Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy explains how Kyoto Culinary Academy ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, kyotoculinaryacademy.com ("Website"). It explains what cookies are, why we use them, and how you can control their use.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies enable websites to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size, and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the Website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies help us to improve the way our Website works. For example, we use Google Analytics to understand how customers use our site – you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: Google Privacy Policy. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: Google Analytics Opt-out.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customize. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
- Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.
Types of Cookies We Use
Here's a detailed overview of the specific cookies you might encounter on the Kyoto Culinary Academy website:
- Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser. We use session cookies to track your activity on the Website during a single browsing session.
- Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a set period specified in the cookie. We use persistent cookies to remember your preferences and settings when you return to the Website.
- First-Party Cookies: These cookies are set by us. We use first-party cookies to ensure the Website functions properly and to remember your preferences.
- Third-Party Cookies: These cookies are set by a third party, such as Google or Facebook. We use third-party cookies for analytics, advertising, and social media integration.
Here's a table outlining some of the cookies we might use, their names, providers, and purpose:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Distinguish users | Performance | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Distinguish users | Performance | 24 hours |
| cookieconsent_status | Kyoto Culinary Academy | Remember user's cookie consent preference | Functionality | 1 year |
| ads/ga-audiences | Google Ads | Used for re-targeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online ad | Targeting | Session |
How to Control Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by:
- Browser Settings: You can set your web browser to refuse all or some cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may become inaccessible or not function properly. The process for disabling cookies varies depending on your browser. Refer to your browser's help section for instructions. Here are links to the cookie management pages of the most popular browsers:
- Cookie Consent Tool: Upon your first visit to our Website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. This tool allows you to manage your cookie preferences by accepting or rejecting different categories of cookies.
More Information
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Kyoto Culinary Academy
Attn: Data Protection Officer
279-12 Gionmachi Kitagawa, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0073, Japan
Phone: +81 75-585-5934
Email: [email protected]
Our Data Protection Officer, Aiko Nakamura, oversees the handling of your personal information related to cookies and data privacy at Kyoto Culinary Academy.
Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post any changes to this Cookies Policy on our Website and update the "Last Updated" date below. We encourage you to review this Cookies Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.
Last Updated: October 26, 2023