Rakuten STAY, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "us," "we," "our" or the "Company") sets the following policy on the handling of personal information concerning customers (hereinafter referred to as the "Policy") in relation to the services offered by the Company (including optional services, application, tools and other services incidental thereto and hereinafter referred to as the "Services"). Please note that the policy applicable in relation to the Minpaku Services “Vacation STAY” can be found at https://vacation-stay.jp/info/privacy_policy_en.pdf.
The purposes for use of personal information concerning customers are for the following purposes and purposes related to followings:
We will keep your personal information necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations for as long as we have a relationship with you, and for a period of 10 years thereafter. Other information, such as Device information and information obtained using Cookie Technologies, will used and retained at maximum for 2 years after the collection. We will only retain your personal information after this time if we are required to do so to comply with the applicable laws, or if there are outstanding claims or complaints that will reasonably require your personal information to be retained.
We collect from customers their name, telephone number, address, e-mail address, information on the real property owned by the customers, and any such other information as may be necessary in the course of providing the Services, to the extent necessary for providing the Services.
In relation to the Services, we may from time to time acquire the following information with respect to the status of the customer's access to our website, etc., and how the customer used the same:
Our website is configured so that the following three types of cookie are used thereon:
(a) Cookies essential for the website's actions
This type of cookie is one that is essential for the purposes of use of the website's functions, such as moving between pages of the website and accessing secure pages. If a user refuses this type of cookie, the action desired by the user may not function as requested.
(b) Cookies for effectiveness measurement purposes
This type of cookie is used for the purpose of collecting information as to how users use the website, such as the number of visitors and which page is viewed the most frequently. Information collected with this type of cookie is used for the purpose of making improvements in the performance of the website, such as giving users an easy means to find the information they require.
More specifically, we use Google Analytics cookies as described below:
| Cookie's role | Cookie's time to expiry |
|---|---|
| Cookies used for the purpose of distinguishing users. | 2 years |
| Cookies used for the purpose of throttling the request rate. | 10 minutes |
If you do not wish to allow Google Analytics cookies, they can be refused by installing an opt-out plug-in offered by Google:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
(c) Cookies for advertising purposes
In addition to what is stated in items (a) and (b), we also use cookies issued by our partner indicated below for the purposes of online advertisements, report creation and service and website improvements. If you do not wish to allow cookies for advertising purposes, they can be disabled (you can opt out) from the website of our partner indicated below:
Google
https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads/authenticated
We provide your personal information to relevant Service Providers, including those located outside of Japan, when you use the Services to purchase products, or to request transaction related services such as a booking confirmation or a product delivery (including offers to make transactions). In such cases, we only disclose your information in Section 2 (“Information to be collected and how it is collected”) to the extent necessary to effect the transaction.
Personal information provided for the purpose of effecting transactions between you and Service Providers is managed by the Service Providers. In addition to completing the transaction you have requested, Service Providers may use your personal information for the purposes of providing you with information via email newsletters after the transaction, analyzing your purchases and use of their services, or for the improvement of their own business operations.
Please click here if you would like to learn about the privacy laws in countries where personal information is sent when it is provided to Service Providers outside of Japan.
Please exercise caution when disclosing any information to the Service Providers as any information which you disclose directly to the Service Providers will not be governed by this Policy. Any such disclosure will be subject to the privacy notices that they provide.
we may also disclose your personal information to certain trusted third party service providers, including those located outside of Japan, where necessary to carry out our business operations.
Please be assured that we will only disclose your personal information in compliance with the applicable law, and with the appropriate management and supervision of the relevant third parties.
On occasion, judicial or regulatory authorities may request access to or disclosure of information about you for law enforcement purposes. Such requests typically pertain to criminal investigations or other legal proceedings. Where they are necessary and legitimate, we will respond to such requests in accordance with our internal policies and applicable law.
We may disclose any types your information in Section 2 (“Information to be collected and how it is collected”) to the minimum necessity in order to achieve the purpose of the disclosure.
We will not use or disclose your information for purposes not set forth in this Policy without informing you and taking any necessary steps in advance as required under applicable law.
