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Seiko Instruments Inc. and its subsidiaries in Japan (collectively “we”, “us”, or “our”) offers online resources that provide information related to products and services, as well as corporate news, employment and other information related to our business.
This cookie policy shall apply to our following websites operated by us or by third parties acting for and on our behalf as data processors (“this Website”). This cookie policy shall not apply to any websites other than this Website.
▪https://＊＊＊. sii.co.jp
＊＊＊：Text strings of the subdomain managed and operated by us (not limited to www）
▪https://www.sii-ps.com/
You can invalidate cookies or delete cookies saved on your devices by changing the setting of your internet browser. Please see below “3. Methods to Manage Cookies” for the details.
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◆１．What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer or mobile device when accessing websites, and includes information that is sent and received between internet browser and web server. Since the use of cookies enables remembering login status, languages, other display settings, and the like, the same information need not be entered when moving from one page to another. Cookies data make it possible to identify your device, but we do not store personally identifiable information about you in our cookies data.
Cookies can be classified broadly into two categories based on their issuer: “first-party cookies” and “third-party cookies”. We use both first-party cookies and third-party cookies in this Website.
- ・“first-party cookies”: cookies are placed on the visitor’s device by the website owner
- ・“third-party cookies”: cookies are generated and placed on the visitor's device by a website other than the one the visitor is visiting.
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◆２．Purpose of using cookies
We will use the information collected by cookies following purpose:
〇 To allow visitors to use the features offered on this Website
〇 To make it easier for visitors to use this Website when visiting this Website again
〇 To analyze how the services that this Website provides are used (access status, traffic, routing, etc.) and improve this Website’s performance and our products and services
〇 To show visitor optimum websites based on their usage of this Website and provide information that better meet visitors’ interests and needs in this Website.
〇 To deliver proper advertisements to meet visitors’ interests and needs.
◆３．Methods to Manage Cookies
You can configure your browser’s settings to disable the use of cookies. You can also, at any time, delete cookies that have already been saved. Since the configuration steps vary depending on browser, please refer to the help section of your browser for details.
However, please note that, if you change your browser’s settings to disable all cookies, you may not be able to use all or some of the functions of this Website.
◆４．Types of cookies we use
This Website uses following four types of cookies.
(1) Strictly Essential Cookies
These cookies are indispensable for the proper operation of this Website and enable visitor to use this Website’s features. You can set your browser to block about these cookies, but some parts of this Website may not then work.
(2) Functional Cookies
These Cookies improve your browsing experience on this Website. If you do not allow these cookies, you may not be able to use certain features of this Website.
(3) Performance Cookies
These cookies acquire data on how visitor use this Website and to enable to improve the accessibility and functionality of this Website.
(4) Targeting/Advertising Cookies
These cookies are generated by our marketing partners and set through this Website by the partners in order to analyze visitors’ interests in combination with the data acquired via other websites as needed and to deliver targeted advertisements on this Website or other websites.
▪(1) Strictly Necessary Cookies
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Cookie Name
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Vendor
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Purpose/Description
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Lifespan
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Classification
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__hs_opt_out
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HubSpot
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●This cookie is used by the opt-in privacy policy to remember not to ask the visitor to accept cookies again.
●This cookie is set when you give visitors the choice to opt out of cookies.
For more detail, please see this page of HubSpot website.
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6 months
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First-party
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__hs_do_not_track
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HubSpot
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This cookie can be set to prevent the tracking code from sending any information to HubSpot.
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6 months
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First-party
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__hs_cookie_cat_pref
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HubSpot
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This cookie is used to record the categories a visitor consented to.
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6 months
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First-party
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hs-messages-is-open
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HubSpot
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This cookie is used to determine and save whether the chat widget is open for future visits.
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30 minutes
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First-party
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hs-messages-hide-welcome-message
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HubSpot
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This cookie is used to prevent the chat widget welcome message from appearing again for one day after it is dismissed.
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1 day
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First-party
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__hs_gpc_banner_dismiss
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HubSpot
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This cookie is used when the Global Privacy Control banner is dismissed.
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180 days
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First-party
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__hs_notify_banner_dismiss
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HubSpot
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This cookie is used when the website uses a Notify consent banner type.
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180 days
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First-party
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hs_ab_test
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HubSpot
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This cookie is used to consistently serve visitors the same version of an A/B test page they’ve seen before.
