Privacy Policy
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Preface
Aiming Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “we”, “us” or “our”) adheres to the relevant personal information protection laws and regulations to ensure appropriate handling of information concerning users.
Except where otherwise specified, the definition of “personal information” and other terms in this Privacy Policy shall be in accordance with those in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No.57 of 2003, including its subsequent amendments, hereinafter referred to as the “Personal Information Protection Act”), as well as related government ordinances, rules and guidelines established by the government.
Our services may contain links to other websites or services. As this Privacy Policy applies exclusively to our services, please confirm the Privacy Policy for that website when using links to other websites.
The contents of the Privacy Policy are subject to change.
Except for cases in which we stipulate otherwise, the revised Privacy Policy shall take effect from the time it is posted on this website.
For users residing in the European Economic Area (hereinafter referred to as “the EEA”), the United Kingdom or Switzerland, please also confirm the Privacy Policy for EEA, UK and Switzerland residents , as this shall also be applicable.
For users residing in the United States, please also confirm the Privacy Policy for US residents, as this shall also be applicable.
This Privacy Policy shall apply to users residing in Japan and other countries that are not mentioned above.
1. Concerning the Information We Collect
■ Information Relating to Registering for Services
Upon registering for our services, users may be asked to provide the following information:
- (1) A name identifying the user (e.g., full name, user name, nickname, etc.)
- (2) Email address
- (3) Date of birth
- (4) Gender
- (5) Other information about the user that we specify
- (6) In the case of a minor (under 16 years of age), additional information regarding their legal representative (full name, date of birth, email address, phone number)
■ Device Information
The following information may be collected when using our services and websites:
- (1) Cookies and other device identifiers
- (2) IP addresses
- (3) Device type and model
- (4) OS and version number
- (5) Other information that the user has agreed to provide
■ Location Data
In order to provide services that require location information, we may collect location data from the user’s device.
■ Payment Information
In order for users to purchase virtual currency or licenses to use virtual items offered via our services, we may collect the following billing and payment information provided to third-party payment service providers (including, but not limited to, Apple Inc. and Google LLC):
- (1) Purchase ID, purchase date, purchased product, or purchase history details such as amount spent
- (2) Postal/Zip code
■ Information Related to Customer Support
We may collect and store the following information when providing customer support to users:
- (1) Contact information (typically, but not limited to, an email address)
- (2) Device model, OS information, information regarding the use of our services
- (3) User ID
- (4) Correspondence with support and any information contained therein
■ Information Related to the Use of Our Services
When users use our services, we may collect and store the following information provided directly to us by them, as well as other data pertaining to how they use our services.
We may also record and store interactions between users on our services and any information contained therein.
- (1) Device identification data, operating system, hardware version, device setup, browser type and setup, and data regarding website and application usage
- (2) IP addresses, log data, usage time, Cookies, and web beacons
- (3) Emails and text-based messages, gameplay content, support inquiry history, search terms entered by the user, chat history and other interactions between users, and performance data
■ Information Regarding User Interests and Preferences
Subject to the user’s consent, we may collect information regarding the interests and preferences of users inferred from their browsing and purchase history.
■ Information Gathered Using Cookies etc.
When a user accesses our services or websites, we may use Cookies or similar technologies to obtain data regarding their usage environment (browser, etc.), services, and website usage. We may also use similar technologies in some of our advertising systems.
■ Cookie Settings
We may collect and use the following Cookies or similar technologies in various ways to improve the user experience of our services.
- (1) Essential Cookies
These Cookies are necessary for our services to function properly and include Cookies necessary to create an account. These Cookies are not used to collect information for marketing purposes nor do they store websites visited by the user. - (2) Performance Cookies
Collect information about how users use our services, including information about the pages they visit most frequently. If a user has previously specified certain preferences, those preferences will be stored in these Cookies. We use these Cookies to improve our services and to optimize the user’s experience so that they can search for our services more conveniently. - (3) Functionality Cookies
Used to store settings such as layout, text size, basic settings, language, etc. in order for us to provide our services and improve user experience. Information collected by these Cookies is not used to identify individual users.
Users are able to disable Cookies through their browser settings, but this may cause some of our services and third-party services to not function properly.
We use the following access analysis tools on our services and websites. These analytics tools use Cookies in order to collect data. The data is collected anonymously and cannot be used to identify individuals. It is possible for users to disable Cookies and prevent these tools from collecting their data. Please check your browser settings for more details.
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(1) Google Analytics
Google Analytics uses Cookies and other means to collect user information. To learn more about how Google Analytics collects and utilizes information when users visit our websites, please visit the “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services” page.
http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/
For more information on the terms and conditions regarding Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Analytics Terms of Service and Google’s Privacy & Terms.
https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads -
(2) Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on
Users can also disable Google Analytics via their browser’s add-on settings to stop the collection of their information due to our use of Google Analytics. To disable Google Analytics, download and install the Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on from the Google Opt-out Add-on download page and change the add-on settings of your browser.
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
For the terms and conditions of the Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on, please see “Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on – Additional Terms of Service” and Google’s Web Store Terms of Service.
