Cookie Policy
Effective date: January 1, 2020
This Cookie Policy explains how cookies and similar technologies are used when you visit our Site and what these technologies are, as well as your right to control the use. A "Site" includes our websites, emails, and other applications owned and operated by Kinokuniya Bookstores of America.
We may change this Cookie Policy at any time. When we make changes, we’ll update the “Effective Date” at the top of the Cookie Policy and post it on our sites. Any change in this Cookie Policy will become effective when we make the revised Cookie Policy available on or through the Site. We encourage you to check back periodically to review this Cookie Policy for any changes since your last visit.
1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are sent to your browser from our Site and are stored on your computer's hard drive. Each time you visit our Site from the same computer, the cookie will be retrieved from your computer, enabling our Site to recognize your computer as having previously visited our Site and thereby increase the functionality of our Site on your computer. Cookies help us measure the number of visits, average time spent, page views, and other statistics relating to your access to this Site. This information allows us to administer the Site better and provide a more tailored and user-friendly service to our Site visitors.
We may also use "web beacons" (also known as "clear GIFs" or "pixel tags") or similar technologies on our Site to enable us to know whether you have visited a web page or received a message. A web beacon is typically a one-pixel, transparent image (although it can be a visible image as well), located on a web page or in an email or other type of message, which is retrieved from a remote website on the internet enabling the verification of an individual's viewing or receipt of a web page or message. A web beacon helps us to understand whether you came to our website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, measure successes of email marketing campaigns, and improve our website performance. They may also enable us to relate your viewing or receipt of a web page or message to other information about you, including your personal information. In many instances, web beacons rely on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings on your browser. However, if you disable this function (or keep this function disabled, as set by default by certain browsers), your experience on the Site may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
2. List of Cookies We Use
Functional and Required Cookies at https://usa.kinokuniya.com/
Name / Duration / Purpose
Crumb / Session / Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO
RecentRedirect / Session / Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors
Test / Session / Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors
Squarespace-likes / Persistent / Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post
squarespace-popup-overlay / Persistent / Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it
squarespace-announcement-bar / Persistent / Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it
Analytics and Performance Cookies at https://usa.kinokuniya.com/
Name / Duration / Purpose
ss_cid / 2 years / Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
ss_cvr / 2 years / Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
ss_cvisit / 30 minutes / Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
ss_cvt / 30 minutes / Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
ss_cpvisit / 2 years / Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
ss_cookieAllowed / 30 days / Remembers if a visitor agreed to place Analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies
ss_cid / 2 years / Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
ss_cvr / 2 years / Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
Cookies at https://united-states.kinokuniya.com/
Name / Purpose
squarespace-announcement-bar / Persistent / Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it
_bookweb_session / Identifies a unique session for a visitor
cookieControl / Prevents the cookie consent pop-up from displaying if a visitor click the accept button
cookieControlPrefs / Prevents the cookie consent pop-up from displaying if a visitor click the accept button
login_without_cookie / Supports a visitor's login
remember_spree_user_token / Stores information in a cart
request_method / Supports the functionality of the website
sg_sess / Shows recommendation
device / Determine a browser to help display the website
flash_error / Display error messages
product_xxxxx_viewed / Track viewed products
resign_confirmed / Supports to close an account
resign_confirmed_cookies / Supports to close an account
remember_key / Store a visitor's login detail
AWSALB / Improves performance in Scheduling by using one server for the duration of the session
AWSALBCORS / Improves performance in Scheduling by using one server for the duration of the session
_ga / Used to distinguish users
_gid / Used to distinguish users
_gat / Used to throttle request rate.
3. How to Manage Cookies
You may refuse or accept cookies from the Site or any other website at any time by activating settings on your browser. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to sign in or use other interactive features of our Site that depend on cookies. Information about the procedure to follow in order to enable or disable cookies can be found at:
Please be aware that if Cookies are disabled, not all features of the Site may operate as intended.