Thank you for your continued patronage of our services.
JSM-Net (hereinafter referred to as ‘this company’) takes extreme care in the protection of personal information.
The following document outlines this company’s policy with regards to the protection of personal information.

It should be noted that in the case where clauses of the terms and conditions of respective services differ with this privacy policy, the terms and conditions of each of the respective services will take precedence and be applied as appropriate.

Scope of Application of the Privacy Policy
All personal information received by this company for individual users of the auction and its services will be maintained and administered in accordance with this privacy policy.

Use of Personal Information
This company acquires the minimum personal information necessary for the provision of auction services to patrons.
Acquiring this information is necessary in order to offer services to patrons, and will not be used for anything other than its intended purpose. However, personal information that does not identify or specify the individual in any way, may be used as a reference for statistical purposes to enable the betterment of the auction.

Cookies are installed in the user’s web browser allowing application of the site to be registered to the server. This information is used as a management system to improve the user-friendliness of auction services.

Disclosure of Information
This company will protect and not disclose the individual’s personal information except in the following circumstances:

・ Personal information obtained for statistical or analytical purposes that will not identify or specify the individual in any way, may be disclosed to third party affiliate companies.

・ Individual information may be disclosed or used arbitrarily upon obtaining consent of the patron.

・ Personal information may be disclosed as according to the law or court order.

・ A prosecutor, the police or the governing legal authority may use personal information for the purposes of an enquiry in legal proceedings.

・ Personal information may be disclosed where a request for information has been made pertaining to Clause 4 of the Providers Liability Act.

・ Personal information may be disclosed as appropriate to a relevant request.

User Regulations and Restrictions in Accordance with the Privacy Protection Law.

(Restrictions to use of personal information)

This company will use personal information only for the purposes of work-related operations and only by those properly authorized. (Restrictions to personal information)

・ Personal information will not be used for purposes other than those stated. Stringent measures will be taken to ensure personal information is not moved from its prescribed location or sent or leaked to external sources.

・ This company will implement strict guidelines to ensure that present and past employees will protect the personal information of patrons.

Exemption of Liability

This company will not be involved in the maintenance of user ID and passwords. In the case where patrons do not exercise appropriate caution, it is possible that a third party may access personal information using the user’s own ID and password.
Therefore patrons are warned to practice caution when using the site, to take full responsibility for the management of their use of the site and be vigilant for unauthorized use by third parties.

Other

This Privacy Policy may be revised without notice. Patrons will be notified via the auction website when revisions are made.