TSUBURAYA ACCOUNT PRIVACY POLICY
Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. (the “Company” or “we”) fully recognizes the Company’s position of
receiving important personal information from users of the TSUBURAYA ACCOUNT (“Customers” or “you”),
and will comply with the laws and regulations, as well as with guidelines and other norms prescribed
by the national government, pertaining to the handling of personal information.
Accordingly, we will formulate and properly operate our personal information protection management
system that is in compliance with the Japanese Industrial Standard “Personal Information Protection
Management Systems - Requirements” (JIS Q 15001).
Processing of personal information obtained from Customers located outside Japan by us is governed
by our “TSUBURAYA ACCOUNT Privacy Policy for International Customers” attached herein as
Appendix.
Established: June 20, 2024
Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd.
Masayuki Nagatake, President and COO
A. Handling of Personal Information
(1) Acquisition of Personal Information
Your name, address, postal code, gender, date of birth, telephone number, e-mail address, account ID
and password, credit card information, usage history, inquiry details, and your other personal
information which may be necessary in carrying out the Company’s business in a smooth and proper
manner.
(2) Purposes of Use of Personal Information Acquired from Customers
a) Scope of Purposes of Use
- To manage TSUBURAYA ACCOUNT membership registration;
- To respond to Customers’ orders for products, services, etc.
(including premiums and special offers);
- To enable Customers to apply for participation in conventions
and for other communications necessary for the operation of the conventions;
- To deliver information on periodicals, digital content, various
membership services, various benefits and all other products and services;
- To enable Customers to participate in surveys, various events,
campaigns, etc., and to inform Customers of the results of such surveys, etc.;
- To respond to and manage inquiries or requests from Customers;
and
- To ensure the appropriate and smooth execution of our business
operations.
b) Use for Purposes Other than Those Specified Above
If it becomes necessary to use your personal information for any purpose other than those
specified above, we will obtain your consent to such use, except where otherwise permitted by
any law or regulation.
(3) Outsourcing Personal Information Handling
We may entrust part of our business to an outside service provider to the extent necessary to
achieve the aforementioned purposes of use. In such case, we will select an outside service provider
that has a secure management system for information including personal information, and will set
forth necessary matters in the relevant service agreement, such as those concerning the management
of personal information, keeping personal information confidential, and preventing personal
information leakages, and will supervise and guide the outside service provider to ensure the
appropriate management of personal information.
(4) Joint Use of Personal Information
The personal information we acquire from Customers will be jointly used within the following scope:
a) Items of Personal Information to be Jointly Used
Your name, address, postal code, gender, date of birth, telephone number, e-mail address,
account ID and password, inquiry details, credit card information, usage history, and your other
personal information which may be necessary in carrying out the Company’s business in a smooth
and proper manner.
b) Scope of Those We Jointly Use Personal Information With
Companies belonging to the Tsuburaya Fields Holdings Group;
For further details of the Tsuburaya Fields Holdings Group, please see
here.
c) Purposes of Use by Those We Jointly Use Personal Information With
Within the scope of the purposes stated in (2)a) above.
d) Name and Address of Individual or Entity Responsible for Management of
Personal Information Above, and Name of Representative
TSUBURAYA FIELDS HOLDINGS INC.
(For further details about such company, please see its “
Company Information”)
16-17 Nampeidai-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0036, Japan
Hidetoshi Yamamoto, President
(5) Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties
We will not provide any personal information to third parties, except where we have justifiable
grounds to do so, such as pursuant to the laws or regulations, or otherwise in any of the following
circumstances:
- When we have your prior consent to such provision;
- When disclosure is made to our business partners in joint services
therewith;
- When disclosure is made to third parties (service entrustees, etc.)
on whom we have imposed personal information management obligations equivalent to those set
forth in this Privacy Policy, with the aim of achieving the aforementioned purposes of use;
- When disclosure is made in the form of “statistical data” that
cannot identify any individual (i.e., data obtained by extracting common element items from
information of multiple individuals and aggregating the extracted items by the same categories);
- When disclosure is made in the form of “anonymized personal
information” that cannot identify any individual (i.e., information obtained by processing
personal information in a manner so as to make the specific individual unidentifiable and to
also render the original personal information unrestorable);
- When disclosure is required by the laws or regulations;
- When disclosure is required by any court, public prosecutors’
office, police organization, bar association, consumer affairs center, or other body with
equivalent authority; or
- When disclosure is necessary for the protection of any person’s
life, limb, or property, and is urgently needed.
