Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Policy”) applies to our collection, use, and management of users’ personal information.

We collect the following information from users.

1. Name
2. Address
3. Date of birth
4. Contact details
5. Information relating to payment, including credit card and bank account information

We collect and use personal information for the following purposes.

1. To provide and operate the Service
2. To prevent unauthorized access and use
3. For purposes incidental to the above purposes of use

To analyze access to and use of our website and the Service (collectively referred to as the “Website, etc.”), deliver advertisements, and improve the usability of the Website, etc., we may collect cookies and similar files stored on the devices of users who access the Website, etc., and use similar technologies. We may link cookies and similar data to users’ personal information. Cookies and similar data linked to a user’s personal information constitute that user’s personal information and are managed in accordance with this Policy. We may also provide cookies and similar data to a data management platform operated by a third party, obtain from that third party web browsing histories collected through cookies and similar technologies and the results of their analysis, link these to users’ personal data, and use them for purposes such as advertising.

We take necessary measures to prevent leakage, loss, or damage of collected information and otherwise ensure its proper management. An overview of our security control measures is set out below. We will respond without delay to requests from users for details of these measures submitted to the contact point specified in this Policy.

1. Establishing a basic policy and rules for handling personal information
2. Implementing measures to prevent theft or loss of equipment that handles personal information, including storing equipment in cabinets and setting passwords
3. Identifying equipment and persons authorized to access personal information and preventing unnecessary access to it
4. Installing security software and similar protections on equipment that handles personal information

We will not provide collected personal information to third parties without obtaining the user’s prior consent, except in the following cases.

1. When based on laws and regulations
2. When necessary to protect a person’s life, body, or property and obtaining the user’s consent is difficult
3. When particularly necessary to improve public health or promote the sound development of children and obtaining the user’s consent is difficult
4. When necessary to cooperate with a national government agency, local government, or a person entrusted by either of them in performing duties prescribed by laws and regulations, and obtaining the user’s consent may interfere with the performance of those duties
5. When laws and regulations otherwise permit an exception to restrictions on provision to third parties

2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the following cases the recipient of the personal information shall not be deemed a third party.

• When personal information is provided in connection with outsourcing all or part of its handling to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes of use

• When personal information is provided in connection with business succession due to a merger or other reason

• When personal information is provided to the joint users specified in Article 7

We may provide personal information to specified persons for joint use with them. In such cases, we will publicly disclose in advance the items of personal information to be jointly used, the scope of the joint users, their purposes of use, and the name and address of the person responsible for managing the personal information and, in the case of a corporation, the name of its representative.

We may amend this Policy as necessary in response to amendments to laws and regulations and business needs. Any amendments to this Policy will be posted on this website.

1. Users may submit the following requests to us in accordance with this Article and our related rules, to the extent permitted under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.

1. Notification of the purposes of use of personal information
2. Disclosure of personal information or records of provision to third parties
3. Correction, addition, or deletion of personal information
4. Suspension of use of personal information
5. Suspension of provision of personal information to third parties

2. When submitting a request under the preceding paragraph, please specify which item in that paragraph the request concerns and submit documents for identity verification, such as a driver’s license, health insurance card, or copy of your residence certificate.

For consultations, complaints, and other inquiries regarding our handling of personal information, please contact us at the address below.

Business Operator Handling Personal Information: MAX Corporation (Gojozaka & Chawanzaka Network Secretariat)

個人情報取扱事業者：株式会社マックス(五条坂・茶わん坂ネットワーク事務局)

Representative: Genshiro Taki

代表者名：瀧 源志郎

Address: Square Gojo Building 401, 459-8 Tokiwacho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 605-0874, Japan

住所： 〒605-0874 京都府京都市東山区常磐町 459-8 スクエア五条ビル 401

Email address: 5chawan.network@gmail.com