Privacy Policy

[Privacy Policy]

 

Next Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) hereby establishes the following Privacy Policy and declares that, with respect to the personal information it acquires (including website browsing information), it will comply with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other relevant laws and guidelines, including by not using personal information beyond the purposes of use, and will respond appropriately to complaints and inquiries about its personal information protection efforts. (This English translation is provided for reference only. If there is any discrepancy between this translation and the Japanese original, the Japanese original prevails.)

 

1. Business name

Next Co., Ltd.

 

2. Acquisition of personal information

(1) The Company acquires the following personal information by lawful and fair means to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes of use described in Section 3. If you agree to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have consented to the acquisition of such personal information.

・Information entered through forms on the sites operated by the Company, such as document request, inquiry and visit reservation forms

(for example, the user’s name, address, telephone number, fax number, email address, workplace and other contact information, date of birth and gender)

・Information provided by customers directly or through media such as documents

・Information linked with sites operated by other companies (only with the customer’s prior consent) (e.g., information obtained through social login such as Amazon Pay)

・Information sent automatically as customers use or view the Service, advertisements and content (including IP addresses and cookie information)

・Other information lawfully acquired, such as information provided by third parties with the consent of the customer

・Information about applicants for employment with the Company and people working for the Company

 

(2) Other than the above, the Company does not acquire special care-required personal information (as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 3 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information) without the prior consent of the person, except as permitted by law.

If you agree to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have consented to the acquisition of your special care-required personal information.

 

3. Purposes of use of personal information

The Company uses the personal information it acquires for the purposes listed below. If it becomes necessary to use personal information for any other purpose, the Company will notify you by written notice, email, fax or other means and obtain your consent, except where required by law.

(1) To provide services and products that the Company handles now or in the future, to provide information about them, or to provide information about events and campaigns held in connection with the Company’s business

 

(2) For identity verification at and after login, and for automatic display of member information on various screens, when you use a service as a registered member

 

(3) To provide information on services and products (including those provided by third parties) considered beneficial to customers, including users of the Company’s website

 

(4) To respond to, and improve the quality of our responses to, information requests, opinions and inquiries about the Company’s business

 

(5) To conduct questionnaire surveys and other analysis to improve the quality of the Company’s services, such as creating statistical data processed so that individuals cannot be identified, in connection with the Company’s websites

 

(6) To provide information to third parties to the extent necessary for appropriate business operations, such as providing information about the Company’s information, services, products and events

 

(7) In addition to the above, to provide various services to users of the Company’s website in connection with the Company’s commercial and non-commercial activities, such as activities to raise awareness of memorial and ritual culture

 

(8) For cookie information, to improve customer convenience (such as omitting and remembering entries in input forms), to analyze behavior history and user attributes, to count visits, to deliver or display advertisements of the Company or third parties, and for security purposes such as maintaining and protecting sessions

 

(9) To optimize advertising in the content customers view based on personal attributes such as gender, age, place of residence, hobbies and preferences, website browsing history and the history of use of the Company’s services

 

(10) For communications, selection and recruitment activities, and employment management for applicants for employment with the Company and people working for the Company

 

4. Provision of personal information to third parties

Except as provided by law, the Company does not provide customers’ personal information to third parties without their prior consent. When it does provide information, it provides only the minimum necessary.

 

Cases in which the Company provides customers’ personal information to third parties with their consent include the following. If you agree to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have consented to such provision to third parties.

 

(1) Providing necessary information to relevant business partners in order to answer your inquiries, send materials you have requested, or provide information about services and other matters

 

(2) Providing necessary information to prize providers to send prizes or gifts in sweepstakes and similar campaigns

 

(3) Making inquiries to relevant institutions to confirm your payment method or payment status for services operated by the Company, only when necessary

 

5. Procedures for disclosure, correction, suspension of use, etc. of personal information

(1) When the Company receives a request from a customer for disclosure, correction, suspension of use or similar of personal information about that person, it will confirm that the request comes from the person themselves and respond appropriately in accordance with the law.

(2) To confirm that a request under (1) above comes from the person themselves, we ask you to submit one of the following. If these are not submitted, we cannot confirm that the request comes from the person and cannot carry out the disclosure or other procedures.

One official photo ID (driver’s license, passport, etc.)

For official ID without a photo (such as a health insurance card), in addition, a copy of a document proving that a public institution has sent a notice in the person’s name, such as a utility bill receipt

(3) A fee is charged for the procedures in this section (1,000 yen per request, excluding consumption tax).

 

6. Use of cookies and behavioral targeting

To make its business more convenient, the Company uses “cookies” (a mechanism by which a website provider temporarily writes and stores data on a site visitor’s computer through the web browser, such as information on the user’s identification and attributes and the date and time of the last visit). Users of the Company’s services can choose whether to allow cookies, for example by refusing to store cookies, deleting cookies or refusing their acquisition; in that case, the convenience of services that require login may be reduced.

 

The Service also uses behavioral targeting advertising provided by companies partnering with the Company for effective ad delivery. Explanations of the cookies used by these advertising providers and the steps to disable them can be found on the providers’ websites.

 

※ The Company uses behavioral targeting advertising provided by the companies below for effective ad delivery. Behavioral targeting advertising is an advertising method that delivers ads matched to customers’ interests based on site browsing information. Site browsing information means information such as the history of services used and ads viewed, operation history within sites, IP addresses, location information and device identifiers which, when accumulated, can be used to analyze customers’ interests and preferences but does not identify a specific individual.

 

For behavioral targeting advertising, cookies and modules used by behavioral targeting advertising providers may be installed in the Service. Explanations and the steps to disable them can be found on the providers’ websites below.

 

If you wish to disable behavioral targeting advertising, please follow the steps described on the providers’ websites.

 

Behavioral targeting advertising providers

Google: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

Yahoo! JAPAN: https://btoptout.yahoo.co.jp/optout/index.html

 

7. Retention and transfer of customer information

In accordance with this Privacy Policy, customer information may be held and handled not only in Japan but in countries around the world, mainly those where the Company’s contractors are located (such as the United States and EU countries), to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes of use set out in Section 3. In such cases, the Company will take the appropriate measures necessary to protect customer information as required by applicable laws.

 

8. Changes to this Privacy Policy

The Company may change this Privacy Policy under Article 548-4 of the Civil Code in response to amendments to laws, the needs of its business operations or other circumstances. In that case, the Company will give notice by an appropriate method. However, where a change significantly affects customers, the Company will provide a reasonable period of advance notice.

Where a change to this Privacy Policy requires customers’ consent under the law, the changed Privacy Policy applies only to customers who have consented to the change by the method specified by the Company.

 

9. Contact

Personal Information Protection Manager: Next Co., Ltd., Personal Information Protection Officer

Contact: joe@next-corporation.info