Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 2024-10-07

At Akari, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect and how we use it when you visit our website or use the Akari application.

1. Local Usage

If you are running Akari locally on your device, no data is sent to any of our servers. All interactions, including the use of cookies and account data, remain entirely on your local device. Vercel Web Analytics and any other external services will not be invoked in the local environment.

2. Information We Collect

When you use Akari, the following information is collected:

  • Website Analytics: We use Vercel Web Analytics to gather anonymized data on website usage. No personal data is collected or stored through this feature.
  • Account Data: All account-related data, such as your MAL account token, are stored locally on your device in cookies. These cookies are sent to our API to enable features like bookmark syncing, but we do not store or persist this data on our servers.

3. Vercel Web Analytics

We leverage Vercel's Web Analytics to understand how users interact with our website. The analytics service provides detailed insights, including:

  • Top Pages: Identifies the most visited pages on the site.
  • Top Referrers: Shows where the traffic is coming from (e.g., external websites).
  • Demographics: Tracks data such as location, operating systems, and browser types.

4. Privacy Features of Vercel Web Analytics

Vercel's Web Analytics is designed with privacy in mind:

  • Anonymized Data: The data collected is anonymized and does not include personal identifiers like IP addresses or names.
  • No Cookies Used by Analytics: The analytics feature does not use cookies, ensuring that no tracking occurs outside of anonymized metrics.

5. Your Privacy Choices

As a user, you can control how your data is managed:

  • Cookie Management: You can manage or delete cookies directly through your browser settings at any time.

6. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we will update the date at the top of the policy.