Definition of personal information

Personal information is information about a living individual that can identify a specific individual, such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address, or other description contained in that information. This includes information that can be collated with other information and thereby used to identify a specific individual.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

"webChronos" requires you to register as a member in order to use its services. When doing so, we will ask you for personal information such as your email address, name, gender, and date of birth. You can edit your registered personal information by editing your profile. "webChronos" will use your registered information for the following purposes.

・To provide advertisements and content that are optimized for each user
・To improve the content of our services
・To provide users with accurate information about services, etc.
- For statistical analysis

Regarding non-personally identifiable unique or specific information

For the purpose of quality control and service improvement of "webChronos", or for the improvement and quality of advertised products, etc., we may collect data that does not identify individuals, and we may widely disclose the results of statistical analysis to third parties. However, individual personal information will not be included in the results of statistical analysis.
Additionally, webChronos may provide aggregated statistical information about web page access patterns and navigation techniques to reputable academic institutions for academic research and surveys.
This information does not identify any individual and is used only to improve the products and services provided by "webChronos."

Handling of access data

Access data for webChronos will be handled as follows. In addition, collected personal information will be handled in accordance with the above privacy policy.

webChrono uses Google's access analysis tool "Google Analytics."
This Google Analytics uses cookies to collect traffic data.
This traffic data is collected anonymously and does not personally identify you.
You can refuse the collection of this feature by disabling cookies, so please check your browser settings.

(1) Definition of access data
Access data refers to all information handled by webChronos that can directly or indirectly identify users as individuals (hereinafter referred to as "personal data"), including the date and time of access, number of accesses, IP address, device used, browser (internet browsing software), OS type/version, screen size, cookie information, referrer information, GPS location information, page and article viewing history, time spent on each page, mouse trails, etc.

(2) Purpose of use of access data
Access data may be automatically collected for the purposes listed below.

1. To provide services to registered members
2. To report to those who cooperated with surveys, events, etc.
3. To provide information via direct mail, e-mail, etc.
4. To deliver advertisements (targeted advertisements) that meet the needs of users, understand the delivery status, and measure the effectiveness
5. To improve and enhance our services and develop new services
6. For business related to the above five purposes

(3) Use of cookies
A cookie is a piece of information sent between a web server and a user's browser when viewing a web page. If a user has set their computer or mobile device to accept cookies, the cookie will be stored in a designated location in the browser. However, the stored information does not include any information that can identify a specific individual, such as a user name or email address. Official websites and other sites may use the information stored in cookies to change the display to enhance user satisfaction. Users can change their browser settings to refuse cookies or to display a warning when a cookie is received. However, doing so may result in some services and functions being unavailable on some sites.

(4) Opting out of cookies
You can disable (opt out of) the cookie function yourself. Please note that if you disable the cookie function, you may not be able to use some services or the same advertisements may be displayed multiple times.

(5) Targeted advertising delivered by advertising distribution companies
webChronos delivers targeted advertisements, etc., from the following advertising providers. For details on each provider's targeted advertisements and how to disable ad delivery, please visit the respective provider's website.

● Amazon
・Privacy Policy
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201909010
Personalized advertising terms (including how to opt out)
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/help/customer/display.html

Google Inc.
·privacy policy
https://policies.google.com/privacy
・About opting out
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Teads
・Privacy Policy (including how to opt out)
https://www.teads.com/privacy-policy/privacy-policy-general-notice-jp/