Privacy Policy

The Company uses acquired personal information, according to how it was acquired and the individual's relationship with the Company, within the scope necessary to achieve the following purposes of use:

• •To place and process orders, enter into and perform contracts, provide and deliver products and services, and handle billing, payments, returns and maintenance
• •To respond to feedback, inquiries, consultations, complaints, requests for materials and requests concerning personal information, including disclosure, and to resolve disputes
• •To provide advertisements and information by postal mail, email and other means about the Company's products and services or those of other companies recommended by the Company
• •To conduct events, briefings, campaigns and surveys, process registrations and entries, contact participants, and provide materials and benefits
• •To combine, aggregate and analyze customer purchase and usage histories, survey responses and Website access information, including browsing history, acquired by the Company to understand usage trends, plan and improve products, services and the Website, and measure advertising effectiveness. Also, to infer individual users' interests and preferences from such information and use the results to select and deliver the advertisements and information described above
• •To verify identities in transactions, assess credit and manage receivables, check connections with antisocial forces, and prevent, investigate and address misconduct and contractual violations
• •For accounting, tax administration, audits, and the creation and retention of records and submission of filings and reports required by law
• •To perform work entrusted to the Company by other businesses or organizations
• •For recruitment communications, selection and onboarding, improving recruitment through analysis of selection processes and results, and notifying interested persons of future job opportunities
• •For personnel administration, evaluations, attendance and payroll management, tax and social insurance procedures, training, benefits, occupational health and safety, and post-employment certification and communications concerning officers and employees, including former officers and employees
• •To maintain shareholder registers, conduct shareholder meetings, pay dividends, respond to the exercise of shareholder rights, provide IR materials and hold meetings with shareholders and investors, and handle media relations
• •To provide subscribers with information about the Company's business, services, projects, events, investor relations, and related matters, within the scope explained at the time of registration
• •To ensure stable operation of the Website, respond to malfunctions, and prevent unauthorized access and the like

If the Company provides a separate notice explaining in more detail how job applicants' personal information will be handled for the purposes stated above, it will present that notice at the time of application.

Where contact information acquired in order to respond to an inquiry is to be used to send advertising or promotional emails unrelated to that inquiry, the Company will obtain the necessary consent in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Making an inquiry alone will not be treated as registration to receive information.

When the Company telephones a contact number you have registered, it may, to the extent necessary, ask to be put through to the individual concerned. In doing so, the Company will take care to limit the information conveyed to anyone other than the individual to the minimum necessary.

To improve the quality of its telephone support and accurately understand inquiries, the Company may record telephone calls. Where calls are recorded, the Company will manage the recorded data appropriately.

The Company does not provide personal data to third parties except in any of the following cases:

• •Where the individual's consent has been obtained in advance
• •Where based on laws and regulations
• •Where necessary for the protection of a person's life, body, or property and it is difficult to obtain the individual's consent
• •Where especially necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound development of children and it is difficult to obtain the individual's consent
• •Where it is necessary to cooperate with a national government agency, a local government, or a person entrusted by either in performing functions prescribed by laws and regulations, and obtaining the individual's consent is likely to impede the performance of those functions

The provision of personal data in connection with outsourcing its handling within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use, or with business succession through a merger or otherwise, does not constitute provision to a third party under Article 27 of the Personal Information Protection Act, provided that the statutory requirements are met. Provision to a third party in a foreign country, including in connection with outsourcing, is subject to "5. Handling of Personal Data in Foreign Countries" below.

Where personal data is to be jointly used, before joint use begins the Company will notify the individual of, or make readily accessible to the individual, the fact of joint use, the categories of personal data to be jointly used, the scope of the joint users, the purpose of use, and the name and address of the person responsible for the management of the data (including, for a corporation, the name of its representative).

Within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use, the Company may entrust all or part of the work involving the handling of personal information to external service providers.

