Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

The Japan Videography website (hereinafter referred to as “this website”) is operated by Japan Videography (hereinafter referred to as “our company”) with the aim of providing tourist and useful information, while also getting many people interested in photography and video. In order to protect the personal information of customers who use the services provided by our company, we will comply with the Personal Information Protection Act and other relevant laws, regulations and guidelines, and will handle personal information as follows.

Article 1 Definition of Personal Information

“Personal information” means information about a living individual as defined by Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Personal Information Protection Act, which can identify a specific individual based on the name, date of birth, and other descriptions contained in the information (including information that can be easily collated with other information to thereby identify a specific individual).

Article 2 Purpose of Use of Personal Information

Personal information acquired through the use of our services will not be used beyond the scope of the intended purpose without the customer’s consent. Personal information acquired by our company will be handled within the scope of the following purposes.

  1. Verifying your identity
  2. Responses to inquiries, emails, or phone calls
  3. Provision of services
  4. Various communications related to the use of the service
  5. Billing for service fees and late payment charges
  6. Sales Management
  7. Improving the quality of the service, improving it, and providing additional services (this includes processing the information so that the individual cannot be identified and using it only if requested).
  8. Obtaining model releases for portrait photography (determining the scope of publication, entering into a written portrait rights rental contract, and using the photographs only within the scope of the person’s consent).
  9. Dealing with disputes and litigation
  10. For internal information exchange and communication within our company
  11. Use for other purposes incidental to business operations

Article 3: Acquisition of Personal Information

We will acquire personal information appropriately without using illegal means, and use it within the scope of the purpose of use stipulated in Article 2.

Article 4: Safety Management

  1. We will strive to prevent the leakage of personal information and take necessary and appropriate measures for safe management.
  2. When entrusting all or part of personal information to a third party, we will do so with the consent of the individual and under necessary and appropriate management.

Article 5 Handling of Email Addresses

  1. In order to prevent loss, leakage, and unauthorized access from outside, we strive to provide maximum security and encryption for email addresses obtained through the use of our services, and make every effort to protect personal information.
  2. We have taken measures to ensure that the contents of received emails cannot be viewed by anyone other than the representative or one authorized person.
  3. As an exception to the above, this does not apply to items that are suspected of violating laws and regulations or that deviate from common sense.

Article 6 Acquisition of access history for access analysis or service improvement

  1. When you use or browse this website, cookies, IP addresses, nationalities, browsers used, carriers, etc. are collected as access history. This information is collected automatically to analyze the number of accesses and the source of the traffic, and to measure the number of accesses to each page, and does not contain any information that could identify individuals.
  2. We have taken all possible measures to ensure security, but if vandalism or unauthorized access is suspected, we may submit or disclose the information listed above to relevant government ministries and agencies or providers in accordance with the Unauthorized Computer Access Act.

Article 7: Third-Party Services

To enhance the convenience of our website, some pages use or link to services, products and applications provided by the following third-party services or sites.

  • YouTube video player and link to YouTube
  • Google Maps
  • Google Adsense Ads
  • Google Analytics
  • Amazon Associates
  • Rakuten Affiliate
  • ValueCommerce (Yahoo Shopping and advertisements provided by ValueCommerce)
  • Article sharing buttons (X, Facebook, Hatena Bookmark, Pocket, RSS, feedly, Pinterest)
  • Post display (X, Facebook, Threads, Blue Sky)
  • Other Third Party Services and Applications

External third-party sites are provided solely for your convenience and are not under our control. When using services and content provided by third parties, the third party’s terms of use and privacy policy shall apply, and we shall not be held responsible in any way.
On this website, additional third-party terms of service and privacy policies apply to the services and products provided by the following third parties:

YouTube Terms of Service(https://www.youtube.com/t/terms)
Google Maps/Google Earth Terms of Use(https://www.google.com/help/terms_maps/)
Google Privacy Policy(https://policies.google.com/privacy)
Amazon Terms of Use(https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GLSBYFE9MGKKQXXM)
Amazon Privacy Policy(https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GX7NJQ4ZB8MHFRNJ)
Rakuten Ichiba Terms of Use(https://www.rakuten.co.jp/doc/info/rule/ichiba_shopping.html)
Rakuten Privacy Policy(https://privacy.rakuten.co.jp/)
LINE Yahoo! Common Terms of Use(https://www.lycorp.co.jp/ja/company/terms/)
LINE Yahoo Privacy Policy(https://www.lycorp.co.jp/ja/company/privacypolicy/)
X Terms of Service(https://x.com/ja/tos)
X Privacy Policy(https://x.com/ja/privacy)
Facebook Terms of Use and Policies(https://www.facebook.com/policies_center/)
Hatena Terms of Use(https://policies.hatena.ne.jp/rule)
Hatena Privacy Policy(https://policies.hatena.ne.jp/privacypolicy-ja)
Pinterest Terms of Use and Policies(https://policy.pinterest.com/ja)

Additionally, this website uses the following third-party services as functions that cannot be easily viewed by users from outside, and these are used for access analysis, display of YouTube video players, display of advertisements, and search indexes.
We promise that the information obtained through these means will be used only to improve and enhance the usability of the website and for display on external search sites, and will not be used for any other purposes than those listed below.

Information collected by Google AdSense
In operating this website, we display Google AdSense advertisements to secure revenue, and collect information using cookies so that Google and its partners can display appropriate advertisements to users based on information when users visit this website and other sites.
The data used by Google when displaying advertisements can be managed and updated in the Ad Settings.
By using this web service, users are deemed to have agreed to Google’s privacy policy.

Information collected by Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics as an access analysis function using cookies. Cookies are used to collect information when users access this website or other sites, and based on that information, information such as the user’s access source, length of stay, and the OS used is recorded. By using this web service, users are deemed to have agreed to Google’s privacy policy.

Information collected by YouTube Data API
We use the YouTube Data API to display the YouTube video player and to make searches easier, and we obtain and use user information on YouTube through this API.

    • Search Keywords
    • User Identifiers
    • User-created playlists and subscription information within YouTube

The information collected by the API does not include any information that can identify individuals or the content of communications with third parties, or any other information that is stored on the device.
By using this web service, users are deemed to have agreed to Google’s privacy policy and YouTube’s terms of use.

Article 8 Sharing on SNS, bookmarking, etc.

When you share or spread the tweet using the SNS buttons on the article, it may be shared with @Japanvideography, but the content of the tweet may also be notified to the account we manage. Basically, we do not reply or comment on the content, so please use it with confidence.

If you are concerned about @Japanvideography, please delete the relevant part and notifications will no longer be sent to our account.

Article 9 Scope of Application of Privacy Policy

The above items apply to the following sites and all operations operated by our company. Japan Videography Website https://japan-videography.com Camera×Travel blog https://article.japan-videography.com/ Japan Videography Global site https://en.japan-videography.com/

Article 10 Inquiries

If you have any questions or requests regarding the handling of personal information, please contact us using the contact form below.
Contact Form

Article 11 Changes to the Privacy Policy

This site complies with applicable Japanese laws regarding personal information, and will review and improve the contents of this privacy policy as appropriate.
The latest revised privacy policy will always be disclosed on this page.

Revised on June 15, 2024
Established on November 20, 2018