Privacy Policy

Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") takes the utmost care to protect the personal information provided by customers using the Company's services.
By using our services, you are deemed to have agreed to this Privacy Policy. The Company will protect personal information in accordance with the following policy.

Personal information in general

• Collection and use of personal information
  • We recognize the importance of the personal information we collect and manage it appropriately in accordance with this policy.
• Purpose of use of personal information
  • To identify, notify, contact, change, and request membership registration and registration for our services and related services.
  • Sending of prizes for sweepstakes and other prizes entered in our services and services related to our services.
  • To send materials and respond to inquiries regarding our services and related services.
  • To send products in connection with the purchase of our services or services and products related to our services.
  • Development of our services and products.
  • To conduct questionnaire surveys and marketing statistical processing for our services and products.
  • Notification of services and products through mail magazines, advertisements, etc.
  • To provide information on various events and campaigns conducted by the Company and its contractors.
  • For other purposes incidental to the above purposes of use.
• We will not use your personal information for any purpose other than the above without your consent.

Collection of personal information

• The Company collects customer information by providing it to the Company by means of e-mail, mail, documents, telephone, fax, etc.
• We collect your information when you enter your own information on our services.
• We collect the data necessary to run avatars on our services.
• We may collect information such as the history of your use of our services. This information may include the URL you use, the type of browser or cell phone you use, and your IP address.
• We may ask you for personal information on pages or events offered by us or our partners for the purpose of selection, prize competitions, or other surveys.
• If your e-mail software has a function to confirm the arrival and opening of e-mails, we may receive and record information about the arrival and opening of e-mails sent to you.

Disclosure of Personal Information

• In principle, we do not provide personal information that identifies individual users to third parties without the consent of the individual.
• The information shall be provided only with the consent of the person to whom it is to be provided and after specifying the content of the provision.
• These do not apply to the following cases
  • When disclosure is requested by a court, police, or other administrative or judicial body in accordance with laws and regulations.
  • When the consent of the individual to disclosure has been obtained.
  • When the business is transferred to a transferee in a merger, absorption, partial sale, or other business transfer.
  • In such cases, the transfer shall be conditioned on compliance with policies equivalent to this Privacy Policy.
  • When the information is provided to the parent company of the Company under the Companies Act, a subsidiary of the parent company under the Companies Act, or a cooperating company, partner company, or subcontractor that the Company deems necessary for the execution of its business.
  • In other cases as individually specified in each of the Company's services.

Disclaimer

• The Company is not responsible for the protection of the personal information of customers on the websites of other businesses or individuals linked to the web pages of the Company's services. Customers are requested to carefully check the contents of such websites before browsing or using them.

Cookie Information

• Cookies are used to make your visit to our services more convenient, and do not infringe on your privacy or adversely affect your computer.
• It is also possible to set your Internet browser to refuse cookies, but you may not be able to use some of the functions or services of our service. For details on how to set your browser, please contact the manufacturer of your software.

Purpose of Use of Cookies

• The Company may post advertisements distributed by third parties on the Company's services. In that case, the third party may acquire the Cookie information, etc. of users who visit our service. Cookies will not be used to identify users or invade their privacy.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

• The contents of this Privacy Policy are subject to change. The revised Privacy Policy will be effective from the time it is posted, unless otherwise specified by the Company. We ask for your understanding of our privacy policy by checking this page each time.

Other terms and conditions

• The interpretation and application of the terms and conditions of use of this website shall be governed by the laws of Japan unless otherwise specified. The Tokyo District Court shall be the court of exclusive jurisdiction for the first trial for all disputes related to this website Unless otherwise specified.