This site recognizes the importance of protecting your personal information and complies with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (hereinafter referred to as "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") .
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 contained in the information (i.e., information that can be easily compared with other information). (This includes information that can be easily cross-checked with other information and thereby identify a specific individual.) (This includes information that can be easily matched with other information and thereby identify a specific individual.
2.Purpose of use of personal information
This site uses customers' personal information for the following purposes
- To provide this site's services
- To provide information on this site's services and to respond to inquiries, etc.
- To provide information on this site's products, services, etc.
- To respond to any violation of the terms, policies, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "Terms and Conditions, etc.") of this Site with respect to this Site's services. To respond to violations of the Terms and Conditions, policies, etc. (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms and Conditions, etc.")
- To notify you of changes to the Terms and Conditions of this Site's services, etc.
- To improve this site's services, to develop new services, etc.
- To create statistical data related to this site's services in a format that does not allow individual identification.
- For other purposes incidental to the above purposes of use
3. Changes to the purposes 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.
4. 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
- When required by law
- When it is necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of an individual and it is difficult to obtain the customer's consent
- 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
- When it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, a local government, or an individual or entity entrusted by either a national agency or local government to execute affairs prescribed by law, and obtaining customer consent is likely to impede the execution of such affairs.
5. 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.
7. Provision of personal information 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.
- When personal information is provided in conjunction with the outsourcing of all or part of the handling of personal information by this site within the scope necessary for the achievement of the purpose of use.
- Cases in which personal information is provided as a result of the succession of business due to merger or other reasons.
- When personal information is used jointly in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Information Protection Law.
8. Disclosure of personal information
When we receive a request from a customer to disclose personal information in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Information Protection Law, we will disclose the 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, we 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 Act on the Protection of Personal Information because 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, and based on the results, correct the content of the personal information and notify the customer to that effect (if we decide not to make a correction, we will notify the customer of our decision 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 does not apply to cases in which 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 personal information and delete it. In the case of a request for suspension of use or deletion of personal information (hereinafter referred to as "suspension of use, etc.")
However, this shall not apply in cases where this site is not obligated to suspend the use of personal information under the Personal Information Protection Law or other laws and regulations.
11. Use of cookies and other technologies
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.
12. Inquiries
If you have any comments, questions, complaints, or other inquiries regarding the handling of personal information, please contact us at the contact form provided on this site.
13. Continuous improvement
This site will review the operational status of the handling of personal information from time to time and strive for continuous improvement, and may change this privacy policy as necessary.