Privacy Policy
Local Model Watch (“this site") respects the privacy of its readers and handles personal information appropriately. This page explains what information the site collects and how it is used.
1. Operator and contact
- Site name: Local Model Watch
- Site URL: https://localmodelwatch.tsuchitsuchi.com/en/
- Operated by: the operator of Local Model Watch (an individual)
- Contact: Contact page
2. About this site
This site publishes articles under an editorial policy — scope, sources, publication criteria and how we handle corrections — set by the operator (an individual). Data collection, writing and publishing are handled by an automated system that the operator builds and maintains. The only place where readers are asked for personal information is the contact page. Reading articles requires no name, email address or account.
3. Information we collect
3.1 Access logs
The web server automatically records information such as your IP address, browser type (user agent), referring URL and the date and time of access. This information is used to keep the site secure, to investigate failures and to understand traffic in aggregate. It is not used to identify individual readers.
3.2 Cookies
This site runs on WordPress and may use cookies for purposes such as remembering your display language. You can disable or delete cookies in your browser settings, although some features may then not work correctly.
3.3 Comments
As of the last update of this policy, comments are not enabled on this site. If comments are enabled in the future, the name, email address and message you submit will be stored, along with your IP address and user agent for spam detection.
3.4 Contact enquiries
If you contact us through the contact page, we store the information you provide (name, email address and message) in order to reply and to keep a record. It is not used for any other purpose.
4. Analytics
This site may use analytics tools such as Google Analytics to understand how the site is used. These tools use cookies to collect traffic data. The data collected is anonymous and does not identify individuals.
- How Google uses data: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
- Google Analytics opt-out: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
5. Advertising
This site may use third-party advertising services such as Google AdSense. Third-party vendors may use cookies to serve ads based on your interests. You can opt out of personalised advertising here:
- Google Ad Settings: https://myadcenter.google.com/
- Third-party vendor opt-out: https://www.aboutads.info/choices/
6. Affiliate programmes
This site may participate in affiliate programmes such as the Amazon Associates Programme. In that case advertisers may use cookies to measure purchases and other conversions, but this does not give us your name, address or telephone number. If we join such a programme, the programme will be named on this page.
7. Google Search Console
We use Google Search Console to understand how readers reach this site from search engines. It provides aggregate statistics such as search queries, impressions and clicks, and contains no information that identifies individual readers.
8. External services and links
- Articles link extensively to external sites as sources.
- New articles are posted automatically to this site’s official Bluesky account.
Please refer to the privacy policy of each external service for how it handles personal information. We are not responsible for the handling of information on linked sites.
9. Disclosure to third parties
We do not provide personal information to third parties except in the following cases:
- when you have given your consent;
- when disclosure is required by law;
- when disclosure is necessary to protect a person’s life, body or property and
obtaining consent is difficult.
10. Retention period
Information is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described above, and is deleted once it is no longer needed.
11. Children’s privacy
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has sent us personal information, please contact us through the contact page and we will delete it promptly.
12. Access, correction and deletion requests
If you ask us to disclose, correct or delete the personal information we hold about you, we will verify your identity and respond promptly within reason. Please use the contact page.
13. Changes to this policy
We may revise this policy in line with changes to the law or to how this site is operated. Any revision will be published on this page together with the date of the last update.
Effective date: 7 September 2026 Last updated: 7 September 2026