(6) Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties Located in Foreign
Countries
The personal information we acquire from you may be provided to (i) Shopify Commerce Singapore Pte.
Ltd. in Republic of Singapore and (ii) our partner companies or service entrustees located in the
country where you are located. In such case, we will thoroughly examine the eligibility of the party
to whom the personal information is provided or entrusted, and confirm that appropriate measures for
the handling of personal information are taken by such party from the perspective of security and
the like.
The information on personal information protection systems applicable in foreign countries where the
aforementioned third parties are located and the measures taken by such third parties to protect
personal information are as indicated below, as of the date on which this Privacy Policy was last
updated. Please note that the foreign countries where our partner companies or service entrustees
are located may change or be added as a result of the Company switching any of the existing partner
companies, service entrustees, etc. to, or using, a new partner company, service entrustee, etc. In
such case, we will inform you of such changes in accordance with “F. Changes to Privacy Policy”
below.
a) Foreign Countries Where the Recipients of Personal Information are
Located
Republic of Singapore and the countries where you are located.
b) Information on Personal Information Protection Systems in Foreign
Countries Where the Recipients of Personal Information are Located
With regard to the personal information protection systems, etc. in countries outside of Japan,
to which personal information may be provided, please see the following website of the Personal
Information Protection Commission of Japan:
https://www.ppc.go.jp/personalinfo/legal/kaiseihogohou/#gaikoku (in
Japanese only)
Information on Measures Taken by the Aforementioned Third Parties to
Protect Personal Information
The aforementioned third parties take the same level of measures for the handling of personal
information as those required of “Business handling personal information” in Japan.
B. Management of Personal Information
The Company will have a personal information manager vested with the authority
to manage personal information, and will strictly manage personal information to prevent any
leakage, tampering, loss, etc. thereof. In addition, the Company will take lawful and reasonable
safety measures and thereby strive to protect personal information.
C. Voluntary Provision of Personal Information
You are providing your personal information to us on a voluntary basis.
However, if you choose not to provide your personal information, this may cause hinderance to our
processing necessary for achieving the aforementioned purposes of use.
D. Requests for Disclosure, etc. of Personal Data Retained by the Company
With regard to your personal information which we retain, we are able to accept
your requests for: notification of the relevant purposes of use; disclosure, correction, addition to
or deletion of the contents thereof; suspension of use; erasure; and suspension of provision to
third parties. If you wish to consult with us regarding any of the foregoing procedures, please
contact our consultation desk specified in “G. Consultation Desk for Requesting Disclosure, etc. of
or Making Complaints about the Handling of Personal Information” below. However, please be advised
in advance that we may not be able to make such disclosure, etc. due to any provision of applicable
laws or regulations, etc.
E. Continuous Improvement
We will continue to improve our personal information protection management
system.
F. Changes to Privacy Policy
We may change all or any part of this Privacy Policy without prior notice, as a
result of changes to any law or regulation, changes to our operating policies, or other
circumstances. Customers are therefore requested to refer to the latest version of this Privacy
Policy. Any particularly important changes to this Privacy Policy will be announced on our website.
G. Consultation Desk for Requesting Disclosure, etc. of or Making
Complaints about the Handling of Personal Information
If you wish to make any complaints or consultations concerning the Company’s
handling of personal information, please make contact as set forth below:
Contact Information:
16-17 Nampeidai-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0036, Japan
[Personal Information Customer Consultation Desk, Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd.]
E-mail: [
privacy-policy-gr@tsuburaya-prod.co.jp]
Appendix
TSUBURAYA ACCOUNT Privacy Policy for International Customers
Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. hereinafter referred to as the “Company”, “we”,
“our”, “us”) collects, uses, and discloses personal information of our customers (users of TSUBURAYA
ACCOUNT hereinafter referred to as the “Customers”, “you”, “your”). We are processing Customer’s
personal information (“Personal Information”) both inside and outside of Japan. In order to protect
Personal Information in countries outside of Japan, we have established this TSUBURAYA ACCOUNT
International Privacy Policy (“Policy”). This Policy applies to any and all of our processing of
Personal Information outside Japan. If you are a resident of the state of California, United States,
“Supplementary provisions regarding the handling of personal information of California residents”
shall also apply to processing of your Personal Information.
