Privacy Policy
WP Writing (hereinafter referred to as "this site") has established the following privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as "this policy") regarding the handling of users' personal information in the services provided on this site (hereinafter referred to as "this service").
personal information
"Personal information" refers to "personal information" as defined in the Personal Information Protection Act, and is information relating to a living individual.
This refers to information that can identify a specific individual based on the name, date of birth, address, telephone number, contact details, and other descriptions contained in the information, as well as information that can identify a specific individual from that information alone, such as data related to appearance, fingerprints, and voiceprints, and the insurer number on a health insurance card (personal identification information).
How do we collect your personal information?
When users register to use this site, we may ask for personal information such as their name, email address, and credit card number.
In addition, we may collect information regarding transactions and payments made between users and our partners, including personal information of users, from our partners (including information providers, advertisers, ad delivery destinations, etc., hereinafter referred to as "Partners").
The inquiry form on this website uses Google Forms. Please check the Google privacy policy below.
Acquisition of personal information and purpose of use
The purposes for which this website collects and uses personal information are as follows:
- To provide and operate our website services
- To respond to inquiries from users (including verifying their identity)
- To send emails about new features, updates, campaigns, etc. of the service the user is using, as well as information about other services provided by this site
- To contact you as necessary regarding maintenance, important notices, etc.
- To identify users who have violated the terms of use or who are attempting to use the service for fraudulent or improper purposes, and to refuse their use
- To allow users to view, change, or delete their registered information, and to view their usage status
- To bill users for paid services
- Purposes incidental to the above purposes of use
Change in purpose of use
- This site will change the purpose of use of personal information only when it is reasonably deemed that the new purpose of use is related to the purpose before the change.
- If there is a change in the purpose of use, the changed purpose will be notified to users in the manner specified by this site or will be published on this website.
Provision of personal information to third parties
- This site will not provide personal information to third parties without the user's prior consent, except in the following cases, when permitted by the Personal Information Protection Act or other laws and regulations.
- When it is necessary for the protection of a person's life, body, or property, and it is difficult to obtain the individual's consent
- When it is particularly necessary for the improvement of public health or the promotion of healthy child development, and it is difficult to obtain the individual's consent
- When it is necessary to cooperate with a national government agency, local government, or a person commissioned by them in carrying out duties prescribed by law, and obtaining the individual's consent is likely to impede the performance of said duties.
- When the following items have been announced or publicly announced in advance and this site has notified the Personal Information Protection Commission
- The purpose of use includes providing the information to a third party
- Items of data provided to third parties
- Means or method of provision to third parties
- To stop providing personal information to third parties at the request of the individual
- How to accept a request from the individual
- Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the following cases, the recipient of the information will not be a third party.
- When this site entrusts all or part of the handling of personal information to a third party within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use.
- When personal information is provided in connection with business succession due to a merger or other reasons.
- When personal information is used jointly with a specific person, the individual is notified in advance or made easily accessible to the individual of the fact, the items of personal information to be used jointly, the scope of the parties using the personal information jointly, the purpose of use by the parties, and the name or title of the person responsible for managing the personal information.
Disclosure of Personal Information
- When a person requests disclosure of their personal information, this site will disclose it to them without delay. However, if disclosure would fall under any of the following, we may not disclose all or part of the information, and if we decide not to disclose it, we will notify you of that decision without delay. A fee of 1,000 yen will be charged for each disclosure of personal information.
- When there is a risk of harm to the life, body, property or other rights and interests of the person or a third party
- When there is a risk of causing significant disruption to the proper operation of our site's operations
- If it would violate other laws and regulations
- Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in principle we will not disclose information other than personal information, such as historical information and characteristic information.
Correction and deletion of personal information
- If the User's personal information held by this Site is incorrect, the User may request that this Site correct, add, or delete the personal information (hereinafter referred to as "Corrections, etc.") in accordance with the procedures set forth by this Site.
- If this site receives a request from a user as described in the preceding paragraph and determines that it is necessary to comply with the request, it will correct the personal information without delay.
- When this site makes any corrections, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or when it decides not to make any corrections, etc., it will notify the user without delay.
Suspension of use of personal information, etc.
- When a person requests that the Company suspend or delete (hereinafter referred to as "suspension of use, etc.") their personal information because that information is being handled beyond the scope of the intended purpose of use or has been obtained by illegal means, the Company will conduct the necessary investigation without delay.
- If we determine that it is necessary to comply with the request based on the results of the investigation in the preceding paragraph, we will suspend the use of the personal information without delay.
- When this site suspends use, etc., pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or when it decides not to suspend use, etc., it will notify the user without delay.
- Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, if suspension of use, etc. would involve a significant amount of expenses or is otherwise difficult to implement, and alternative measures necessary to protect the rights and interests of the User can be taken, such alternative measures will be taken.
About the access analysis tool
This website uses several access analysis tools. The access analysis tools use cookies to collect traffic data. This traffic data is collected anonymously and does not identify individuals.
This function allows you to refuse collection by disabling cookies, so please check your browser settings. For more information about these terms, please see below.
About advertising services
This site uses third-party advertising services (such as Google AdSense and Amazon Associates).
Such advertising distribution companies may use cookies that contain information about access to this site and other sites in order to display advertisements for products and services that match the interests of users.
Also, regarding Google AdSense, please see below for more information on this process and how to opt out of such information being used by ad serving companies.
This site is a participant in the Amazon Associates Program, which allows sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.jp.
Third parties may provide content and advertisements, collect information directly from visitors, and set or recognize cookies on visitors' browsers.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
comment
When users leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the user’s IP address and browser user agent string (a string that contains information about the browser type, version, and operating system) to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be used by users of avatar-building services. GravatarYour personal information may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using the service.
You can view the privacy policy of this service at the following link. After approval of your comment, your profile picture will be publicly displayed along with your comment.
Image uploaded in the comments section
If you upload images through the comments section or elsewhere on the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Users of the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Comment Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies.
These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices.
Login cookies are retained for two days, and screen display option cookies are retained for one year. If you select "Remember Me", your login information will be retained for two weeks. If you log out, your login cookies will be erased.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Who we share your comment data with
When you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long do we retain your comment data?
If 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.
If you are a registered user of this site, we will store the personal information you provide on your user profile page.
All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your comment data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive 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 any data we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where is comment data sent?
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Disclaimer
We are not responsible for any information, services, etc. provided on sites accessed via links or banners from this site.
In addition, we strive to provide the most accurate information possible regarding the content and information on this website, but we do not guarantee its accuracy or safety. The information may be out of date.
Please note that we are not responsible for any damages caused by the content posted on this site.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Unless otherwise specified by this website, the revised privacy policy will take effect from the time it is posted on this website.
The contents of this policy may be changed without notifying users, except for matters otherwise specified by laws, regulations, or otherwise in this policy.
inquiry
For inquiries regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at the address below.
WP Writing
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