Last Updated: July 24, 2025

1. Introduction Welcome to Japanese Knives World (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://japaneseknivesworld.com (the “Site”). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

2. Data We Collect We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

• Personal Identification Information: Your name, shipping address, billing address, email address, and telephone number.

• Transactional Data: Details about payments to and from you and other details of products you have purchased from us. We do not store your full credit card details; this information is processed by our secure payment gateways (e.g., Stripe, PayPal).

• Technical Data: Your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this Site.

• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services, such as which pages you visit and the time you spend on them.

• Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

3. How We Collect Your Data We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

• Direct Interactions: You may give us your identity and contact data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, or email. This includes personal data you provide when you create an account, purchase a product, or subscribe to our newsletter.

• Automated Technologies or Interactions: As you interact with our Site, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment and Browse actions. We collect this data by using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies. Please see our Cookie Policy for further details.

   

• Third Parties or Publicly Available Sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties such as analytics providers (e.g., Google), advertising networks (e.g., Facebook), and payment and delivery services.

   

4. How We Use Your Data We use your personal data for the following purposes and on the following legal bases:

• To Process and Fulfill Your Order: To perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.

• To Manage Our Relationship With You: To notify you about changes to our terms or privacy policy and to provide customer support.

• To Administer and Protect Our Business and this Site: For troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, and security (for our legitimate interests).

• To Deliver Relevant Website Content and Advertisements to You: To measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you (for our legitimate interests).

• For Marketing Communications: To send you information about our products, services, and promotions, where you have consented to receive it. You can opt-out at any time.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure We may share your data with trusted third-party service providers to perform services for us, such as:

• Payment processing and fraud prevention.

• Shipping and delivery services.

• Website hosting and management.

• Marketing and advertising services (e.g., Google Analytics, Meta).

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes.

6. International Transfers Your information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ. We will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data.

7. Data Security We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way.

8. Data Retention We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

9. Your Legal Rights (Under GDPR and other regulations) You have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including:

• The right to request access to your personal data.

• The right to request correction of the personal data that we hold about you.

• The right to request erasure of your personal data.

• The right to object to processing of your personal data.

• The right to request restriction of processing your personal data.

• The right to request data portability.

• The right to withdraw consent at any time.

10. Contact Us If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us at: Japanese Knives World [Your Business Address] Email: info@japaneseknivesworld.com