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Cookie Policy
Last updated: May 20, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how the W Japan Ambassador Program uses cookies and similar technologies on this website. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make sites work, to make them work more efficiently, and to provide information to the owners of the site. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, and tracking pixels.
2. The cookies we use
We group cookies by purpose:
Strictly necessary
These cookies are essential to the operation of the site. They allow you to navigate the site and use features such as submitting an application or signing in to the admin area. Without them, the application and admin pages will not function. These cookies cannot be disabled through this site.
- Session cookie for keeping admin reviewers signed in (admin users only)
- Form-state storage kept locally in your browser to preserve in-progress applications across step changes
Analytics
At launch, we may use a privacy-respecting analytics provider to understand which pages are visited and how the application flow performs. Where this is used, we will configure it to collect only aggregated, de-identified information and to honor browser-level signals such as Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control.
Functional
We may use functional cookies to remember non-essential preferences such as your locale or accessibility settings.
Advertising
We do not use advertising cookies on this site, and we do not share applicant data with advertising networks.
3. Third-party services
Sections of this site may load content hosted by third parties, such as embedded video. Those providers may set their own cookies according to their own policies. We use no-cookie variants where available (for example, YouTube’s privacy-enhanced embeds) to minimize tracking until you choose to interact with the content.
4. Managing cookies
You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers also allow you to refuse cookies, although some parts of the site may not function properly if you do. Helpful guides:
5. Changes to this policy
We will update this Cookie Policy when our practices change. The date of the most recent update appears at the top of this page.
6. Contact
Questions about cookies and tracking can be sent to ambassadors-privacy@wjapan.example.