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Privacy Policy

Creator's NEXT Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "Our Company") respects the privacy of people (hereafter referred to as "Users") who access Our Company services (hereafter collectively referred to as "Our Services") and takes great care in the management of personal Information.

This privacy policy constitutes a part of the terms of Our Services and is in effect during the use of Our Services. If any provisions of the terms of Our Services contradict this privacy policy, the terms of service shall be preferentially applied.

Personal information and other User-related information obtained by Our Company when Users use Our Services is managed in accordance with this privacy policy.

1. Definition of Personal Information

Personal information means information about individuals defined by in the law for the protection of personal information (such as name, birth date, and other information with which particular individuals can be identified), information linked to particular individuals (such as an email address, user ID, password, and credit card number), and other attribute information related to personal information (such as an interest, family structure, and age).

2. Purpose of Use of Personal Information

Our Company uses personal information for the following purposes:

  • To offer Our Services
  • To send an announcement about new functions and Our Services to Users
  • To customize the information and services about Our Company site and advertising tailored to User age, occupation, sex, and interests
  • To research technical problems related to Our Services and improve them
  • To obtain statistics on the use of Our Services and Our Company site and to help improve the quality of Our Services and effects of advertising
  • To prevent violations of the terms of Our Services
  • To create statistics on Our Services in a format where individuals cannot be identified

3. Limit by Purpose of Use

Our Company uses personal information within the necessary range to accomplish the purpose of use.
If we need to handle personal information beyond the approved range for the purpose of use, we will obtain prior consent from the User.
However, the following cases are excluded:

  • When required by law;
  • When necessary to protect human life or property and to prevent personal injury and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the relevant persons;
  • When especially necessary to improve public health or promote the sound education of students, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the relevant persons;
  • When necessary for national and local authorities or parties commissioned by them to cooperate in the execution of official duties defined by law, and obtaining the consent of the relevant persons may interfere with the execution of official duties.

4. Obtaining Information

Our Company obtains personal information by lawful and fair means.

5. About the Offering of Personal Information to Third Parties

Our Company does not offer personal information to third parties without the prior consent of Users, except as defined by law.

When Our Company uses personal information together with third parties or consigns the handling of personal information to third parties, we strictly manage the relevant third parties and properly direct them to protect the personal information.

6. About the Management of Personal Information

Our Company safely manages and maintains the accuracy of personal information.

Our Company implements the proper information security measures to prevent unauthorized access and computer viruses to protect personal information from tampering and leakage.

Our Company prevents personal information leakage by ensuring that personal information is not carried off premises.

7. Disclosure, Correction, Use Stop or Deletion of Personal Information

Our Company confirms that Users have the right to request the disclosure, correction, use stop or deletion of their personal information, and we respond to such requests immediately without objection.

8. Disclaimers

Our Company does not assume any responsibility for obtaining personal information by third parties in the event of the following:

  • When Users disclose personal information to third parties using the functions of Our Services or other means
  • When Users submit their personal information on Our Company site

9. User Information Other Than Personal Information

Our Company collects user information other than personal information (hereinafter referred to as "User Information"), such as a Web browser type, selected language, number of link clicks in Our Company site, access source country, access date, use provider, referrer, link destination webpage, and IP address of people who accessed User sites and Our Company site via server logs and cookies or from Users, and stores such information on Our Company servers.

User Information is collected for the following purposes:

  • To enable the efficient and convenient use of Our Services
  • To offer more precise and abundant information tailored to Users
  • To display optimal advertisements from advertisers tailored to Users
  • To obtain statistics about the conditions of use of Our Services and Our Company site and to help improve the effects of advertising and the quality of Our Services and the Services of Our Business Partners.

Our Company may release User Information collectively in the form of reports about the trends in the use of Our Company site to recruit advertisers.

We do not consider User Information as personal information because it cannot be independently used to identify specific individuals.
However, if such information is used in combination with personal information, we consider it personal information and treat it accordingly.