Processing of Personal Information obtained from Customers located in Japan by us is governed by our
Privacy Policy for Customers in Japan.
In the processing of Personal Information, we will comply with this Policy, the laws and regulations
applicable to our processing of Personal Information (“Applicable Laws”).
1. Processing of Personal Information
(1) Acquisition of Personal Information
We acquire Personal Information by legal and ethical methods, and at
the same time, devotes its utmost attention to making sure it is used for purposes that are clearly
specified in advance. When we ask Customers to provide their Personal Information, we will inform
the purposes of acquisition and the details of use of such Personal Information in advance.
Processing of Personal Information will be conducted within the scope of our legitimate business
purposes and only processed to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes set forth in “(2)
Purposes of Processing” below.
Personal Information we collect from the Customers includes, but is not limited to, the following
information.
Name, gender, birth date, e-mail address, address, postal code, telephone number, account ID,
password, inquiry details, and any other information Customers provide us.
Some of the Personal Information is necessary for us to enter into a contract with Customers or
companies to which Customers belong. In case Customers could not provide us certain information when
requested, we may not be able to provide them our full support with respect to our services.
(2) Purposes of Processing
Personal Information provided to us will be used within the scope of
our legitimate business purposes and to the extent necessary to achieve those purposes set out
below.
(i) To manage TSUBURAYA ACCOUNT membership registration;
(ii) To respond to Customers’ orders for products, services, etc.
(including premiums and special offers);
(iii) To enable Customers to apply for participation in conventions
and for other communications necessary for the operation of the conventions;
(iv) To deliver information on periodicals, digital content, various
membership services, various benefits and all other products and services;
(v) To enable Customers to participate in surveys, various events,
campaigns, etc., and to inform Customers of the results of such surveys, etc.;
(vi) To respond to and manage inquiries or requests from Customers;
and
(vii)To ensure the appropriate and smooth execution of our business
operations.
(3) Provision and Cross-border Transfer of Personal Information
We will disclose Personal Information listed in “(1) Acquisition of
Personal Information” to our business partners operating the trading card business in your country
so long as such disclosure is conducted within the purposes and means set forth in “(2) Purposes of
Processing” above. As a result of the disclosure, Personal Information may be transferred to
locations outside of the locations in which the Customers are located. Personal information
protection laws in such transferred locations may not have the same standard of protection with that
of Customers’ location. In such cases, we will thoroughly examine the eligibility of the party to
which the Personal Information is provided or entrusted and confirm that appropriate security
measures are taken in the processing of Personal Information from the perspective of security of
Personal Information.
(4) Procedures for Disclosure, Correction, etc. of Personal Information
If Customers wish to request disclosure, correction, addition,
deletion, suspension of use, suspension of provision to a third party, objection, or data
portability, etc., of Personal Information as permitted under the Applicable Laws, please contact us
using the contact channel as shown in “5. Contact Us” below. The Company will usually respond to
such request regarding Personal Information within a reasonable period of time, once when we can
confirm that the request is made by the data subjects of the Personal Information and the data
subjects are eligible to exercise the right under the Applicable Laws.
Customers may also request to withdraw their consent for the Company to collect, use or disclose
their Personal Information for any purposes, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on
your consent before withdrawal thereof, by contacting us in the manner set forth in “5. Contact Us”
below. In some cases, withdrawing consent may hinder the Company’s ability to facilitate, process,
administer, provide, or maintain services to the requester.
Customers may exercise their rights before and after the Company discloses Personal Information to
third parties in accordance with “(3) Provision and Cross-border Transfer of Personal Information”
if it is allowed under the Applicable Laws.
(5) Filing a Complaint
Customers may have the right to complain to their local data protection
authority, or to a court of law under the Applicable Laws, if their data protection rights are
violated. They may be entitled to claim compensation for damages or distress incurred or suffered in
consequence of unlawful processing of their Personal Information.
