including the newsletter and transactional messages. See AWS Privacy Policy.

We may also disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid legal process, such as a court order or government request.

Data Sharing

• We will never sell your data. Full stop.
• We share data only with two services that help us run JDM Radar: Stripe (handles payments) and AWS SES (sends our emails). Both are required to keep your information safe.
• We'd also have to hand over your data if a court ordered us to, but that's about it.

4. Data Retention

We retain your account data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with the Service. If you request deletion of your account, we will delete your personal information within a reasonable timeframe, subject to the following exceptions:

• Financial and tax records: We are required by Japanese law to retain transaction and billing records for a minimum of 7 years.
• Legal obligations: We may retain certain data as necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.

How Long We Keep It

• We keep your data while your account is active.
• If you ask us to delete your account, we will — but Japanese tax law requires us to keep payment records for 7 years, so we can't delete those.
• Other than that legal requirement, we delete your data when you ask.

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

• All data transmitted between your browser and our servers is encrypted using HTTPS (TLS).
• Passwords are hashed using bcrypt and are never stored in plain text.
• Payment processing is handled by Stripe, which is PCI DSS Level 1 compliant — the highest level of certification in the payments industry.
• Access to personal data is restricted to authorized personnel only.

While we strive to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

Security

• Your connection to our site is always encrypted (HTTPS).
• Your password is hashed with bcrypt — even we can't read it.
• Payments are handled by Stripe, which meets the highest payment security standards (PCI DSS Level 1).
• We do our best, but no system is perfectly secure. Use a strong, unique password to help protect your account.

6. Your Rights (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These include the right to:

• Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Rectification: Request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
• Erasure: Request that we delete your personal data, subject to legal retention requirements.
• Data Portability: Request a copy of your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time.
• Restriction of Processing: Request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
• Object: Object to the processing of your personal data for certain purposes.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@jdm-radar.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

Your Rights

If you're in the EU/EEA, you have rights under the GDPR. In plain terms:

• You can ask to see what data we have about you.
• You can ask us to fix anything that's wrong.
• You can ask us to delete your data (except what we're legally required to keep).
• You can get a copy of your data to take elsewhere.
• You can withdraw your consent at any time.

Just email privacy@jdm-radar.com and we'll take care of it within 30 days.

7. Cookies

We use cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of the Service:

• Session Cookies: Required to keep you signed in while you browse the site. These are essential for the Service to function and cannot be disabled.

We do not use tracking cookies, analytics cookies, or advertising cookies. We do not track your browsing activity across other websites.

Our site loads fonts from the Google Fonts CDN, which may set cookies or collect technical data as described in Google's Privacy Policy.

Cookies

• We only use session cookies to keep you logged in. That's it — no tracking, no ads, no creepy surveillance.
• We load fonts from Google Fonts, which is a third-party service that may collect some basic technical data.

8. Third-Party Services

Our Service integrates with the following third-party services. Each has its own privacy policy governing how they handle your data:

• Stripe — Payment processing. Privacy Policy
• Amazon Web Services (SES) — Email delivery. Privacy Policy
• Google Fonts — Font delivery. Privacy Policy

We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of these services to understand how they process your information.

Third-Party Services

We use three external services:

• Stripe — handles your payments.
• AWS SES — sends our emails.
• Google Fonts — provides the fonts on this site.

Each has their own privacy policy — we've linked them on the left if you want to read more.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. For material changes that significantly affect how we handle your personal data, we will notify you by email.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.

Changes

• If we make small changes, we'll update this page.
• If we make big changes to how we handle your data, we'll email you about it.