10. Use of Cookies

Our Company uses a technology called cookies.
A cookie represents a structure that makes the communication devices used by Users temporarily store particular information and identify Users based on that data for every access.

Our Company never uses cookies to identify specific individuals.
Our Company uses cookies only to collect information about the Users' internet usage and for the following purposes:

  • To enable Users to efficiently and conveniently use Our Services
  • To offer more precise and abundant information tailored to Users
  • To display the optimal advertisements tailored to Users via advertisers
  • To obtain statistics about the conditions of use of Our Services and Our Company site and to help improve the quality of Our Services and the effects of advertising

Users can reject cookies by changing their browser settings.
However, by doing so, Users may not be able to use Our Services or Our Company site properly.

About Our Company's cookies on other company sites

  • When Users visit other company sites displaying advertisements or services from Our Company, we store cookies on User PCs and refer to the information.
    Information derived from cookies are not directly offered or disclosed to other companies and are used and managed in accordance with our privacy policy.
    Our Company may share aggregate statistics from data collected through cookie transmission with Our Business Partners.
    The aggregate statistics include collective user attributes and site usage patterns for Our Services, but will not include data that can be directly attributed to individual users.

About cookies from other companies on Our Services and Our Company site

  • We may permit companies displaying advertisements on Our Company site to store cookies on User PCs and refer to them. Please understand.
  • Advertisers use cookies in accordance with their own privacy policies, not ours.

11. Use of Web Beacons

Our Company uses a technology called a Web Beacon.
A Web beacon is a generic name for extremely small images implanted on Web pages to collect information and generate access to servers.

Our Company uses Web beacons to analyze the viewing of Our Company site by Users (including accesses) and to help improve the quality of Our Services and the effects of advertising.
Our Company never uses Web beacons to identify individuals.

12. Use of Unique Identifiers

Our Company enables login for mobile services upon receiving the consent to access each individual User's mobile unique identifier.

The unique identifier transmitted from each individual User to Our Company includes such details as the mobile model type and serial number.

Our Company uses this information collected solely for the following purposes, and in no instance for the purpose of singling out one User's information.

  • To enable Users to efficiently and conveniently use Our Services
  • To offer more precise and abundant information tailored to Users
  • To display the optimal advertisements tailored to Users via advertisers
  • To obtain statistics about the conditions of use of Our Services and Our Company site and to help improve the quality of Our Services and the effects of advertising

Users can reject transmission of their unique identifier to Our Company.
However, by doing so, Users may not be able to use Our Services or Our Company site properly.

13. Access and Use from Outside of Japan

When Our Company site is accessed from outside Japan, personal information or User Information entered into Our Company site is stored on servers in Japan.

14. Link to and Use of Third Party Sites

This privacy policy applies only to information collected from Our Company site or other company sites displaying advertisements and services from Our Company.
The privacy policy does not apply to the handling of information collected by third party sites linked from Our Company site.

Our Company does not assume any responsibility for the handling of information collected by third party sites.

When using third party sites, we recommend reading the terms of service or regulations about personal information by those sites.

15. Change of Privacy Policy

The privacy policy may be changed in whole or in part. In the event of any changes, the privacy policy after such changes shall apply to all personal information or User Information.

16. Organization and Structure

Our Company appoints a personal information protection administrator and properly manages personal information.

Our Company provides training on the protection of personal information and proper management methods to our executives and employees for thorough achievement of proper handling of personal information in routine work.

17. Establishment, Execution, Maintenance, and Improvement of Personal Information Protection Compliance Program

For thorough protection of personal information, Our Company establishes a personal information protection compliance program (including this privacy policy and other regulations and rules), ensures that all employees and other related parties are familiar with the procedures, and continuously improves the policy.

18. Contact about Privacy Policy

For inquiries about Our Company's privacy policy, please contact the following representative.

Compliance representative

Contact Us

19. Supplementary Provisions

Established on June 5, 2008

Last Revised on December 13, 2010

Last Revised on May 9, 2012

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