Privacy Policy
Last Updated: July 24, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to Gundam Newswire ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected by gundamnewswire.com and how it is used.
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
2. Information We Collect
a) Personal Data
We may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Comments: Our comment system allows for anonymous posting. If you choose to leave a name or other identifying information in the comment fields, that information will be collected.
- Contact Form: When you use our contact form (powered by Google Forms), we collect your name, email address, and the message you send to us in order to respond to your inquiry.
b) Log Files
Like many other websites, gundamnewswire.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
c) Cookies and Web Beacons
gundamnewswire.com is hosted on the Blogger platform, which uses "cookies" to store information about visitors' preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the user accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based upon visitors' browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.
3. Third-Party Services
a) Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. You can opt-out of Google Analytics by using their opt-out browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
b) Google Forms
Our contact page uses Google Forms to manage inquiries. When you submit the form, that information is sent to us and is subject to Google's privacy policy.
4. Advertising
a) Google AdSense & DoubleClick DART Cookie
We use Google AdSense to display ads on our website. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy. You can manage your personalized ad settings here: https://myadcenter.google.com/.
5. Affiliate Links
Gundam Newswire is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and the Hobby Link Japan (HLJ.com) Affiliate Program, affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon and hlj.com. This means that if you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend products and services that we believe will add value to our readers.
6. Children's Information
We do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 (or 16 in the European Economic Area). If a parent or guardian believes that gundamnewswire.com has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under this age, please contact us immediately through our Contact Page, and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
7. User Rights (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights, including the right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us using the "Contact" page on this website.
