Our website recognizes the importance of protecting your personal information and is committed to handling it appropriately in accordance with the principles of data protection laws.
- 1 Personal and Personal-Related Information
- 2 Methods of Collecting Personal and Personal-Related Information
- 3 Purposes of Collecting and Using Personal Information
- 4 Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties
- 5 Disclosure, Correction, and Deletion of Personal Information
- 6 Changes to the Privacy Policy
- 7 Inquiry Desk
1 Personal and Personal-Related Information
- “Personal Information” refers to information that can identify a specific individual, such as a name or email address.
- “Personal-Related Information” refers to information that cannot identify a specific individual on its own. Our website may collect personal-related information, including but not limited to, cookies, IP addresses, browsing history, and device information.
2 Methods of Collecting Personal and Personal-Related Information
Our website may collect personal and personal-related information when you use the following services:
- Inquiry Form: We ask for your name and email address to respond to your inquiries.
- Comment Function: When you post a comment, your name, email address, and IP address are automatically collected. This is done for spam and abuse prevention.
- Advertising Services: Our website uses third-party advertising services like Google AdSense. These ad providers may use cookies to display ads tailored to your interests. In this process, your personal-related information (not including your name, address, or phone number) may be used. For details on this process and how to prevent your information from being used for ad delivery, please refer to Google’s Policies and Terms.
- Affiliate Programs: Our website participates in affiliate programs like Amazon.co.jp and Rakuten. We may receive personal-related information from these partners, such as product purchase information.
- Access Analytics Tools: To understand usage and improve the site, we use Google Analytics, a service provided by Google. This tool automatically collects personal-related information such as access logs, IP addresses, and browsing history. For information on how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please see Google’s Privacy Policy.
3 Purposes of Collecting and Using Personal Information
Our website collects and uses personal information for the following purposes:
- To respond to your inquiries.
- To deny access to users who violate our terms of use, such as spammers or trolls.
- To analyze site usage and improve our recipes and articles.
- To confirm affiliate revenue and request performance-based fees.
- For purposes incidental to those listed above.
4 Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties
Our website will not provide your personal information to a third party without your consent, except in the following cases:
- When it is necessary to cooperate with a national or local government entity, or a party entrusted by them, in carrying out tasks stipulated by law, and obtaining your consent could hinder the performance of those tasks.
- When it is necessary for the protection of a person’s life, body, or property, and it is difficult to obtain your consent.
- When personal information is provided in connection with a business succession due to a merger or other reasons.
- When otherwise permitted by the Personal Information Protection Act or related laws.
5 Disclosure, Correction, and Deletion of Personal Information
If you wish to have your own personal information disclosed, corrected, or deleted, we will appropriately handle the request in accordance with the law after verifying your identity.
6 Changes to the Privacy Policy
The contents of this policy may be changed without notice to users. The revised privacy policy will take effect once it is published on this website.
7 Inquiry Desk
For inquiries regarding this policy, please contact us via the inquiry form.