Last updated: August 14, 2026
Japan Direct Research Ltd (“we”, “us”, or “our”) operates the website https://en.jdr-japan.com (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our Site. This English version of the policy is intended primarily for visitors located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, and the United States.
1. Data Controller
The data controller responsible for your personal data is:
- Company: Japan Direct Research Ltd
- Address: 3-21 Kanda-Nishiki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0054, Japan
2. Personal Data We Collect
We may collect the following categories of personal data:
- Contact information you provide via our contact form or email (e.g., name, email address, company name, phone number, message content)
- Technical data collected automatically (e.g., IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, date and time of access)
- Cookie and tracking data as described in Section 5 and in our Cookie Declaration
- Newsletter sign-up data, account data
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of [16 / applicable age]. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us, and we will delete it.
3. Purposes and Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR)
| Purpose | Data | Legal basis (Art. 6 GDPR) |
|---|---|---|
| Responding to inquiries | Contact information | Legitimate interests/steps prior to entering a contract (Art. 6(1)(f) / (b)) |
| Operating and securing the Site | Technical data | Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Website analytics | Cookie data, technical data | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) |
| Marketing communications | Email address | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) |
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
4. How We Share Your Data
We may share personal data with the following categories of recipients:
- Service providers (processors): hosting provider: xserver, analytics provider: Google Analytics, email service: Microsoft, consent management platform (CookieYes)
- Legal and regulatory authorities where required by law
We do not sell your personal data.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies. Non-essential cookies (such as analytics and marketing cookies) are set only after you give your consent via our cookie consent banner (powered by CookieYes). You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via the cookie settings link/icon on the Site.
For a full, automatically updated list of the cookies we use, their purposes, and their durations, please see our Cookie Declaration:
6. International Data Transfers
We are based in Japan. Japan has been recognized by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of data protection (adequacy decision). Where we transfer personal data to service providers located in countries without an adequacy decision (e.g., the United States), we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses and/or the EU–US Data Privacy Framework, as applicable. You may request a copy of the relevant safeguards by contacting us.
7. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described above:
- Inquiry data: 2 years after the last contact
- Analytics data: 14 months, per Google Analytics settings
When retention periods expire, data is deleted or anonymized.
8. Your Rights (EEA/UK Visitors)
Under the GDPR/UK GDPR, you have the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Rectify inaccurate data
- Request erasure (“right to be forgotten”)
- Restrict processing
- Data portability
- Object to processing based on legitimate interests
- Withdraw consent at any time
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (in the EEA: your local Data Protection Authority; in the UK: the ICO)
To exercise your rights, contact us via our Contact form. We will respond within one month.
9. California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)
In the last 12 months, we have collected the categories of personal information described in Section 2 (identifiers, internet activity information).
- We do not sell your personal information.
- You have the right to know, delete, correct, and opt out of the sale/sharing of personal information, and the right to non-discrimination for exercising these rights.
- We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals
- To exercise your rights, contact us at our Contact Form
10. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data, including SSL/TLS encryption. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is completely secure.
11. Automated Decision-Making
We do not use your personal data for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Material changes will be notified via the Site.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us through our contact form: Japan Direct Research Contact Form