1. Definition of Personal Information

Personal information refers to information about living individuals, such as addresses, names, and phone numbers contained within that information, which can be used to identify a specific individual (including information that can be easily cross-referenced with other information to identify a specific individual).

2. Purpose of Using Personal Information

Our company uses the personal information we hold for the following purposes:

• (1) To fulfill obligations related to the exercise of rights by our users
• (2) To manage and provide information to users
• (3) To respond to and verify inquiries and visits to our company
• (4) To conduct surveys, analyses, data collection, and various guides conducted by our company
• (5) To verify the identities of parties listed in applications and contracts necessary for the execution of our business
• (6) To handle administrative tasks in response to laws applicable to our business operations, such as the Number Act
• (7) To carry out general business administration and other related or incidental tasks related to our business operations, in addition to items (1) to (6)
• (8) To improve the convenience of advertisements seen on third-party services
• (9) To provide personal information to third parties within the necessary scope for the above purposes (items 1-8)

3. Acquisition, Use, and Disclosure of Personal Information

• (1) Our company acquires personal information through lawful and fair means. When obtaining personal information from the individual, we will either publicly announce the purpose of use in advance or notify the individual promptly after acquisition. However, if the purpose of use is obvious from the circumstances at the time of acquisition, we may omit the explicit declaration of the purpose.
• (2) Except in the following cases, our company will not provide personal information to third parties.
  • a. When required by law
  • b. When the individual has given consent
  • c. Use in Google Customer Match Data ※1
  • d. Use in Facebook Custom Audiences ※2
  • ※1 We provide hashed data of email addresses received from customers to Google. Google does not obtain the actual email addresses. The uploaded data files are deleted immediately.
    https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6334160?hl=ja&authuser=1&ref_topic=6296507
  • ※2 We provide hashed data of email addresses received from customers to Facebook. Facebook does not obtain the actual email addresses. The hashed data is deleted after matching with Facebook users.
    https://ja-jp.facebook.com/legal/terms/customaudience
• (3) Our company may disclose or provide personal information provided by the individual to third parties when the individual has given consent or within the necessary scope to achieve the purpose of use.

4. Security Measures

Our company complies with laws and regulations to prevent the loss, destruction, alteration, and leakage of personal information (including specific personal information) and implements necessary and appropriate security measures.

5. Supervision of Contractors

When entrusting the handling of personal information, our company ensures that the contractors implement adequate security measures for personal information by providing necessary and appropriate supervision.

6. Review of This Privacy Policy

If laws and other regulations related to the protection of personal information are enacted, amended, or repealed, our company will review this Privacy Policy as necessary, such as by reflecting the contents in this Privacy Policy.

7. Disclosure, Correction, and Deletion of Personal Information

Our company verifies that the individual providing the personal information we hold (including specific personal information) has the right to request disclosure, correction, suspension of use, deletion, etc., and responds promptly to such requests.

8. Cookie Policy

・Use of Cookies

Our company uses cookies to improve our services and provide more suitable services to our customers.

・What are Cookies

Cookies are functions that store information indicating that a customer has viewed our services on the customer's computer (or internet-connected devices such as smartphones and tablets). For example, by using cookies, we can obtain information such as the number of visits to the website and the pages visited.

Our services may use cookies to display advertisements delivered by third parties, including Google.

Cookie information obtained by these third parties is handled in accordance with the privacy policies of those third parties.

Customers can disable the use of cookie information by accessing the opt-out pages of each third-party advertising distributor's website or the Network Advertising Initiative's opt-out page.

Google (http://www.google.com/settings/ads)
Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads)
Network Advertising Initiative (http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp)