Cookie Policy
Sony Network Communications may use cookies and similar technologies to collect certain information in order to analyze usage on the website or to provide more customized services and advertising to individual customers.
1. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files that are sent from a web server to the browser of your computer or mobile device (collectively, “devices") when you visit a website and stored on your device's hard drive.
Cookies generally fall into two broad categories: 1st party cookies and 3rd party cookies. 1st party cookies are created by Sony Network Communications. These cookies are provided in most cases to take advantage of the features provided on this website. On the other hand, 3rd party cookies are set not by Sony Network Communications, but by third parties with whom Sony Network Communications is affiliated. For example, some 3rd party cookies may be created by ad-servers with which Sony Network Communications works to track your browsing activity so that they can place relevant online advertisements in the right places.
Beacons (or pixels) is a technology that transfers information from your device to a server. Beacons can be embedded in online content such as videos and still images, as well as in emails, so that the server can read certain types of information from your Device, know when you viewed certain content or opened/previewed an email, and record information such as the time of viewing and the IP address of the device.
2. Why We Use Cookies and Similar Technologies
(1) The cookies described above are a technology designed to automatically identify your Device when you browse the Internet or use a particular web service, so that you can use the service as a continuation of your previous visit without having to repeatedly entering the same information.
Today, they are used to track your browsing activity and display the appropriate ads on your browser screen.
(2) Sony Network Communications uses information collected through the use of cookies and similar technologies to analyze your website usage (access status, traffic, routing, etc.) and may use the information to improve the performance of the website itself or the services provided by Sony Network Communications to you through the website.
The following tools are primarily used for this analysis, however the above information is also provided to tool providers and may be used to distribute advertisements to you.
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(3) By visiting this website, you will receive 3rd party cookies from the ad-servers listed in the next section.
The 1st party cookies sent by Sony Network Communications, together with the 3rd party cookies sent by respective ad-servers, will be stored on the respective ad-servers’ servers and handled in accordance with their respective privacy policies.
For details on how to stop the delivery of behavioral advertising, please refer to the following section.
3. How to Reject Cookies and Similar Technologies
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- How to reject all cookies
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Cookies on your device remain on your device until you delete them or they expire on a specific date.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies by default, but you can disable cookies by changing your browser settings.
However, keep in mind that if you disable cookies, some website features may not be available or some pages may not display correctly.
For example, you may not be able to log in and access this website.For information about popular browsers and how to change cookie settings, visit the following URLs:
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Apple Safari https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/jp/cookies/ Google Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/-answer.py?hl=ja&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies Microsoft Edge https://privacy.microsoft.com/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy Mozilla Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/ja-jp/kb/Cookies
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- How to reject specific cookies
- How to opt-out (rejecting cookies or disabling tracking, etc.) of the tools described in item (2) in the preceding section can be found at the following URLs.
However, keep in mind that if you delete all of this cookie information, you may be subject to restrictions on using the products and services offered by each service provider. -
Major tool providers Privacy Policy How to opt out Adobe Systems Incorporated http://www.adobe.com/jp/privacy/policy.html http://www.adobe.com/jp/privacy/opt-out.html Google LLC http://www.google.com/intl/ja/policies/privacy/ https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=ja&ref_topic=2919631 Contentsquare https://contentsquare.com/privacy-policy/ https://contentsquare.com/jp-jp/cookie-policy/ - Regarding the behavioral advertising described under item(3) in the preceding section, the URLs of the ad-servers below provide information on how to opt-out (rejecting cookies or disabling tracking, etc.) of their behavioral advertising.
However, keep in mind that if you delete all of this cookie information, you may be subject to restrictions on using the products and services offered by each service provider.
Of the following ad-servers, if you are a registered user of Facebook Japan, your website browsing history will be managed in a way that is linked to your registered information. -
Major ad-servers Privacy Policy How to opt out Google LLC and Google Network http://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=ja http://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=ja Yahoo Japan Corporation http://about.yahoo.co.jp/docs/info/terms/chapter1.html#cf2nd http://btoptout.yahoo.co.jp/optout/preferences.html Twitter Japan Inc. http://twitter.com/privacy?lang=ja https://help.twitter.com/ja/safety-and-security/privacy-controls-for-tailored-ads Facebook Japan http://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/ http://www.facebook.com/about/ads/ Amazon Japan LLC http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201909010 http://www.amazon.co.jp/adprefs LINE Corporation http://terms.line.me/line_rules/?lang=ja http://terms2.line.me/LINECareer_optout?lang=ja
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- How to Reject Beacons
- Web beacons, like any other content requests contained in a web page, cannot be opt-out or rejected if they contain JavaScript tags.
However, beacons in emails can generally be disabled by not downloading the image contained in the received message. This method depends on the capabilities of the email software so that beacons may not always be disabled.
In that case, please unsubscribe from the email newsletter to which you have subscribed.