Privacy Policy

Effective as of: January 31, 2024

The following privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as the "Policy") applies to the handling of personal information of registered users (hereinafter referred to as "Users") in the services provided by the developer of the LISTEN MONKEY application (hereinafter referred to as the "Service"). The following privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as the "Policy") applies to the handling of personal information of registered users (hereinafter referred to as "Users") of the services provided by the developer of the LISTEN MONKEY app (hereinafter referred to as the "Service"). (hereinafter referred to as the "Service"), the following privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as the "Policy") shall be established.

Personal Information

Personal information" refers to "personal information" as defined in the Personal Information Protection Law, and refers to information about a living individual that can identify a specific individual by name, age, telephone number, contact information, or other description, or information that can identify a specific individual by appearance (personal identification information).

Method of Collecting Personal Information

The developer may ask for personal information when a user registers to use the site. In addition, the Developer may collect transaction records and payment information, including the user's personal information, between the user and its business partners and other parties (including information providers, advertisers, ad-subscribers, etc.; hereinafter referred to as "Business Partners"). Hereinafter referred to as "partners"). The information may be collected from the developer's business partners (including information providers, advertisers, advertisement distributors, etc.).

Purpose of collecting and using personal information

The purposes for which we collect and use personal information are as follows

1. To provide and operate the Developer's services
2. To respond to inquiries from users (including to confirm the identity of the user)
3. To send e-mail notifications of new features, updates, campaigns, etc. of the service the user is using, as well as information on other services provided by the developer
4. To contact users as necessary for maintenance, important notices, etc.
5. To identify users who have violated the Terms of Use or who are attempting to use the service for fraudulent or unjust purposes, and to refuse their use of the service.
6. To allow users to view, change, or delete their own registration information, or to view the status of their use of the service.
7. For purposes incidental to the above purposes of use

Change of Purpose of Use

1. The Developer shall change the purpose of use of personal information only when the purpose of use is reasonably deemed to be relevant to the purpose of use before the change.
2. In the event of a change in the purpose of use, the Developer shall notify the User of the changed purpose or publicly announce it on the Website in a manner specified by the Developer.

Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties

1. The Developer shall not provide personal information to any third party without the prior consent of the User, except in the following cases. However, this excludes cases permitted under the Personal Information Protection Law and other laws and regulations.
   1. When it is necessary for the protection of a person's life, body, or property, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the user.
   2. When the provision of personal information is especially necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual concerned.
   3. When it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, a local government, or an individual or entity entrusted by either a national agency or local government to execute affairs prescribed by law, and obtaining the consent of the individual is likely to impede the execution of such affairs.
   4. When the following items are notified or announced in advance and the developer notifies the Personal Information Protection Committee.
      1. The purpose of use includes provision to a third party
      2. Data items to be provided to third parties
      3. Means or method of provision to third parties
      4. Cessation of provision of personal information to third parties upon request of the individual
      5. The method of accepting the request of the person in question
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the following cases, the party to which the information is provided shall not fall under the category of a third party.
   1. When the Developer outsources all or part of the handling of personal information within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use
   2. When personal information is provided as a result of the succession of business due to merger or other reasons
   3. When personal information is to be used jointly with a specific party, and when this fact, the items of personal information to be jointly used, the scope of joint use, the purpose of use by the party using the information, and the name of the party responsible for managing the personal information are notified to the individual in advance or are made readily accessible to the individual. or the name of the person responsible for the management of such personal information is made readily accessible to the individual.

Disclosure of Personal Information

1. When the Developer receives a request for disclosure of personal information from the person concerned, the Developer will disclose such information to the person. However, the Developer may decide not to disclose all or part of the information in any of the following cases, and will notify the individual of its decision not to disclose the information.
   1. If there is a risk of harm to the life, body, property, or other rights or interests of the individual or a third party
   2. If there is a risk of causing significant hindrance to the proper conduct of the developer's business
   3. In the event that other laws or regulations are violated.
2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in principle, the Developer will not disclose any information other than personal information, such as historical information and characteristic information.

Correction and Deletion of Personal Information

1. If the User's personal information held by the Developer is incorrect, the User may request the Developer to correct, add, or delete the personal information (hereinafter referred to as "correction, etc.") in accordance with the procedures set forth by the Developer. The Developer may request the Developer to correct, add, or delete personal information (hereinafter referred to as "Correction, etc.") in accordance with the procedures set by the Developer.
2. If the Developer receives a request from a User under the preceding paragraph and determines that it is necessary to respond to the request, the Developer shall correct, etc. the relevant personal information.
3. When the Developer has made corrections, etc. based on the preceding paragraph, or has decided not to make such corrections, etc., the Developer shall notify the User of such decision.

Suspension of Use of Personal Information

1. If the Developer receives a request from a user to stop using or delete (hereinafter referred to as "stop using, etc.") personal information on the grounds that it is being used beyond the scope of the purpose of use or that it was obtained through wrongful means, the Developer shall stop using or delete the information without delay. In the event of a request for suspension of use or deletion of personal information (hereinafter referred to as "Suspension of Use, etc.") on the grounds that such information is handled beyond the scope of the purpose of use or that such information was obtained by wrongful means, we will conduct the necessary investigation.
2. If, based on the results of the investigation described in the preceding paragraph, the Developer determines that it is necessary to comply with such a request, the Developer will cease use of the relevant personal information.
3. If the Developer suspends the use of personal information in accordance with the preceding paragraph, or decides not to suspend the use of personal information, the Developer will notify the User of this.
4. Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, in the event that the suspension of use involves significant costs or is otherwise difficult to implement, and in the event that alternative measures can be taken to protect the rights and interests of the User, such alternative measures shall be taken.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

1. The contents of this policy may be changed without notice to the user, except as otherwise provided by law or otherwise in this policy.
2. Unless otherwise specified by the developer, the revised Privacy Policy shall become effective when posted on this website.

Contact for Inquiries

Please direct any inquiries regarding this policy to the following contact point.

E-mail address: i@listen-monkey.com