Our website at kewpie.com, kewpie.co.jp, which is owned and maintained by Kewpie (“Website”) uses cookies and other similar technologies (including pixels, beacons and tags, collectively referred to as “cookies”) to distinguish you from other users of this Website.

To the extent that personal data is collected through cookies, it will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

On this Website, we use cookies for the purpose of providing our users with better service. A cookie is a mechanism that stores information when a user visits this Website, in order to identify that user’s browser. The information obtained is used to gain a statistical understanding of how this Website is overall being accessed, as well as to improve the ease of use for the user, and to help improve this Website. It is also used to display recommended content for each user and to show the most appropriate advertising.

The information obtained from cookies is not for the purpose of identifying users’ personal information. It is possible to set your browser to block cookies. However, please understand that if your browser is set to block cookies, you may be unable to use some services of this Website.

Additionally, our Website uses tools and services provided by third parties through the use of cookies. When using these tools or services, we may provide the tool/service providers with users’ information however any information provided cannot be used to identify individuals by itself. Such information will be processed in accordance with the regulations stipulated by the tool/service providers.

If you wish to disable (opt-out of) the advertising delivery using third-party cookies, please go to the relevant company’s website to disable (opt-out of) it.

We use four categories of cookies on our Website:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of this Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into the secure areas of our Website.
• Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors interact with this Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way this Website works, for example, by ensuring that users can easily find what they are looking for.
• Functionality cookies. These cookies recognize your device when you return to this Website. They enable us to personalize our content to you and remember your preferences, for example, greetings, choice of language, region and login details.
• Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to this Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Depending on how long the cookies remain in your browser, they may also be divided into two different groups:

• Session cookies. These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave this Website.
• Persistent cookies. These remain in the cookie file of your browser even after you close the browser. They have expiration dates and can be used to store information that can be accessed across multiple browsing sessions.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the file below:
Cookie List

Whether a cookie is “first-party” or “third-party” refers to the network placing the cookie. First-party cookies are those set by us when you visit our Website whilst third-party cookies are set by approved partners.

Some of our performance and targeting cookies are managed by third parties. We carry out due diligence on these partners to ensure they have robust security systems and only permit them to use cookies for their intended purpose. Data collected from third-party cookies is stored by the third-party and, although we are granted access, is not stored on our systems.

From time to time, we may also embed external content from other third-party websites within our own Website and emails. This could include sites such as Facebook, Twitter or YouTube, and each of their cookie usage polices are available on their individual websites.

Please note the following third parties may deploy cookies on our Website:

• Google
• Yahoo!
• AudienceOne
• DialogOne
• Userlocal
• Amazon
• Facebook
• Marketing Cloud Account Engagement (formerly Pardot)
• X (formerly Twitter)
• SmartNews
• Clarity (Microsoft)

The purposes for which we use such third parties’ tools or services and how to disable (opt out of) them are as follows: