Privacy Policy

This service establishes the following privacy policy, complies with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information of Japan (Act No. 57 of 2003, hereinafter the “Personal Information Protection Act”), and strives to protect privacy information appropriately.

Article 1 (Definition of Privacy Information)

“Privacy information” means personal information, history information, and characteristic information. Among privacy information, “personal information” refers to “personal information” as defined in the Personal Information Protection Act, that is, information about a living individual that can identify a specific individual by the name, contact details, or other descriptions contained in it.

Article 2 (How Privacy Information Is Collected)

To verify and protect accounts, this service may ask registered users for privacy information such as an email address when they register. This service may also collect, from its partners (including information providers, advertisers, and ad networks), privacy information about registered users arising from dealings between those users and the partners.

Article 3 (Purposes of Collecting and Using Privacy Information)

This service collects and uses privacy information for the following purposes.

1. To provide this service to registered users
2. To show registered users their registration details, such as email address, and information about the services they have used
3. To let registered users view and edit their registration details and view their usage
4. To send notices and other communications to registered users
5. To respond to inquiries from registered users
6. To conduct research and analysis to improve this service
7. For other purposes incidental to the above

Article 4 (Security Measures for Privacy Information)

To keep personal information accurate and secure, we take security measures and other safeguards, and strive to prevent and remedy the leakage, loss, or damage of personal information.

Article 5 (Provision of Privacy Information to Third Parties)

Except in the following cases, the operator will not provide personal information to third parties without the prior consent of registered users, unless permitted by the Personal Information Protection Act or other laws.

1. When it is necessary to protect a person’s life, body, or property and it is difficult to obtain the individual’s consent
2. When it is especially necessary to improve public health or promote the healthy development of children and it is difficult to obtain the individual’s consent
3. When it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, local government, or a party entrusted by them in carrying out duties prescribed by law, and obtaining the individual’s consent may interfere with those duties
4. When the following matters have been notified or published in advance
• That the purposes of use include provision to third parties
• The items of data provided to third parties
• The means or method of provision to third parties
• That provision of personal information to third parties will be stopped at the individual’s request

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the following cases do not constitute provision to third parties.

Article 6 (Analytics Tools)

This service may use Google Analytics to improve the service and analyze usage. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect traffic data, but it does not directly collect information that identifies individuals. For details on the information collected and how it is used, please see Google’s policies.

Article 7 (Changes to This Privacy Policy)

The contents of this policy may be changed without notice to registered users. Unless otherwise specified by the operator, the revised privacy policy takes effect when it is posted on this page.