Last Updated: July 2017

PRIVACY POLICY

What Information Do We Collect?
We collect information from you when you register on the Website, sign up for a newsletter, enter a contest or sweepstakes, respond to a survey or communication such as e-mail or participate in another Website feature. When registering, we may ask you for your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information or other information. You may, however, visit our Website anonymously. Like many websites, we use “cookies” to enhance your experience and gather information about visitors and visits to our Website. Please refer to the “Do we use ‘cookies’?” section below for information about cookies and how we use them.

You can revoke permission to mail to your email address at any time using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact.

How Do We Use Your Information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, enter a contest or promotion, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the Website or use certain other Website features in the following ways:

  • To personalize your Website experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
  • To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
  • To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other Website feature.

If you have opted-in to receive our e-mail newsletter, we may send you e-mails. If you would no longer like to receive promotional e-mails from us. If you have not opted-in to receive e-mail newsletters, you will not receive these e-mails. Visitors who register or participate in other Website features such as marketing programs and ‘members-only’ content will be given a choice whether they would like to be on our e-mail list and receive e-mail communications from us.

How Do We Protect Visitor Information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.

Do We Use “Cookies?”
Yes. Cookies are small files that a website or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser (if you allow) that enables the website’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. They are used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current Website activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about Website traffic and Website interaction so that we can offer a better Website experiences and tools in the future.

We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our Website visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you turn cookies off, you won’t have access to many features that make your Website experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly.

Do We Disclose the Information We Collect to Outside Parties?
We do not sell, trade or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice, except as described below. The term “outside parties” does not include Takara Belmont USA or its affiliates. It also does not include Website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our Website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our Website policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.

However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third-Party Links.
In an attempt to provide you with increased value, we may include third-party links on our Website. These linked websites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked websites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our Website and welcome any feedback about these linked websites (including if a specific link does not work).

Changes to Our Policy.
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page. Policy changes will apply only to information collected after the date of the change. This policy was last modified on April 1, 2017.

Questions and Feedback.
We welcome your questions, comments and concerns about privacy. Please send us any and all feedback pertaining to privacy, or any other issue.

Online Policy Only.
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our Website and not to information collected offline.

Terms and Conditions.
Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our Website.

Your Consent.
By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.