Privacy Policy

UMAMECCA has established the following privacy policy (the “Policy”) regarding the handling of users’ personal information for the services provided on this website (the “Services”).

Article 1 (Personal Information)

“Personal information” refers to “personal information” as defined in the Personal Information Protection Law, and includes information that can identify an individual by name, date of birth, address, telephone number, contact information, and other descriptions, as well as information that can identify a specific individual (personal identification information) from such information alone, such as appearance, fingerprints, voiceprint data, and health insurance policy holder number.

Article 2 (Purpose of collecting and using personal information)

Except as permitted by law, this site will use personal information only for the following purposes

1. To provide and operate this service
2. To respond to inquiries from users (including identification)
3. To send you information on new features, updates, campaigns, etc. of the services you are using, as well as information on other services provided by the Company.
4. To contact you as necessary for maintenance, important notices, etc.
5. To identify users who have violated the Terms of Use or who are attempting to use the Service for fraudulent or unfair purposes, and to refuse their use of the Service.
6. To allow users to view, change, delete, or view the status of their own registration information
7. To charge users for paid services
8. Purposes incidental to the above purposes of use

Article 3 (Change of Purpose of Use)

1. The Service shall change the purpose of use of personal information only when the purpose of use is reasonably considered to be relevant to the purpose of use before the change.
2. In the event of a change in the purpose of use, the Company shall notify the user of the changed purpose by the method prescribed by the Company or publicly announce it on this website.

Article 4 (Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties)

1. Except in the following cases, this service will not provide personal information to third parties without the prior consent of the user. However, this excludes cases permitted under the Personal Information Protection Law and other laws and regulations.
2. When it is necessary to protect the life, body, or property of an individual and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual
3. When it is particularly necessary to improve public health or promote the sound growth of children and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person concerned.
4. When it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, a local government, or an individual or entity entrusted by either a national agency or local government to execute affairs prescribed by law, and obtaining the consent of the individual may impede the execution of such affairs.
5. When we have notified or announced the following matters in advance, and when we have notified the Personal Information Protection Committee
   • The purpose of use must include provision to a third party
   • Data items provided to third parties
   • Means or method of provision to third parties
   • Stopping the provision of personal information to third parties at the request of the individual
   • How to accept the person’s request
6. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the following cases, the recipient of such information shall not fall under the category of a third party.
   • When this site outsources all or part of the handling of personal information within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use
   • Cases in which personal information is provided as a result of the succession of business due to merger or other reasons
   • In cases where personal information is used jointly with a specific person, and where this fact, the items of personal information jointly used, the scope of joint use, the purpose of use by the person using the information, and the name of the person responsible for managing the personal information are notified to the person in advance or are made readily available to the person in question

Article 5 (Correction and Deletion of Personal Information)

1. If the User’s personal information held by the Company is incorrect, the User may request the Company to correct, add, or delete (“correct, etc.”) his/her personal information in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Company.
2. If this site receives a request from a user as described in the preceding paragraph and deems it necessary to respond to the request, this site will correct the relevant personal information without delay.
3. When the Service makes corrections, etc. based on the preceding paragraph, or when it decides not to make corrections, etc., it will notify the user without delay.

Article 6 (Suspension of Use of Personal Information, etc.)

1. In the event that the Service receives a request from an individual to cease use of or delete (hereafter “cease use, etc.”) personal information on the grounds that such information has been used for purposes other than those stated or that such information has been obtained through improper means, the Service will conduct the necessary investigation without delay.
2. If, based on the results of the investigation described in the preceding paragraph, we determine that it is necessary to comply with the request, we will suspend the use of the relevant personal information without delay.
3. When this site suspends use, etc. based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or when it decides not to suspend use, etc., it will notify the user without delay.
4. Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, in the event that it is difficult to suspend the use of the information due to the large amount of costs involved in such suspension or other difficulties, alternative measures necessary to protect the rights and interests of the user shall be taken if available.

Article 7 (Changes to Privacy Policy)

1. The contents of this policy may be changed without notice to the user, except as otherwise provided by law or otherwise in this policy.
2. Unless otherwise specified by this website, the revised Privacy Policy shall become effective from the time it is posted on this website.