Privacy

Privacy Policy

This policy explains how Tokyo Side Streets handles data when you use the site.

Who we are

Tokyo Side Streets is an English-language Tokyo travel media site operated by the Independent publisher of Tokyo Side Streets. Contact: contact@tokyosidestreets.com.

What data we process

  • Basic server and browser request data needed to deliver the site.
  • Cookie-free, aggregate analytics data from Cloudflare Web Analytics.
  • Affiliate referral data when you click outbound commercial links.

Purposes and legal bases

  • Site delivery and security: legitimate interests.
  • Cookie-free aggregate analytics: legitimate interests.
  • Affiliate link attribution: legitimate interests and, where partner cookies are used after you click an outbound commercial link, the partner's own cookie and privacy terms.

Service providers and partners

The site may use service providers or partners in categories such as:

  • Hosting, delivery, and cookie-free web analytics providers, currently including Cloudflare.
  • Affiliate partners such as GetYourGuide, Klook, Airalo, Sakura Mobile, and Booking.com when relevant links are used.

Cookies

Tokyo Side Streets does not currently set analytics cookies for normal site browsing. We primarily use Cloudflare Web Analytics and Google Search Console to understand broad site performance without showing an analytics cookie banner on article pages.

Some affiliate partners may use cookies or similar technology after you click an outbound commercial link or use an embedded commercial widget. Those cookies are controlled by the relevant partner, not by Tokyo Side Streets.

International transfers

Some vendors may process data outside your country, including outside the EEA or UK. Where that happens, they are expected to use the relevant transfer mechanism required under applicable law.

Retention

  • Cloudflare analytics retention follows Cloudflare's current product settings.
  • Affiliate partner retention is governed by the relevant partner program once you leave this site.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to certain processing, and to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. Rights requests can be sent to contact@tokyosidestreets.com.