With respect to personal information obtained in relation to purchasing or trading of works (hereinafter referred to as "Trading") posted on the Gallery EXOBIOTANICA (hereinafter referred to as "the Site") operated by Tounoki Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Company"), the Company provides our privacy policy as set forth below (hereinafter referred to as "This Policy"), which shall be made public, and makes effort to protect such personal information. This Policy shall apply to the relationship between our Company and customers who intends to carry out a Trading with our Company, with respect to the Trading. For the purpose of This Policy, "Personal Information" shall mean the personal information as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (hereinafter referred to as "Personal Information Protection Act").
Article 1 (Compliance)
The Company shall comply with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other related laws and ordinances with respect to obtaining, using or other handling of personal information.
Article 2 (Obtaining of Personal Information)
The Company shall obtain personal information by proper means.
Article 3 (Purpose of Utilization)
1. The Company may utilize personal information for the purposes as follows:
(1) To supply, maintain, protect and improve the Trading;
(2) To provide guidance, respond inquiries and other matters for the Trading;
(3) To identify or certify the persons;
(4) To respond a conduct violating laws and ordinances or our regulations, etc. on the Trading; and
(5) For any purposes related or incidental to the matters listed above.
2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if the situation falls under any of the following items, the Company may handle personal information beyond the purposes of utilization specified under the preceding paragraph without obtaining your consent.
(1) When the handling of personal information is based on laws and ordinances;
(2) When the handling of personal information is necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of an individual and when it is difficult to obtain your consent or in case of emergency where there is no time to obtain such consent;
(3) When the handling of personal information is necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children and when it is difficult to obtain your consent or in case of emergency where there is no time to obtain such consent;
(4) When the handling of personal information is necessary for cooperating with an organ of the state or a local government, or a person entrusted by either of the former two, in executing the affairs prescribed by laws and ordinances, and when obtaining the consent of the person is likely to impede the execution of the affairs concerned.
Article 4 (Provision to A Third Party)
Except for the cases where the disclosure of personal information is allowed under the Personal Information Protection Act or other laws and ordinances, the Company shall not provide personal information to any third party without obtaining your prior consent; provided, however, that this shall not apply to the cases listed as follows:
(1) When the provision of personal information is based on laws and ordinances;
(2) When the provision of personal information is necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of an individual and when it is difficult to obtain your consent or in case of emergency where there is no time to obtain such consent;
(3) When the provision of personal information is necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children and when it is difficult to obtain your consent or in case of emergency where there is no time to obtain such consent;
(4) When the provision of personal information is necessary for cooperating with an organ of the state or a local government, or a person entrusted by either of the former two, in executing the affairs prescribed by laws and ordinances, and when obtaining the consent of the person is likely to impede the execution of the affairs concerned.
(5) When the Company entrusts the handling of personal information in whole or in part within the scope necessary for the achievement of the Purpose of Utilization;
(6) When personal information is provided as a result of the succession of business in a merger or other events.
Article 5 (Subcontract)
The Company may provide personal information to a subcontractor when it intends to subcontract the information processing business, etc.
Article 6 (Requests for Disclosure of Personal Information)
When you request the Company to disclose personal information based on the provisions under the Personal Information Protection Act, the Company shall disclose the personal information to you without delay after confirmation that the request is truly made by yourself (in the case of no such personal information retained, it is to be informed of). However, this shall not apply to the case where the Company has no obligation to disclose personal information under the Personal Information Protection Act or other laws and ordinances. In addition, it is acknowledged that when personal information is disclosed, the handling fee at the amount of 1,000 yen per incident shall be charged.
Article 7 (Correction and Discontinuance of the Utilization, etc. of Personal Information)
1. When you request the Company to correct the contents of personal information based on the provisions under the Personal Information Protection Act on the ground that the personal information is contrary to the fact, or when you request the Company to discontinue using personal information based on the provisions under the Personal Information Protection Act on the ground that the personal information is being handled beyond the scope of the Purpose of Utilization previously publicized or the ground that it has been acquired by a deception or other wrongful means, the Company shall make a necessary investigation without delay after confirmation that the request is truly made by yourself and, on the basis of the results, correct or discontinue using the relevant contents of the personal information, which shall be informed of to you); Provided, however, that if the Company has decided not to correct or discontinue using the personal information based on a reasonable reason, the Company shall inform you of the fact.
2. When you request the Company to erase your personal information and when the Company considers it necessary to respond to such request, the Company shall erase the personal information after confirmation that the request is truly made by yourself, which shall be informed of to you.
3. The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs shall not apply to the case where the Company has no obligation to correct, etc. or discontinue using, etc. such personal information under the Personal Information Protection Act or other laws and ordinances.
Article 8 (Contact)
Any opinion, question, complaint or other inquiry on the handling of personal information shall be communicated to the following contact:
Address: 1st fl., 4-15-43 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Attn: 　Narita
TEL: 03-5313-5823
Article 9 (Change to the Privacy Policy)
The Company shall make effort properly to review the status of operation on the handling of personal information and continuously to improve the situation, and may change or amend This Policy as needed. When the Company has changed or amended This Policy, the revised Privacy Policy shall be posted on the Site. However, in the case of changes to the contents for which it is necessary to obtain your consent under laws and ordinances, the Company shall obtain your consent by such means as prescribed by the Company.