2. Security Measures and Retention Period
(1) Security Measures
We have established a management system and implemented appropriate
security measures to protect Personal Information from unauthorized access, loss, destruction,
falsification, leakage, etc., and to ensure the accuracy and safety of Personal Information. In
addition to restricting the entry of unauthorized persons into the office where we process Personal
Information and conducting educational activities for all directors, employees, and other staff
involved in the protection of Personal Information, we will appoint a person responsible for the
management of Personal Information and strive to manage personal data appropriately. For details of
the security measures taken by the Company, please contact from “5. Contact Us” below.
(2) Retention Period
The Company will retain Personal Information for those periods
necessary to fulfil the purposes to process unless a longer retention period is required or
permitted under the Applicable Laws. If the Company no longer needs Personal Information to fulfill
such purpose, the Company will delete or anonymize the Personal Information from our databases in
accordance with the Applicable Laws.
3. Age Restrictions
TSUBURAYA ACCOUNT is not directed to, and we do not intend to, or
knowingly, collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 18 (“Child”)
without his/her parental or guardian permission. If you are a Child, you should not use TSUBURAYA
ACCOUNT or otherwise provide us with any personal information either directly or by other means
without his/her parental or guardian permission. A Child should get the permission of his/her parent
or guardian before using TSUBURAYA ACCOUNT. If a Child has provided Personal Information to us
without his/her parental or guardian permission, we encourage the Child’s parent or guardian to
contact from “5. Contact Us” below to request that we remove such Personal Information from our
systems. If we obtain actual knowledge that we have obtained Personal Information about a Child
without his/her parental or guardian permission, that information will be promptly deleted from our
records.
4. Changes to the Privacy Policy
As part of the Company’s efforts to ensure that we properly manage,
protect, and process Personal Information, we will be reviewing this Policy, procedures, and
processes in using Personal Information from time to time.
Company reserves the right to amend and update the terms of this Policy at our absolute discretion.
Customers are encouraged to visit this Policy from time to time to ensure that they are well
informed of the Company’s latest policies in relation to the protection of the Personal Information.
5. Contact Us
Inquiries regarding our processing of Personal Information are welcomed
at the following contact channel.
Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd.
16−17 Nampeidai-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0036 JAPAN
E-mail:[
privacy-policy-gr@tsuburaya-prod.co.jp]
Supplementary provisions regarding the handling of personal information of
California residents
Information that identifies customers (hereinafter, “Customers”) or households
residing in the state of California, United States, as well as information that relates to them,
describes them, can reasonably be associated with them, or can reasonably be linked directly or
indirectly to them (hereinafter, “Personal Information”) shall be handled according to the
California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (hereinafter,
“CCPA”) and be subject to the aforementioned privacy policy and these supplementary provisions. If
provisions differ between these supplementary provisions and the aforementioned privacy policy,
these supplementary provisions shall prevail.
These supplementary provisions provide information about how the Personal Information held by our
company are processed.
1. Personal Information that were collected
The categories of Personal Information we have collected in the past 12 months
as follows. We obtained these when Customers register or make changes on our website, etc.
| A. Identifiers |
Name, telephone number, address, postal code, e-mail address, account ID, etc. |
| B. Personal Information categories listed in the California Consumer Records statute
(Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80) |
Name, address, telephone number, credit card information, etc. |
| C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law |
Gender |
| D. Internet or other electronic network activity information |
Usage history |
| E. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information |
None |
| F. Professional or employment-related information |
None |
| G. Education information, defined as information that is not publicly available
personally identifiable information as defined in the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g; 34 C.F.R. Part 99) |
None |
| H. Sensitive Personal Information (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.140(ae) |
None |
| I. Commercial information |
Usage history |
2. Purpose of collecting and handling of Personal Information
We may use the Personal Information for one or more of the following
business purposes:
(i) To manage TSUBURAYA ACCOUNT membership registration;
(ii) To respond to Customers’ orders for products, services, etc.
(including premiums and special offers);
(iii) To enable Customers to apply for participation in conventions
and for other communications necessary for the operation of the conventions;
(iv) To deliver information on periodicals, digital content, various
membership services, various benefits and all other products and services;
(v) To enable Customers to participate in surveys, various events,
campaigns, etc., and to inform Customers of the results of such surveys, etc.;
(vi) To respond to and manage inquiries or requests from Customers;
and
(vii) To ensure the appropriate and smooth execution of our business
operations.