When entrusting such work, the Company selects service providers it considers capable of handling personal information appropriately. It sets out appropriate requirements in service agreements or other arrangements regarding security control measures, confidentiality, subcontracting, and the return or deletion of personal information upon termination, and exercises necessary and appropriate supervision.

When the Company receives a request regarding its retained personal data for notification of the purpose of use, disclosure, correction, addition, or deletion of content, suspension of use or erasure, or suspension of provision to a third party, the Company will, after confirming that the request is from the individual or a legitimate representative, respond without delay in accordance with the legal requirements applicable to each type of request. The Company will also respond in accordance with applicable laws and regulations to requests for disclosure of records of provision to third parties.

Disclosure will be made by the method requested by the individual, such as providing electronic records or providing paper documents. However, where disclosure by that method would involve substantial costs or is otherwise difficult, the Company will, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, provide paper documents.

Where, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, the Company declines all or part of a request or responds in a manner different from that requested, it will notify the individual of that fact without delay and endeavor to explain the reasons.

The Company will provide guidance without delay, through the contact point listed below, on how to submit requests, the required documents, and the method of identity verification. For requests made by a representative, the Company will verify the identity of the individual and the representative, and the representative's authority. In doing so, the Company will take care not to impose an excessive burden on the individual, for example by requesting more information than necessary.

Where the Company charges a fee for notification of the purpose of use or for disclosure of retained personal data or records of provision to third parties, it will set the amount in accordance with applicable laws and regulations at a reasonable level that takes actual costs into account and will notify the individual of the amount and method of payment in advance. The Company will also respond without delay to inquiries about fees.

Where the Company provides personal data to a third party located in a foreign country (including provision accompanying entrustment to a foreign business operator), the Company will take the necessary measures, such as providing the required information and obtaining the individual's consent, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Where personal data is provided with the individual's consent under Article 28 of the Personal Information Protection Act, the Company will, in principle, before obtaining consent, provide information such as the country where the recipient is located, that country's personal information protection system, and the personal information protection measures taken by the recipient. Where the country of location or similar information cannot be identified, the Company will likewise provide the necessary information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Where personal data is provided to a business operator that has established a system conforming to the standards under the same Act, the Company will take the measures necessary to ensure the continuous implementation of equivalent measures, and will, upon the individual's request, provide the necessary information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

If you wish to stop receiving information from the Company, you may unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions in the email you received or by contacting the contact point listed below. After confirming your request, the Company will promptly process it in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

However, even after you unsubscribe, the Company may, within the purposes of use stated above, send administrative communications necessary for its business or notices required by law, provided that such communications do not contain advertising or promotional content.

The Website may use cookies and similar technologies and access information for the purposes described in "1. Purposes of Use of Personal Information" above: aggregating and analyzing access information; inferring individual users' interests and preferences and delivering advertisements and information based on the results; and operating and securing the Website.

You can restrict or refuse the storage of cookies through your browser settings. However, depending on your settings, some functions of the Website may become unavailable. Restricting or refusing cookies does not stop the collection of information acquired by means other than cookies, such as server access logs.

When using features that transmit information to external services, the Company will provide explanations or notices, obtain consent, or take other necessary steps as appropriate to the actual handling of the information. Where a recipient is expected to acquire information relating to cookies and similar technologies as personal data, the Company will perform the necessary checks and take other required steps in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

For inquiries about the Company's handling of personal information and security control measures, disclosure and related requests, unsubscribe requests, or complaints and consultations, please contact the office below.

Contact: Bitcoin Japan Corporation — [Personal Information Inquiries Office]

Email: privacy@bitcoin.co.jp

Office hours: 9:00–17:30 (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and the year-end and New Year holidays)

For inquiries by post, please address your correspondence to the "[Personal Information Inquiries Office]" at the following address.

Address: 3F Kokugikan Front Building, 1-10-5 Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo

Bitcoin Japan Corporation

Representative: Phillip Lord, Representative Director

Address: 3F Kokugikan Front Building, 1-10-5 Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo