Privacy Policy
This is the English edition of the privacy policy published at lua-branca.com/privacy.html. Where the two differ, the Japanese text is the original.
Our approach
This site recognises the importance of personal information and treats protecting it as a social responsibility. We comply with the laws that apply to personal information, and we collect, use and manage any personal information handled on this site appropriately.
Scope
This policy sets out the rules this site follows whenever it handles personal information, or information equivalent to it.
How personal information is used
You may be asked to enter personal information such as your name or email address when you send an enquiry or leave a comment on an article. Anything collected is used to reply to you, or to send you information you have asked for, and for no other purpose.
How personal information is managed
This site applies security measures to keep personal information accurate and safe, at a level appropriate to the risks of leakage, alteration and unauthorised access. Traffic between your browser and this site is encrypted with SSL, so that third parties cannot read or alter it.
Disclosure to third parties
Personal information is not disclosed to third parties except where there is a legitimate reason, including the following.
- Where you have consented
- Where disclosure is required by law
- Where it is necessary to protect a person’s life, body or property
- Where it is necessary for public health or the welfare of children
- Where a national or local authority requires cooperation with duties set out in law (tax audits, statistical surveys and similar)
Personal information may be entrusted to other businesses, but only to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes set out above.
Enquiries about your personal information
If you ask for your personal information to be disclosed, corrected, or no longer used, we will respond through the appropriate process and explain the specific steps to you individually. Please get in touch through the contact form (the form is in Japanese; you are welcome to write in English).
Cookies
A cookie is a small file that stores a record of your browsing on your own computer. You can refuse this collection by disabling cookies in your browser settings. Note that if you do, some functions of this site may not work correctly.
Analytics
This site uses Google Analytics, provided by Google, to analyse and improve the site. The service uses cookies to collect traffic data. That data is collected anonymously and does not identify individuals.
Advertising
This site uses third-party advertising services (Google AdSense, A8.net, Rakuten Affiliate and ValueCommerce) and uses cookies in order to display advertisements matched to your interests. Advertising providers may use cookies to show advertisements based on your interests. This allows them to recognise your browser, but it does not identify you personally. For details on Google AdSense and on how to disable cookies, see Google’s policies and terms. As an Amazon Associate, this site earns from qualifying purchases.
Embedded content from other sites
This site includes embedded content such as videos, images and posts. Embedded content from another site behaves exactly as if you had visited that site yourself. Those sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content — including tracking that interaction if you are logged in to that site.
Disclaimer
We make every effort to publish information that is as accurate as possible, but we do not guarantee its accuracy or safety, and we accept no liability for any loss arising from the content published here. We accept no liability for the information or services provided on any other site you reach through a link or banner from this one. Prices given on this site may change without notice.
Copyright and image rights
Copyright, image rights and other rights in all content published on this site (text, images, video, audio, files and so on) belong to the owner of this site or to the respective rights holders. Use without permission — reproduction, copying, transfer or secondary use — is prohibited, as is altering, changing or adding to the content in any way. If you hold rights in any material here and see a problem with how it is published, please contact us directly and we will respond promptly.
Linking
You may link to this site freely; no permission or notice is required. If you quote from it, please credit the source and link to the page concerned. Please do not hotlink image files, and please do not display this site inside an iframe on your own page.
Changes to this policy
We review this policy from time to time and work to improve it. It may be changed without prior notice, and any change takes effect when it is published on this site.