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Please note that the cookies we use cannot harm your computer.
CANON INC. does not use cookies to save information that enables individuals to be identified, such as customer names and addresses. You can set to refuse cookies but note that doing so may prevent you from using some functions or cause layouts to become hard to see.

Goal of using cookies

When you access this website, cookies saved in your computer are detected and used to enable services. Therefore, saving cookies to your computer increases the convenience of viewing websites in your browser.
The information collected using cookies is used to analyze how you use websites, improve the performance of websites, and improve the quality of manuals. The following tools are used for analysis.

Google Analytics

Tool provider: Google LLC
Cookies used by Google Analytics
Name
Description
Expiration (i.e. when the cookie is deleted from your device)
_ga
Used for identifying users
2 years
_gat
Used for reducing the request rate
1 minute
_gid
Used for identifying users
24 hours

User Insight

Tool provider: User Local, Inc.
Privacy policy: https://www.userlocal.jp/privacy/ (Japanese text only)
Cookies used by User Insight
Name
Description
Expiration (i.e. when the cookie is deleted from your device)
AP
Used for distinguishing between users
6 years
BP
Used for distinguishing between users
6 years
__ulfpc
Used for distinguishing between users
2 years

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Further information about cookies

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