In this Privacy Policy, personal information means personal information as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Personal Information Protection Law of Japan, i.e., information about a living individual that can be used to identify the specific individual by name, date of birth, or other description contained in the information (including information that can be easily cross-checked with other information and thereby identify the specific individual). (including information that can be easily matched with other information and thereby identify a specific individual).
We use personal information for the following purposes:
(1) To display the information registered with us on the input screen to enable customers to easily input data or transfer the information to other services (including those provided by our business partners) based on the customer's instructions.
(2) To inform you of server maintenance, service renewal, various seminars, etc.
(3) To prevent unauthorized use of your personal information and to confirm your identity.
(4) To contact you when necessary, such as in response to your inquiries or opinions regarding our services.
(5) To conduct needs assessments, questionnaires, and interview requests related to our services, including the production of articles and content for our website.
(6) To conduct questionnaires for sales promotion activities and to contact and send out prizes, giveaways, awards, etc.
(7) To improve various services and develop new services.
(8) To create statistical data (data that cannot identify individuals).
(9) To investigate the number of users and inducements to our company and our partner services that distribute advertisements from our company.
(10) To communicate with applicants in recruitment activities, to screen applicants, and to manage employee information after employment.
(11) For purposes incidental to the above purposes of use.
The Company may change the purposes of use of personal information within the scope reasonably considered to be relevant, and will notify or publicly announce any such changes to the individual concerned.
We will not handle personal information beyond the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use without the consent of the individual, except as permitted by the Personal Information Protection Law of Japan or other applicable laws and regulations. However, this does not apply in the following cases
(1) When required by law.
(2) When it is necessary to protect the life, body, or property of an individual, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person in question.
(3) Cases in which the provision of personal information is particularly necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children and in which it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person concerned.
(4) When it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, a local government, or an individual or entity entrusted by either a national agency or local government to execute affairs prescribed by law, and obtaining your consent is likely to impede the execution of such affairs.
We will acquire personal information in a proper manner and will not acquire it through deception or other wrongful means.
We supervise our employees as necessary and appropriate to ensure the safe management of personal information against risks such as loss, destruction, alteration, and leakage of personal information. In the event that we outsource all or part of the handling of personal information, we will supervise the outsourced company as necessary and appropriate to ensure that the personal information is safely managed by the outsourced company.
We will not provide personal information to any third party without the prior consent of the individual, except in cases where disclosure is permitted under the Japanese Personal Information Protection Law or other laws and regulations. However, the following cases do not fall under the provision of personal information to third parties as stipulated above.
(1)When we outsource 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 as a result of the succession of business due to merger or other reasons
(3)When personal information is shared in accordance with the provisions of Japan's Personal Information Protection Law.
When we receive a request for disclosure of personal information from a person in accordance with the Japanese Personal Information Protection Law, we will disclose the information without delay after confirming that the request is made by the person in question (if the personal information does not exist, we will notify the person to that effect). (If the relevant personal information does not exist, we will notify you to that effect. However, this does not apply to cases in which we are not obligated to disclose the information under the Japanese Personal Information Protection Law or other laws and regulations.
If we are requested by an individual to correct, add, or delete his/her personal information (hereinafter referred to as "correction, etc.") due to its untruthfulness in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Information Protection Law of Japan, we will, after confirming that the request is made by the individual himself/herself, conduct the necessary investigation without delay to the extent necessary to achieve the purpose of use. If we receive a request from an individual for correction, addition or deletion of his/her personal information (hereinafter referred to as "correction, etc."), we will, upon confirming that the request is made by the individual, conduct the necessary investigation without delay to the extent necessary to achieve the purpose of use, and based on the results, correct the content of the personal information and notify the individual to that effect (if we decide not to make a correction, we will notify the individual of that decision). (If we decide not to correct the information, we will notify the individual to that effect.) (If we decide not to make such a correction, we will notify the individual to that effect. However, this does not apply to cases in which the Company is not obligated to make such corrections, etc. under the Personal Information Protection Law of Japan or other laws and ordinances.
If you request us to stop using or delete your personal information (hereinafter referred to as "stop using, etc.") in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Information Protection Law of Japan because your personal information has been handled beyond the scope of the purpose of use that has been publicly announced in advance or because your personal information was obtained through deception or other wrongful means, or if you request us to stop providing your personal information (hereinafter referred to as "stop providing") in accordance with the provisions of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information because your personal information has been provided to a third party without your consent, then we will stop providing your personal information. In the case of a request for suspension of use or deletion of personal information (hereinafter referred to as "suspension of use, etc.") in accordance with the provisions of the Japanese Personal Information Protection Law on the grounds that the personal information has been obtained by false or other wrongful means, or on the grounds that the personal information has been provided to a third party without the consent of the person concerned. If we find that there is a reason for the request, we will confirm that the request was made by the person himself/herself, suspend the use or provision of the personal information without delay, and notify the person to that effect. However, this does not apply to cases in which we are not obligated to suspend the use or provision of personal information under the Personal Information Protection Law of Japan or other laws and regulations.
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For requests for disclosure, opinions, questions, complaints, and other inquiries regarding the handling of personal information, please contact us at the following address.
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Gutenberg will review the status of our handling of personal information from time to time and strive for continuous improvement, and may change this Privacy Policy as necessary.
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