Basic Policy
OFFICE KAWACHIYO (hereinafter referred to as “this Site”) recognizes the importance of personal information and considers it a social responsibility to protect it. We comply with laws and regulations regarding personal information, and properly acquire, use, and manage the personal information handled on this Site.
Scope of Policy
This Privacy Policy outlines the guidelines that this Site complies with when handling personal information or equivalent data provided by visitors.
Purpose of Use of Personal Information
This Site uses the information provided by visitors within the scope of the following purposes:
- For identity verification.
- To confirm and respond to inquiries, comments, and feedback.
- To send email newsletters, direct mail, and various notices.
- To conduct campaigns, surveys, reviews, and interviews.
- To provide, improve, develop, and market our services.
- To provide personal information to partner businesses or organizations based on user consent or application.
- To investigate activities prohibited by our Terms of Service.
- For other purposes individually agreed upon by the user.
Management of Personal Information
To ensure the accuracy and safety of personal information, this Site implements thorough security measures and executes appropriate safety controls to prevent risks such as leaks, falsification, and unauthorized access. This Site uses SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption to prevent third parties from reading or tampering with important information.
Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties
This Site will not provide personal information to third parties except when there are legitimate reasons, including the following:
- With the consent of the individual.
- When required by law.
- When necessary to protect human life, body, or property.
- When necessary for public health or the sound growth of children.
- When cooperating with national agencies executing tasks required by law (such as tax audits or statistical surveys).
This Site may outsource the handling of personal information to other contractors within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use.
Inquiries Regarding Personal Information
If a user requests the disclosure, correction, or suspension of use of their personal information, we will respond in accordance with designated procedures. For specific methods, please contact us individually via our contact form.
Cookies
Cookies are a mechanism that saves a user’s site browsing history on their computer. Users can refuse the collection of cookies by disabling them in their browser settings. However, please note that if you reject cookies, some services and features on this Site may not function properly.
Access Analytics
This Site uses “Google Analytics,” a service provided by Google, for site analysis and improvement. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect traffic data. Traffic data is collected anonymously and does not identify individual users.
Advertising Services
This Site uses third-party advertising services, including “Google AdSense.” Ad distributors may use cookies to display advertisements tailored to user interests. This enables the recognition of your browser, but it does not identify you personally. For details on how to disable cookies and more information on Google AdSense, please visit Google Advertising Policies.
Additionally, as an Amazon Associate, this Site earns from qualifying purchases.
Comments and Contact Form
When visitors leave comments or submit inquiries on this Site, we collect the data shown in the form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available at Automattic Privacy Policy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Disclaimer
While this Site strives to publish information that is as accurate as possible, we do not guarantee its accuracy or safety. Please note that this Site assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by the content posted on this Site. If you move to another website via links, banners, etc., from this Site, we assume no responsibility for the information, services, or content provided on the destination site. Prices listed on this Site are subject to change without prior notice.
Copyrights and Portrait Rights
The copyrights, portrait rights, and other intellectual property rights to all content (text, images, videos, audio, files, etc.) published on this Site belong to the owner of this Site or the respective right holders. Unauthorized use (reprinting, reproduction, transfer, secondary use, etc.) without permission is strictly prohibited. Modifying, altering, or editing the content is also not permitted. If right holders identify any issues with the content published, please contact us directly. We will respond promptly. Please note that this Site may utilize AI tools for article outline generation, title creation, and generating certain images.
Links
In principle, linking to this Site is permission-free. No permission or prior contact is required when creating a link. When quoting content, please clearly state the source and include a link to the corresponding page. However, direct linking to image files (hotlinking) or displaying our content within HTML pages using inline frames is strictly prohibited.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Site will review the contents of this Privacy Policy from time to time and strive to improve it. This Privacy Policy is subject to change without prior notice. Any changes to this Privacy Policy shall become effective from the time they are posted on this Site.