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Privacy Policy

Last updated: February 18, 2026

At Japan For The Mind, we take your privacy seriously. We are committed to transparency in how we collect, use, and protect your information, and we hold ourselves to internationally recognized standards including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — regardless of where you are located.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have. By using our website or purchasing our products, you agree to the practices described here.

1. Information We Collect

Information you provide directly:

  • Email address — when you subscribe to receive a free resource, create an account, or make a purchase
  • Name — when you create an account or check out
  • Payment information — collected and processed by Polar (our merchant of record) and its payment infrastructure; we never store your card details on our servers

Information collected automatically:

  • Pages visited, time spent on pages, and click behavior (via PostHog analytics)
  • Device type, operating system, and browser
  • IP address and general geographic location
  • Referring website or search query that led you here
  • Cookies and similar tracking technologies

2. Legal Basis for Processing (EEA/UK Users)

If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we process your personal data on the following legal bases:

  • Contractual necessity — to fulfill purchases, deliver products, and manage your account
  • Consent — for marketing communications and non-essential analytics cookies; you may withdraw consent at any time
  • Legitimate interest — for fraud prevention, website security, and improving our services, where these interests are not overridden by your rights

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Process payments and deliver your purchased digital products
  • Send transactional emails such as purchase receipts and download links
  • Send our newsletter and marketing emails, only if you have separately opted in (you can unsubscribe at any time)
  • Understand how people use our website so we can improve it
  • Prevent fraud and protect the security of our platform
  • Comply with legal obligations

4. Third-Party Services

We work with trusted third-party services to operate our business. Each service may collect and process your data according to its own privacy policy:

  • Polar — merchant of record, payment processing, tax collection, and invoicing
  • Clerk — user authentication and account management (Clerk Privacy Policy)
  • Resend — transactional and marketing email delivery
  • PostHog — product analytics and behavioral insights
  • Cloudflare — content delivery network and file storage

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third party for their own marketing purposes.

5. International Data Transfers

Our services are operated from India and the United States. If you are located outside of these countries (including in the EU/EEA), your personal data may be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions that may not provide the same level of data protection as your home country.

By using our website and services, you consent to this transfer. We take reasonable steps to ensure your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

6. Cookies

Our website uses cookies — small text files stored on your device — for the following purposes:

  • Essential cookies — to keep you signed in to your account (via Clerk) and enable core website functionality
  • Analytics cookies — to understand how visitors use our website (via PostHog)
  • Preference cookies — to remember settings that improve your experience

Cookie consent: Non-essential cookies (such as analytics) are only activated after you provide consent through our cookie consent mechanism. You may change your preferences at any time. You can also control or disable cookies through your browser settings, though this may affect some functionality of the website.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to provide our services, fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, and comply with our legal obligations. Specifically:

  • Account data is retained for as long as your account is active
  • Purchase records are retained as required for tax and legal compliance
  • Marketing consent records are retained for as long as you remain subscribed, plus a reasonable period after unsubscription to demonstrate compliance

If you request deletion of your account and data, we will remove your information within 30 days, except where retention is required by law.

8. Data Security

We implement strong technical and organizational safeguards to protect your information from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. All payment data is handled by Polar and its payment infrastructure, which maintains PCI DSS compliance.

Purchased digital products may be personalized with your buyer and order information (such as your name, email address, and order ID) as a security measure to protect intellectual property.

While we implement robust protections, no online system is entirely immune to risk. We continuously review and improve our security practices to keep your data safe.

9. Your Rights

Depending on where you are located, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
  • Correction — ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Deletion — request that we delete your personal data
  • Opt-out — unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the link in any email we send
  • Portability — request a portable copy of your data where technically feasible
  • Restriction — request that we limit how we process your data in certain circumstances
  • Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interest
  • Complaint — if you are in the EU/EEA/UK, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at team@jftm.club. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

10. Children's Privacy

Our website and products are not directed at children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

11. Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those websites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. When we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please reach out to us at:

Japan For The Mind
Operated by Rockode Technologies Private Limited

Also see our Terms of Service.