1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit our Website. These files contain a unique identifier and are created by your browser to remember information about your visit. Cookies are a standard technology used across the internet and enable websites to enhance user experience, remember preferences, and gather analytics data.
Cookies themselves are not harmful — they cannot execute code, install malware, or access your device without your browser's participation. However, they do track your browsing activity, so it is important to understand how they work and what choices you have regarding their use.
2. Why We Use Cookies
Torqueenginebench uses cookies for several important purposes that enhance your experience and help us improve our services:
- Essential Functionality: Cookies that enable core website functions such as page navigation, form submission, and security
- User Preferences: Cookies that remember your language choice, layout preferences, and other customizations
- Analytics: Cookies that help us understand how visitors use our Website, which pages are popular, and where users encounter issues
- Marketing: Cookies that track which pages you visit and help us show you relevant travel inspiration and personalized recommendations
- Security: Cookies that help us detect and prevent fraudulent activity and unauthorized access
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Essential / Necessary Cookies: These cookies are absolutely required for the Website to function properly. They handle security, form completion, and basic navigation. These cookies cannot be disabled without impairing Website functionality.
Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics and similar services to gather anonymized data about visitor behavior, including pages visited, time spent on site, device type, and geographic location. This data helps us improve Website performance and user experience.
Marketing / Targeting Cookies: These cookies track your browsing patterns across our Website and potentially across other websites you visit. This allows us to display relevant travel content and recommendations tailored to your interests.
Preference Cookies: These cookies remember your choices, such as language preference, layout settings, and previously viewed content, so you don't have to re-enter these preferences on each visit.
4. First-Party vs. Third-Party Cookies
First-Party Cookies: These are cookies set directly by Torqueenginebench. They enable Website functionality and help us remember your preferences across sessions on our domain.
Third-Party Cookies: These cookies are set by external service providers such as Google Analytics, advertising networks, and social media platforms. While we do not control these cookies directly, we have agreements with these providers to ensure they handle your data responsibly in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
5. Persistent Cookies vs. Session Cookies
Session Cookies: These cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted when you close your browser. They are used to maintain your session while you are actively using our Website, such as keeping you logged in or maintaining your shopping cart.
Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device until they expire or you manually delete them. They may persist for days, months, or even years. We use persistent cookies to remember your preferences and recognize you when you return to our Website in the future.
6. Cookie Consent & Opt-Out
When you first visit our Website, we display a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. If you accept our cookie use, we will set cookies on your device to enhance your experience. If you decline, we will only set essential cookies necessary for Website functionality.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by:
- Visiting our Website and interacting with the cookie banner
- Adjusting your browser settings to refuse all cookies or to alert you when cookies are being set
- Clearing your browser cookies and browsing data from your device settings
Please note that disabling essential cookies may impair Website functionality.
7. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
Most modern browsers give you control over cookies. You can:
- View all cookies stored on your device
- Delete cookies from your device
- Block all cookies or specific types of cookies
- Receive notifications when websites attempt to set cookies
- Enable "Do Not Track" signals (though Website response to these signals is not guaranteed)
Instructions for managing cookies vary by browser. Consult your browser's help menu or visit sites like allaboutcookies.org for detailed guidance specific to your browser.
8. Tracking Technologies Beyond Cookies
Beyond cookies, we may use other tracking technologies to enhance your experience:
Web Beacons (Pixels): Tiny, invisible images embedded in emails or Web pages that track when they are opened or viewed.
Local Storage: Technology similar to cookies that stores data on your device, including local storage objects and HTML5 storage.
Device Fingerprinting: Techniques that collect information about your device (browser type, operating system, screen resolution) to create a unique identifier for analytics and security purposes.
These technologies serve similar purposes to cookies and are subject to similar opt-out mechanisms through browser settings.
9. Data Security & Retention
All cookie data is transmitted through secure, encrypted connections (HTTPS). We implement industry-standard security measures to protect cookie data from unauthorized access or alteration. Analytics cookies typically store data for up to 2 years, after which older data is automatically deleted. You may request earlier deletion of your cookie data at any time.
We do not share raw cookie data with external parties; however, we may share aggregated, anonymized analytics insights with service providers and business partners to improve our services.
10. Contact & Questions
If you have questions about our cookie use, wish to exercise your privacy rights, or need assistance managing your cookie preferences, please contact us:
Torqueenginebench
Email: privacy@torqueenginebench.com
Phone: +81 3-3653-1960
Address: Matsushima 1-13-10, Edogawa Ward, Tokyo 132-0031, Japan
We are committed to being transparent about our cookie use and will respond to your inquiries promptly. For more information about our overall privacy practices, please review our Privacy Policy.
Effective Date: January 1, 2026