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We are careful to check information carefully before posting it on this website, but we cannot guarantee the accuracy of all information. Items on this website may be changed or deleted without warning. Kyoto Convention & Visitors Bureau cannot be held accountable for any loss or damages incurred in relation to information posted on this website.

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Kyoto Convention & Visitors Bureau (KCVB) recognizes that properly handling personal information is important for the sake of the privacy of users. We operate this website in accordance with laws and provisions regarding the protection of personal information.

●Browsing this website
This website is generally free to browse without any input of personal information required. However, there are cases when we collect personal information (name, email address, telephone number etc.) from users in order to provide services on this website. We do not use names or e-mail addresses for any purpose except the collection of data and providing information to the user.
1. To reply to a user in response to inquiries from such user;
2. To inform users of products and services;
We do not disclose users’ personal information to third parties without the express permission of the user.

●About the access log
Access logs are used solely as a source of statistical information, and are not combined with the personal information of users. We do not disclose personal information to third parties, except when required by law.

●About other websites linked to from this website
Other websites linked to this website operate in accordance with their own separate provisions regarding the protection of personal information. We do not and cannot assume responsibility for the security of personal information of users on other websites linked from this website.

We will process all reasonable requests as quickly as possible, however not all requests will be able to be fulfilled. In these cases inquiries will be responded to with the reason.

Name:Kyoto Convention & Visitors Bureau
E-mail address:kyoto@hellokcb.or.jp

Our organization takes appropriate measures to protect personal information. We take effort to promote awareness among our staff concerning protecting personal information.

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We use a cookie that shares information with third parties such as Google in order to analyze the data. We can combine the data that has been supplied by the user to these parties. For example, by using Google Analytics, we can analyze the anonymous statistical data that has been gathered. This helps us understand what pages were visited most often so we can further optimize our site and provide appropriate content.

Performance tracking: Google Analytics (for compiling together anonymous visitor information) Other cookies: YouTube uses a cookie to playback the video embedded in this webpage. Google uses a cookie to locate the region where the users are and for map services.

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