3. The length of time Personal Information is retained
We keep Customers’ Personal Information for reasonably necessary period
for achieving the purpose for which the Personal Information was collected. Such period shall be
determined by (i) the length of time we have an ongoing relationship with Customers, (ii) whether
there is any legal obligation to which we are subject and (iii) the purpose for which we collect
Customers’ Personal Information.
4. Disclosure of Personal Information
We disclose Customers identifiers including attribute information among
the Personal Information collected in the past 12 months to our group companies to fulfill the
business purposes outlined in these supplementary provisions.
We also disclose Customers’ Personal Information to service providers or contractors only within the
scope necessary for fulfilling the outsourced business. In such case, we carefully select the
service providers and contractors, conclude necessary data processing agreement with them, and
periodically monitor how they handle Personal Information.
5. Sharing and Sale of Personal Information
We have not shared or sold any Personal Information in the past 12
months and will not do so in the future.
6. Customers' Rights
Under the CCPA provisions, Customers have the following rights
regarding their Personal Information that we collect. The following parts of this Section describe
Customer’s rights and explain how to exercise those rights under the CCPA.
(1) The right to request disclosure of specific information
Customers have the right to request disclosure of the following
information regarding Personal Information that we have collected. We shall disclose the
following information to Customers after confirming that the received requests have been made by
the Customers themselves.
• Categories of Personal Information that we have collected
• Categories of sources from which Personal Information is
collected
• Business or commercial purposes for which Personal Information
is collected, shared or sold
• Categories of third parties to whom we disclose Personal
Information
• Specific pieces of Personal Information collected from
Customers
• Categories of sold or shared Personal Information categorized
by categories of third parties to whom the Personal Information were sold or shared
• Categories of Personal Information disclosed for business
purpose
(2) The right to request deletion of Personal Information
Customers have the right to request the deletion of Personal
Information collected from Customers and retained by us, except when it needs to be retained to
fulfill agreements with Customers or for compliance with legal obligations or for certain other
purposes as required by the CCPA. We shall delete the Personal Information from our records and
instruct the same to our service providers or contractors after confirming that the received
requests have been made by the Customers themselves.
(3) The right to request correction of Personal Information
Customers have the right to request the correction of inaccurate
Personal Information collected from Customers and retained by us, taking into account the nature
of Personal Information and the purposes of the processing of Personal Information. We will
correct the inaccurate Personal Information and instruct the same to our service providers or
contractors after confirming that the received requests have been made by the Customers
themselves. We may deny the received requests if we determine that the Personal Information the
Customers claim to be inaccurate is more likely than not accurate based on the totality of the
circumstances.
(4) The right not to be discriminated against
We do not discriminate against Customers nor conduct any of the
following as a result of Customers exercising their rights based on CCPA.
• Refuse to provide services and products to Customers
• Impose different prices for the services and products provided
to Customers (including the application of discounts, rebates or other benefits or the
imposition of penalties)
• Provide services and products of different levels or quality to
Customers
• Suggest the provision of services and products at different
prices, charges, levels, or quality to Customers
• Retaliate against an employee, applicant for employment, or
independent contractor
To exercise the aforementioned rights to request disclosure,
deletion or correction, please contact us at the following address.
Contact information: [Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd.]
E-mail:[
privacy-policy-gr@tsuburaya-prod.co.jp]
Customers may make requests pertaining to their Personal Information through an agent by
authorizing someone registered with the California Secretary of State to act on their behalf, or
a person who has power of attorney or is acting as a conservator for the Customer, and providing
us with a document certifying this. Customers who are a minor can also make the request through
their guardians as their agent.
The following requirements must be met for us to determine that requests have been legitimately
made by the Customers themselves.
• The requester shall provide sufficient information so that we
can reasonably verify that the requester is the Customer from whom the Personal Information
was collected or an agent authorized by the Customer
• The requester shall explain the necessary details of the
Customer’s request in a way that we can appropriately understand, evaluate, and respond to
the request
Enacted on June 20, 2024