Privacy Policy

This site is committed to protecting your personal information. We comply with Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information and handle personal information appropriately in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

1. Definition of Personal Information

In this Privacy Policy, “personal information” means personal information as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 1 of Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information — that is, information about a living individual that can identify a specific person by name, date of birth, or other description contained in the information (including information that can be readily cross-referenced with other information to identify a specific person), or information containing an individual identification code.

2. Purposes of Use

This site uses your personal information for the following purposes:

(1) To provide the services of this site

(2) To respond to inquiries and provide information about this site’s services

(3) To inform you about products and services offered through this site

(4) To respond to conduct that violates this site’s terms or policies

(5) To notify you of changes to this site’s terms or policies

(6) To improve this site’s services and develop new services

(7) To create statistical data, processed so that individuals cannot be identified, related to this site’s services

(8) For other purposes incidental to the above

3. Changes to the Purpose of Use

This site may change the purpose of use of personal information within a scope reasonably related to the original purpose, and will notify or publicly announce any such change.

4. Restrictions on Use

Except as permitted under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information or other applicable laws, this site will not handle personal information beyond the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use without your consent — except in the following cases: (1) where required by law; (2) where necessary to protect a person’s life, body, or property and obtaining consent is difficult; (3) where particularly necessary for public health or child welfare and obtaining consent is difficult; or (4) where cooperation with a national or local government body carrying out statutory duties is required, and obtaining consent would impede that duty.

5. Proper Acquisition

This site acquires personal information appropriately and will not acquire it through deceptive or otherwise improper means.

6. Security Management

This site provides necessary and appropriate supervision of its staff to ensure the security of personal information against loss, destruction, falsification, and leakage. Where this site outsources all or part of the handling of personal information, it provides necessary and appropriate supervision of the contractor to ensure equivalent security.

7. Provision to Third Parties

This site will not provide personal information to third parties without your prior consent, except where disclosure is permitted under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information or other applicable laws. The following are not considered provision to a third party: (1) outsourcing all or part of the handling of personal information within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use; (2) provision of personal information in connection with a business succession due to merger or other reasons; and (3) joint use in accordance with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.

8. Disclosure of Personal Information

Where you request disclosure of personal information under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, this site will confirm that the request is from you personally and disclose the information without delay (or notify you if no such information exists), except where this site is not obligated to disclose under the Act or other applicable laws.

9. Correction of Personal Information

Where you request correction, addition, or deletion of personal information on the grounds that it is inaccurate, this site will confirm that the request is from you personally, conduct any necessary investigation without delay within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use, act on the results, and notify you accordingly — except where this site is not obligated to do so under the Act or other applicable laws.

10. Suspension of Use

Where you request suspension of use or deletion of personal information on the grounds that it is being handled beyond the scope of its stated purpose, or was acquired through improper means, this site will — upon confirming the request is from you personally and finding it justified — suspend use or delete the information without delay and notify you accordingly, except where this site is not obligated to do so under the Act or other applicable laws.

11. Access Information, Cookies and Similar Technologies

(1) Access records

When you view a page, this site’s server automatically records your IP address, the type of browser you use, the pages you view, and the date and time. This site uses these records only to compile statistics on how the site is viewed, in order to improve it. The statistics are compiled on this site’s own server and are not sent to any outside analytics service. The records are kept for a period set by the server.

(2) Cookies and similar storage

This site uses cookies and your browser’s storage to remember the display language you chose (Japanese or English) for your next visit. Only the language setting is stored; it contains no information that identifies you. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, in which case your language choice may not be remembered.

(3) Embedded outside services

Some pages of this site embed the following outside services to show maps, videos and posts. When they are displayed, these companies may collect information about your visit (such as your IP address, browser information, and the page you are viewing). That information is handled under each company’s own privacy policy.

Google Maps and YouTube (Google LLC): https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Instagram and Facebook (Meta Platforms, Inc.): https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy / https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/

(4) Campaign entries

When you enter a campaign or similar event on this site, we receive your name, email address, postal address, phone number and similar details. These are used only to draw and deliver prizes and to contact you about your entry, and a confirmation of your entry is sent to the email address you provide.

12. Ongoing Improvement

This site periodically reviews how it handles personal information and works to continuously improve its practices, and may revise this Privacy Policy as needed.

13. Operator

Nakanotana Shopping Street Promotion Association

Tatemachi Wing Bldg. 5F, 6-1 Tatemachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima

Phone: 082-245-7780