The Belgian Beer Weekend Office (the "BBW Office") fully understands the importance of protecting personal information, and observes all appicable laws and regulations relating to privacy protection. We have designed this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your personal information in accordance with our website.

1. Purpose of use of personal information

Personal information we collect may be used for the following purposes:
1. delivery of periodic emails or newsletters
2. notifications to contest winners
3. repsonses to customer inquiries and complaints
4. to improve our website to better serve you

2. Management of Personal Information

The "BBW Office" will strive to protect personal information under the following system: we will appropriately and strictly manage the personal information provided by site users, and will take measures to prevent the loss, leakage, or falsification of information. In addition, we will limit the number of people in charge of handling the information, create regulations regarding the storage and management of personal information and take other preventive measures to protect personal information.

3. Outsourcing

The "BBW Office" may outsource a part of its services and operations to third parties who have implemented appropriate confidentiality and security measures. If we entrust an individual or entity with the handling of any personal information, we will exercise necessary and appropriate supervision over such indivdual or entity to ensure the security of such personal information.

4. Providing information to third parties

The "Office" will not disclose personal information you provide to any third party, except under the following circumstances:
1. When certain services and operations related to campaigns and promotions need to be outsourced to suppliers for process and delivery.
2. When requested by public authorities in accordance with or applicable by law.
3. When the "BBW Office" obtained prior consent or approval of the site user.
4. When it is considered necessary for the protection of the safety or property of our users or the public, and it is difficult or impractical to obtain the consent of the individual.
5. When it is necessary to protect our services from actions that violate laws and regulations, and it is difficult or impractical to obtain the consent of the individual.

5. About "Cookies"

We uses “cookies”— small files that the web browsers store on your computer — to manage access to and use of our site, recognize your preferences and to facilitate effective site administration in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.
You can disable the cookie function in your browser settings at your own discretion, but please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use the website properly.

6. Use of access logs

This website may collect information such as IP addresses, browser types, and referring URLs from access logs. The collected information will be used as statistical information to analyze trends in website usage, but will not be reflected in any personal information.

7. About third-party links

The "BBW Office" may provide links to third-party websites. We cannot take any responsibility for personal information registered on these third-party sites, as the information is not under our jurisdiction. When registering personal information on an external site, please check the privacy statement of that site.

8. Changes to the Privacy Policy

The "BBW Office" will periodically review and improve the services on this website. Accordingly, the privacy policy may be changed. Please check this page from time to time to ensure that you understand the privacy policy of this website.

9. Procedures for disclosure of personal information

Site users may request the "BBW Office" to disclose personal information held by the "BBW Office" at any time. If, as a result of the disclosure, there is an error in said personal information, site users may request the "BBW Office" to correct or delete said personal information.

Contact for inquiries and complaints about this privacy policy:

Belgian Beer Weekend Office
3-24-3 Asakusabashi, Taito-ku
Tokyo 111-0053, Japan
[email protected]

Last Edited on 2024-03-07