Effective Date: April 4, 2019
Welcome to Okada America Inc. (“us”, “we”, “our” or “company”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy.
This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our website (http://www.okadaamerica.com) and/or any related services, sales, marketing or events (collectively referred to in this policy as Site).
This privacy policy explains what information Okada America Inc collects when you visit http://www.okadaamerica.com/ website as well as ways we might use or share it. This policy does not apply to third parties we don’t own or control, including other companies you might interact with on or through our Site.
HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION
In addition to information you provide, we and third parties automatically record some information about how you use and navigate the Site. We may combine this information with other information we gather from or about you as described in this policy, including to enforce our Terms of Use and for analytics and advertising purposes.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us.
We collect personal information that you provide to us such as name, address, contact information, passwords and security data, and potentially payment information.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when participating in activities on our Site.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Site, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect can include the following: Name and Contact Data. We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data. Credentials. We collect passwords, password hints, and similar security information used for authentication and account access.Payment Data. We or third parties collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by our payment processor and you should review its privacy policies and contact the payment processor directly to respond to your questions. All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Information automatically collected .
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Site. This information may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Site and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Site, and for our internal analytics for reporting purposes.
Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies
Information collected from other sources
We may collect limited data from public databases, marketing partners, and other outside sources.
We may obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, as well as from other third parties. Examples of the information we receive from other sources include: social media profile information; marketing leads and search results and links, including paid listings (such as sponsored links).
DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
“Cookies” are small pieces of data that online services you use place on your device for record keeping and identification purposes. “Web beacons” are transparent pixel images that allow online services to collect info about the ways you interact with them. Similar common technologies include things like tags, embedded scripts, ETags and other technologies (collectively, "Cookies"). These technologies may store and/or access data on your device.
Essential, Session/Preference and Third Party Cookies:
Essential Cookies are necessary for the functioning of the Site. For example, they are used to enable the operation of the Site, enable access to secure areas of the Site, remember previous actions (e.g., entered text when navigating back to a page in the same session), and for the administration of the Site (e.g., fraud prevention). Without these Cookies, the Site would not function properly and/or Okada America may be unable to provide certain services.
Session Cookies are not necessary to the operation of the Site, but they enhance the use of the Site by remembering certain choices you may make and providing enhanced features. For example, they are used to remember site preferences or choices, such as remembering preferences for region or other online settings such as text size and fonts. These cookies and other technologies can be used to enable requested functions such as watching a video (e.g., YouTube video) or providing comments. They can also be used to prevent a service(s) from being offered to you if you already received it or previously indicated you do not wish to receive it (e.g. requests to participate in certain types of surveys). If you have an account with the Site, the information collected may be associated with your account.
Session Cookies also collect information about how the Site is used, including which pages are visited most often, the browser or operating system used, where users have come to the Site from, whether an item or link is viewed or used, error messages generated and whether communications Okada America sends are opened or read (also known as analytics or performance Cookies). This information is used to help Okada America improve its Site, count the number of visitors, identity usage patterns, fix issues in the Site, and make the Site easier to use. If you have an account with the Site, the information collected may be associated with your account.
Some analytics and performance Cookies are used in connection with services provided by third parties, including the following:
Piwik / Matomo - Piwik or Matomo is a web analytics service provider and you can visit their Privacy Policy page at: https://matomo.org/privacy-policy
Okada America may use third parties who use their own Cookies to store and/or access data relating to your use of, and interaction with, the Site. For example, as referenced in Cookies – How They Are Used, Okada America uses analytics services provided by third party companies (as mentioned above) and they may set their own Cookies.
The Site may contain content from third parties such as Google Maps, YouTube, and plugins from social media sites like Facebook ("Like" button), Instagram ("Follow" button) and Twitter. When you connect to these services, the third parties may store and/or access data using Cookies over which Okada America does not have control, including their own Functional or Targeting or Advertising Cookies. If you are logged in to a social media website while visiting the Site, the social media plugins may allow the social media website to receive information that you visited the Site and link it to your social media account.
Okada America does not control the Cookies used by these third-party services or their policies or practices. Please review those third parties' cookie, privacy and data sharing statements.
BROWSER COOKIES
Your web browser may offer functionality that allows you to choose whether to accept or decline the use of browser cookies. Most web browsers are set to accept browser cookies by default. For more information about the available controls, please visit your browser or device's settings.
Beacons are generally used in conjunction with browser cookies and if you delete or decline the use of browser cookies via browser settings, beacons may not be able to function properly. Please note if you remove or disable all cookies the Site may not function as intended.
Flash Cookies
Flash cookies are different from browser cookies. Removing or rejecting browser cookies via a browser setting does not necessarily affect Flash cookies. You may learn how to manage Flash cookies by going to the Settings Manager for Adobe Flash Player or visiting Adobe's website. If you disable Flash cookies you may not be able to take advantage of all the features of the Site.
HTML5 Local Storage
It may be possible to block or delete HTML5 local storage functionality from your browser's settings. Without HTML5 you may not be able to take advantage of all the features of the Site.
Do Not Track
California law requires us to notify you about how the Site responds to Do-Not-Track signals. Okada America does not currently take actions to respond to "Do Not Track" signals because a uniform technological standard has not yet been developed.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.
We use personal information collected via our Site for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests ("Business Purposes"), in order to enter into or perform a contract with you ("Contractual"), with your consent ("Consent"), and/or for compliance with our legal obligations ("Legal Reasons"). We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.
We use the information we collect or receive to send you marketing and promotional communications for Business Purposes. We and/or our third party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt-out of our marketing emails at any time (see the " WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS " below).
To send administrative information to you for Business Purposes. We may use your personal information to send you product, service and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
Fulfill and manage your orders for Contractual reasons. We may use your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Site.
To post testimonials with your Consent. We post testimonials on our Sites that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and testimonial. If you wish to update, or delete your testimonial, please contact us at info@okadaamerica.com and be sure to include your name, testimonial location, and contact information.
Deliver targeted advertising to you for our Business Purposes. We may use your information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
Request Feedback for our Business Purposes. We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Site.
To protect our Sites for Business Purposes. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our Sites safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).
To enforce our terms, conditions and policies for Business Purposes.
To respond to legal requests and prevent harm for Legal Reasons. If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.
For other Business Purposes. We may use your information for other Business Purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Site, products, services, marketing and your experience.
WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations. We only share and disclose your information in the following situations:
Compliance with Laws.
We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
Vital Interests and Legal Rights.
We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
Business Transfers.
We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
With your Consent. We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.