Privacy & external services
What the Pukulink plugin talks to, and what it stores.
1. About this page
This page describes what the WordPress plugin Pukulink communicates with and what it saves. It also covers this website (pukulink.pukuo-pukupuku.com).
2. External services the plugin communicates with
Pukulink communicates only with services that the site administrator has enabled and configured. Requests are made for product search, store verification, price updates or affiliate-link generation.
Amazon Creators API
| Destination | api.amazon.co.jp or creatorsapi.auth.us-west-2.amazoncognito.com (OAuth authentication), and creatorsapi.amazon (product search and price retrieval) |
|---|---|
| Data sent | Client ID, Client Secret, Associate ID, product search terms, ASINs, marketplace information |
| Purpose | Obtaining OAuth tokens, searching Amazon products, refreshing prices |
| Terms & policies | Associates Programme Operating Agreement ／ Amazon Privacy Notice |
Rakuten Ichiba Item Search API / Rakuten Affiliate
| Destination | openapi.rakuten.co.jp (product search and price retrieval), hb.afl.rakuten.co.jp (affiliate links clicked by visitors) |
|---|---|
| Data sent | Application ID, access key, product search terms, product codes, favourite-store codes, the site's Origin header |
| Purpose | Searching Rakuten Ichiba products, verifying stores, refreshing prices, generating affiliate links |
| Terms & policies | Rakuten Web Service terms ／ Rakuten Group privacy policy |
Yahoo! Shopping (Japan) Item Search API / ValueCommerce
| Destination | shopping.yahooapis.jp (product search and price retrieval), ck.jp.ap.valuecommerce.com (affiliate links clicked by visitors) |
|---|---|
| Data sent | Yahoo! Client ID, product search terms, JAN codes, store IDs |
| Purpose | Searching Yahoo! Shopping products, verifying stores, refreshing prices, generating affiliate links |
| Terms & policies | Yahoo! JAPAN Developer Network guidelines ／ Yahoo! JAPAN privacy policy |
Moshimo Affiliate (optional)
| Destination | af.moshimo.com, i.moshimo.com |
|---|---|
| Data sent | Product URLs (Amazon / Rakuten Ichiba / Yahoo! Shopping) and Moshimo Affiliate promotion IDs |
| Purpose | Generating affiliate links and impression beacons for marketplaces configured to use Moshimo |
| Terms & policies | Moshimo Affiliate terms ／ Privacy policy |
3. What click tracking records
Pukulink's click tracking records only “which post, which marketplace's button, and when”, in the database of the site running the plugin. Names, email addresses, IP addresses and other personally identifying information are not stored. The totals are visible only to administrators of that site.
If Google Analytics (gtag) event sending is enabled, the click is additionally sent as a Google Analytics event. In that case, handling follows the site operator's Google Analytics configuration and Google's policies.
4. The Yahoo! attribution
As required by the Yahoo! Shopping API guidelines, a “Web Services by Yahoo! JAPAN” attribution is displayed automatically at the bottom of pages that show Yahoo! product information.
5. About this website
This site (pukulink.pukuo-pukupuku.com) is a static website documenting Pukulink. It has no contact form and never asks visitors to enter personal information.
For enquiries, please use the contact page on Pukuo's blog.
6. Revisions
This page is updated as the plugin gains features or the external APIs change their specifications. The same disclosures appear in the “External Services” section of the readme.txt bundled with the plugin.