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HARO Inc. (hereinafter, the “Company”) establishes the following privacy policy (hereinafter, the “Policy”) regarding the handling of users’ personal information in the service “EST” (hereinafter, the “Service”) provided on this website.
Our website address is https://est.haro-inc.com.

Article 1 (Personal Information)

“Personal information” refers to “personal information” as defined in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information of Japan, and means information about a living individual that can identify a specific individual by name, date of birth, address, telephone number, contact information, or other descriptions contained in such information. It also includes data relating to physical appearance, fingerprints, voiceprints, and the insurer number on health insurance cards, or any other information that can identify a specific individual by itself (“personal identifier information”).

Article 2 (Method of Collecting Personal Information)

When a user registers for use, the Company may ask for personal information such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address, bank account number, and credit card number. In addition, the Company may collect transaction records that include users’ personal information and information related to payments between users and our business partners from such business partners (including information providers, advertisers, ad distribution providers, etc.; hereinafter collectively referred to as “Partners”).

Article 3 (Purpose of Collecting and Using Personal Information)

Comments

To help prevent spam and abusive behavior, this site records the IP address used when comments are submitted. This is a standard feature supported by the blog system and will not be used for any purpose other than dealing with spam and abuse. Please note that all comments are reviewed and approved by the administrator before being published. In addition, comments that fall under any of the following categories may be rejected or deleted at the administrator’s discretion:

  • Content that defames or slanders a specific individual or organization.
  • Content containing extremely obscene expressions.
  • Content related to the trading of prohibited items, requests or mediation for acts that may harm others, or other items and actions prohibited by law.
  • Any other content that is contrary to public order and morals, or that is deemed inappropriate by the administrator.

Media

When uploading images to the site, you should avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download images and extract location data from them.

Cookies

When you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so that you do not have to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies will be kept for one year.

If you have an account and log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set several cookies to save your login information and display preferences. Login cookies are kept for two days, and display options cookies are kept for one year. If you select “Remember me”, your login will persist for two weeks. When you log out, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie does not contain personal data and only indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Posts on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

This site uses Google Analytics, an access analysis tool provided by Google. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect traffic data. This traffic data is collected anonymously and does not identify any individual.
You can disable cookie collection by changing your browser settings. For more details about these terms, please click here.

Advertising on This Site

This site uses third-party advertising services (Google AdSense, A8.net, and Amazon Associates). These advertising providers may use cookies to display advertisements for products and services that match users’ interests, based on information about access to this site and other sites (this does not include name, address, email address, or telephone number).
For more information about Google AdSense and how to prevent such information from being used by advertising providers, please see here.

How Long We Retain Your Data

When you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our site, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except that they cannot change their username). Site administrators can also see and edit that information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Article 4 (Changes to the Purpose of Use)

  1. The Company may change the purpose of use of personal information only when it is reasonably recognized that the new purpose is related to the purpose before the change.
  2. If the purpose of use is changed, the Company will notify users of the changed purpose by the method prescribed by the Company or publicly announce it on this website.

Article 5 (Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties)

  1. The Company will not provide personal information to third parties without the prior consent of the user, except in the following cases. However, this excludes cases permitted under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other applicable laws and regulations.
    1. When it is necessary for the protection of a person’s life, body, or property and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual.
    2. When it is particularly necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual.
    3. When it is necessary to cooperate with a national government agency, a local government, or a person entrusted by them in performing affairs prescribed by law, and obtaining the consent of the individual may hinder the performance of such affairs.
    4. When the following matters have been notified or publicly announced in advance, and the Company has filed a notification with the Personal Information Protection Commission:
      1. The fact that the purpose of use includes provision to third parties
      2. The items of data to be provided to third parties
      3. The means or method of provision to third parties
      4. The fact that, upon the request of the individual, the provision of personal information to third parties will be stopped
      5. The method for receiving requests from the individual
  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the following cases shall not be regarded as provision to third parties:
    1. When the Company outsources all or part of the handling of personal information within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use
    2. When personal information is provided in connection with the succession of business due to a merger or other reasons
    3. When personal information is used jointly with a specified party, and the individual has been notified in advance, or the individual can easily become aware of the fact that the information is used jointly, the items of personal information to be used jointly, the scope of parties who will use it jointly, the purpose of use by those parties, and the name or title of the person responsible for managing the personal information

Article 6 (Disclosure of Personal Information)

  1. When the Company is requested by an individual to disclose their personal information, the Company will disclose it to the individual without delay. However, the Company may decide not to disclose all or part of the information if disclosure falls under any of the following cases, and if a decision not to disclose is made, the Company will notify the individual of that decision without delay. A handling fee of 1,000 yen per request will be charged for the disclosure of personal information.
    1. When there is a risk of harming the life, body, property, or other rights or interests of the individual or a third party
    2. When there is a risk of significantly hindering the proper conduct of the Company’s business
    3. When it would result in a violation of other laws or regulations
  2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in principle the Company will not disclose information other than personal information, such as historical data and characteristic information.

Article 7 (Correction and Deletion of Personal Information)

  1. If a user finds that the personal information held by the Company about themselves is incorrect, the user may request that the Company correct, add to, or delete (hereinafter, “Correction, etc.”) the personal information in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Company.
  2. If the Company determines that it is necessary to respond to such a request from a user, the Company will carry out the Correction, etc. of the relevant personal information without delay.
  3. When the Company has carried out a Correction, etc. based on the preceding paragraph, or has decided not to carry out a Correction, etc., the Company will notify the user of this without delay.

Article 8 (Suspension of Use of Personal Information, etc.)

  1. If the Company is requested by an individual to suspend the use or delete (hereinafter, “Suspension of Use, etc.”) their personal information on the grounds that it is being handled beyond the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use, or that it has been obtained by improper means, the Company will conduct the necessary investigation without delay.
  2. Based on the results of the investigation in the preceding paragraph, if the Company determines that it is necessary to respond to the request, the Company will carry out the Suspension of Use, etc. of the relevant personal information without delay.
  3. When the Company has carried out the Suspension of Use, etc. based on the preceding paragraph, or has decided not to carry out the Suspension of Use, etc., the Company will notify the user of this without delay.
  4. Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, if the Suspension of Use, etc. involves significant cost or is otherwise difficult to implement, and alternative measures can be taken that are necessary to protect the rights and interests of the user, the Company will take such alternative measures.

Article 9 (Changes to the Privacy Policy)

  1. Except where otherwise provided by laws or regulations or in this Policy, the Company may change the contents of this Policy without notifying users.
  2. Unless otherwise specified by the Company, the revised Privacy Policy shall take effect from the time it is posted on this website.

Article 10 (Contact Information)

For inquiries regarding this Policy, please contact us at the address below.