Privacy Policy

Pentmap (the "Team") sets forth this Privacy Policy (this "Policy") with regard to the treatment of user information, including but not limited to personal information, in the course of the performance of Service provided by the Team (the "Service"), as follows;

1. User Information to be Collected and Method of Collection

For purposes of this Policy, "User Information" means information identifying users, history of actions in the Service and other information created or accumulated in relation to users or their devices, that are collected by the Team pursuant to this Policy.
The User Information that the Team may collect in the course of the Service is as follows, depending on the method of collection.

  1. Information provided by the user
    The information to be provided by the user for or through the use of the Service is as follows:

     ・Account information: account name, self-introduction, nationality
     ・Contact information: Email address
     ・Other: the image including user portrait
     ・Any other information inputted by the user in a form created by team

  2. Information provided from another service, based on the user's permission for the Service to associate with such another service in relation to the user's use of the Service
    If the user permits the Service to associate with other services such as social networking services ("Outside Service") in relation to the user's use of the Service, the Team may collect the following information from the Outside Services in accordance with the conditions agreed by the user at the time of such permission:

     ・ID used by the user for the Outside Service; and
     ・other information for which the user, in the privacy settings in the Outside Service, permits the disclosure to its associated services;

  3. Information automatically collected by the Team in the course of the user's use of the Service
    The Team may collect information regarding access to or use of the Service, which includes the following.

     ・referer
     ・IP address
     ・information regarding server access logs
     ・cookies, ADID, IDFA and other identifiers
     ・language settings of Internet browser
     ・language and region settings of your mobile device
     ・UDID of your mobile device

  4. Information collected by the Team with the consent respectively given by the user in the course of the user's use of the Service
    If the user respectively gives the consent in the manner set forth in Section 3.1, the Team may collect the following information from the device used by the user.

     ・ location information

    Location information is used only for the function of determining the nationality of the contents (including Emoji buttons) when the user posts them,
    and the Service does not acquire or store location information (or history) as the user's usage status.
    The determined nationality will be displayed as a national flag on the map and in the content.

2. Purpose of Use

Specific purposes of use of the User Information for the provision of the Service are as follows:

  1. provision, maintenance, protection and improvement of the Service, including but not limited to acceptance of registration for the Service, identification, record of user settings and payment of use fees that are related to the Service;
  2. measurement of traffic and actions of the user on the Service
  3. distribution, display and measuring effect of advertisements
  4. guidance and response to inquiries relating to the Service;
  5. addressing a violation of rules, regulations or policies of the Team relating to the Service (the "Rules"); and
  6. notice of modification to the Rules or related matters.

3. Method of Notice, Publication and Consent; Method of Requiring Discontinuance of Use

  1. The user's consent must be obtained before collecting the following User Information;

     ・ location information

    Location information is used only for the function of determining the nationality of the contents (including Emoji buttons) when the user posts them,
    and the Service does not acquire or store location information (or history) as the user's usage status.
    The determined nationality will be displayed as a national flag on the map and in the content.

  2. The user may require the Team to discontinue the collection or use of the all or a part of the User Information by choosing the applicable setting as prescribed in the Service, and promptly upon such request the Team shall discontinue such collection or use in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Team. Certain User Information is necessary to be collected or used for providing the Service, and the Team shall discontinue such collection or use of the User Information only if the user withdraws from the Service pursuant to the procedures as determined by the Team.

  3. If you do not want to use cookies, you can refuse to use cookies by changing your browser settings, but in this case, you may not be able to use some or all of this service.

4. Outside Transmissions; Provision to Third Parties; Information Collection Modules

  1. The following affiliated parties may save cookies in the user's devices and thereby accumulate and use the User Information.

