Article 1 (Personal Information)

“Personal Information” refers to “personal information” as defined in the Personal Information Protection Act, and means information about living individuals that can identify a specific individual through the name, address, telephone number, email address, or other descriptions contained in such information, as well as data relating to appearance, fingerprints, and voiceprints, and information that can identify a specific individual from that information alone (personal identification information), such as the insurer number on a health insurance card.

Article 2 (Methods of Collecting Personal Information)

The Company may ask for personal information such as name, address, telephone number, email address, bank account number, and credit card number when users register for use. In addition, the Company may collect transaction records and payment information containing users’ personal information from the Company’s partners (including information providers, advertisers, and advertising distributors; hereinafter referred to as “Partners”).

Article 3 (Purposes of Collecting and Using Personal Information)

The purposes for which the Company collects and uses personal information are as follows:

• To provide and operate the Company’s services
• To respond to inquiries from users (including identity verification)
• To send emails regarding updates to the Company’s services, campaigns, and information about other services provided by the Company
• To contact users as necessary for maintenance, important notices, and other matters
• To identify users who have violated the Terms of Use or who attempt to use the Service for fraudulent or improper purposes, and to refuse their use
• To enable users to view, change, or delete their own registration information and to view their usage status
• To bill users for purchased products
• For purposes incidental to the above purposes of use

Article 4 (Changes to Purposes of Use)

The Company may change the purposes of use of personal information only to the extent that the purposes are reasonably recognized as related to the purposes before the change. When a change to the purposes of use is made, the Company will notify users of the changed purposes or publish them on this website by the method prescribed by the Company.

Article 5 (Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties)

1. The Company will not provide personal information to third parties without obtaining the user’s prior consent, except in the following cases. However, this excludes cases permitted by the Personal Information Protection Act and other laws and regulations.

   • When it is necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of an individual and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person
   • When it is particularly necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person
   • When it is necessary to cooperate with a national government agency, local government, or a person entrusted by either of them in executing affairs prescribed by laws and regulations, and obtaining the consent of the person is likely to impede the execution of such affairs

   • When the following matters are announced or published in advance and the Company has notified the Personal Information Protection Commission: That the purposes of use include provision to third parties

     • Items of data provided to third parties
     • Means or methods of provision to third parties
     • That provision of personal information to third parties will be stopped upon request by the person
     • Methods for accepting requests from the person

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the recipient of such information shall not be considered a third party in the following cases:

   • When the Company outsources all or part of the handling of personal information within the scope necessary to achieve the purposes of use
   • When personal information is provided in connection with the succession of business due to merger or other reasons
   • When personal information is to be used jointly with a specific person, and the user has been notified in advance, or placed in a state where the user can easily know, of that fact, the items of personal information to be used jointly, the scope of joint users, the purposes of use by the users, and the name or title of the person responsible for managing such personal information

Article 6 (Correction and Deletion of Personal Information)

If the personal information held by the Company about a user is incorrect, the user may request the Company to correct, add, or delete (hereinafter referred to as “Correction, etc.”) the personal information in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Company.

When the Company receives a request under the preceding paragraph and determines that it is necessary to respond to such request, the Company will promptly carry out the Correction, etc. of such personal information.

When the Company carries out Correction, etc. based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or when it decides not to carry out Correction, etc., the Company will notify the user without delay.

Article 7 (Suspension of Use of Personal Information)

When the Company is requested by a person to suspend or delete the use of personal information (hereinafter referred to as “Suspension of Use, etc.”) on the grounds that the personal information is being handled beyond the scope of the purposes of use or that it was obtained by fraudulent means, the Company will conduct the necessary investigation without delay.

Based on the results of the investigation in the preceding paragraph, if the Company determines that it is necessary to respond to the request, the Company will promptly carry out the Suspension of Use, etc. of such personal information. When the Company carries out Suspension of Use, etc. based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or when it decides not to carry out Suspension of Use, etc., the Company will notify the user without delay.

Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, if it is difficult to carry out Suspension of Use, etc., such as when it requires a large amount of expense, and alternative measures necessary to protect the rights and interests of users can be taken, such alternative measures will be implemented.

Article 8 (Changes to the Privacy Policy)

The contents of this Policy may be changed without notice to users, except for matters otherwise provided for in laws and regulations and this Policy.

Unless otherwise specified by the Company, the revised Privacy Policy will take effect from the time it is posted on this website.

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