Last updated: September 3, 2026
At Chiyo Lifestyle, available at https://chiyolifestyle.com/, your privacy is important to me. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit or interact with the website, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.
Chiyo Lifestyle is a personal lifestyle blog covering travel, fashion, beauty, home, food, wellness, shopping, and everyday lifestyle topics.
By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you contact Chiyo Lifestyle by email, submit information through a contact form, or otherwise communicate with the website.
This information may include your name, email address, and the contents of your message.
Personal information you voluntarily provide is used primarily to respond to your questions, comments, reader messages, collaboration requests, and business inquiries.
You are not required to create an account to browse the website.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit Chiyo Lifestyle, certain information may be collected automatically by the website or by third-party services used on the website.
This may include your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, approximate geographic location, referring website, pages visited, time spent on pages, and general information about how you interact with the website.
This information may be used to understand website traffic, maintain website security, improve website performance, and understand which content is useful to visitors.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Chiyo Lifestyle may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand website usage, analyze traffic, and support advertising.
Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your device when you visit a website.
Some cookies are necessary for website functionality, while others may be used for analytics, advertising, or other purposes.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a user’s previous visits to this website or other websites. Google’s advertising cookies may allow Google and its partners to serve ads based on a user’s visits to this website and/or other websites on the Internet.
Third parties may also use technologies such as web beacons, pixels, IP addresses, or other identifiers in connection with advertising and analytics. Google requires publishers to disclose these technologies and the possibility that third parties may place and read cookies on users’ browsers as a result of advertising.
Google Advertising
Chiyo Lifestyle may use Google AdSense or other Google advertising services in the future.
When advertising services are enabled, Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, and similar technologies to deliver, measure, and personalize advertisements.
Google states that users may manage or opt out of personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings.
You can learn more about how Google uses data when you use websites or apps that use its services through Google’s information about data use on partner sites and apps.
Personalized and Non-Personalized Advertising
Depending on applicable settings, services, and legal requirements, advertisements may be personalized based on information such as a user’s previous activity, or they may be non-personalized and based primarily on contextual information.
Google notes that different consent requirements may apply to cookies and personalized advertising in certain regions, including the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.
Where legally required, appropriate consent mechanisms may be used before certain cookies or advertising technologies are activated.
Analytics
Chiyo Lifestyle may use analytics services to better understand how visitors use the website.
Analytics information may include pages viewed, traffic sources, approximate location, browser and device information, and general website activity.
This information helps improve the site’s content, usability, and performance.
Contact by Email
If you contact Chiyo Lifestyle by email, the information contained in your message may be retained as necessary to respond to your inquiry and maintain relevant communication.
For general questions and reader messages:
For collaborations and business inquiries:
Links to Other Websites
Chiyo Lifestyle may contain links to third-party websites.
These links may include links to travel resources, products, services, retailers, social platforms, or other websites.
I do not control the privacy practices or policies of external websites. Once you leave Chiyo Lifestyle, the privacy policy of the third-party website you visit will apply.
Affiliate Links and Sponsored Content
Chiyo Lifestyle may participate in affiliate programs or publish sponsored content.
When affiliate relationships or sponsored content are present, they will be disclosed as appropriate.
Third-party websites reached through affiliate links may use their own cookies, tracking technologies, and privacy practices. Chiyo Lifestyle is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of those third-party websites.
Children’s Privacy
Chiyo Lifestyle is not directed specifically toward children under the age of 13.
I do not knowingly collect personal information from children through the website.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information through Chiyo Lifestyle, please contact me.
Data Security
Reasonable measures are taken to protect information provided to Chiyo Lifestyle.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Data Retention
Personal information provided voluntarily through email or other communication may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to inquiries, maintain business communications, comply with legal obligations, or resolve disputes.
Information collected through analytics, cookies, or advertising services may be retained according to the policies of the relevant third-party service providers.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including rights relating to access, correction, deletion, restriction, or objection to certain processing.
You may also manage cookies through your browser settings.
For advertising preferences, users may manage personalized advertising through Google’s advertising settings.
Where applicable, Chiyo Lifestyle may provide additional consent or privacy controls for visitors in regions where they are legally required. Google specifically requires compliant consent mechanisms for personalized advertising in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the website, services used, advertising technologies, or applicable legal requirements.
Any changes will be published on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the way information is handled on Chiyo Lifestyle, please contact: