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Terms and policies

Privacy Policy

プライバシーポリシー（個人情報保護方針）

Established July 21, 2026

This English version is a translation provided for convenience. If it differs from the Japanese original, the Japanese original prevails. Read the Japanese original

This Privacy Policy (the "Policy") sets out how ASHIKA Network (the "Service") collects, uses and protects your personal information. Please read it in full before using the Service.

Article 1 (Compliance with laws)

  1. In handling personal information, the Service complies with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information of Japan (the "APPI") and other related laws and regulations.

Article 2 (Definitions)

  1. "You" or "customer" means a person who has registered an account with the Service, or who is about to register.
  2. "Personal information" means personal information as defined in Article 2 of the APPI, including information that on its own can identify an individual, such as name, address, phone number, email address and official identification documents.
  3. "Stored data" means files and data that a customer has placed, edited or generated within the Service's servers or runtime environments.

Article 3 (Information we collect)

In providing the Service, we may collect the following information.

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Postal code and address
  • Google account display name, user information and icon
  • Discord account display name, username, user ID, icon and bio
  • User agent information, such as the type of browser
  • IP address and access logs
  • Approximate location estimated from the IP address

Article 4 (Purposes of use)

We use the personal information and stored data we collect for the following purposes.

  • To provide and operate the Service
  • To send notices about the Service, two-factor authentication codes, and other necessary emails
  • To answer inquiries (including confirming your identity)
  • To bill customers who rent servers
  • To check registered information when the Service finds something suspicious
  • To investigate possible unauthorized use of an account by a third party
  • To investigate possible violations of the Terms of Service or individual provisions
  • To identify people who have committed violations or who try to use the Service for improper or wrongful purposes, and to refuse their use
  • To let you view, change and delete your registered information and check your usage
  • To compile statistics on the use of the Service
  • To claim damages in the event of a serious violation
  • For purposes incidental to the above

Article 5 (Disclosure to third parties)

  1. We do not provide personal information or stored data to third parties without your consent, except where permitted by the APPI or other laws, or in any of the following cases:
    • When it is necessary to protect a person's life, body or property and it is difficult to obtain the person's consent
    • When it is especially necessary for the healthy upbringing of children and it is difficult to obtain the person's consent
    • When it is necessary for a national agency, a local government, or a party entrusted by them to carry out duties prescribed by law, and obtaining the person's consent is difficult or would likely hinder those duties

Article 6 (Security measures)

  1. We take the measures necessary to protect personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, leakage and loss.
  2. Passwords are not stored as they are; they are stored in a form that cannot be reversed.

Article 7 (Analytics)

  1. To improve the Service and understand how it is used, we may use Google Analytics, provided by Google LLC.
  2. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect data. The data collected is anonymous and does not identify individuals.
  3. You can refuse this collection by disabling cookies in your browser settings.

Article 8 (Requests for disclosure, correction and suspension of use)

  1. If you wish us to notify you of the purposes of use of retained personal data; to disclose retained personal data or records of provision to third parties (as defined in Article 33, Paragraph 5 of the APPI); to correct, add to or delete its contents; to stop using or erase it; or to stop providing it to third parties, or if you have a complaint about the handling of personal information, please contact the office in Article 9.
  2. When disclosure is requested under the law, we will disclose without delay after confirming your identity.
  3. Disclosure is made by post, and a fee of ¥300 per request is charged.

Article 9 (Contact)

For inquiries about the handling of personal information, please open a support ticket on our official Discord server, or use the contact details in the Legal Notice.

Article 10 (Changes to the Policy)

  1. Except where laws or other rules provide otherwise, we may change the Policy.
  2. The changed Policy takes effect when it is posted on this website.

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