_PRIVACY POLICY
_PRIVACY POLICY
Privacy Policy for this site.
Privacy Policy
TORA.DANCE (hereinafter referred to as "this Website") recognizes the importance of users' personal information and related data, complies with applicable laws and regulations, and has established the following Privacy Policy in order to appropriately collect, use, manage, and protect such information. This Website may review and improve this Policy as necessary.
1. Scope of Application
This Privacy Policy applies when this Website handles users' personal information, related personal information, cookies and other identifiers, access information, inquiry information, and similar data.
2. Operator Information
Operator Name: MISAKO KONDO
Website Name: TORA.DANCE
URL: https://tora.dance
Contact: websupport@tora.dance
3. Information We May Collect
This Website may collect the following information:
- Name, display name, or handle
- Email address
- Contents of inquiries
- IP address
- Browser information, device information, and user agent
- Cookies, advertising identifiers, browsing history, and referrer URL
- Access date/time and usage history
- Information obtained through embedded content or use of external services
- Any other information submitted or entered by users on this Website
4. Purposes of Use
This Website uses collected information only within the scope of the following purposes:
- To confirm the identity of users when necessary
- To confirm and respond to inquiries
- To address misconduct, spam, violations of terms, or similar issues
- To maintain, improve, enhance, and add functions to the Website
- To analyze access, understand usage trends, and prepare statistical data
- To deliver advertisements, measure advertising effectiveness, and optimize displayed content
- To respond as required by law
- For any other purpose for which individual consent has been obtained
5. Legal Bases for Processing Personal Information
Where this Website is subject to the GDPR or similar laws, personal data is processed mainly on the following legal bases:
- User consent
- Performance of a contract or steps taken prior to entering into a contract
- Compliance with legal obligations
- Legitimate interests of this Website or a third party (e.g., website operation, maintenance of security, fraud prevention, access analysis, and maintaining the Website through advertising revenue)
6. Management of Personal Information
This Website takes necessary and appropriate security measures to prevent leakage, loss, damage, falsification, unauthorized access, and similar risks involving personal information.
This Website uses SSL/TLS to encrypt communications.
7. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties
This Website does not provide personal information to third parties except in the following cases:
- Where the user has given consent
- Where required by law
- Where necessary to protect a person's life, body, or property
- Where particularly necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children
- Where necessary to cooperate with national or local government authorities or similar bodies
- Where processing is outsourced to a service provider within the scope necessary to achieve the purposes of use
- In the event of business succession or for other legitimate reasons
In addition, this Website may use third-party services for ad delivery, access analysis, and the provision of embedded content. In such cases, the providers of those third-party services may obtain user information through cookies or similar technologies.
8. Service Providers and External Services
This Website may use the following external services:
- Google Analytics
- Google AdSense
- Amazon Associates
- A8.net
- YouTube, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and other embedded content providers
- External services for spam prevention, security measures, form management, distribution management, and similar operations
These services may process cookies, advertising identifiers, IP addresses, browsing information, and similar data. For details on how such information is handled, please refer to the privacy policies or similar notices of each provider.
9. Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies
This Website may use cookies, local storage, tags, pixels, and other similar technologies for purposes such as improving convenience, analyzing usage, delivering advertisements, measuring advertising effectiveness, preventing fraud, and optimizing display.
Cookies are mechanisms used to identify a user's browser. By themselves, they do not normally identify a specific individual directly, but they may be treated as related personal information or personal information when combined with other data.
10. Managing and Refusing Cookies
Users may restrict or refuse the storage of cookies by changing their browser settings. However, if they do so, some functions or displays of this Website may not operate properly.
This Website allows users to review and change cookie and related privacy settings at any time. Such changes can be made through an icon or similar access point that is constantly displayed on this Website, and users may tap or click that icon to review their consent choices and settings at any time.
11. Access Analytics
This Website may use Google Analytics provided by Google for analyzing and improving the Website. Google Analytics may collect information regarding usage through cookies and other identifiers.
This Website uses such information for purposes including understanding usage, improving content, enhancing convenience, handling errors, and preventing fraud. For more information about Google Analytics, please refer to Google's related policies and similar materials.
12. Advertising
This Website uses the third-party advertising service Google AdSense. Advertising providers may use cookies and similar technologies to display advertisements based on users' interests and preferences.
As a result, advertising providers or their partners may obtain information regarding users' browsers, devices, browsing history, and similar data, and use such information for ad delivery, measuring advertising effectiveness, and display optimization.
