The author sets forth the following privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as ‘this policy’) regarding the handling of information related to user privacy.

Article 1. (Definition of Privacy Information)

In this document, the following definitions apply to each piece of privacy-related information.

Personal Information

“Personal Information” refers to “personal information” as defined in the Personal Information Protection Law. It is information about a living individual that can identify a specific individual by name, date of birth, address, telephone number, contact information, and other descriptions contained in the information, as well as data related to appearance, fingerprints, and voiceprints, and health insurance card insurer numbers and other information that can identify a specific individual from that information alone (personal identification information).

Application information

This refers to the scores and user-created questions, scores, and setting information (hereinafter referred to as “app information”) on the app.

Contact Form Information

This refers to the content you entered in the contact form provided on the website.

Cookie Information

This refers to the information stored in the Cookie on the user’s device when leaving a comment on the site.

Embedded Content from Other Sites

This refers to embedded content (videos, images, posts, etc.) included in the site from other sites.

Article 2 (Method of Collecting Personal Information)

The author may ask for personal information such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address, bank account number, credit card number, driver’s license number, etc. for several purposes described in Article 4. In addition, transaction records containing user’s personal information and payment-related information made between users and partners may be collected from partners (including information providers, advertisers, ad distributors, etc., hereinafter referred to as “partners”).

Article 3 (Handling of Non-Personal Information)

For the following information among privacy information that the author does not collect personal information by himself/herself shall be handled separately.

Exceptions Regarding Cookies

By saving your name, email address, and site in Cookies, users can enjoy the convenience of not having to re-enter detailed information when leaving other comments. The author will not collect this Cookie storage information without a request from the user.

Embedded Content from Other Sites

Posts on this site include embedded content (videos, images, posts, etc.). Embedded content from other sites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited that site. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content. This includes tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that site. When visitors leave comments on this site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. The author may receive information generated by embedded content from other sites but will not receive personal information itself.

Article 4 (Purpose of Collecting and Using Personal Information)

The purposes for which personal information is collected and used by the author are as follows:

  • For providing and operating author services
  • To respond to inquiries from users (including identity verification)
  • To send emails about new features of services being used by users, update information, campaigns etc., and other services provided by authors
  • For necessary contact such as maintenance and important notices
  • To identify users who violate terms of use or attempt to use services for illegal or improper purposes and refuse their use
  • To allow users to view or change their registration information or usage status
  • To charge users for paid services
  • For purposes incidental to those listed above

Article 5 (Change of Purpose of Use)

The author may change the purpose of use of personal information only when it is reasonably deemed that there is a connection with the purpose before change. If a change is made in purpose of use, it shall be notified to users or announced on this website by methods specified by authors.

Article 6 (Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties)

Except for cases listed below, authors will not provide personal information to third parties without prior consent from users. However this does not apply if permitted by Personal Information Protection Law or other laws. When it is necessary for protection of life, body or property of a person and it is difficult to obtain consent from person himself/herself When it is particularly necessary for improvement of public health or promotion of sound upbringing of children and it is difficult to obtain consent from person himself/herself When it is necessary for national institutions or local public bodies or persons entrusted by them to cooperate in carrying out affairs prescribed by laws and regulations and obtaining consent from person himself/herself may hinder execution of affairs When following matters are notified or announced in advance and authors have notified Personal Information Protection Committee: Including provision to third parties in purpose of use Items of data provided to third parties Means or methods of provision to third parties Stopping provision of personal information to third parties at request of person himself/herself How to accept requests from person himself/herself Notwithstanding provisions of preceding paragraph, cases listed below shall not be deemed as third parties. When authors entrust all or part of handling of personal information within scope necessary for achievement of purpose of use When personal information is provided due to succession of business due to merger or other reasons When personal information is used jointly between specific persons and that fact, items of personal information used jointly, range of joint users, purpose of use by user and name or name of person responsible for management of personal information are notified to person in advance or put in a state where person can easily know

Article 7 (Disclosure of Personal Information)

When requested by the person himself/herself, authors will disclose personal information to the person without delay. However, if disclosure falls under any of the following, all or part of it may not be disclosed and if a decision not to disclose is made, that fact will be notified without delay. In addition, a fee (labor cost) of 5,000 yen per case will be charged for disclosure of personal information. When there is a risk of harming life, body, property or other rights and interests of the person himself/herself or a third party When there is a risk of significantly hindering proper execution of authors’ business Other cases where it would violate laws and regulations Notwithstanding provisions of preceding paragraph, as a general rule, information other than personal information such as history information and characteristic information will not be disclosed.

Article 8 (Correction and Deletion of Personal Information)

If the user finds that the personal information held by the author is incorrect, the user can request the author to correct, add or delete (hereinafter referred to as “correction etc.”) the personal information according to the procedures established by the author. If the author determines that it is necessary to respond to the request from the user in the preceding paragraph, he/she shall correct the personal information without delay. The author will notify the user without delay when he/she has made corrections based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph or when he/she has decided not to make corrections.

Article 9 (Suspension of Use of Personal Information)

If requested by an individual on grounds that his/her personal information is being handled beyond scope of purpose of use or because it was obtained by fraudulent means, authors will suspend use or erase (hereinafter referred to as “suspension etc.”) such personal information after conducting necessary investigation without delay. Based on results of investigation in preceding paragraph, if it is determined that it is necessary to respond to request, suspension etc. will be carried out without delay. Authors will notify users without delay when suspension etc. has been carried out based on provisions in preceding paragraph or when decision has been made not to suspend etc. Notwithstanding provisions in preceding two paragraphs, if suspension etc. involves large amount of expenses or if it is difficult to suspend etc., alternative measures necessary for protection of rights and interests of users will be taken if such alternative measures can be taken.

Article 10 (Changes in Privacy Policy)

The contents of this policy can be changed without notifying users except for matters stipulated by laws and regulations and other matters stipulated in this policy. Unless otherwise specified by authors, changed privacy policy will take effect from time it is posted on this website.

Article 11 (Contact Information)

For inquiries about this policy, please contact us at the following address: Address: Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture Company Name: Cross Village Author Department in Charge: IT Department E-mail Address: → Contact Form →問い合わせフォーム