    Affiliated Party Google LLC
    URL of Privacy Policy of Affiliated Party above https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

  2. The following information collection modules are incorporated into the Service. Thus, the Team provides the User Information to the providers (including but not limited to those outside Japan) of such information collection modules in accordance with the following descriptions:

    Name of Information Collection Module Google Analytics
    Google AdSense
    Google AdMob
    Provider of Information Collection Module Google LLC
    Items of User Information to be Provided History of visits to websites which we provide, And application usage data.
    Means and Methods of Provision Access information is collected using cookies provided by Google.
    It collects data on the usage status of applications by Firebase for the distribution of AdMob ads.
    * Access information does not include information that identifies individuals. Such information is managed by Google with their privacy policy. (See (7) for Google's privacy policy)
    Purposes of Use by above Provider For advertisements and to analyze access records of the website provided by this service.
    Purpose of use of information collection module in this service The purpose is to ascertain the distribution of advertisements and the status of use of this service by users, and use it for service improvement activities.
    URL of above Provider's Privacy Policy Terms of Service on Google Analytics:
    https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/
    Policy of advertise on Google :
    https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en
    Privacy Policy on Google:
    https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
    How to opt-out of above Provider Users can also stop collecting customer information using our Google Analytics by disabling Google Analytics in the browser add-on settings. You can disable Google Analytics by downloading and installing “Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on” from the following URL, and changing the browser add-on setting.
    https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
    please confirm the following about the suspension of ad delivery.
    https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en

5. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties

The Team shall not provide to any third party (including the same outside Japan) personal information contained in the User Information without the prior consent of the user, except where such provision is required due to any of the following circumstances:

  1. The Team authorizes such third party to handle the personal information in whole or in part to the extent necessary to accomplish the purpose of the use;
  2. The personal information is provided through a business transfer by way of merger or other similar transactions;
  3. The personal information is provided to an affiliated party or a provider of an information collection module pursuant to Section 4 hereof;
  4. The Team is required to cooperate with state or local governmental organizations or their agents to perform their duties or obligations pursuant to applicable laws and regulations, and such performance is likely to be precluded if the consent of the user must be obtained; and
  5. In addition to the foregoing, the Team is entitled to provide information pursuant to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (the "Act") or other applicable laws and regulations.

6. Disclosure of Personal Information

When the user asks the Team to disclose personal information based on the provisions of the Personal Information Protection Law, we will disclose it to the user without delay after confirming that it is a request from the user. (If the relevant personal information does not exist, we will notify you.) However, this does not apply if we are not obligated to disclose due to the Personal Information Protection Act or other laws.

7. Correction and Suspension of Use of Personal Information

  1. If the Team is required pursuant to the provisions of the Act by the user to (1) correct the content of personal information due to the reason that such information is false, or (2) suspend use of personal information due to the reason that such information is being handled beyond the scope of the purpose of the use previously made public, or has been collected in a fraudulent or otherwise illicit manner, then the Team shall, without delay after confirming that the request is made by the user itself, conduct an appropriate investigation and based upon the results thereof, correct the content or suspend the use of such personal information, and notify the party to that effect. In cases where the Team decides not to make such correction or suspension of the use, the Team shall notify the user to that effect.

  2. In the event that the Team is required by the user to delete its personal information and has determined that it is necessary to accept such request, the Team shall, after confirming that the request is made by the user itself, delete such personal information and notify the party to that effect.

  3. Should the Team not be obligated to correct, or suspend use of, information under the Act and other applicable laws and regulations, Sections 7-1 and 7-2 shall not apply.

8. Inquiries

Any suggestions, questions, complaints, or other inquiries on the handling of the User Information must be submitted to:
   privacy@pentmap.com

9. Procedure to Amend this Privacy Policy

The Team may amend this Privacy Policy as necessary; provided, however, that in the event of an amendment to this Privacy Policy that legally requires the consent thereto of the users, this Privacy Policy after the amendment shall be applied only to the users that have given the consent in the manner specified by the Team. In the event of any amendment to this Privacy Policy, the Team shall inform the effective time and content of the amended Privacy Policy by posting on the website of the Team or other appropriate way, or notify the user of the same.


[Effective 09/01/2019]