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/intl/en/eula_text.html
https://policies.google.com/terms -
(3) Microsoft Clarity
For more information on Microsoft Clarity’s terms and conditions, please see the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
■ Information Regarding the Usage of Services
We may acquire the IDs of external services used by users and other information that users have authorized our partners to disclose to us as per the privacy settings of those external services.
- (1) User ID of external service provider
- (2) Other information that the user has authorized to disclose to related companies
2. Purpose of Use of Collected Information
We shall use the information we collect for the following purposes.
In the event that information is to be used for other purposes, we shall obtain prior consent from the user, except in situations where the new purpose can be reasonably deemed related to the above-stated purposes.
| Purpose of Processing | Details |
|---|---|
| Providing our services | Providing game services such as account registration, login authorization, distribution of in-game items, and display of rankings |
| Billing and calculation of payments | Calculation and billing of paid content purchased by the user |
| Identity verification and authentication | Verification of registered information and performing login authentication to ensure user account safety and prevent unauthorized access. Verification of identity (such as confirming age), occurs in accordance with the law. |
| Conducting surveys, sweepstakes, and campaigns | Conducting surveys, managing sweepstakes and campaigns for users who participate, contacting winners, sending prizes |
| Marketing research, statistics, and analysis | Analyzing anonymized or statistical user data and survey results to improve services, develop new content and features, and understand user needs. |
| Developing company services, websites, and content | Analyze user usage status, user actions and feedback. Creating new games, features, contents and web designs. Improving the user experience and providing attractive services. |
| Maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the quality of our services, websites, and content | Improving websites and content, fixing bugs and observing the performance rate. Analyzing user status for reference in future service development. |
| Sending users important notices, such as changes to our terms, conditions, or policies | Notifying users of important notifications such as changes to the Terms of Usage, Privacy Policy, service interruption and significant changes to features. |
| Developing and delivering advertisements (including advertisements for products or services relating to user interests and preferences, which are based on analysis of collected information such as browsing and purchase history), and the confirmation of the results of such advertising | With consent from the user, delivering and improving advertisements related to user interests and performances, based on analysis of collected information such as browsing and purchase history. Only general advertisements will be delivered if consent is not provided. |
| Providing technical support and responses to user inquiries | Responding to user inquiries regarding technical questions and issues, as well as providing solutions for smoother service use. Managing inquiry content and response history. |
| Preventing fraudulent or potentially illegal activity | Monitoring, detection and prevention of fraudulent or potential illegal activity such as unauthorized login, cheating, improper use of accounts, money laundering, etc. Includes any investigations and appropriate measures taken as required. |
| Achieving other purposes as specified in notices, or disclosed in any of our services | Achieving other purposes as specified in notices or disclosed in the Terms of Usage or Privacy Policy for each individual service. |
3. Retention Period of Personal Information
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the volume, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the risk of potential damage from its unauthorized use or disclosure, the purposes for which we process it, and whether or not we can achieve those purposes by other means, along with any applicable legal requirements. When our company no longer requires the personal information of users that we have collected, we will delete or anonymize the information. If deletion is not possible (for example, if the personal information is stored in backup archives) we will securely store the user’s personal information until it becomes possible to delete and will ensure that no further processing of the personal information takes place thereafter.
4. Safety Management of Collected Information
We will take necessary and appropriate measures to prevent the leaking, loss, or damage of any personal information that we handle, and otherwise safely manage such information.
Please note that while we have taken these precautions to protect user information, this does not ensure the safety of the networks, systems, servers, devices and databases that we operate, or on our behalf.
5. Source for Obtaining Personal Information
We acquire the personal information of users directly, either by receiving it from them or by obtaining it automatically. However, for personal information of users who access our website, the information is indirectly acquired from external services usage analysis services used by our websites, such as Google LLC, Adjust Inc., AppsFlyer Ltd., payment service companies such as Apple Inc. and Google LLC, application development companies such as Sauce Labs Inc., as well as external services used by users.
6. Sharing and Providing Acquired Information to Third Parties
With the consent of users in regard to this Privacy Policy, we will provide users’ personal information to third parties for the following reasons, if any apply. We may also take statistics derived from personal information collected for the purpose of understanding trends in the use of our services, and share it in a format from which no specific individuals can be identified to third parties which include potential partners and advertisers.
