Privacy Policy/Cookie Policy

Regarding our use of personal information

This website recognizes that properly handling personal information is important for the sake of the privacy of users. We operate this website in accordance with laws and provisions regarding the protection of personal information.

Regarding our users’ personal information

Browsing this website

This website is generally free to browse without any input of personal information required. However, there are cases when we collect personal information including names, email addresses, addresses, telephone numbers etc. from users via forms in order to provide services on this website. In such instances, we will use names and email address only to reply to user requests or to confirm the user's indentity. This information will not be used for any other purposes. We do not disclose users’ personal information to third parties without the express permission of the user.

About the correspondence log (access log)

The access log recorded on this server is used to survery user actions (for example, statistics on access numbers) in order to better run this website, but this information cannot be used to identify a particular individual. However, this does not apply if a request for information, based in law or regulations, comes from a public institution, such as a court of law or the police, due to malicious pranks or crime.

About other websites linked to from this website

Other third-party websites to which this website may link operate in accordance with their own separate provisions regarding the protection of privacy and collection of personal information. We do not and cannot assume responsibility for the security of personal information of users on other websites linked from this website.

How to request release, correction, suspension of use, or deletion of information

We will process all reasonable requests regarding personal information retained by this website as quickly as possible.
*However, we will not be able to fulfill all requests. In these cases, we will respond to inquiries with the relevant reason.

Contact: Kyoto Tourism Federation

Email: medialibrary@kyototourism.org

Cookie Policy

Our organization uses cookies on our website. By continuing to use our website you agree to the use of cookies.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer (or smartphone, tablet, or other internet-enabled device) by the user’s web browser while the user is browsing. Cookies allow websites to remember user information for a fixed period (such as login info, language settings or other settings) to prevent the user from having to re-enter the information when they re-visit the site or use other pages of the site.

How we use cookies

We use cookies to track and understand users’ interactions with our website, analyze and improve our performance. We may also use cookies to serve users relevant advertisements. The server cannot use your name, email address, or cookies to find information about your computer.

About third party cookies

We use a cookie that shares information with third parties such as Google in order to analyze the data. Each partner may use this information in combination with other information that you provide directly to each partner on their platform. For example, by using Google Analytics, we can analyze the anonymous statistical data that has been gathered. This helps us understand what pages were visited most often so we can further optimize our site and provide more relevant content in the future

The cookies that we use

For Performance tracking: Google Analytics, which compiles anonymous statistical information about user interactions with this website.

Other cookies: YouTube uses a cookie to playback the video embedded in this webpage. Google uses a cookie to locate the region where the users are and for map services.

Managing user cookies

Users have the ability withdrawal consent to use cookies on this website at any time. By disabling cookies on your browser, you may no longer be able to use some features of this website any more. Even if you disable cookies, they won’t be deleted. To delete cookies, please refer to your browser settings and help page. For questions concerning this privacy policy, please contact medialibrary@kyototourism.org.

About Google Analytics cookies

For more information, please refer to the information on the following third-party sites.