We conduct analysis by matching your personal information and information we got entrusted from third parties (Rakuten Group companies and partners that have concluded contracts with us). For example, we may receive your personal information such as advertising identifier, and by matching it to other personal information including advertising identifiers that we manage, we are able to display advertisements more customized for you. Also, we may conduct matching analysis of your personal information and other personal information we manage, aggregate the result of such analysis in a way it cannot identify individuals, and provide such aggregated results to third parties so that the third parties can use the results for their service improvement and R&D etc.
Furthermore, we may provide your personal information that we manage to third parties (partners that have concluded advertising and other service agreements with us [※]) in order to displaying advertising. For instance, we may provide your personal information we manage such as advertising identifiers to third parties, so that the third party may match and analyze its personal information with the information they receive from us and provide you with customized advertising contents. In such case, the third party uses your personal information for displaying advertising as instructed from us.
*For more information on advertising and other service partners’ list and countries outside of Japan that these partners are located, please refer to this page.
If we are requested by a customer to disclose personal information on the basis of a provision of the Personal Information Protection Act, we will, after verifying that the same is a request from the customer which the personal information concerns, without delay disclose the same to the customer (if no such personal information exists, we will notify the customer thereof). This will not apply, however, if we are subject to a non-disclosure obligation by virtue of the Personal Information Protection Act or any other law or regulation. If you wish to have personal information disclosed, please let us know through the point of contact indicated in Section 8 so that we can inform you of the specific procedures.
If we are requested by a customer to (1) perform a correction, addition or removal of the content of any personal information (hereinafter referred to as "correction, etc."), on the grounds that the same is not true, pursuant to a provision of the Personal Information Protection Act or (2) suspend the use of, or erase, any personal information (hereinafter referred to as "suspension of use, etc."), on the grounds that the same is handled beyond the scope of the purpose of use that has been made public in advance, or on the grounds that the same was collected by deceit or any other illicit means, pursuant to a provision of the Personal Information Protection Act, we will, after verifying that the same is a request from the customer which the personal information concerns, without delay conduct any necessary investigation, and on the basis of the results thereof, perform the correction, etc., of the content, or the suspension of use, etc., of the personal information and then notify the customer thereof. If we decide not to perform the correction, etc., or the suspension of use, etc., pursuant to the Personal Protection Information Act or any other law or regulation, we will inform the customer thereof.
We comply with applicable laws and regulations, and also strive for the handling of personal information at high information security levels, with the aim of preventing unauthorized access to, or the divulgence of, personal information concerning customers, maintaining the accuracy of personal information, and where necessary, effecting appropriate disposal. When acquiring or transferring any personal information, we have communications encrypted, as well as set restrictions on privileges for access to personal information stored with us and have the personal information handled only by the personnel required for the execution of tasks. In addition, we conduct regular reviews so as to ensure that our actions described hereinabove are effectively taken in an appropriate fashion and kept at a proper level.
Please refer to this page for more details about our security practices.
Because of the global nature of our business, the information that we collect from you may be transferred to countries whose data protection laws are not as comprehensive as those from where you are based. The countries to which we may transfer your personal information to includes, but is not limited to Singapore, U.S.A., Cambodia etc. When transferring personal information globally, we research the data protection regulations in the destination countries and regions, and we have put in place appropriate safeguards (such as contractual commitments) in accordance with applicable legal requirements to ensure that your data is adequately protected. For more information on the appropriate safeguards in place, please contact us at the details in accordance with Section 9(“Contact Us”). For global data processing within us, we put in place adequate measures including Binding Corporate Rules we implemented, a recognized European data protection standard. Binding Corporate Rules (the “BCRs”) provide for an appropriate level of protection. Our rules have been approved by the relevant European Union Authorities and these are also a strong commitment to protect your privacy around the world. Rakuten's BCRs are available here:
https://corp.rakuten.co.jp/privacy/en/bcr.html
If you have a comment or question or wish to file a complaint or otherwise make an inquiry in connection with the handling of personal information, please contact us at the following point of contact:
Rakuten STAY, Inc. Customer Personal Information Consultation Counter
https://corp.stay.rakuten.co.jp/inquiry/
We may from time to time change or amend the Policy as required, according to the need to address the change of a law or regulation or for business reasons, in which case we post information on said change, etc., on this website. Customers are kindly advised to adequately check the latest content of the Policy subsequent to any such change, etc., as may be posted on this website.
If there is any discrepancy or conflict between the English version and the Japanese version of the agreement herein, the Japanese version shall take precedence.
Revision Date：1st Dec, 2021
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