Introduction

Hiragana Ninja ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website hiragananinja.com ("the Site").

Information We Collect

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our Site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device, including your web browser type, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages you view, referring websites, and how you interact with the Site.

Local Storage Data

Your game progress, level completions, and quiz scores are stored locally in your browser using localStorage. This data never leaves your device and is not transmitted to our servers. You can clear this data at any time by clearing your browser's local storage.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our Site. These technologies are used by us and our third-party partners for the following purposes:

Essential cookies: Required for the Site to function properly.
Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the Site so we can improve it.
Advertising cookies: Used by Google AdSense to serve relevant advertisements.

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our Site. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our Site and/or other sites on the Internet. For more information about how Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps, please visit Google's Privacy & Terms.

Third-Party Services

Our Site may use the following third-party services:

Google AdSense: For serving advertisements
Cloudflare: For hosting and content delivery
Wikimedia Commons: For stroke order animation images
Web Speech API: For text-to-speech pronunciation (processed locally in your browser)

Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Site is suitable for users of all ages. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

Access the personal data we hold about you
Request correction of inaccurate data
Request deletion of your data
Opt out of personalized advertising
Clear your local storage data at any time through your browser settings

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us through our website at hiragananinja.com.