Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Sokumise (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit https://sokumise.com and our English edition at https://sokumise.com/en/.

We comply with applicable international data privacy standards, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK GDPR, and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

1. Data Controller

• Service Name: Sokumise (ソク見せ相場)
• Website: https://sokumise.com
• Contact: Available via our inquiry form

2. Information We Collect

We prioritize data minimization. We do not require account registration to browse our price intelligence data.

A. Automatically Collected Analytics & Technical Data

When you visit our site, our servers and Google Analytics (GA4) may automatically process:

• IP address (anonymized / truncated before storage).
• Browser type, operating system, and device category.
• Referring URL and pages viewed on our site.
• Interaction timestamps and engagement duration.

B. Cookies and Local Storage

• Essential Cookies / Storage: Used to store user preferences (e.g. theme, watchlist).
• Analytics Cookies (GA4): _ga, _ga_* used to distinguish unique users and analyze traffic sources. Analytics cookies are initialized under Google Consent Mode v2 with default restricted storage for EU/EEA visitors until consent is given.

3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Article 6)

• Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): For security monitoring, fraud prevention, CDN caching optimization, and maintaining site stability.
• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): For optional telemetry and analytics cookies, which you can manage or revoke at any time via cookie settings.

4. Third-Party Service Providers

We share data only with infrastructure providers necessary to deliver our service:

• Hosting & Infrastructure: Google Cloud Platform / Firebase Hosting (USA / Global CDN nodes).
• Analytics: Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC). Data is anonymized.
• Affiliate Networks: Outbound referral clicks transmit unique click identifiers (no personal identifiers like name or email) to verify affiliate commissions.

5. Your Rights Under GDPR

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or UK, you have the following rights:

1. Right of Access: Request confirmation of whether your personal data is processed.
2. Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): Request deletion of your data.
3. Right to Restriction of Processing: Request limitation of processing.
4. Right to Withdraw Consent: Revoke analytics cookie consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please submit a request via our contact form.

6. Data Retention

Aggregated, non-personally identifiable analytics data is retained in GA4 for 14 months before automated deletion.