What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to remember certain information about your visit, such as your preferences or whether you have previously consented to cookie use.
Cookies are widely used by websites to make them work more efficiently, to provide a better user experience, and to give operators information about how the site is used. They do not typically contain personally identifiable information on their own, though they may be used in conjunction with other information to identify you.
Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, and pixel tags. Where we refer to "cookies" in this policy, we are referring to all of these technologies collectively unless stated otherwise.
Essential Cookies
These cookies are required for the website to function. Without them, the site cannot provide basic features. Because they are strictly necessary, they are placed on your device without requiring your consent under applicable Japanese law.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with this website. The information collected is aggregated and anonymized. It tells us things like which pages are visited most often, how long visitors spend on the site, and where visitors come from. This helps us improve the structure and content of the site over time.
These cookies are only placed if you explicitly consent to them. You can withdraw consent at any time through the cookie preference panel accessible from the site footer.
If you do not consent to analytics cookies, we will not activate any analytics tracking on your visit. Declining analytics cookies does not affect your ability to use the site.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies enable enhanced features that are not strictly necessary. On this site, functional cookies may be used to remember display preferences or to enable embedded content from third-party sources that you have interacted with.
These cookies require your consent and are not placed unless you opt in. You can adjust this preference at any time.
Third-Party Cookies
Some content or features on this site may be provided by third parties. Where a Google Maps embed is displayed on our contact page, Google may set cookies on your device in accordance with their own cookie policy. We do not control these cookies and are not responsible for their content or duration.
We do not use advertising networks, social media tracking pixels, or retargeting cookies. We do not serve interest-based advertising.
Managing Your Preferences
You can adjust your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Customize" option in the cookie banner, which appears when you first visit the site, or by accessing the cookie preference panel. Your selected preferences are stored in the essential cookie "dtg_consent" for up to twelve months.
Withdrawing consent for non-essential cookies does not affect any processing that took place before you withdrew consent. It also does not affect cookies that are strictly necessary for the site to function.
Browser Controls
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically instruct your browser to refuse all cookies, to show you when a cookie is being placed, or to delete cookies that have already been set. The method for doing this varies by browser, but documentation is usually available through the browser's help function or support website.
Please note that disabling cookies through your browser may affect the functionality of this and other websites. Essential cookies that are required for basic site operation may be blocked by aggressive browser settings, which could prevent certain features from working correctly.
Legal Framework
Our use of cookies is governed by the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) of Japan, the Telecommunications Business Act (TBA, as amended to require consent for certain types of tracking), and applicable guidelines issued by the Personal Information Protection Commission of Japan (PPC).
We obtain freely given, specific, and informed consent for non-essential cookies before placing them. We do not use cookie walls or other mechanisms that condition access to content on the acceptance of non-essential cookies.
Contact
If you have questions about our use of cookies or would like to exercise any rights related to cookie-set data, please contact us:
DevTools Guide
3-25 Nishikimachi, Higashi Ward
Niigata, 950-0062, Japan
Email: info@devtoolsguide.digital
Telephone: +81 25 278 9911