Privacy Policy
scoville Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "the company") is committed to the protection of personal information. The company demonstrates this commitment by establishing the following privacy policy, building a system for protecting personal information, and ensuring that all employees are fully aware of the importance of personal information protection and thereby all inclusive.
Article 1 Acquisition and Use of Personal Information
The company will acquire personal information after clarifying the purpose of use, and will use personal information only within the scope of the purpose. Additionally the company will establish an internal system for handling personal information and take both correct measures to ensure that personal information is not used beyond the requested scope of use.
Article 2 Management and Protection of Personal Information
Because information about individuals contains private data, and in principle, data shall not be disclosed or provided to any third party without the consent of the customer, in order to prevent leakage, loss, or damage of personal information, the company has established and implemented safety control measures, to provide, in addition to the above, the company has established and implemented appropriate personal information corrective and/or preventive actions to prevent incidents.
Article 3 Compliance with Laws and Regulations
The company shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations, national guidelines, and other standards regarding the handling of personal information held by the company.
Article 4 Response to Inquiries and Complaints
The company will promptly respond to inquiries and complaints regarding personal information held by the company by establishing a system of procedures for receiving and responding to such inquiries and complaints.
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact Scoville at the following address.
In addition, inquiries regarding procedures for requests for disclosure, correction or suspension of use of personal information, or requests for disclosure of records provided to third parties and inquiries regarding other handling of personal information, please contact us at the address below.
Contact: Scoville Corporation Personal Information Response Desk
Article 5 Continuous Improvement of Personal Information Protection Management System
The company will continuously improve its management system and framework for personal information protection.
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Enacted: July 23, 2017
Revised: September 16, 2025
Name, address, and name of representative of the company handling personal information
Name: scoville, Co., Ltd.
Address: Ebisu Square 3F, 1-23-23, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Representatives: Masahiro Detani, CEO
Handling of Personal Information
1. Definition of Personal Information
Personal information is information about an individual that can be used to identify that individual by name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, organizational affiliation, date of birth, or other description. Personal information also includes information that cannot be used to identify an individual on its own but can be easily cross-referenced with other information to identify a specific individual or a set of individuals as a result.
2. Management of Personal Information
The company will maintain internal regulations regarding the protection of personal information, in addition to providing training and education concerning the protection of personal information to our officers and employees.
3. Acquisition and purpose of Personal Information
The purpose and scope of acquisition and use of personal information are as follows:
(1) To provide and operate the company's service
(2) Disclosure of personal information to companies using the company's service is based on the consent of the user.
(3) The company may respond to inquiries and other matters regarding the company's service and respond to inquiries from users.
(4) To collect reimbursements for the purpose of seeking article content.
4. Companies and related organizations that use personal information jointly
We will jointly use users' personal information as follows.
The scope of joint users: "RECCOO Co., Ltd", "NPO en-courage", and "Attelu Inc."
Purposes of use by persons with whom personal information is jointly used: As described in "3. Acquisition and purpose of Personal Information" and the following purposes of use.
(1) To provide and introduce the services of the affiliated companies and NPO en-courage (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Companies.")
(2) To provide recruitment information and other information of the Companies
Items of personal information to be jointly used: All or part of the personal information (name, gender, date of birth, address, hometown, e-mail address, telephone number, contact information, employment history and description, demographic data, registration data for the Companies' services) registered by the user in using the Company's services.
Person responsible for the management of personal information
Name: scoville Co., Ltd.
Address: Ebisu Square 3F, 1-23-23, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Representatives: Masahiro Detani, CEO
5. provision of information to third parties and Prohibition of Purpose
In principle the company will not provide personal information to a third party without the user's consent, only after specifying the party and the content of the information to be provided and obtaining user consent will the company share personal information. The company may provide appropriate user placement and job information to the user.
(1) When required by law.
(2) When it is necessary to protect the life, body, or property of an individual and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the customer.
(3) When it is especially necessary for the improvement of public health or for the sound growth of children and when it is difficult to obtain the consent of the customer.
(4) When it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, a local public body, a person or organization entrusted by either of the foregoing in the execution of office prescribed by law, and when obtaining the consent of the customer would impede the execution of said office.
(5) When a court, public prosecutor's office, police, bar association, consumer affairs center, or any other organization with similar authority makes an inquiry.
(6) When the user himself/herself has consented to disclosure to a third party.
(7) When personal information is provided in connection with the succession of a business due to a merger or other reasons.
(8) When personal information is to be shared with the company, affiliates, or an organization in which the company deems necessary to achieve the stated purpose of use.
6. Consignment of Personal Information
The company may consign all or part of the handling of personal information within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use. In the event that the handling of personal information is entrusted to a third party, the company will select an appropriate third party and supervise it to ensure the appropriate management of personal information.
7. Restrictions on the Collection of Sensitive Information
As a general rule, the company does not collect sensitive information as specified in the following items (hereinafter referred to as "sensitive information") except when expressly consented to by the user, or when required or permitted by law or government guidelines. When collecting and handling sensitive information, the company will provide appropriate user placement and job information to the user. Sensitive information includes:
(1) Matters related to ideology, beliefs, or religion.
