Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 20, 2026

AK JAPAN Shop operates this store and website, including all related information, content, features, tools, products and services, in order to provide you, the customer, with a curated shopping experience (the "Services"). AK JAPAN Shop is powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide the Services to you. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit, use, or make a purchase or other transaction using the Services or otherwise communicate with us.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and understand the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information We Collect or Process

When we use the term "personal information," we are referring to information that identifies or can reasonably be linked to you or another person. We may collect or process the following categories of personal information depending on how you interact with the Services:

  • Contact details including your name, address, billing address, shipping address, phone number, and email address.
  • Financial information including credit card, debit card, and financial account numbers, payment card information, transaction details, form of payment, payment confirmation and other payment details.
  • Account information including your username, password, security questions, preferences and settings.
  • Transaction information including the items you view, add to your cart or wishlist, purchase, return, exchange or cancel, and your past transactions.
  • Communications with us including the information you include in communications with us, for example, when sending a customer support inquiry.
  • Device information including information about your device, browser, or network connection, your IP address, and other unique identifiers.
  • Usage information including information regarding your interaction with the Services.

Personal Information Sources

We may collect personal information from the following sources:

  • Directly from you when you create an account, visit or use the Services, communicate with us, or otherwise provide us with your personal information.
  • Automatically through the Services including from your device when you use our products or services or visit our websites, and through the use of cookies and similar technologies.
  • From our service providers when we engage them to enable certain technology and when they collect or process your personal information on our behalf.
  • From our partners or other third parties.
  • From third-party authentication providers such as Google, when you choose to sign in to your account using their service.

How We Use Your Personal Information

Depending on how you interact with us, we may use personal information for the following purposes:

  • Provide, Tailor, and Improve the Services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services, including to process payments, fulfill orders, manage your account, arrange shipping, facilitate returns and exchanges, and create a customized shopping experience.
  • Marketing and Advertising. We use your personal information to send marketing communications and to show you online advertisements.
  • Security and Fraud Prevention. We use your personal information to authenticate your account, provide a secure shopping experience, and detect or prevent fraudulent activity.
  • Communicating with You. We use your personal information to provide customer support and maintain our business relationship with you.
  • Legal Reasons. We use your personal information to comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process.

How We Disclose Personal Information

We may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes, including:

  • With Shopify, vendors and other third parties who perform services on our behalf (e.g. IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment and shipping).
  • With business and marketing partners to provide marketing services and advertise to you.
  • When you direct, request us, or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties.
  • With our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group.
  • In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, or to comply with legal obligations.

Relationship with Shopify

The Services are hosted by Shopify, which collects and processes personal information about your access to and use of the Services in order to provide and improve the Services for you. To learn more about how Shopify uses your personal information, you can visit the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy.

Third-Party Sign-In Services

When you choose to sign in to your account using a third-party authentication service such as Google ("Sign-In Services"), we receive limited information from that service for the sole purpose of creating and authenticating your account.

Information we receive from Google Sign-In:

  • Your email address
  • Your name, if provided by Google
  • Your Google account's basic profile information (such as profile picture), if made available by Google

How we use this information:

  • To create and authenticate your customer account on the Services
  • To associate your sign-in with any existing account that uses the same email address
  • To communicate with you regarding your account and orders

What we do not do:

  • We do not access, store, or use any data from your Google account beyond what is described above
  • We do not access your Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Google contacts, or any other Google services
  • We do not share information received from Google Sign-In with third parties except as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, such as with Shopify, which hosts our Services

Revoking access:

You can revoke our access to your Google account at any time by visiting your Google Account permissions page at https://myaccount.google.com/permissions.

The use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Third Party Websites and Links

The Services may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions.

Children's Data

The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children under the age of majority in your jurisdiction.

Security and Retention of Your Information

No security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee perfect security. How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account, to provide you with Services, or to comply with legal obligations.

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have rights in relation to your personal information, including the right to access, delete, correct, or port your personal information, and the right to opt out of certain processing.

International Transfers

We may transfer, store and process your personal information outside the country you live in.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on this website and update the "Last updated" date.

Contact

Should you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, please email us at akjapanimports@gmail.com or contact us at 11177 Huff Boulevard, Delta, BC, V4E 2E9, Canada.