Thank you for visiting our website. Kikkoman is committed to protecting and safeguarding your privacy on the Internet. All information collected at this site will be kept strictly confidential and will not be sold, reused, rented, loaned or otherwise disclosed. Any information you give to Kikkoman will be held with the utmost care, and will not be used in ways that you have not consented to. A more detailed explanation about how we safeguard your personal information is described below. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Resale or disclosure of information to third parties: Kikkoman does not sell, rent, loan, trade, or lease any personal information collected at our site, including membership forms and e-mail lists.

Information collected on the website and how we use it: In addition, we may use personal information to provide you the most helpful and targeted products and services to meet your needs and respond to your inquiries. We collect two types of information about visitors: Personal information (such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) which you have voluntarily submitted to us, and Aggregate information (such as information about how many visitors log on to our sites, the pages they access, etc.). We obtain the aggregate information from our website logs which we analyze to constantly improve the quality and value of the materials available on our site. Our website logs are not personally identifiable, and we make no attempt to link them with the individuals that actually browse the site. This means that, in general, you can visit our websites without telling us who you are or revealing personal information about yourself, in which case you may however be unable to participate in certain promotions or receive product information. We collect, maintain and use personal information you have voluntarily submitted to contact you, including via email, to respond to your comments or requests for information, or to contact you if needed in the course of processing or shipping products or services offered over our website. In addition, we may use personal information to provide you the most helpful and targeted products and services to meet your needs and respond to your inquiries.

Cookies: Cookies help us in many ways to make your visit to our website more enjoyable and meaningful to you. Cookies are text information files that your web browser places on your computer when you visit a website. Kikkoman may use such "cookie" technology to obtain non-personal information from you as an online visitor. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but can be configured not to accept them or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Turning "cookies" off may cause certain website features not to be available to visitors. Kikkoman may also use so-called "web beacons" to access the information contained in its cookies within the network of the Kikkoman sites, newsletter emails, and interactive banner ads.

Privacy of our e-mail lists: Kikkoman maintains several e-mail lists to keep Kikkoman customers, the press, and interested members of the general public informed about breaking events. Individuals must affirmatively request to join our mailing lists by signing up through a form on our web site. We do not sell, rent, loan, trade, or lease the addresses on our list to anyone. In addition, we configure our database to make e-mail addresses of our list subscribers available only to authorized Kikkoman staff, and reject requests for addresses from any other source.

Security: We take steps to make all information received from you online as secure as reasonably possible against unauthorized access and use.

Links to other sites: Our website may contain links to other websites. Kikkoman has no control over the privacy practices or the content of such websites. We recommend you carefully read the privacy policies of each site you visit.

Your acceptance of our privacy practices: By using this website, you signify your acceptance of our Privacy Policy, and you adhere to the terms and conditions posted on the website. This clause is not enforceable in countries of the European Union. Please check back for updates to our Privacy Statement and this Executive Summary.