Privacy Policy Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 10th, 2023

We, MegaHouse Corporation, respect your privacy. Please read this privacy policy carefully as it contains important information on how and why we collect, store, use and share your personal information.

As we provide you with our services on our website, we process personal data about you following applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (the “GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”).

We may revise this privacy policy from time to time. You can obtain the latest version of this policy on our site.

1. RESPONSIBLE CONTROLLER
   
   This privacy policy is issued by MegaHouse Corporation, a company registered in Tokyo, Japan. When we process your personal data, we are the data controller and are responsible for protecting your rights regarding personal data.
2. HOW WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA
   
   As we provide you with our services on our website, we collect, use, store, generate or disclose to third-parties (hereinafter collectively referred to as “process”) your personal data for the following purposes:
1. To respond to your inquiry:
1. Categories of your personal data we process: Your e-mail address and the content of your inquiry. The personal information above is required to respond to your inquiries. If you do not provide them, it prevents us from giving you as appropriate and precise information as we can.
2. Lawful basis: the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party.
3. Period for which we store your personal data: For as long as your questionnaire is active and for a reasonable time thereafter according to our standard procedures or as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
4. Recipients we disclose your personal data to: none.
2. To issue a press release on our website or news media announcing the competition (the “Competition”), for such as twisty puzzles or Othello etc., which Speedcubing Japan, World Cube Association, Japan Othello Association, or World Othello Federation etc.(the “Competition Organiser”) organises.
1. Categories of your personal data we process: Competition pictures (which may include your facial images). For the avoidance of doubt, these pictures are not used to identify you. (From Competition Organiser website) your name, ranking, and competition records. (If you are a winner of the Competition,) your name, and your interview content.
2. Lawful basis:
1. your consent to publish competition pictures, including your facial images. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Your withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of our processing of your personal data based on consent before its withdrawal.
2. the processing is necessary for the purpose of our legitimate interest, i.e. publishing Competition, including the published winners' names etc., of the Competition.
3. Period for which we store your personal data: for the duration we publish the press release on our website, or until you withdraw your consent.
4. Recipients we disclose your personal data to: our web hosting providers etc.
3. To analyze your use of our website in order to generate insight that is useful for improving our services, products, and marketing:
1. Categories of your personal data we process: your interactions with our website collected by the use of cookie(s), including your browsing history on our website together with IP address and other information about your terminal device.
2. Lawful basis: your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time here. Your withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of our processing of your personal data based on consent before its withdrawal.
3. Period for which we store your personal data: log data is deleted after 26 months.
4. Recipients we disclose your personal data to: our contractors that assist us in analyzing web traffic data.
4. To protect your privacy and security, integrity, and availability of our website:
1. Categories of your personal data we process: your browsing history on our website collected by web access logging, including your IP address, type and version of your web browser, web browser plugins, operating system and other information about your terminal device and technologies you use when accessing our website.
2. Lawful basis: the processing is necessary for the purpose of our legitimate interest, i.e. protecting your privacy and our website from fraudulent or unlawful access by monitoring web access traffic.
3. Period for which we store your personal data: We retain log data for the period necessary to protect your privacy and our website.
4. Recipients we disclose your personal data to: our contractors that assist us in monitoring web access traffic.
3. SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA
   
   We usually do not collect and/or use sensitive categories of your personal data as defined in Articles 9 or 10 of GDPR on our website.
4. COOKIES
   
   A cookie is a small text file that our website sends to your terminal device for the purpose of keeping certain records.
   By using cookies:
   1. Your terminal devices (e.g. browsers) remember your preferences (e.g. language used) and activities (e.g. login status, items in cart, etc.) on our website so that we can deliver a personalized and better user experience on our website (essential cookies);
   2. We keep track of your interactions with our website, giving us useful and important insight for improving our website (performance cookies); and
   A cookie identifies your terminal device, typically your web browser, but it cannot identify your individual identity. You can choose whether to allow us or third-parties (our partners) to set performance cookies. When we use cookies to analyze web access, we request your prior consent thereto.
   For more information and to change your cookie settings, including withdrawal of your consent, visit our Cookie Preference Center.
5. TRANSFER TO NON-EU COUNTRIES
   
