1. Handling of Personal Information
General Incorporated Association Bunkaju (hereinafter, “the Association”) complies with all relevant laws, guidelines, and other regulations concerning the protection of personal information when handling personal information acquired by the Association.

2. Security Management of Personal Information
The Association shall implement appropriate organizational, physical, human, and technical measures to protect personal information. We will take necessary and appropriate steps to prevent the leakage, loss, or damage of personal information handled by the Association and to otherwise ensure the secure management of personal information.

3. Matters to be Observed Regarding the Acquisition of Personal Information, etc.
The Association shall comply with the following regarding the acquisition, use, and provision of personal information.

(1) Acquisition of Personal Information
The Association may acquire personal information from general users of our various services (hereinafter, “Users”) or from those who place advertisements on our services (hereinafter, “Advertisers”), to the extent necessary for the operation of said services.

(2) Purpose of Use of Personal Information
The Association will not use personal information acquired for any purpose beyond what is necessary to achieve the following, except where permitted by law or with the consent of the individual.

• Operation, maintenance, and management of the various services provided by the Association.
• Provision and introduction of services through the Association.
• Surveys to improve the quality of the various services provided by the Association.

(3) Provision of Personal Information, etc.
The Association will not provide personal information acquired based on the individual’s consent to any third party without prior consent, except as required by law. Furthermore, we will comply with legal requests for the disclosure, correction, addition, or deletion of personal information, or for notification of the purpose of use, and will appropriately respond to opinions and consultations regarding these matters.

4. Changes to the Purpose of Use of Personal Information
As a general rule, the Association will not change the purpose of use specified in the preceding section without the prior consent of the individual. However, this shall not apply when the new purpose of use is reasonably deemed to have a considerable relationship with the original purpose, and the change has been announced in advance.

5. Entrustment of Personal Information to Third Parties
When entrusting the handling of all or part of personal information to a third party, the Association will thoroughly review their qualifications and conduct necessary and appropriate supervision over the entrusted party to ensure the secure management of the personal information.

6. Improvement and Review of Personal Information Handling
The Association will conduct inspections of our handling of personal information, management systems, and initiatives, and will continuously improve and review them.

7. Disposal of Personal Information
When the necessity of personal information is lost in light of its purpose of use, the Association shall delete or dispose of the personal information. This deletion and disposal shall be carried out by necessary and appropriate means to prevent risks such as external leakage, and to the extent necessary for the execution of our business.

8. About Access Analysis on Our Website
Our website uses “Google Analytics,” an access analysis tool provided by Google LLC (hereinafter, “Google”), for the smooth operation of our activities. By using our website, users are deemed to have given permission for Google Analytics to process data as described below, for the method and purpose mentioned above.

Google Analytics uses cookies to collect traffic data, and some user information, such as IP addresses, may be collected by Google. This traffic data is collected anonymously and is not personally identifiable. You can refuse this collection by disabling cookies in your browser settings.

For more details on the Google Analytics terms, please see the following URL: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/jp/

9. Contact for Complaints and Inquiries
For inquiries regarding the handling of personal information, please contact us at the window below.
privacy@bunkaju.jp

Date of Enactment: March 7, 2023
Date of Last Revision: November 3, 2023