privacy policy

Otowa Gallery Co., Ltd. Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how your personal information is collected, used and shared when you visit shop.otowagarou.com (the "Site") or purchase products.

Personal information collected

When you visit our Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, such as information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some cookies installed on your device. In addition, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products you view, the websites or search terms referred to when visiting the Site, and how you use the Site. We refer to this automatically collected information as “Device Information”.

We collect device information using the following technologies:

- "Log Files" track actions that occur on the Site and collect data such as IP address, browser type, internet service provider, referring/exit pages and date/time stamp.
- "Web beacons", "tags" and "pixels" are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

By using the website, the visitor consents to allow processing by third parties. You agree to store your IP address and currency in your browser session cookies (temporary cookies that are automatically deleted when you close your browser) to identify your location for currency conversion purposes. This is to ensure that the currency of your choice remains consistent when browsing our website and that prices can be converted to your local currency.

Also, when you make or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, certain information, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (such as credit card number), email address, and telephone number. is collected. We refer to this information as "Order Information".

When we refer to “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we mean both Device Information and Order Information.

Use of personal information

We generally use the order information we collect to process orders placed through the Site (including processing payment information, arranging shipping, and providing invoices and order confirmations). We also use this order information to:
- Communicate with you.
Screening orders for potential risk or fraud.
Provide you with information and advertisements related to our products or services in line with the preferences you have shared with us.
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We use the device information we collect (particularly IP addresses) to screen potential risks and fraud and to improve and optimize our Site (for example, how you browse and interact with our Site). generating analytics and evaluating the performance of marketing and advertising campaigns).


Sharing personal information

We share your personal information with external services for the above purposes of use. For example, we use Shopify to operate our online store. Learn more about how Shopify uses your personal information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how customers use this site. You can read more about how Google uses your personal information here (https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/). You may also opt out of Google Analytics here (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).

Finally, we may use your personal information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to subpoenas, search warrants or other legal requests for information, or to protect our rights. may share.

Behavioral Advertising As described above, we use your personal information to provide you with targeted advertising and marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you. For more information on how targeted advertising works, please visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) education page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You may also opt out of targeted advertising by following the links below.

Main link:
FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

You may also opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out portal (http://optout.aboutads.info/).

Do Not Track
Receiving a "Do Not Track" signal from your browser does not change how the site collects and uses data.

Your rights If you are a European resident, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to request that your personal information be corrected, updated or deleted. To exercise this right, please contact us using the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident, we are using your personal information to fulfill a contract with you (such as when you place an order through the Site) or to pursue our legitimate business interests as described above. Please keep this in mind. Please also note that your personal information will be transferred to non-European regions such as Canada and the United States.

Data Retention If you place an order through the Site, we will retain your order information for our records unless you request that we delete your personal information.

Changes We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time due to changes in our business practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
Contact Us If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at info@otowagarou.com.