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session
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First-party
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<id>_key
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HubSpot
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●When visiting a password-protected page, this cookie is set so future visits to the page from the same browser do not require login again.
●The cookie name is unique for each password-protected page.
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14 days
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First-party
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__hsmem
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HubSpot
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This cookie is set when visitors log in to a HubSpot-hosted site.
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7 days
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First-party
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hs-membership-csrf
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HubSpot
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●This cookie is used to ensure that content membership logins cannot be forged.
●It contains a random string of letters and numbers used to verify that a membership login is authentic.
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session
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First-party
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__cfruid
__cfuvid
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Cloudflare
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This cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN provider because of their rate limiting policies. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies.
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session
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First-party
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__cf_bm
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Cloudflare
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This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider and is a necessary cookie for bot protection. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies.
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30 minutes
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First-party
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▪(2) Functionality Cookies
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Cookie Name |
Vendor |
Purpose/Description |
Lifespan |
Classification |
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messagesUtk |
HubSpot |
●This cookie is used to recognize visitors who chat with you via the chatflows tool. If the visitor leaves your site before they're added as a contact, they will have this cookie associated with their browser.
●With the Consent to collect chat cookies setting turned on:
●When the Consent to collect chat cookies setting is turned off, the messagesUtk cookie is controlled by the Consent to process setting in your chatflow.
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6 months
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First-party
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▪(3) Performance Cookies
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Cookie Name
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Vendor
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Purpose/Description
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Lifespan
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Classification
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__hstc
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HubSpot
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●The main cookie for tracking visitors.
●It contains the domain, hubspotutk, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session).
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6 months
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First-party
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hubspotutk
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HubSpot
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●This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts.
●It contains an opaque GUID to represent the current visitor.
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6 months
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First-party
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__hssc
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HubSpot
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●This cookie keeps track of sessions.
●This is used to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie.
●It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp.
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30 minutes
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First-party
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_ga
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Google
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●This cookie used by Google Analytics, enables the service to distinguish one visitor from another.
●Each ‘_ga’ cookie is unique to the specific property, so it cannot be used to track a given user or browser across unrelated websites.
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2 years
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First-party
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_gid
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Google
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This cookie is used by Google Analytics, enables to track sessions, evaluate engagement and to view insights and overall traffic trends. It measures engagement time and engaged sessions.
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One day
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First-party
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_gat
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Google
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This cookie is used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate, which means that it limits the collection of data on high traffic sites.
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1 minute
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First-party
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_ga_<container-id>
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Google
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This cookie is used by Google Analytics, enables to persist session state.
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2 years
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First-party
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▪(4) Targeting / Advertising Cookies
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Cookie Name
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Vendor
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Purpose/Description
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Lifespan
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Classification
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_fbp
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Meta
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This cookie is used by Facebook Pixel to track users' visits across different websites, enabling them to target and optimize advertising more effectively.
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3 months
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Third-party
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_ldbrbid
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LINE
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This cookie is used by LINE for advertising purposes, specifically for the delivery of targeted ads.
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2 years
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Third-party
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VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
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Google
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This cookie is used by YouTube to track user data and improve the user experience, including personalized recommendations based on past viewing and search history. It also helps with advertising and measuring the effectiveness of ads You Tube.
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6 months
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Third-party
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IDE
id
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Google
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These cookies are used to show Google ads on non-Google sites.
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13 months in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the United Kingdom (UK), and 24 months everywhere else.
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Third-party
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NID
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Google
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This cookie is used to show Google ads in Google services for signed-out users.
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6 months
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Third-party
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DSID
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Google
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This cookie is used to identify a signed-in user on non-Google sites so that the user’s ads personalization setting is respected accordingly.
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2 weeks
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Third-party
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_gads
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Google
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This cookie supports Google showing ads on third-party sites and are set in the domain of the website you visit. This cookie enables sites to show Google ads.
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13 months
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Third-party
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_gac_
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Google
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Cookies that start with ‘_gac_’ come from Google Analytics and are used by advertisers to measure user activity and the performance of their ad campaigns.
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90 days
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Third-party
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◆５．Contact Information
Should you have any questions about use of cookies on this Website, please contact us using the Inquiry Form below.