Privacy policy
niwato (“this site”) respects your privacy. This page explains what information is handled and how.
1. What we collect
There are no accounts or forms on this site, and you are never asked for your name, email address or other personal details.
2. Analytics (Google Analytics)
To learn which pages are read most and improve them, we use Google Analytics, a service of Google LLC.
Measurement happens only if you choose “Accept” in the notice at the bottom of the screen. If you choose “Decline”, or make no choice, nothing is measured.
Google Analytics uses cookies (named “_ga” and “_ga_…”, kept for up to two years) to count, without identifying you, the pages you view, where you came from, the date and time, your device and browser type, and your approximate region. Google handles this data under its privacy policy.
You can change your choice at any time with “Cookie settings” at the very bottom of each page, or stop measurement with Google's Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
3. Information sent to other companies
When you open pages on this site, your browser sends information to the following companies.
- What is sent
- The map area on screen, IP address, browser type and the page URL
- Purpose
- To draw the map
- Their policy
- openfreemap.org/privacy/
- What is sent
- Cookie ID, page URL, referrer, date and time, device and browser type, IP address
- Purpose
- To understand how the site is used and improve it
- Their policy
- policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
- What is sent
- IP address, browser type, page URL, date and time
- Purpose
- To serve the site and block abuse
- Their policy
- www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
4. Cookies and browser storage
The only cookies are those of Google Analytics above, and only if you accept.
Your accept/decline choice is remembered in your browser's local storage. It is never sent anywhere.
You can delete or block cookies and stored data in your browser settings.
5. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. Changes take effect when they are posted on this page.
6. Contact
A contact form is in preparation.
Effective: 27 Sep 2026