Privacy policy

This site is provided by pr.co on behalf of Shimano, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This privacy policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Shimano and how we use it.

Log files

This site follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for security monitoring, analyzing trends, and administering the site.

Cookies and web beacons

Like any other website, Shimano uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

What types of cookies we use and how we use them

We only use a very limited set of cookies for this site, mostly for strictly necessary cookies and just one for analytical purposes:

  • Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are necessary to provide you with services available through the newsroom site -- allowing you to log-in to password-protected sections or saving your language preference whilst browsing the site. You can identify these cookies with this name: prdotco-newsroom

Children's information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. Shimano does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on this website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online privacy policy only

This privacy policy applies only to our online activities on this particular newsroom website and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in Shimano. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Your control of cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by indicating your preference on the cookie pop-up that appears when you enter this site.

Aside from exercising your cookie preferences through our cookie pop-up, you can restrict (block or delete) cookies by altering your browser settings. If you restrict the use of cookies, you will not be able to use all the interactive features on this site. The way in which you can restrict cookies varies from browser to browser. You should therefore visit your web browser's help menu for more information.

Notwithstanding the aforesaid, you cannot restrict or reject cookies that are strictly necessary to deliver the site to you.

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