   We do not transfer your personal data to any entities located in any third countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Japan. In the event that we transfer your data to an entity located outside the EEA or Japan, we protect your rights with personal data by virtue of a data transfer contract with the relevant recipient in accordance with the GDPR, which imposes on such recipients contractual obligations to ensure an adequate level of data protection equivalent to those laid down by the GDPR.
6. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
   
   Provided that certain conditions are met, you have legal rights to request from us the following:
   • Revocation of the previously given consent to our processing of your personal data
   • Access to your personal data and to certain supplementary information covered by this policy;
   • Rectification of your personal data if inaccurate or incomplete;
   • Erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances;
   • Suspension of using your personal data in certain circumstances;
   • Stopping processing your personal data in certain circumstances; and
   • Obtaining your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
   If you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us.
7. COMPLAINT
   
   If you are from EEA and UK, You can lodge complaints about our way of processing your personal data with the data protection supervisory authorities of your country of residence.
8. INQUIRY
   
   For further information and inquiry, contact:
   Privacy Manager p.policy@list.bandainamco.co.jp
   ＊This contact point is related to personal data and cannot answer any questions other than those relating to personal data.

FOR OUR VISITORS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

This section of our privacy policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect personally identifiable information of California residents and any information related to it (“personal information”) and non-personal information.

1. RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED, DISCLOSED, OR SOLD
1. The CCPA states that you have the right to request us to disclose what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
2. You can exercise your above-mentioned rights unless you have exercised the rights within the preceding 12 months. We endeavor to respond to you within 45 days of receiving a verifiable request from you. If you intend to exercise such rights, please refer to section 6.
3. We use your information (name and e-mail address) to verify your request. You may be asked to provide additional information so that we can verify your request.
4. The categories of personal information we collected, business or commercial purpose, sources, and category of third parties we shared within the preceding 12 months are as follows:

5. Disclosure or Sale of Personal Information
1. We do not have actual knowledge that we sell personal information about residents who we know are younger than 16 years old.
   Under the CCPA, “sell” means disclosing by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information to a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.
2. RIGHT TO REQUEST DELETION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. The CCPA states that you have the right to request us to delete your personal information collected by us.
2. You can exercise your above-mentioned right with your account with us unless you have exercised the rights within the preceding 12 months. We endeavor to respond to you within 45 days of receiving a verifiable request. If you intend to exercise such rights, please refer to section 6.
3. We use your information (name, and e-mail address) to verify your request. You may be asked to provide additional information so that we can verify your request.
3. RIGHT TO OPT-OUT OF THE SALES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. The CCPA states that you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information by us.
2. Under the CCPA, the activities in which we share information collected from cookies or e-mail addresses with advertising agencies to manage our personalized advertising to those of you 16 years of age or older based on your preferences may be considered a “sale” of personal information.
   Opt-out rights can be exercised by visiting our Cookie Policy or by going directly to our Cookie Settings page and deleting or preventing cookies from being used. You can also click on the “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link at the bottom of every webpage.
4. RIGHT TO NON-DISCRIMINATION FOR THE EXERCISE OF A CONSUMER’S PRIVACY RIGHT
1. The CCPA states that you have a right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of the privacy rights conferred by the CCPA.
5. AUTHORIZED AGENT
1. When you use an authorized agent to submit a request to know or a request to delete, we may require that you:
   1. Provide the authorized agent with written permission to do so; and
   2. Verify your own identity directly with us.
   3. Directly confirm with us that you provided the authorized agent with permission to submit the request
   We may deny a request from an agent that does not submit proof that they have been authorized by you to act on your own behalf.
6. CONTACT US
   
   Please contact us by e-mail if you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or the information we hold about you.
   e-mail address: p.policy@list.bandainamco.co.jp
   ＊This contact point is related to personal data and cannot answer any questions other than those relating to personal data.
7. How does our site respond to “Do Not Track” Signals
   
   Some web browsers incorporate a “Do Not Track” (DNT) feature that sends signals to websites you visit that you do not want to be tracked when turned on. Our site responds to the DNT signals. You can confirm your settings by going directly to our Cookie Settings page. You can also click on the “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link at the bottom of every webpage.
8. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
   
   We do not collect and store personal information about Children (in this provision, we define Children as minors under 13 years of age) if this information is submitted by a Child without prior parental consent or by the parent or guardian of the Child.
   If we discover that we’ve unintentionally collected information from a Child in a way that does not meet COPPA requirements, we will delete the information immediately.