- (1) When sharing personal information with affiliated companies to the extent that is required to achieve objectives stated in “2. Purpose of Use of Collected Information”
- (2) To provide user device identifiers and information related to the use of services to marketing companies
- (3) To provide personal information to third parties, such as partner companies and advertisers, for the purpose of presenting desirable products and services to users
- (4) When it is necessary to provide users’ personal information to companies supporting our service’s advertisements, including partners using Cookies and online tracking technologies to collect information, personalize and retarget advertisements, and measure advertising effectiveness, for the purpose of serving advertising on our services
Other than the reasons stated above, we will not provide personal information to third parties without the user’s consent. However, we may provide personal information without consent in the following cases:
- (1) When providing personal information to our subcontractors within the scope necessary for our business operations
- (2) When providing personal information in the event of business succession due to a merger or similar
- (3) When required by law
- (4) When there is a need to protect the life, well-being, and/or property of an individual, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual in question
- (5) When there is a special need to improve public well-being or promote healthy child development and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the user in question
- (6) When there is a need to cooperate with a national government organ, local government, or person entrusted thereby with performing the functions prescribed by laws and regulations, and obtaining the consent of the individual in question is likely to interfere with the performance of those functions
- (7) When personal information is provided to a relevant third party who is an academic research institution or the equivalent, and they need to handle the personal information for academic research purposes (including cases in which a part of the purpose of handling the personal information is for academic research purposes, and excluding cases in which there is a risk of unjustly infringing on individual rights and interests)
7. Sending Personal information to third parties
We use services from the third parties described below in the provision of our services.
Such third-party services require certain user-related information in order to function. In particular, Cookies and similar technologies must be used to transmit information about users from their devices to servers owned by third-party service providers.
The following information regarding third-party services currently in use has therefore been made available in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Telecommunications Business Act.
For details regarding how third-party service providers use user-related information, please refer to the links provided in “Privacy policies, etc.”
| Services (Name of the third party) |
Information provided | How this information is used | Privacy policies, etc. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firebase (Google LLC) |
Information that identifies the person or device viewing our content (e.g., user IDs, browser types, and device OSes). Information that identifies the location of the device viewing our content (e.g., IP addresses) |
To identify individuals and conduct investigation activities for support purposes | https://business.safety.google/intl/ja/tba-jp/ |
| ironSource (ironSource Mobile Ltd.) |
Information that identifies the person or device viewing our content (e.g., user IDs, browser types, and device OSes). Information that identifies the location of the device viewing our content (e.g., IP addresses) |
To deliver advertisements |
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| Tapjoy (Tapjoy Limited) |
Information that identifies the person or device viewing our content (e.g., user IDs, browser types, and device OSes). Information that identifies the location of the device viewing our content (e.g., IP addresses) |
To improve our services and advertisement delivery | https://dev.tapjoy.com/en/legal/Privacy-Policy |
| Adjust (Adjust GmbH) |
Information that identifies the person or device viewing our content (e.g., IDFA, AAIDs, cookies, IP addresses, and User-Agent headers). Information that identifies the location of the device viewing our content (e.g., IP addresses) |
https://www.adjust.com/terms/privacy-policy/ | |
| Google Analytics for Firebase (Google LLC) |
Information that identifies the person or device viewing our content (e.g., cookie identifiers, device identifiers such as AAIDs and IDFAs, and client identifiers). Information that identifies the location of the device viewing our content (e.g., IP addresses) |
https://business.safety.google/intl/ja/tba-jp/ | |
| Backtrace (Unity Technologies) |
Action history (e.g., anything relating to in-game error logs). Information that identifies the person or device viewing our content (e.g., user devices and OSes) |
To monitor in-game errors |
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| Google play game services (Google LLC) |
Action history (e.g., user in-game progress) | To record and confirm the unlocking of in-game achievements for users on Android devices | https://business.safety.google/intl/ja/tba-jp/ |
| Sentry (Sentry Corp.) |
Action history (e.g., anything relating to in-game error logs). Information that identifies the person or device viewing our content (e.g., user devices and OSes) |
To monitor in-game errors |
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| BigQuery (Google LLC) |
Information that identifies the person or device viewing our content (e.g., user devices, OSes, and unique identifying IDs). Action history (such as anything relating to in-game logs) |
To analyze game logs | https://business.safety.google/intl/ja/tba-jp/ |
8. Transfer of Personal Information to Foreign Countries
We will provide users’ personal information to third parties located in the following foreign countries. At present, the country-specific information to be used as reference is detailed below. Third parties located in foreign countries to which we provide personal information take measures to ensure appropriate protection of personal information, such as by complying with regulations regarding the protection of personal information within those countries.
- (1) Name of country
United States of America - (2) System in place for the protection of personal information in said country
Please refer to the following URL for details.
【United States (Federal Law)】
https://www.ppc.go.jp/files/pdf/USA_report.pdf
9. Disclosure and Correction of Personal Information
Should a user request that we notify them of the purpose of use of their personal information, that we disclose, correct, add to, remove from, suspend use of, delete, or cease to provide their personal information to third parties, upon confirming that the person in question is indeed the relevant user, we will respond appropriately in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Information Protection Act and any other relevant laws or regulations, in addition to the procedures we have described.
However, if a request does not meet the requirements set forth in the Personal Information Protection Act or other applicable laws and regulations, or if there are grounds for rejecting a request under the Personal Information Protection Act or other applicable laws and regulations, we may not be able to respond to the request.
If you wish to request any of the above,Please contact the email address under “10. Contact”.
10. Contact
If you have any questions, comments, feedback, or inquiries regarding the handling of the personal information of users, please contact us using the contact form below.
Note:
This English translation is provided for reference purposes only.
If any discrepancies between the translated version of the Privacy Policy and the original Japanese text, the Japanese text shall take precedence.