(2) Matters related to race, ethnicity, lineage, registered domicile (excluding prefecture), physical or mental disability, criminal record, and other matters that have been the subject of social discrimination.
(3) Matters related to workers including the right to organize and the right to bargain collectively and matters pertaining to actions for which the user seeks redress.
(4) Matters concerning participation in group demonstrations, exercise of the right to petition, and other matters concerning the exercise of political rights.
(5) Matters related to health, medical care, or sexual life.
8. Use of Statistical Data
The company may use the personal information provided by users to create statistical data that cannot be used to identify individual users. The company may use statistical data that cannot identify individual users without restriction.
9. Disclosure of Personal Information Subject to Disclosure
Please refer to our separately established "Procedures for Disclosure" ("disclosure", "correction, addition, or deletion", "suspension of use, deletion, or suspension of provision to a third party" (hereinafter referred to as "disclosure") of personal information subject to disclosure held by the company, the company will promptly use the established procedures prescribed by law. However, the company may not be able to disclose information in the following cases:
(1) When there is a risk of harm to the life, body, property, or other rights or interests of the user or a third party.
(2) When there is a risk of significant hindrance to the proper conduct of the company's business.
(3) If it would violate the law.
If the company deletes or suspends the use of a user's personal information, that user may not be able to use the services that rely on that personal information. Additionally personal information that is no longer needed due to the completion of service provision will be disposed of in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
10. How to Stop Receiving Information
If a user wishes to unsubscribe from receiving email newsletters, the user can follow the unsubscribe procedure listed at the end of the email newsletter received.
11. Acquisition of Personal Information by Methods Not Easily Recognizable by the User
This site may use technology such as cookies, web beacons, and user ID obtained from mobile devices for the purpose of improving the usability of the site and obtaining statistical information on access status, etc. However personal information that can only be confirmed by the user will not be obtained through the use of such technologies.
(1) Cookies
What is a Cookie?
Cookies are a mechanism for storing information such as usage history and input content sent and received between the user's browser and the server when a user accesses a web page, stored as a file on the user's computer. Subsequent access to the same page allows the user to conveniently view the page. Please refer to the "Help" section of your browser for information on how to change the browser settings regarding cookies.
Cookie Settings
You can change your browser settings for setting and receiving cookies from "Allow all cookies", "Reject all cookies", and "Notify the user when a cookie is received" and so on. The setting methods differ depending on the browser. Please refer to the "Help" menu of the browser you are using for information on how to change cookie settings. Please note that if you reject all cookies, you may not be able to use various services on the Internet, including services that require authentication, or may be restricted from using them.
Cookie Usage
The company uses cookies for the following purposes:
When a user logs in, the company refers to the user's registered information so that the company can provide customized services. To display the most appropriate advertisements on other companies' websites based on the user's interests and usage on the company's services. To identify the company's visitors. To improve the company's services.
Due to the fact that the company entrusts the distribution of advertisements to other companies, the company may store and reference cookies via other companies sites.
(2) Web Beacons
Some pages on the company's website use web beacons for the purpose of obtaining statistical information on the usage of the site and improving the service. The information obtained through the use of web beacons does not contain any information that can identify an individual.
(3) User ID of Mobile Devices
The use of a mobile device is a number transmitted by a user's mobile device to distinguish the mobile device when the customer accesses this website with the mobile device, and is used for access management. The user ID does not contain any information that can identify an individual. Users may refuse to have a mobile device ID collected and used by the Company by deleting their cookies. However, if you refuse, please note that some of the functions of this site may not be available.
12. Handling of personal information located within the European Economic Area (EEA)
In addition to the provisions set forth in the "Privacy Policy" and "Handling of Personal Information" above, the following provisions apply to the handling of personal information located within the EEA.
Legal Basis for the Handling of EEA Personal Information
We shall process your personal data on the basis of your consent within the meaning of Article 6.1 a GDPR.
Your Data Protection Rights
You have the following data protection rights:
(i) Right of access - You have the right to request a copy of your personal data from us.
(ii) Right to rectification - You have the right to request that we rectify information that you believe to be inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete information that you believe to be incomplete.
(iii) Right to erasure - You have the right to request that we erase your personal information under certain conditions.
(iv) Right to restriction of processing - You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain conditions.
(v) Right to oppose processing - You have the right to oppose our processing of your personal information under certain conditions.
(vi) Right to data portability - You have the right to request that we transfer personal information we collect to another organization or directly to yourself under certain conditions.
If you make a request based on the above, we shall respond to you within one month. Users wishing to exercise these rights should contact the Company.
Contact: scoville Co., Ltd. Personal Information Desk
EEA Personal Information Retention Period
We will not retain personal data beyond the purposes for which it was obtained or as required by applicable law.
Transfer of EEA Personal Data Outside the EEA
As a company based in Japan, we shall process EEA Personal Data securely in Japan.
On January 23, 2019, the European Commission ("EU") adopted a "adequacy decision" for Japan, allowing the free flow of personal data between Europe and Japan based on strong protection guarantees.