Terms and Conditions

1. These terms and conditions apply to your access and use of the Japan Society website (www.japansociety.org.uk, and all Japan Society-related sub-domains). Please read these terms in full before you use this website. By continuing to use this website you confirm that you accept these terms and conditions of use and comply with them. Together with our privacy policy, these terms and conditions govern Japan Society’s relationship with you in relation to this website. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site. We recommend that you make a copy of these terms for future reference.

2. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

3. These terms refer to our privacy policy, which also apply to your use of our site. We may make changes to these terms, the privacy and cookie policy, and our site at any time. Please check to make sure you understand which terms that apply at the relevant time.

4. In these terms and conditions, “we” “our” “us” means Japan Society, a company limited by guarantee, registered in England No. 3371039, registered charity No. 1063952 whose registered office is at 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London NW1 4QP; “site” means our website at www. japansociety.org.uk and any other sub-domains owned or controlled by us, including areas of the websites where you can sign up for e-newsletters, as well as information collected automatically by cookies, if enabled, whether accessed via computer, mobile device or otherwise.

• Use of the website content
• Use of links
• Privacy and cookies policy
• Disclaimer
• Law and Jurisdiction
• How to contact us

Use of the website content

1. This website may be used for your own personal purposes and in accordance with these terms of use.

2. You may print off copies and download extracts of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others to content posted on our site. You must not change the copies in any way, and you must not use our logo or any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. You must acknowledge us (or our contributors) as the authors of the material.

3. You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining our permission.

Use of links

1. Japan Society welcomes new visitors to its website. We encourage links to our website from other webpages in order to expand awareness of our web resources. Any party wishing to link to our website is entitled to do so provided that the conditions below are observed:

a. you do not seek to imply that we are endorsing the services or products of another party unless this has been agreed with us in writing;

b. you do not misrepresent your relationship with this website;

c. the website from which you link does not contain offensive or otherwise controversial content or content that infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of a third party.

2. Throughout this website you may find links to third-party sites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. The provision of a link to such a website does not indicate that we endorse the website. We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s). If you visit any website via a link on this web site you do so at your own risk.

Privacy and cookies policy (related to the website only)

The Japan Society may collect data regarding you via our website www.japansociety.org.uk. This data includes:

1. Cookies

a. Cookies are small text files created and stored on your computer when you visit a website. Cookies store visitor session data, i.e. information about your computer and about your visits to and use of the website (information about your web browser, your lP address, your general location as determined from your lP address and provided by your browser, the site from which you come, and the links followed when leaving our site). Further information about cookies can be found on the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s website www.allaboutcookies.org.

b. Japan Society website (may) uses cookies for statistical analysis, to understand user behaviour, to administer the site, and to improve user experience and our service to you.

c. When you visit pages on our site which have content embedded from third party sites such as YouTube or Google Maps, you may receive cookies from those websites. You are advised to visit the third-party websites for more information about their cookies.

d. Any information gathered by our use of cookies is compiled on an aggregate, anonymous basis. This information does not identify you as an individual and does not link to any personal information you may provide.

e. The data will not be sold or swapped to third parties without consent unless we are legally obligated to do so.

f. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies; however you can delete, or disable cookies by adjusting your internet browser’s cookie settings (more information on www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies). The website will still work when cookies are disabled, but the site will best function when cookies are enabled.

2. Website Forms

Names, email addresses and other details are provided voluntarily by users via our website forms (contact form, events booking form, education forms, purchase form, and all other forms). The data may be used by the Japan Society to send you the information you request, which may include future updates and electronic communication regarding the activities of the Japan Society.

The data you provide us will not be sold or swapped with third parties without prior consent unless we are legally obligated to do so.

The data you provide us will be held securely and follow the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as detailed in our privacy policy.

3. Mailing List

By signing up online via our website form, you are joining the Japan Society mailing list* and agreeing to receive our email newsletter sent out twice or three times weekly, with information and updates about our upcoming events and other news and activities of the Japan Society which we think may be of interest to you.

You may choose to opt-out of receiving these emails at any time by simply clicking the opt-out link at the bottom of our emails or by emailing us: info@japansociety.org.uk

The data you provide us will not be sold or swapped with third parties without prior consent unless we are legally obligated to do so.

The data you provide us will be held securely and follow the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as detailed in our privacy policy.

*Please note that subscribing to our mailing list is not the same as being a member of the Japan Society. To find out about the benefits of Japan Society membership please visit our website here or email our membership officer membership@japansociety.org.uk.

Disclaimer

1. The Japan Society website is published for your enjoyment and it is our pleasure to make our site available to you free of charge. We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons.

2. Whilst we do take responsible steps to ensure that the information and material provided on our website is accurate and up to date at all times, we do not guarantee that all information and material is accurate or up to date. By using this site you acknowledge that such information and material may contain inaccuracies and errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

3. Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. The links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked website or information since we have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.

Law and jurisdiction

Please note that these terms of use and their subject matter are governed by English law. Any dispute arising in connection with these terms of use shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.

How to contact us

Please contact us if you have any questions about our websites or content.
By email: info@japansociety.org.uk
By post: The Japan Society, 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London NW1 4QP

This page was last reviewed and updated in May 2018.