Last updated: October 6, 2026
U.S. Money Guide for Japanese Expats, a Go Abroad Guide publication (“we”, “us”, or “our”), operates https://usa.go-abroad-guide.com/ (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information and usage data.
1. Controller
The operator and data controller are identified in our Impressum. Contact: info@usa.go-abroad-guide.com.
2. Information We May Collect
Depending on how you use the Site, we may collect:
- information you voluntarily provide through contact forms, such as your name, email address, and message;
- server-log and usage data, such as IP address, browser type, device information, date and time of access, pages viewed, and referring pages;
- cookie and consent information and identifiers used for analytics, advertising, or affiliate attribution;
- aggregated analytics information generated by tools such as Google Analytics.
We do not normally ask visitors to provide bank-account numbers, credit-card numbers, driver’s-license numbers, or similar sensitive financial or identity information when browsing the Site or contacting us.
3. Purposes of Processing
We process information to operate and secure the Site, respond to inquiries, understand Site usage, improve content, prevent abuse and spam, administer cookie consent and affiliate attribution, and comply with legal obligations.
4. Legal Bases under the GDPR
Where the GDPR applies, we may process personal data based on consent (Art. 6(1)(a)), steps related to a contract (Art. 6(1)(b)), legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c)), or legitimate interests in operating, securing, and improving the Site (Art. 6(1)(f)).
5. Cookies and Consent
The Site may use cookies and similar technologies for essential functions, analytics, advertising, and affiliate attribution. Where consent is legally required, non-essential cookies are used only after consent.
You may manage consent through our cookie-consent interface and through your browser settings.
6. Google Analytics
We may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Site and to improve our content. Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies to generate aggregated usage statistics.
Where required by law, Google Analytics is activated only after the user’s consent. Please consult Google’s privacy documentation for additional information about Google’s processing practices.
7. Advertising and Affiliate Programs
The Site may participate in Amazon Associates and affiliate programs relating to financial products, travel, telecommunications, international money transfers, and other services.
Affiliate partners may use cookies, click identifiers, or similar technologies for attribution and fraud prevention. Partners and programs may change over time. Please also see our Affiliate Disclosure and the disclosures displayed on individual articles.
8. Service Providers and International Transfers
We may use third-party providers for hosting, analytics, security, email, and other functions. We do not sell personal information to advertisers.
Where personal data is transferred outside the EU/EEA, we seek to use providers relying on an applicable adequacy decision, Standard Contractual Clauses, or another lawful transfer mechanism.
9. Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including security, legal, accounting, and dispute-resolution requirements. Data may then be deleted or anonymized.
10. Your Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to the processing of your personal data; request data portability; and withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.
Users in the EU/EEA may also lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection supervisory authority.
11. Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information. No Internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our services, technologies, affiliate relationships, or legal obligations. Material changes will be posted on this page.
13. Contact
Questions or privacy requests may be sent to info@usa.go-abroad-guide.com.