Privacy Policy
This is a reference translation. The Japanese original prevails.
Manten Co., Ltd. (株式会社まんてん), which operates Laugh & Rough (hereinafter “the Company”), establishes the following privacy policy (hereinafter “this Policy”) concerning the handling of users' personal information in the services provided on this website (hereinafter “the Service”).
Article 1 (Personal information)
“Personal information” means “personal information” as defined in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (個人情報保護法): information relating to a living individual which allows that specific individual to be identified by the name, date of birth, address, telephone number, contact details or other description contained in that information, together with data relating to appearance, fingerprints and voiceprints, and information from which a specific individual can be identified on its own, such as the insurer number on a health insurance card (personal identification information).
Article 2 (How personal information is collected)
When a user registers to use the Service, the Company may ask for personal information such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address, bank account number, credit card number and driving licence number. The Company may also collect transaction records and payment-related information containing users' personal information, arising between users and its partners, from those partners (including information providers, advertisers and advertising distributors; hereinafter “partners”) and others.
Article 3 (Purposes of collecting and using personal information)
The Company collects and uses personal information for the following purposes.
• To provide and operate the Company's services
• To respond to enquiries from users (including verifying their identity)
• To send emails about new features, updates and campaigns for the service the user is using, and about other services the Company provides
• To contact users as necessary, for example about maintenance and important notices
• To measure the effectiveness of advertising, by obtaining from tools operated by third parties information about advertisements clicked before arriving at this site (such as the click date and the site carrying the advertisement) and matching it against order information
• To identify users who have breached the terms of use, or who attempt to use the Service for improper or unjustified purposes, and to refuse them use of the Service
• To allow users to view, change or delete their own registered information and to view their usage
• To charge users the fees for paid services
• Purposes incidental to the purposes of use above
Article 4 (Change of the purpose of use)
1. The Company shall change the purpose of use of personal information only where the new purpose is reasonably deemed to be related to the purpose before the change.
2. Where the purpose of use has been changed, the Company shall notify users of the new purpose by a method it prescribes, or announce it on this website.
Article 5 (Provision of personal information to third parties)
1. Except in the cases listed below, the Company will not provide personal information to third parties without first obtaining the user's consent. This does not apply where provision is permitted under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information or other laws and regulations.
(1) Where provision is necessary to protect a person's life, body or property, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual concerned
(2) Where provision is particularly necessary to improve public health or to promote the sound growth of children, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual concerned
(3) Where it is necessary to cooperate with a national government body, a local government, or a party commissioned by either of them, in carrying out affairs prescribed by law, and obtaining the consent of the individual concerned is likely to impede the performance of those affairs
(4) Where the Company has given notice of, or announced, the following matters in advance and has filed notification with the Personal Information Protection Commission (個人情報保護委員会)
① That provision to third parties is included in the purpose of use
② The items of data to be provided to third parties
③ The means or method of provision to third parties
④ That provision of personal information to third parties will be stopped at the request of the individual concerned
⑤ The method by which requests from the individual concerned are accepted
2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the cases listed below the recipient of the information shall not be treated as a third party.
(1) Where the Company entrusts all or part of the handling of personal information to another party within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use
(2) Where personal information is provided as a result of the succession of a business due to a merger or another reason
(3) Where personal information is used jointly with a specific party, and the individual concerned has been notified in advance of that fact, of the items of personal information used jointly, of the scope of the parties using it jointly, of the purposes of use of those parties and of the name of the party responsible for the management of that personal information, or where that information has been placed in a state in which the individual concerned can readily learn it
Article 6 (Disclosure of personal information)
1. Where the individual concerned requests disclosure of their personal information, the Company will disclose it to them without delay. However, where disclosure would fall under any of the following, the Company may withhold all or part of it, and where it decides not to disclose, it will give notice to that effect without delay. A fee of ¥1,000 per request is charged for the disclosure of personal information.
(1) Where there is a risk of harm to the life, body, property or other rights and interests of the individual concerned or of a third party
(2) Where there is a risk of significant hindrance to the proper conduct of the Company's business
(3) Where disclosure would otherwise breach laws or regulations
2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, information other than personal information, such as history information and attribute information, will as a rule not be disclosed.
Article 7 (Correction and deletion of personal information)
1. Where the personal information about a user held by the Company is incorrect, the user may request the Company, by the procedure the Company prescribes, to correct, add to or delete that personal information (hereinafter “correction etc.”).
2. Where the Company receives a request under the preceding paragraph and judges that it must comply with it, it shall carry out the correction etc. of that personal information without delay.
3. Where the Company has carried out a correction etc. under the preceding paragraph, or has decided not to carry one out, it will notify the user without delay.
Article 8 (Suspension of use of personal information etc.)
1. Where the individual concerned requests that the use of their personal information be stopped or that it be erased (hereinafter “suspension of use etc.”), on the grounds that it is being handled beyond the scope of the purpose of use or that it was obtained by improper means, the Company will carry out the necessary investigation without delay.
2. Where, on the basis of the results of the investigation in the preceding paragraph, the Company judges that it must comply with the request, it will carry out the suspension of use etc. of that personal information without delay.
3. Where the Company has carried out a suspension of use etc. under the preceding paragraph, or has decided not to carry one out, it will notify the user without delay.
4. Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, where a suspension of use etc. would involve substantial expense or is otherwise difficult to carry out, and alternative measures necessary to protect the rights and interests of the user can be taken, the Company shall take those alternative measures.
Article 9 (Changes to this Privacy Policy)
1. The contents of this Policy may be changed without notice to users, except for matters provided for otherwise by law or in this Policy.
2. Except where the Company provides otherwise, the amended privacy policy shall take effect from the time it is posted on this website.
Article 10 (Contact for enquiries)
Enquiries about this Policy should be directed to the contact below.
Address: 338 Nakahata-chō, Nishiwaki, Hyōgo (兵庫県西脇市中畑町338)
Company name: Manten Co., Ltd. (株式会社まんてん)
Email address: laugh-and-rough@manten.world