Privacy policy

Yobek Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") establishes the following Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as "this Policy") regarding the handling of personal information of users in the services provided on this website (hereinafter referred to as "the Service").

Article 1 (Personal Information)

"Personal information" refers to "personal information" as defined under the Personal Information Protection Act, meaning information about a living individual that can identify a specific individual through descriptions such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, contact information, and other descriptors, as well as data pertaining to facial appearance, fingerprints, voiceprints, and information that can identify a specific individual from that information alone, such as an insurer number on a health insurance card (personal identification information).

Article 2 (Method of Collecting Personal Information)

The Company may ask for personal information such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address, bank account number, credit card number, and driver's license number when users register for use. The Company may also collect information including transaction records and payment information containing users' personal information from the Company's partners (including information providers, advertisers, ad distributors, etc.; hereinafter referred to as "Partners").

Article 3 (Purpose of Collecting and Using Personal Information)

The Company collects and uses personal information for the following purposes:

1. To provide and operate the Company's services
2. To respond to inquiries from users (including identity verification)
3. To send emails about new features, updates, campaigns, and other services provided by the Company
4. To contact users for maintenance, important notices, and other necessary communications
5. To identify users who violate the Terms of Service or who attempt to use the service for unauthorized or improper purposes, and to refuse their use
6. To allow users to view, change, or delete their own registration information and view their usage status
7. To bill users for usage fees for paid services
8. For purposes incidental to the above purposes

Article 4 (Changes to Purpose of Use)

1. The Company shall change the purpose of use of personal information only when it is reasonably recognized that the changed purpose is related to the original purpose.
2. When the purpose of use is changed, the Company shall notify users of the changed purpose or publicize it on this website by the method prescribed by the Company.

Article 5 (Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties)

1. The Company shall not provide personal information to third parties without prior consent of the user, except in the following cases. However, this shall not apply where permitted by the Personal Information Protection Act or other laws.
   1. When necessary to protect a person's life, body, or property, and it is difficult to obtain the person's consent
   2. When particularly necessary to improve public health or to promote the sound development of children, and it is difficult to obtain the person's consent
   3. When it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, local public entity, or a party entrusted by them to perform duties stipulated by law, and obtaining the person's consent may impede the execution of such duties
   4. When the following matters have been notified or publicized in advance, and the Company has notified the Personal Information Protection Commission:
      1. That the purpose of use includes provision to third parties
      2. The items of data provided to third parties
      3. The means or method of provision to third parties
      4. That the provision of personal information to third parties will be stopped upon request of the person
      5. The method of accepting requests from the person
2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the following cases shall not be considered provision to a third party:
   1. When the Company entrusts all or part of the handling of personal information within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use
   2. When personal information is provided in connection with a business succession due to a merger or other reasons
   3. When personal information is shared jointly with a specific party, and the matters including the items of personal information to be shared jointly, the scope of persons who share it jointly, the purpose of use by those persons, and the name or title of the person responsible for the management of such personal information have been notified to the person in advance, or made available so the person can easily know

Article 6 (Disclosure of Personal Information)

1. When a person requests disclosure of their personal information, the Company shall disclose it to the person without delay. However, if disclosure would result in any of the following, the Company may decide not to disclose all or part of it, and shall notify the person of such decision without delay. Please note that a fee of 1,000 yen per case will be charged for disclosure of personal information.
   1. When there is a risk of harm to the life, body, property, or other rights and interests of the person or a third party
   2. When there is a risk of significant hindrance to the proper conduct of the Company's business
   3. When it would violate other laws
2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the Company shall in principle not disclose information other than personal information, such as history information and characteristic information.

Article 7 (Correction and Deletion of Personal Information)

1. Users may request the Company to correct, add, or delete (hereinafter referred to as "Correction, etc.") personal information held by the Company if such information is incorrect, through the procedures prescribed by the Company.
2. If the Company receives a request pursuant to the preceding paragraph and determines that it is necessary to respond to such request, the Company shall perform the Correction, etc. of such personal information without delay.
3. The Company shall notify the user without delay when Correction, etc. has been performed based on the preceding paragraph, or when a decision has been made not to perform Correction, etc.

Article 8 (Suspension of Use of Personal Information)

1. When the Company receives a request from a person to suspend or delete (hereinafter referred to as "Suspension of Use, etc.") personal information for any of the following reasons, the Company shall conduct the necessary investigation without delay: (1) Personal information is being handled beyond the scope of the purpose of use; (2) Personal information was obtained by improper means; (3) Personal information was used in a manner that could encourage or induce illegal or unjust acts; (4) The business operator no longer needs to use the retained personal data; (5) A leak of retained personal data has occurred; (6) Otherwise, there is a risk that the rights and interests of the person may be harmed by the handling of retained personal data.
2. 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 shall suspend use, etc. of such personal information without delay.
3. The Company shall notify the user without delay when Suspension of Use, etc. has been performed based on the preceding paragraph, or when a decision has been made not to perform Suspension of Use, etc.
4. Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, where Suspension of Use, etc. requires a large amount of expense or is otherwise difficult to perform, and where it is possible to take alternative measures necessary to protect the rights and interests of the user, the Company shall take such alternative measures.

Article 9 (Changes to Privacy Policy)

1. The contents of this Policy may be changed without notifying users, except for matters stipulated by law or otherwise provided in this Policy.
2. Unless otherwise specified by the Company, the revised Privacy Policy shall take effect from the time it is posted on this website.

Article 10 (Contact)

For inquiries regarding this Policy, please contact us at the following:

Company: Yobek Inc.
Email: info@yobek.jp