Towa Industries, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) has established the following privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Policy”) regarding the handling of users’ personal information in the services provided on this website (hereinafter referred to as the “Services”). 

Article 1 (Personal Information)

“Personal information” refers to “personal information” defined in the Personal Information Protection Law, which is information of a living individual which can be used to identify a specific individual by name, date of birth, address, telephone number, contact information, or other description contained in the information, as well as information that can be used to identify a specific individual by itself (personal identification information), such as appearance, fingerprints, voiceprint data, and health insurance card number.

Article 2 (Method of Collecting Personal Information)

The Company may ask for personal information such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, e-mail address, bank account number, credit card number, driver’s license number, etc. when a user registers for use. In addition, the Company may collect transaction records containing the user’s personal information and settlement information between the user and the business partners, etc. from its business partners (including information providers, advertisers, and advertising distributors; hereinafter referred to as “Business Partners”).

Article 3 (Purpose of Collecting and Using Personal Information)

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

  1. To provide and operate our services
  2. To respond to inquiries from users (including identity verification)
  3. To send emails with information on new features, updates, campaigns, and other services provided by the company.
  4. To contact users as necessary for maintenance, important notices, etc.
  5. To identify users who have violated the terms of use or who are trying to use the service for illegal or improper purposes, and to refuse their use.
  6. To allow users to view, change, or delete their own registered information, and to view their usage status.
  7. To bill the user for usage fees for paid services.
  8. Purposes incidental to the above purposes of use

Article 4 (Change of Purpose of Use)

  1. The Company shall change the purpose of use of personal information only when it is reasonably recognized that the purpose of use is related to the purpose before the change. 
  2. In the event that the purpose of use is changed, the Company shall notify the User of the purpose of change by the method prescribed by the Company, or announce it on this website. 

Article 5 (Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties)

  1. The Company will not provide personal information to a third party without the prior consent of the User, except in the following cases. 
    1. 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 individual
    2. When it is particularly necessary to improve public health or promote the sound growth of children, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person concerned.
    3. When the provision of personal information is necessary for cooperating with a national agency, a local government, or an individual or entity entrusted by either of the foregoing in executing affairs prescribed by laws and regulations, and obtaining the consent of the individual is likely to impede the execution of such affairs
    4. When the following items are notified or announced in advance, and when the Company notifies the Personal Information Protection Committee
      1. The purpose of use includes provision to a third party.
      2. Items of data to be provided to a third party
      3. Means or methods of provision to a third party
      4. Stopping the provision of personal information to a third party in response to a request from the individual
      5. Method of accepting the request of the individual
  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the party to which the information is provided shall not be considered a third party in the following cases
    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 the succession of a business due to a merger or other reasons
    3. When personal information is to be used jointly with a specific party, and the Company notifies the items of personal information to be used jointly, the scope of the parties to be used jointly, the purpose of use by the parties, and the name or title of the party responsible for the management of the personal information in advance or makes it easily accessible to the individual of that fact

Article 6 (Disclosure of Personal Information)

  1. When the Company receives a request from an individual to disclose his or her personal information, the Company will disclose such information to the individual without delay. However, the Company may decide not to disclose all or part of the information if disclosure would cause any of the following to occur, and if the Company decides not to disclose the information, it will notify the person to that effect without delay. A fee of 1,000 yen will be charged for each disclosure of personal information.
    1. When there is a risk of harm to the life, body, property, or other rights or interests of the individual or a third party
    2. When there is a risk of significant hindrance to the proper execution of our business
    3. When it would violate other laws and regulations
  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, we will not, in principle, disclose any information other than personal information, such as Historical and characteristic information.

Article 7 (Correction and Deletion of Personal Information)

  1. If the personal information held by the Company is incorrect, the User may request the Company to correct, add, or delete the personal information (hereinafter referred to as “Correction, etc.”) in accordance with the procedures specified by the Company. 
  2. If the Company receives a request from the User as described in the preceding paragraph and deems it necessary to respond to the request, the Company shall make the correction, etc. of the relevant personal information without delay.
  3. In the event that the Company makes the correction, etc. based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or decides not to make the correction, etc., the Company will notify the User of this without delay.

Article 8 (Suspension of Use of Personal Information, etc.)

  1. When the Company is requested by an individual to cease using or delete personal information (hereinafter referred to as “cease of use, etc.”) on the grounds that the information is being handled beyond the scope of the purpose of use or that the information was obtained by wrongful means, the Company will conduct the necessary investigation without delay. (hereinafter referred to as “cessation of use, etc.”) 
  2. If, based on the results of the investigation described in the preceding paragraph, it is determined that it is necessary to respond to the request, the Company will stop using the personal information without delay.
  3. In the event that the Company suspends use, etc. based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or decides not to suspend use, etc., the Company will notify the User of this without delay.
  4. Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, in cases where suspension of use, etc. would incur a large amount of expense, or where it is otherwise difficult to suspend use, etc. and alternative measures necessary to protect the rights and interests of the User can be taken, such alternative measures shall be taken.

Article 9 (Changes to the Privacy Policy)

  1. The contents of this Privacy Policy may be changed without notice to users, except as otherwise provided by law or in this Policy.
  2. Unless otherwise specified by the Company, the revised Privacy Policy shall become effective when it is posted on this website.

Article 10 (Contact for Inquiries)

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact the following office.

Date of Establishment：July 5th, 2021