Privacy Policy

July 2020

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GEEKOWARES. (hereinafter referred to as "us", or "we"), the manager of the GEEKOWARES website (hereinafter referred to as "this website") is committed to protecting the privacy of its users and pay utmost care in handling of the user's personal information.

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We will responsibly protect the private information of the users by following the guideline set below, which will serve as the basis for establishment of our internal system, implementation and maintenance of procedures, and to continually improve on these.
We abide by the recognized rules including the laws concerning the protection of the personal information.

 

(Personal Information)

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In this privacy policy, "personal information" refers to information about a living individual which can identify a specific individual by name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or other description containing such information (including such information as will allow easy reference to other information and will thereby enable the identification of the specific individual.) as specified in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.

 

(Collection of Personal Information)

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We collect information through legal, fair means, and will not obtain these unfairly against the users' will.

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We will announce or notify the purpose of use for the collected personal information to the users in advance.

 

(Regarding our Use of Access log and IP Addresses)

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We may collect user's personal information including preferences and access history etc. from the access log and IP address, and/or any other sources. We will use such information without limitation, but only in a format that private information will not match or link to a certain individual and cannot be identified as that individual.

 

(Purpose of Use for Personal Information)

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Personal information collected from users shall be used for following purposes.

(1)

To contact acceptance or denial regarding an application of contract at this website.

(2)

To make contact in regards to the payment for goods or services.

(3)

To make contact in regards of shipment of merchandise.

(4)

To make other contacts in regards to execution or termination of a contracted transaction.

(5)

To make contact in regards to the GEEKOWARES point service at this website.

(6)

To make contact in regards to the GEEKOWARES membership service at this website.

(7)

To reply or answer to inquiries.

(8)

To notify or warn users who committed or potentially commit breach against rules at this website.

(9)

To demand payment from users who owes us debt.

(10)

To contact participants in regards to special events, including but not limited to notification of acceptance for applications, notification to prize winners, and shipment of prizes etc.

(11)

To announce introduction of our services or products and send questionnaires etc.

(12)

To make contact in regards to other important matters relating to this website.

 

(Submission of Personal Information to a Third party)

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We will not disclose nor provide the collected personal information to a third party without the consent of the user(s) concerned. However, there shall be the following exception.

(1)

When consigning the collection of debt of a user with outstanding payment to a debt collection agency.

(2)

When it is necessary to facilitate the negotiation and communication with the manufacturer in case of initial defects of the product(s).

(3)

When disclosure is accepted by law.

(4)

When disclosure is required by law.

(5)

When it is necessary to protect an individual's life, body or property and if it is difficult to obtain the consent of the user(s) concerned.

(6)

When disclosure is required by public institutions, including the police, the public prosecutors, the court, or the consumer affairs bureau.

(7)

When required to entrust a task or part of a task, to accomplish a Purpose of Use for Personal Information within necessity for that task.

(8)

When required to provide personal information accompanying mergers and acquisitions or business consolidation etc., provided the personal information will only be used within the scope permitted before the business transfer.

(9)

In case personal information is to be provided to a third party, the information is to be converted or deformed to a form in which an individual cannot be identified from this information.

(10)

In other cases necessary for the operation of this website.

 

(Management of Personal Information etc.)

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We will put our utmost effort to properly manage and safeguard the secrecy of personal information. However, we cannot warrant the prevention of data leak, loss, or alteration by a third party.

 

(Maintain and Update of Accurate Personal Information)

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We will do our best to maintain and update the user's latest personal information within necessity to accomplish a "Purpose of Use".

 

(Confirmation by the User)

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We will require identification of the User when they request confirmation, correction, addition, or deletion, of their personal information, or discontinuation of their membership. If we are able to confirm that the request is from a User whom he or she claims to be, we will comply within a reasonable period.

 

(Change to Purpose of Use etc.)

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Changes to this privacy policy, such as the purpose of use and management method etc. will take effect from the moment the revised privacy policy is posted upon this website.

 

(Indemnity)

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Even in case a third party obtains Users' personal information, we will not take responsibility in any of the following cases:

(1)

If the user discloses their personal information using the function of this website or by other means.

(2)

If the user approves the third party to obtain the personal information.

(3)

If the personal information is obtained from external websites linked from our website.

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We will not be held liable for the protection of privacy at external websites linked from our site. The User is to visit the linked websites at their own responsibility.

 

(Person in charge of Management)

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We name the following individual responsible for management of personal information, and implement proper management and continual improvement on this. All inquiries in regards to personal information are to be addressed to the following:

Company name :

GEEKOWARES

E-Mail :

geekowares@gmail.com