This privacy policy sets out the policies we follow in handling personal or equivalent information of visitors to our site on our various World Cuisine/History and Recipes services.
Basic Policy
This site recognizes the importance of personal information and considers the protection of personal information to be a social responsibility, and complies with laws and regulations regarding personal information, and collects, uses, and manages the personal information handled on this site in an appropriate manner.
The information collected on this site will be handled appropriately within the scope of the purpose of use.
Scope of application
This privacy policy applies only to this site.
Acquisition of Personal Information and Purpose of Use
Visitors’ personal information collected on this site, the purposes for which it is used, and the period of storage are as follows
We get your personal information when you leave a comment.
When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the following personal information.
- Name (HN) as it appears in the comment form
- The email address that appears in the comment form
- Comment content displayed in the comment form
- The name of the site as it appears in the comment form (optional)
- IP address
- Browser user agent string
This will automatically display your “name” and “email address” the next time you leave a comment, so you don’t have to re-enter them.
Anonymized (also known as a “hash”) strings created from email addresses may be provided to the service to determine if a visitor is using the Gravatar service.
To review the privacy policy of the service, please click here.
About the purpose of use
This is to help with trolling and spam detection, and for the convenience of visitors.
It may also be featured on this site. As in, “A visitor made this comment.
Once your comment is approved by T.Nagata, the web-master of the site, your profile picture will be visible to the public with your comment.
About the storage period
Any comments left on this site will retain the comments and their meta-data for three years.
Note: Visitors can choose to save their personal information in their browser.
When visitors leave a comment on our site, they can choose whether or not to save their name, email address, and any site information (optional) in their browser.
About what this site can do for comments
If a visitor has left a comment on our site, the web-master can respond to the visitor’s request to “receive” the personal information about the visitor that we store on our site, including any information the visitor has provided, in an export file.
A confirmation email will then be sent to the visitor’s email address.
We can also respond to a visitor’s request to have his or her personal information “erased”.
This does not include information that we are obligated to retain for administrative, legal or security purposes.
You will also receive a confirmation email to the visitor’s email address when you delete.
We will acquire your personal information upon your request.
We have a contact form on this site.
We collect the following personal information entered by visitors to our website when they contact us via the contact form
- The name you entered in the contact form (HN)
- Email address entered in the contact form
- The contents of the inquiry form
About the purpose of use
This is to respond to inquiries and to manage visitors.
By storing visitor’s inquiry information, you can respond more accurately when the same visitor makes a different inquiry based on the content of the past inquiry.
In addition, there may be times when we will introduce our website as “We have received this type of inquiry”.
About the storage period
We will keep the personal information entered in the contact form for three years.
Consent to obtain personal information
We encourage you to read this privacy policy before contacting us through the contact form.
By contacting us, the visitor agrees to be bound by this Privacy Policy.
Acquisition of personal information by cookies
This site may send cookies to the visitor’s computer.
A cookie is a system that stores the usage history and input information that is sent and received between the browser and the server when a website is used as a file on the visitor’s computer.
About the purpose of use
The purpose is to increase the ease with which visitors can browse this site.
For example, the next time you visit the same page, the operator of the page can use the cookie information to change the display for each visitor.
For example, have you ever had the experience of using a website and the first time you were prompted to enter your login password, but after the second time you were able to access the site without the login screen? That’s due to cookies.
A website can obtain a cookie key from a visitor’s browser if the visitor’s browser is set to allow cookies to be sent and received.
To protect your privacy, your browser only sends the cookies sent and received by the website’s server.
About the storage period
Cookies for comments left on our site are stored for one year.
Acquisition of cookie information by a third party
This website may contain advertisements distributed by third parties such as Google Inc. and Yahoo Corporation, and these third parties may obtain and use visitors’ cookie information and other information in connection with these advertisements.
Any cookie information and other information obtained by the third party will be treated in accordance with the privacy policy of the third party.
Discontinuation of the distribution of cookie information and other advertising to third parties
Visitors can opt-out of the third party’s use of cookie information and other advertising by visiting an opt-out page on the third party’s website.
Allowing or denying the sending and receiving of cookie information
Visitors can choose to set preferences for sending and receiving cookies, such as “Allow all cookies,” “Reject all cookies,” and “Notify users when cookies are received,” among others.
The setting method varies depending on the browser.
Please refer to your browser’s “Help” menu for information on how to set up cookies.
Please note that if you choose to reject all cookies, you may not be able to use services that require authentication or otherwise be able to use various services on the Internet.
Management of personal information
We are committed to managing the information provided by visitors to our site in the following ways.
Ensuring the accuracy of information
We make every effort to ensure that the information provided by visitors is accurate and up-to-date at all times.
Safety management measures
In order to prevent leakage, loss or damage of personal information, this site will implement appropriate security measures to protect personal information.
Disposal of personal information
If the personal information is no longer needed, it will be destroyed as soon as possible.
Disclosure, Correction, Addition, Deletion and Discontinuance of Use of Personal Information
If a visitor requests the disclosure, correction, addition, deletion, or cessation of use of his or her personal information, we will respond to the visitor’s request as soon as possible after confirming the identity of the visitor.
If you would like to request the above, please contact us using the contact form.
Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties
We will not provide any personal information provided by visitors to this site to any third party without their consent.
If we decide to provide information to a third party in the future, we will present the information to be provided and the purpose for which it will be provided, and we will only do so with the visitor’s consent.
Personal information of minors
Whenever a minor makes a comment on this site or makes an inquiry through the contact form, the consent of a parent or guardian is obtained, and at the time of the comment or inquiry, we assume that the minor has parental consent to this privacy policy.
Contact information
Please use the contact form for inquiries about this site and the handling of personal information.
About Access Analysis Tools
This site uses Google Analytics, an access analysis tool by Google.
This Google Analytics uses cookies to collect access information.
This access information is collected anonymously and does not identify any individual.
Google Analytics cookies are retained for 26 months.
You can disable this feature by disabling cookies, so please check your browser’s settings.
If you would like to review the Google Analytics Terms of Service, please click here.
Also, if you would like to learn more about “Google’s use of data when you use Google’s partner sites and application,” click here.
Third-Party Advertising Services
This site uses Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service.
Third-party ad-serving companies, such as Google, may use cookies to display ads based on visitors’ interests.
Visitors can disable ads tailored to them in their ad settings.
To set that up, click here.
You can also deactivate the cookies of third-party distributors used for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
If you have not disabled third-party ad placements, ads served by third-party distributors and ad networks may appear on your site.
To learn more about ad-serving companies that are allowed by Google to serve ads to third parties, click here.
About Amazon’s ad serving
”World Cuisine/History and Recipes” is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a way for websites to earn advertising revenues by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.jp.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
This site complies with Japanese laws and regulations regarding personal information, and will review and improve this privacy policy from time to time.
The latest revised privacy policy will always be disclosed on this page.
August 26, 2020 Formulated
August 30, 2020 Revised.
