Cookies Policy
Last updated July 2019
KIE, Kintetsu International Express (“us,” “we,” or “our) uses cookies on www.kintetsu.com (the “Service”). By using the Service, you consent to the use of cookies.
About Cookies
A cookie is a file sent to your computer, or mobile, web browser that contains an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is stored by your browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser opens a new page from the server. Cookies can be used by web servers to identify and track users as they navigate through different pages on a website and identify users returning to a website.
Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies. A persistent cookie will remain in your web browser until a predetermined expiration date — unless deleted by the user before the expiration date. A session cookie will expire at the end of the user’s session — which is triggered when the web browser is closed.
Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you that you provide in our contact form may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
Should you choose to submit an inquiry through our contact form, we will have only the information you have shared with us, be that name, email address and/or phone number. We will not share that personal identifiable information with third parties.
How KIE Uses Cookies
When you use and access the Service, we may place a number of cookie files in your web browser.
We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of the Service and to provide analytics on website behavior and website traffic for the purpose of improving how our website works.
Deem and Concur Online Booking Sites
KIE uses cookies on our online booking tools in partnership with Deem and Concur. These cookies are to remember your login and personal preferences, and to log any issues that you may have encountered during your session. Any personal data in these sites were previously obtained by you and/or your company.
If you do not wish us to use your personal information, please do not share that information with us. In doing so, please understand that you are deterring our ability to extend our travel booking services to you. Furthermore, if your internet browser has been set to block cookies, you may be unable to use certain portions of our booking sites.
KIE may also share your travel data with your company for Travel Management purposes. Examples of which include Travel Risk Management – a tool that allows employers to know the whereabouts of their traveling employees and receive travel risk notices before and during their travel.
Third-Party Cookies – Analytics Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use Google Analytics third-party that may collect, monitor, and analyze statistics of the Service, and may deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on.
The reports generated from such data is to reveal:
- Most frequented page
- Page-to-page behavior to improve website design
- Time spent of pages
- Website traffic to identify trends
- How our visitors found us (reference or general search)
- Bounce rates to see where our website needs improvement
- Basic geographical information to better understand our audience (country, state, province, or city)
- Total amount of visitors per day, month, season, and year to monitor website modifications and the results of such modifications
Our analytics service provider’s privacy policy is available at:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Disabling Cookies
If you do not feel comfortable with the use of cookies, you may disable them from your web browser settings. You can refer to this site https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/google-chrome.html or you can search online for instructions on doing so.