Cookie and Tracking Policy
This is an English translation of our Japanese policy (Cookie・外部送信ポリシー), provided for reference. If the two versions differ, the Japanese version prevails.
The website of Pipeline Co., Ltd. (“we”) uses cookies and similar technologies, and sends some information about your visit to third-party services, to deliver the site, understand how it is used and respond to enquiries. This policy explains what is sent, to whom, why, and how to stop it.
1. Terms used
- Cookie: a small piece of data a website stores in your browser, used for example to recognise a returning visit.
- Identifier: a code stored in a cookie or similar, used to tell browsers or devices apart. On its own it does not identify a specific person.
- External transmission: information sent from your browser to a server operated by a company other than us while you browse the site.
- Website analytics: counting which pages are viewed and where visitors come from, to improve the site.
2. What is sent, and to whom
Our website uses the following services.
3. HubSpot (marketing and enquiry management)
- Recipient: HubSpot, Inc. (United States)
- Information sent: cookie identifiers, pages viewed and when, referrer, IP address, browser and device information, and anything you enter in a form
- Purpose: responding to enquiries, understanding how the site is used, improving our communications, understanding which companies visit
- How to stop it: disable cookies in your browser. Your name and similar details are sent only if you submit a form.
- HubSpot's privacy policy: https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy
4. Google Analytics (website analytics)
- Recipient: Google LLC (United States)
- Information sent: pages viewed and when, referrer, approximate region, browser and device information, cookie identifiers
- Purpose: understanding and improving how the site is used
- How to stop it: use the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout) or disable cookies in your browser.
- Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
5. Cloudflare (site delivery, security and visit counts)
- Recipient: Cloudflare, Inc. (United States)
- Information sent: IP address, pages viewed and when, browser and device information
- Purpose: delivering the website, protecting it from malicious traffic, and counting visits without cookies (Cloudflare Web Analytics)
- How to stop it: this is needed to deliver the site and cannot be turned off. Visit counting does not use cookies.
- Cloudflare's privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
6. Google reCAPTCHA (form spam protection)
- Recipient: Google LLC (United States)
- Information sent: IP address, browser and device information, information about how the form is used
- Purpose: preventing automated spam submissions to our enquiry forms
- How to stop it: nothing is sent unless you use a form.
7. Transfers to third parties outside Japan
The recipients above are US companies. For how we handle personal information and transfers outside Japan, see our privacy policy (https://ppln.co.jp/en/privacy/).
8. Contact
For questions about this policy, contact:
- Pipeline Co., Ltd., personal information enquiries
- Email: [email protected]
9. Changes
We update this policy when we add or change the services we use.