Seanuts

Privacy Policy

Effective on September 22, 2025

Seanuts Co., Ltd. (“Company”) has established this Privacy Policy to set forth the purpose and the method of use of Users’ personal information when Users use the services the Company operates (“Services”). In this Privacy Policy, “User(s)” mean companies, associations, etc., or their representatives or employees, and individuals who have applied for employment with the Company.

If the User agrees to this Privacy Policy, the User’s personal information that the Company already possesses will be handled by the Company in accordance with this Privacy Policy. In addition, 10. Lists of Cookies Used on the Websites also provided, so please also refer to these as necessary.

 

Contents

1. Acquisition of personal information
2. Purpose of use of personal information
3. Provision of personal information to third parties
4. Outsourcing of personal information handling
5. Request of disclosure, etc. of personal information
6. Voluntary nature of provision of personal information
7. Persons responsible for the business and manager for the protection of personal information
8. Contact details regarding personal information
9. Measures taken to ensure the security of retained personal data
10. Lists of Cookies Used on the Websites

 

1. Acquisition of personal information

The Company acquires personal information by the following methods:

  • Receiving personal information directly from Users;
  • Automatically recording personal information when Users use the Services;
  • Receiving Users’ personal information indirectly from third parties; or
  • Acquiring personal information publicized in publications or on the Internet.

The Company also acquires from Users or third parties information that does not by itself fall under personal information, such as attribute information (e.g., age, sex, occupation, or resident area), Cookies, IP addresses, advertising identifiers (AAID, IDFA), log information related to Internet usage, such as location information, activity history, and transmission information (including the details and subjects of communications sent to or received by Users in connection with the use of the Services, whether received communications have been read, and whether or not any communications are sent or received) (collectively, “Informative Information”). If a User provides personal information to the Company for use of the Services, the Company may link such information with such User’s Informative Information, in which case such Informative Information shall be treated as personal information.

 

2. Purpose of use of personal information

The Company uses personal information for the following purposes.

(1) Operation of the Services that Users use (including the Services that Users are considering using) and communication and provision of information to Users pertaining thereto

Examples of use include the following:

  • Personal authentication, identification, and screening of the User;
  • Checking the details of opinions, inquiries, or any other communications, and responding to those;
  • Selecting by lottery the winners of campaigns that Users participated in and delivery of prizes or rewards; or
  • Providing features to exchange messages, images, videos, and other contents with other Users.

 
(2) Countermeasures against fraudulent acts necessary for safe operation of the Services

Examples of use include the following:

  • Investigation of applications prohibited by the Company, transfer of rights or obligations, registration of false information, fraud, fraudulent access, and other fraudulent acts.

 
(3) Improvement and new development of the Services

Examples of use include the following:

  • Improvement of the Services and development of new services based on results of analysis of usage of the Services by Users; and
  • Improvement of quality of responses to inquiries from Users.

 
(4) Suggesting various services, providing information, and distributing advertisements

Examples of use include the following:

  • Notice of campaigns held by the Company;
  • Provision of information such as mail magazines, direct mails, messages, or advertisements regarding the Company’s services.

*The Company may suggest Services, provide information, or distribute advertisements of various services to Users who satisfy certain conditions (including Users of Services or of services provided by advertisement-related operators) by linking the Users list held by Google, Facebook, LINE, or any other advertisement-related operators to information such as e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, cookies, and other information held by the Company that is necessary to identify Users.

 
(5) Publication in various media such as websites, or applications that the Company edits, publishes, or operates

Examples of use include the following:

  • Publishing responses to questionnaires from Users of the Services on the Services or in the Company’s press releases.

 
(6) Various surveys, analyses, and marketing necessary for each of the purposes of use above

Examples of use include the following:

  • Conducting questionnaire surveys and monitoring surveys (including directly contacting respondents to ensure effectiveness); or
  • Analysis of attribute information or activity history, etc. that the Company acquired to understand the preferences of Users.

*When the Company delegates analysis work to advertisement-related operators, it may receive analysis results aggregated into information by which the Company cannot identify particular individuals, by adding personal information held by the Company to the Users’ attribute information or log information related to Internet usage, such as location information and activity history owned by such advertisement-related operators.

 
(7) Performance of duties related to recruitment

Communicating regarding employment applications and managing recruitment operations at the Company

 
(8) 3. Provision of personal information to third parties

 

3. Provision of personal information to third parties

The Company will provide personal information in writing or by electromagnetic means to the following recipients in accordance with the respective paragraphs. The items of personal information that the Company provides may include Informative Information.

(1) Provision of personal information to companies, associations, etc. with which we have a partnership or contractual relationship necessary for us to operate the Services.

[Purposes of provision of personal information by the Company]

[Items of personal information to be provided]

  • Items of information necessary to achieve the purposes of provision above among the information such as the User’s name and other information related to the User.

  (2) Provision of personal information to companies, associations, etc. to which Users belong.

[Purposes of provision of personal information by the Company]

  • Sharing of usage status and the results of usage of the Services by Users belonging to companies, associations, etc. that entered into agreements for the Services.

