Privacy Policy

HEROZ, Inc. (the “Company”) sets forth this Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) with regard to the treatment of users’ information, including but not limited to personal information, during the performance of services provided by the Company (the “Services”), as follows;

1. User’s Information to be Collected and Method of Collection

or purposes of this Policy, “User’s Information” means information that identifies users, history of actions on communication services and other information created or accumulated in relation to user or users’ devices, which shall be collected by the Company pursuant to this Policy. Depending on the method of collection, the User’s Information that we may collect for a user to use the Services includes:

(1) information provided by the user, including:

  • e-mail address;
  • date of birth;
  • other information entered by the user into such form as specified by the Company;

(2) information provided from services outside the Services to the extent that the user permits for use with the Services;

The Company may collect the following information from services outside the Services, including but not limited to social network services, to the extent the user permits for use with the Services at that time:

  • ID used by the user for such outside service; and
  • other information that the user has authorized the other service provider to disclose through its privacy settings in such outside service;

(3) information collected by the Company for the use by the user of the Services

The Company may collect information upon access to or use of the Services, including:

  • terminal information
  • log information;
  • cookies and anonymous ID;
  • location information; and
  • payment information.

2. Purpose of Use

Specific purposes of the User’s Information for the provision of the Services shall include the following:

  1. (1)provision, maintenance, protection, and improvement of the Services, including but not limited to acceptance of registration for the Services, identification of individuals and computation of use fees;
  2. (2)guidance or response to inquiries relating to the Services;
  3. (3)addressing a violation of rules, regulations or policies relating to the Services (the “Rules”);
  4. (4)notice of any modification to the Rules;
  5. (5)creating statistical data relating to the Services, in a form that cannot identify an individual;
  6. (6)delivering’ or displaying advertisements of the Company or third parties; and
  7. (7)other purposes incidental to the foregoing.

3. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties

Unless required by the Personal Information Protection Act or other applicable laws and regulations, the Company shall not provide to any third party personal information contained in the User’s Information without the prior consent of the user, unless:

  1. (1)The Company authorizes such third party to handle the personal information in whole or in part to the extent necessary to accomplish the purpose of the use;
  2. (2)The personal information is provided through a business transfer by way of merger or other similar transactions;
  3. (3)The Company is required to cooperate with state or local governmental organizations or their agents to perform their duties or obligations pursuant to applicable laws and regulations, and such performance is likely to be precluded if the consent of the user must be obtained; and
  4. (4)In addition to the foregoing, the Company is entitled to disclose information pursuant to the Personal Information Protection Act or other applicable laws and regulations,

4. Inquiries regarding this Policy

Any suggestions, questions, complaints, or other inquiries on the handling of the User’s Information must be submitted to:

HEROZ, Inc.
5-31-17 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014
Mail：privacypolicy@heroz.co.jp

5. Procedure to Amend this Privacy Policy

The Company shall from time to time review how the User’s Information is being handled, and use its best efforts to continuously improve the operation, and make such modifications to this Privacy Policy as may be necessary. Any modification to this Privacy Policy shall be notified to you on this website.

Effective as of April 30, 2009
Revised in February 1, 2014

This Policy shall be executed in the Japanese language. Japanese shall be the governing language and any translation of this Policy into any other language is for convenience of reference only and shall not bind the parties hereto.

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