This website recognizes the importance of protecting your personal information and complies with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (hereinafter referred to as the “Personal Information Protection Act”). In addition to complying with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (hereinafter referred to as the “Personal Information Protection Act”), this site will strive to handle and protect personal information appropriately in accordance with the following privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Privacy Policy”) We will strive to handle and protect personal information appropriately in accordance with the following privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Privacy Policy”). 1.
Definition of Personal Information
In this Privacy Policy, personal information means personal information as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Personal Information Protection Law, i.e., information about a living individual that can be used to identify the specific individual by name, date of birth, or other description, etc., contained in the information (information that can be easily cross-checked with other information to identify the specific individual). (This includes information that can be easily cross-checked with other information and thereby identify a specific individual.) (including information that can be easily matched with other information and thereby identify a specific individual) or information that contains a personal identification code. 2.
Purpose of use of personal information
This site uses customers’ personal information for the following purposes
(1) To provide this site’s services
(2) To provide information on this site’s services and to respond to inquiries, etc.
(3) To provide information on this site’s products, services, etc.
(4) To respond to any violation of the terms and conditions, policies, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “Terms and Conditions, etc.”) of this Site. (4) To respond to acts that violate the terms, policies, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “Terms, etc.”) of this Site
(5) To notify you of changes to the Terms and Conditions of this Site’s services.
(6) To improve this Site’s services and develop new services
(7) To create statistical data related to this Site’s services in a format that does not identify individual users.
(8) For other purposes incidental to the above purposes of use
- change of purpose of use of personal information
This site may change the purposes of use of personal information to the extent reasonably deemed relevant, and will notify customers or publicly announce any such changes.
Restrictions on the Use of Personal Information
This site will not handle personal information beyond the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use without the consent of the customer, except when permitted by the Personal Information Protection Law or other laws and regulations. However, this does not apply in the following cases
(1) When required by law
(2) When it is necessary for the protection of human life, human health, or property, and it is difficult to obtain the customer’s consent.
(3) When it is especially necessary to improve public health or to promote the sound growth of children, and it is difficult to obtain the customer’s consent.
(4) When it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, a local government, or an individual or entity entrusted by either of the former two in executing the affairs prescribed by law, and obtaining the customer’s consent is likely to impede the execution of the relevant affairs.
- proper acquisition of personal information
This site shall acquire personal information in an appropriate manner and shall not acquire personal information through deception or other wrongful means. 6.
Safe Management of Personal Information
This site shall exercise necessary and appropriate supervision over its employees to ensure the safe management of personal information against risks such as loss, destruction, falsification, and leakage of personal information. In addition, when this site outsources all or part of the handling of personal information, this site shall provide necessary and appropriate supervision to ensure that the outsourced company manages personal information safely.
- provision to third parties
This site will not provide personal information to third parties without prior consent of the customer, except in cases where disclosure is permitted under the Personal Information Protection Law or other laws and regulations. However, the following cases do not fall under the provision of personal information to third parties as stipulated above.
(1) When this site provides personal information in conjunction with the outsourcing of all or part of the handling of personal information within the scope necessary for the achievement of the purpose of use.
(2) When personal information is provided as a result of the succession of business due to merger or other reasons
(3) Cases in which personal information is jointly used in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Information Protection Law
- disclosure of personal information
When a customer requests disclosure of personal information in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Information Protection Law, this site will disclose the personal information to the customer without delay after confirming that the request is made by the customer himself/herself (if the relevant personal information does not exist, this site will notify the customer to that effect). (If such personal information does not exist, we will notify the customer to that effect. However, this does not apply to cases in which this site is not obligated to disclose the information under the Personal Information Protection Law or other laws and regulations. 9.
Correction of Personal Information
If this site is requested by a customer to correct, add, or delete (hereinafter referred to as “correct, etc.”) his/her personal information based on the provisions of the Personal Information Protection Law due to the reason that the information is not true, this site will correct, add, or delete the information. If a customer requests correction, addition, or deletion of his/her personal information (hereinafter referred to as “Correction, etc.”), we will, after confirming that the request is made by the customer himself/herself, conduct the necessary investigation without delay to the extent necessary to achieve the purpose of use, correct the content of the personal information based on the results, and notify the customer to that effect (if we decide not to make a Correction, etc., we will notify the customer to that effect). (If we decide not to make such corrections, we will notify the customer to that effect.) (If we decide not to make such corrections, we will notify the customer to that effect. However, this shall not apply in cases where this site is not obligated to make such corrections, etc. under the Personal Information Protection Law or other laws and regulations. 10.
Suspension of Use of Personal Information
If this site receives a request from a customer to cease use or delete (hereinafter referred to as “cease of use, etc.”) his/her personal information in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Information Protection Law on the grounds that the personal information is handled beyond the scope of the purpose of use publicly announced in advance or that the information was obtained through deception or other wrongful means, this site will cease use of the information and delete it. (hereinafter referred to as “Suspension of Use, etc.”). In the event that a customer requests the suspension of use or deletion of his/her personal information (hereinafter referred to as “Suspension of Use, etc.”) in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Information Protection Law, if it is found that there is a reason for such request, we will suspend use of the personal information without delay upon confirmation that the request is made by the customer himself/herself, and notify the customer to that effect. However, this does not apply to cases in which this site is not obligated to suspend the use of personal information under the Personal Information Protection Law or other laws and regulations.
Use of Cookies and Other Technologies
(1) This Site’s services may use cookies and similar technologies. Users who wish to disable cookies may do so by changing the settings on their web browsers. However, if you disable cookies, you may not be able to use certain functions of this Site’s services.
(2) This site uses Google Analytics provided by Google LCC on this service in order to investigate and analyze the usage of the service provided by this site. For more information on Google Analytics, including how data is collected and processed by Google Analytics, please visit the company’s website.
Google Analytics Terms of Service:
Use of data by Google when you use Google Partner sites and apps:
Google Privacy Policy:
http://www.google.com/intl/ja/policies/privacy/
If you do not want your data to be used by Google Analytics, please use the Google Analytics Opt-Out Add-on provided by Google.
Google Analytics Opt-Out Add-on:
(3) This service has “Google Analytics for Advertising” enabled and uses the following features and third party cookies such as DoubleClick cookies for advertising and site improvement.
Google Analytics Remarketing
Google Analytics User Attribute Report and User Attribute and Interest Report
This allows the Service to use Google Analytics cookies to analyze your age, gender, browsing history, and approximate trends in your interest in the Service.
If you do not wish to use the “Google Analytics advertising features”, you can disable tracking by setting your browser to install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Add-On.
- inquiries
For requests for disclosure, opinions, questions, complaints, or other inquiries regarding the handling of personal information, please contact us using the contact information provided in the “Notices Based on the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions” section of this website, or use the inquiry form on the website page.
Continuous Improvement
This site will review its handling of personal information from time to time and strive for continuous improvement, and may change this privacy policy as necessary.