Cookie Policy

The Cookie Policy (hereinafter referred to as the "Policy") describes the types and purpose of use, etc. of access data (as described below) of Atsumi & Sakai and its affiliated offices, including (i) the Japanese legal professional corporation Atsumi & Sakai Hōritsu Jimusho Bengoshi Hōjin, (ii) the Japanese Civil Code partnership Atsumi Sakai Hōritsu Jimusho Gaikokuhō Kyodo Jigyō, (iii) Atsumi & Sakai Europe Limited ("London Office"), (iv) Atsumi & Sakai Brussels EU ("Brussels Office"), (v) Atsumi & Sakai New York LLP ("New York Affiliate Office"), (vi) Atsumi & Sakai Vietnam Law Firm ("Ho Chi Minh City Office"), (vii) A&S Osaka LPC ("Osaka Affiliate Office"), (viii) A&S Fukuoka LPC ("Fukuoka Affiliate Office"), and (ix) Atsumi & Sakai Europa GmbH - Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater ("Frankfurt Affiliate Office") (hereinafter collectively referred to as  "we", "us," or "our")) collects via this website (hereinafter referred to as the "Website").

 

For matters not mentioned in the Policy, please refer to our "Privacy Policy," "Privacy Policy for Europe," and "New York Affiliate Office Privacy Policy" (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "A&S Privacy Policies"). This Policy shall apply together with the A&S' Privacy Policies, but the "Privacy Policy for Europe" shall prevail over this Policy with respect to data subjects residing in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, as well as those residing in other countries whose data is handled by the London Office, Frankfurt Affiliate Office or Brussels Office to the extent that this Policy contradicts the A&S Privacy Policies.

 

We may from time-to-time revise this Policy and the A&S Privacy Policies and will post the updated policies on this website.

Access data that we may collect via the Website comprises:

 

Access logs include information such as website users' ("User") Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, types of devices, and types and versions of browsers. We record such information not only for Website security purposes, but also to provide more convenient services and to analyze users’ usage of the Website.

 

Cookies are small text files that are installed on your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are provided either by us or by third parties providing services to us. Please refer to 2. below for information on cookies used on the Website and their purposes, and 4. below for information on cookie management.

 

These cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly and are therefore always switched on. They are usually only set in response to actions taken by you which amount to a request for services, such as logging in, filling in forms, or setting preferences. You can set your browser to block these cookies but this may cause parts of the website to stop functioning. These cookies do not store any information which may identify you.

 

These cookies allow us to measure the performance of the Website and to analyze the content of interest to the User to help us optimize the Website. The information that these cookies store includes the frequency and date and time of access to the Website, the frequency of use of each page within the Website, the User's movement within the Website, and the time spent on the Website, etc. All information collected by these cookies is anonymous.

 

Cookies may only be used with the consent of the User, except those essential to the use of the Website by the User. Users may change or withdraw their consent to cookies at any time from the page where the block options to change their consent preferences to cookies on the Website are located.

 

Users may also reject the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in their browsers, though disabling cookies may prevent Users from using some services of the Website.