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This website, “Following the SHŌGUN” (the “Site”, website address: https://followingtheshogun.com), respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This policy explains what data we collect and why.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why
This site collects certain personal data to prevent spam, improve user experience, analyze traffic, and serve advertisements, as described below.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string (also called a hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Contact Forms
Information submitted via contact forms (such as name, email address, and message) is used solely to respond to inquiries and is not shared with third parties. We may use Google reCAPTCHA to prevent spam when the form is submitted. Use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Advertising (Google AdSense)
This site uses Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service provided by Google.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. Alternatively, users can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
These cookies allow this site to recognize your computer, but they do not personally identify you. For more information, please see Google Policies & Terms: Advertising.
Analytics (Google Analytics)
This site uses Google Analytics to analyze website traffic and improve our services. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymous data about your visit, but it does not personally identify you.
You can prevent this data collection by disabling cookies in your browser settings, or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. For more information on how Google collects and processes data, please refer to “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services”.
Who We Share Your Data With
We use third-party services, including Google, for advertising and analytics purposes, and cookies and access data may be shared with these service providers. Beyond this, we do not share your personal information with third parties, except as required by law.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. Information submitted via the contact form is deleted after a reasonable period once the inquiry has been resolved.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have left comments on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us at:
email: followingtheshogun@gmail.com
Additional Information
How We Protect Your Data
We strive to protect your data through SSL encryption of communications and regular software updates.
Data Breach Procedures
In the unlikely event of a personal data breach, we will promptly notify any users who may be affected and report to the relevant authorities as necessary.
Automated Decision-Making and Profiling
This site does not perform any automated decision-making or profiling based on user data.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may revise this policy without prior notice in response to changes in laws or in the services we use. Any revised policy takes effect upon its publication on this page.
Published: June 14, 2025
Last updated: July 4, 2026
