DESIGN EARTH sets forth this privacy policy (this
“policy”) with regard to the treatment of user’s information, including but not
limited to personal information, during the performance of services provided by
DESIGN EARTH (the “Service”), as follows.
User’s information to be collected and method of
collection
For purpose of this policy, “user’s information” means
information that identifies users, history of actions on communication services
and other information created or accumulated in relation to user or user’s devices,
which shall be collected by DESIGN EARTH pursuant to this policy.
Depending on the method of collection, the user’s
information that we may collect for a user to use the services includes:
i.
Information provided by user, including:
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Name;
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E-mail address;;
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Credit card information;
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Photograph; and
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Other information entered by the user into
such form as specified by DESIGN EARTH;
ii.
Information provided from services outside
the services to the extent that the user permits for use with the services:
DESIGN
EARTH may collect the following information from services outside the services,
including but not limited to social network services, to the extent the user
permits for use with the services at that time:
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ID used by the user for such outside service;
and
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Other information that the user has
authorized the other service provider to disclose through its privacy settings
in such outside service;
iii.
Information collected by DESIGN EARTH for the
use by the user of the services;
DESIGN
EARTH may collect information upon access to or use of the services, including:
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Terminal information;
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Log information;
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Cookies and anonymous ID; and
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Location information.
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Purpose of use
1.
The user’s information may be used not only
for provision of the services as provided in the following section 2, but for
other purposes as provided in the section 3.
2.
Specific purposes of the user’s information
for the provision of the services shall include the following:
i.
Provision, maintenance, protection, and
improvement of the services, including but not limited to acceptance of
registration for the service, identification of individuals and computation of
use fees;
ii.
Guidance or response to inquiries relating to
the service;
iii.
Addressing a violation of rules, regulations
or policies relating to the services (the “rules”);
iv.
Notice of any modification to the rules; and
v.
Other purposes incidental to the foregoing.
3.
Purposes other than those specified in
section 2 above shall be as indicated below:
Purpose of use |
Corresponding user’s information |
1. Creating
statistics data relating to the services, in a form that cannot identify as
individual; |
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Device information ž
Log information ž
Cookies and anonymous ID ž
Location information |
2. Delivering
or displaying advertisements of DESIGN EARTH or third parties; and |
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Device information ž
Log information ž
Cookies and anonymous ID ž
Location information |
3. Delivering
or displaying posted data information. |
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Name ž
E-mail address ž
Log information ž
Location information ž
Other information input by users in the form
specified by DESIGN EARTH |
4. Other
marketing. |
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Name ž
E-mail address ž
Location information ž
Other information input by users in the
form specified by DESIGN EARTH |
Method of notice, publication and permission; Method of
discontinuance of the use
1.
The user’s permission must by obtained before
collecting the following user’s information;
i.
Terminal information; and
ii.
Location information.
2.
If the user specifies a certain setting, the
user is entitled to require DESIGN EARTH to, and DESIGN EARTH shall
immediately, discontinue the use of any or all of the user’s information, in
accordance with such rules as may be from time to time prescribed by DESIGN
EARTH. Depending on the item of user’s information, if such collection or use
is required for the services, DESIGN EARTH may not be able to discontinue such
collection unless the user withdraws from the services pursuant to the
procedures as determined by DESIGN EARTH.
Provision of personal information to third parties
Unless required by the personal information protection
act or other applicable laws and regulations, DESIGN EARTH shall not provide to
any third party personal information contained in the user’s information
without the prior consent of user, unless:
i.
DESIGN EARTH authorizes such third party to
handle the personal information in whole or in part to the extent necessary to
accomplish the purpose of the use;
ii.
The personal information is provided through
a business transfer by way of merger or other similar transactions;
iii.
DESIGN EARTH is required to cooperate with
state or local governmental organizations or their agents to perform their
duties or obligations pursuant to applicable laws and regulations, and such
performance is likely to be precluded if consent of the user must be obtained; and
iv.
In addition to the foregoing, DESIGN EARTH is
entitled to disclose information pursuant to the personal information
protection act or other applicable laws and regulations.
Joint use
DESIGN EARTH may jointly use personal information as
follows:
i.
Items of personal information to be jointly
used:
ii.
Party to jointly use personal information:
iii.
Purpose of joint use:
iv.
Name of party responsible for user’s
information:
Disclosure of personal information
Upon request from the user to disclose its personal
information under the personal information protection act, DESIGN EARTH shall,
without delay, disclose to the user such information after confirming its
identity (or notify it of the non-extent of such personal information), to the
extent required to do so pursuant to the personal information protection act
and other applicable laws and regulations. Please note that you must pay a commission
(10 USD per application) for disclosure of personal information.
Correction and suspension of use of personal information
1.
If DESIGN EARTH is required by the user to
(1) correct the content of personal information under the provisions of the
personal information protection act because such information is false, or (2) suspend
use of personal information because such information is being handled beyond
the scope of the purpose of the use previously made public, or has been
collected in a fraudulent or otherwise illicit manner, then DESIGN EARTH shall,
without delay, conduct an appropriate investigation after confirming the
requesting party’s identity, and based upon the results, correct the content or
suspend the use of such personal information, and
notify the party to that effect. The user shall also be notified of any determination,
if applicable, not to correct or suspend the use of such information, together
with the justification for such determination.
2.
In the event that DESIGN EARTH is required by
the user to delete its personal information and has determined that it is
necessary to accept such request, DESIGN EARTH shall delete such personal
information confirming the requesting party’s identity and shall notify the
party to that effect.
3.
Should DESIGN EARTH not be obligate to
correct, or suspend use of, information pursuant to the personal information
protection act and other applicable laws and regulations, the preceding
paragraphs shall not apply.
Inquiries
Any suggestions, questions, complains, or inquires on the
handle of the user’s information must be submitted to:
e-mail address:
Procedure to amend this privacy policy
DESIGN EARTH shall from time to time review how the
user’s information is being handled, and use its best efforts to continuously
improve the operation, and make such modifications to this privacy policy as
may be necessary. Any modification to this privacy policy shall be notified to
you by [method of notice]: provided that for any modification requiring consent
from the user pursuant to applicable laws and regulation, such consent from the
user must be obtained subject to the procedures as separately established by DESIGN
EARTH.