[Items of personal information to be provided]

  • Items of information necessary to achieve the purposes of provision above among the information such as the User’s name and other information related to the User.

 

4. Outsourcing of personal information handling

[If the Company conducts outsourcing]

  • The Company may outsource personal information handling operations in part or in whole. In such case, the Company will provide necessary and proper direction to the party to whom such operations are outsourced.

[If the Company is entrusted with handling personal information]

  • If the Company is entrusted with personal information handling operations in part or in whole from companies, associations, etc. that participate in the Services, the Company will handle entrusted personal information to perform the entrusted operations.

 

5. Request of disclosure, etc. of personal information

The Company will store and use personal information within the scope and for the period necessary to comply with laws and regulations or to achieve the purposes of use, but the User or agent thereof may, in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Company, request the Company to disclose, correct, add, or delete content, or discontinue utilizing or erase the personal information that can be used to identify the User. For details on how to make such requests, please contact us as set forth in “8. Contact details regarding personal information”. However, the Company might not respond to the request to the extent permitted by law.

Furthermore, in order to prevent false requests due to identity theft, etc. the Company will conduct identification by using reasonable methods such as requesting submission of identification documents at the time of a request. If all items necessary for identification prescribed by the Company are fulfilled, the Company will consider such request is from the User itself and respond to the request, but even if such request is from third parties other than such User who obtained personal information or identification documents of the User, the Company will not be responsible for damages incurred by the User due to responding to such request unless the Company is intentionally grossly negligent or in violation of the Consumer Contract Act by the Company. Please be careful in handling your personal information.

 

6. Voluntary nature of provision of personal information

Provision of personal information from Users is voluntary, but if a User does not enter items necessary for Services, such User may not be able to use Services.

 

7. Persons responsible for the business and manager for the protection of personal information

Seanuts Co., Ltd. Representative Director and President Taro Goto
4F Sumitomo Fudosan Tamachi Building, 3-12-7 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0023

 

8. Contact details regarding personal information

For inquiries regarding personal information, please contact the “Personal Information Consultation Desk” below.

■Phone: +81-3-6774-6585 ■For the website: Personal Information Consultation Desk
 
◆Name of the certified personal information protection organization and the contact information for request complaints resolution

[This is not the contact for inquiries regarding the Company's products and services.]
Name of the certified personal information protection organization: Japan Institute for Promotion of Digital Economy and Community
Contact information for request complaints resolution: Personal Information Protection Complaint Consultation Office
Address: Roppongi First Building, 9-9 Roppongi 1-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo, 106-0032 Japan
Phone: +81-3-5860-7565

*Seanuts Co., Ltd. is certified as a “PrivacyMark” licensee.

 

9.Measures taken to ensure the security of personal data

The Company takes the following measures to ensure the security of personal data in its possession, based on an understanding of the external environment.

 
Organizational safety management measures
We take necessary measures regarding the establishment of organizational structures, the operation in accordance with regulations governing the handling of personal data, the establishment of means to confirm the status of personal data handling, the establishment of systems to respond to incidents such as leaks, the understanding the status of handling, and review of safety management measures.

Human safety management measures
We provide regular training to our employees on matters to be observed in handling personal data. In addition, we have obtained a written pledge from them, that includes matters concerning the confidentiality of personal data.

Physical safety management measures
We take necessary measures to manage areas where personal data is handled, prevent theft of equipment and electronic media, prevent leakage when transporting electronic media, and delete personal data and dispose of equipment and electronic media.

Technical safety management measures
We take necessary measures regarding information systems, including access control, identification and authentication of accessors, prevention of unauthorized access from external sources, and prevention of information leakage associated with the use of information systems.

 

10.Lists of External Data Transmissions on the Websites

Our website utilizes behavioral log analysis tools provided by the following companies and sends customer information externally, with the purpose of improving services, enhancing convenience, and delivering content tailored to the interests and preferences of visitors to our website ("Customers").
Please refer to the following link for the policy (privacy policy) on the handling of information obtained through cookies, etc., and for information on how to disable (opt out) the use of cookies, etc.

Classification : Access analysis
Company name : Google LLC
Service name : Google Analytics
Opt out : https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

External Transmission Destination Information:
The Customers' information sent to the above behavioral log analysis tools and the purpose of its use by the recipient are as follows:

  • Purpose of Use by the recipient
    Google Analytics provides functions that analyze website traffic, including the number of visits and time spent on each page, the number of users by usage environment and region, referral sources, search terms. Google analyzes this information to improve the performance of our website. Identifiers used by Google Analytics cannot be used to track specific users or browsers across unrelated websites.

  • Example of transmission information
    Identifiers recorded on the device, such as cookies, and IP address (used to estimate location, connection type, and the accessing company or organization), URL of websites viewed and App screen name, Websites viewed and App titles, URL of the website viewed immediately prior to visiting the Company and the date and time of viewing (used to calculate the length of time spent on page, etc.), Web browser type, device type, and version, Information about viewing environment such as device screen size.