This Website does not sell users' personal information by the operator itself. However, in connection with advertising delivery, analytics, and similar activities, third-party services may obtain information through cookies or other identifiers, and such processing may constitute "sale" or "sharing" under applicable laws in certain jurisdictions. Therefore, users may make necessary choices through the "Notice to California Residents" below and through the privacy settings available on this Website.
13. Affiliate Programs
This Website may participate in Amazon Associates, A8.net, and other affiliate programs.
If a user purchases or applies for a product or service through an affiliate link, this Website may receive referral fees or other compensation.
As an Amazon Associate, this Website may earn income from qualifying purchases.
14. Inquiries
This Website may collect names, email addresses, IP addresses, browser information, inquiry details, and similar information when users contact us.
Such information is used for responding to inquiries, spam prevention, fraud prevention, and website operation and management.
15. Embedded Content from Other Websites
This Website may include embedded content such as videos, images, posts, audio, and other materials.
Such embedded content may behave in the same way as if the user had visited the external website directly, and that external website may collect user data, set cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor user interactions.
16. Retention Period
This Website retains collected information for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes of use, or for as long as required or permitted by law. Examples of retention periods are as follows:
- Inquiry information: for 1 year after completion of the response
- Access analytics information: for the period set by Google Analytics or similar services
- Cookie information: until the expiration period of each cookie or until deleted by the user
- Information required for legal compliance or dispute resolution: for the necessary period
17. Users' Rights
Users may, in accordance with applicable laws, make the following requests or claims regarding information concerning themselves to this Website:
- Requests for access or disclosure
- Requests for correction, addition, or deletion
- Requests for suspension of use or restriction of processing
- Withdrawal of consent
- Objections
- Requests for data portability
- Requests to stop provision to third parties
- Complaints
18. Notice to California Residents
Residents of California may have certain rights under applicable laws regarding the handling of personal information by this Website or the external services used by this Website. These rights may include the right to know the categories of personal information collected and the purposes of use, the right to request deletion, the right to request correction, the right to opt-out of processing that may constitute "sale" or "sharing," and the right not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights.
This Website does not sell users' personal information by the operator itself. However, in connection with advertising delivery, access analytics, cookies, and other technologies, the handling of information by third-party services may constitute "sale" or "sharing" under California law.
Users may review and change these settings at any time through an icon or similar access point that is constantly displayed on this Website. Through that settings screen, users may review cookie, advertising, and related privacy settings, and opt-out where necessary.
In addition, if a user's browser or extension sends an opt-out signal such as Global Privacy Control (GPC), this Website or the mechanisms used by this Website may honor such signals to the extent required by law.
For questions, corrections, deletion requests, or other inquiries regarding information that this Website directly collects and manages, please contact the contact point provided in this Policy. For information independently collected and managed by third-party services, please refer to the guidance provided by each service provider.
19. Notice to EU/EEA Residents
For users in the EU/EEA and other regions where the GDPR applies, this Website will provide, at the time of collection, information such as controller details, purposes of processing, legal bases, retention periods, third-party recipients, rights, and other required matters through this Policy or related notices. Users may exercise rights under applicable law, including access, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, objection, data portability, withdrawal of consent, and complaints to a supervisory authority.
20. Contact Information
If you have any inquiries regarding this Policy, the handling of personal information, the exercise of rights, cookie settings, or privacy-related matters, please contact us at:
websupport@tora.dance
21. Disclaimer
This Website strives to provide information that is as accurate as possible; however, it does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, safety, or usefulness of the information provided.
This Website shall not be liable for any damages arising from the information published on this Website.
This Website shall not be responsible for the handling of personal information, services, or other matters on external websites accessed through links from this Website.
22. Copyrights and Portrait Rights
All copyrights, portrait rights, and other rights relating to text, images, videos, audio, files, and other content posted on this Website belong to the operator of this Website or the legitimate rights holders. Except as permitted by law, unauthorized reproduction, copying, modification, redistribution, or similar use is prohibited.
23. Links
Linking to this Website is generally permitted without prior notice. However, links for purposes contrary to public order and morals, direct links to image files, or use through inline frames or similar methods that make it unclear that the content belongs to this Website may be refused.
24. Changes to This Policy
This Website may change this Policy due to amendments to laws, changes in services, operational necessity, or other reasons. Any revised Privacy Policy shall become effective when posted on this Website or on any separately specified effective date.
25. Date of Establishment / Last Updated
Date of Establishment: March 1, 2026
Last Updated: March 20, 2026