Cookie Policy

1. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that temporarily store information on user’s device (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.) when a user accesses the website of HOYA Corporation (hereafter, “our company”). Cookies allow us to obtain information about the number of visits to our website and the pages visited.

2. Purpose of using Cookies

Our company uses Cookies for the following purposes:

• To facilitate navigation on our company’s website and improve user’s convenience
• To understand how our company’s website is used and improve its performance
• To collect traffic data and statistical data to help improve our company’s website

Our company’s Cookies are not used to collect information that can directly identify users but are used to optimize the operation of the website.

3. Types of Cookies

The following types of Cookies are used on our company’s website:

・Essential Cookies : Required to provide basic website functions. These Cookies are essential for the website to operate correctly.
・Performance Cookies : Used to measure website performance and analyze user behavior. This will help us improve the usability of our website.
・Targeting Cookies : Used to identify visitors between different websites and may be used to provide information tailored to the user’s browsing habits and interests.

4. How to manage Cookies

If users want to manage the use of Cookies, users can delete Cookies and refuse future Cookies saving through the browser settings. For more information,　please refer to the “Help” function of the browser.
Please note that if users change the browser’s Cookie settings, some functions and content may not work properly.

5. Third-party Cookie settings

In addition to our first-party cookies, our website may use various third-party cookies. For the third-party cookies that are not essential to the website’s functions, users can choose “Agree” or “Reject” from the banner that appears when visiting the website. External transmission which is non-essential will not be made until the user click the “Agree” button. Users can also set individual preferences for each external destination or each category.

6. Cookie storage period

The storage period of cookies depends on the browser which is used, but our cookies will be automatically deleted within 365 days.

7. Legal Basis of Processing

Our company will process user’s access data including cookies only when the laws allow us to do so. In many cases, we will process user’s access data on the following legal basis:

・ Access data for analytics including analytics cookies : Consent
Our company may process access data for analytics including analytics cookies only when we obtain consent from the user to do so.

・ Other access data : Legitimate interests
“Legitimate interests” are recognized where processing of access data other than access data for analytics is necessary for a legitimate interest pursued by us or a third party, and user’s interests and fundamental rights do not override those legitimate interests.

8. Privacy protection

Our company values user privacy, and information collected through Cookies will be appropriately protected in accordance with privacy laws and guidelines. For more information, please refer to our company’s privacy policy.

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This policy provides basic guidelines for the use of our company’s website and is subject to change.