Privacy Policy

The management of BKSTA (hereinafter referred to as "The Management") stipulates the following privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as "This Policy") concerning the handling of user's personal information in the services provided on this website (hereinafter referred to as "The Service").

Article 1 (Personal Information)

"Personal Information" refers to the "personal information" as defined by the Personal Information Protection Law. It is information related to a living individual, including information such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, and other contact information that can identify a specific individual, as well as data on appearance, fingerprints, and voiceprints, and information such as health insurance card numbers that can identify a specific individual from that single piece of information (Personal Identification Information).

Article 2 (Method of Collecting Personal Information)

When a user registers for use, the Operator may ask for personal information such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address, bank account number, credit card number, and driver's license number. In addition, the Operator may collect transaction records and payment information containing the user's personal information made between the user and partners, etc., from our partners (including information providers, advertisers, and ad recipients, etc., hereafter referred to as "partners").

Article 3 (Purpose of Collecting and Using Personal Information)

The purposes for which The Management collects and uses personal information are as follows:

1. For the provision and operation of The Service
2. To respond to inquiries from users (including identity verification)
3. To send emails about new features, updates, campaigns, and other services offered by The Management that the user is using
4. For maintenance, important notices, and other necessary communications
5. To identify users who have violated the terms of service or who are trying to use the service for illegal or inappropriate purposes, and to refuse their use
6. To allow users to view, change, delete, and view their own registration information and usage status
7. To charge users for paid services
8. For purposes associated with the above usage purposes

Article 4 (Change of Purpose of Use)

1. The Management shall change the purpose of use of personal information only if it is reasonably judged that the purpose of use is relevant to that before the change.
2. In the event of a change in the purpose of use, The Management will notify users of the changed purpose by a method specified by The Management, or announce it on this website.

Article 5 (Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties)

Except as stated below, The Management will not provide personal information to third parties without prior consent from the user. However, this does not apply, and the user's information may be provided to third parties, in the cases defined below.

In cases where user information is provided to the external service operating company for the purpose of integration with external services or authentication using external services. (In The Service, the following tools have been introduced for analysis of access counts and distribution of advertisements, and information of site visitors is being sent to the tool providers.)
- Access Analysis:
  Information is sent to the following services to analyze the number of accesses to the site, duration of stay, number of users by environment and region, inflow route, etc., and to improve convenience and measure the effectiveness of advertisements.
  
  Google Analytics/Google LLC
  Google Analytics provides features that analyze the number of accesses per page viewed, duration of stay, number of users by environment and region, inflow route, search phrases, etc. The information collected, recorded, and analyzed by the tool provider is managed based on the provider's privacy policy. Please note that you can disable it yourself from the opt-out page of each tool provider or from the settings of the browser you are using.
  
  Privacy Policy: Google's Privacy Policy
  Terms of Use: Google Analytics Terms of Use
  Disable Setting: Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on
  
  Information sent:
  - Identifiers to identify users, such as cookies
  - Information like the URL and site title being viewed, and the time of viewing
  - Information about the usage environment, such as browser, OS, device type, screen size, and IP address
- Advertising Distribution:
  To distribute advertisements based on the behavior and attributes of site visitors and measure the effectiveness of advertisements, personal data is sent to the following services.
  
  Google AdSense / Google LLC
  Google AdSense uses information for the distribution and personalization of advertisements, limitation of advertisement display frequency, measurement of advertisement effectiveness, etc., on Google's services or sites operated by third parties other than Google. The information collected, recorded, and analyzed by the tool provider is managed based on the provider's privacy policy. Please note that you can disable it yourself from the opt-out page of each tool provider or from the settings of the browser you are using.
  
  Privacy Policy: Google's Privacy Policy
  Terms of Use: Google AdSense Terms of Use
  Settings Change: Changing Ad Settings
  
  Information sent:
  - Identifiers to identify users, such as cookies
  - Information like the URL and site title being viewed, and the time of viewing
  - Information about the usage environment, such as browser, OS, device type, screen size, and IP address
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 particularly necessary to improve public health or promote the sound upbringing of children, and it is difficult to obtain the person's consent
When there is a need to cooperate with a national institution or a local public entity or its trustee in performing their duties as stipulated by law, and obtaining the person's consent may impede the performance of these duties
When the following matters have been announced or made public in advance, and BKSTA has reported to the Personal Information Protection Commission
- The purpose of use includes providing to a third party
- The items of data to be provided to a third party
- The means or method of providing to a third party
- To stop providing personal information to a third party at the request of the individual
- The method of accepting requests from the individual
Notwithstanding the provisions up to the preceding paragraph, in the following cases, the recipient of the information shall not be considered a third party:
- When we entrust all or part of the handling of personal information within the scope necessary for the achievement of the purpose of use
- When personal information is provided in connection with the succession of business due to merger or other reasons
- When personal information is jointly used with a specific person, and the person has been notified in advance or placed in a position where the person can easily know the purpose of use of the user, the scope of the person jointly using the personal information, the items of personal information to be jointly used, and the name or name of the person responsible for the management of the personal information

Article 6 (Correction and Deletion of Personal Information)

1. If a user finds that their personal information held by the Operator is incorrect, the user can request the Operator to correct, add, or delete their personal information (hereinafter referred to as "correction, etc.") through the procedure defined by the Operator.
2. If the Operator receives a request from a user as mentioned in the previous paragraph and determines that it is necessary to comply with the request, the Operator shall promptly correct, etc., the personal information in question.
3. If the Operator has made a correction, etc., based on the provisions of the previous paragraph, or decided not to make a correction, etc., the Operator shall promptly notify the user of this.

Article 7 (Suspension of Use of Personal Information, etc.)

1. The Operator will promptly conduct necessary investigations if requested by the user to cease the use or deletion (hereinafter referred to as "suspension of use, etc.") of personal information for reasons such as the personal information being handled beyond the scope of the purpose of use or being acquired by unlawful means.
2. Based on the results of the investigation in the preceding paragraph, if it is determined that it is necessary to comply with the request, the Operator will promptly carry out the suspension of use, etc. of the personal information in question.
3. If the Operator has carried out the suspension of use, etc. based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or decided not to carry out the suspension of use, etc., the Operator shall promptly notify the user of this.
4. Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, in cases where the suspension of use, etc. incurs a large cost or other circumstances where it is difficult to carry out the suspension of use, etc., if alternative measures necessary to protect the rights and interests of the user can be taken, such alternative measures shall be taken.

Article 8 (About the Use of Google Analytics)

The Operator uses Google Analytics provided by Google, Inc. to improve the quality of this Service. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect, record, and analyze the visit status of this Service. For information on how data is collected and processed by Google Analytics, the terms of use for Google Analytics, and Google's privacy policy, please see the following sites.

How Google uses information collected from sites or apps that use their services:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/partners/

Google Analytics Terms of Service:
https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html

Google's Privacy Policy:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Article 9 (Google AdSense)

This Service uses a third-party advertising service (Google AdSense). The ad delivery operator may use "Cookies" (which do not include names, addresses, email addresses, or telephone numbers) to display advertisements for products and services that match users' interests.
In addition, you can disable cookies to prevent this kind of information from being used by ad delivery operators and for more details about Google AdSense.

Please see "Ads - Policies and Terms - Google" for more details and settings regarding Google AdSense.

Article 10 (Amazon Associates)

"BKSTA" is a participant in the Amazon Associates Program, an affiliate program designed to provide a means for sites to earn referral fees by promoting and linking to Amazon.com.

Article 11 (Changes to the Privacy Policy)

1. The contents of this policy can be changed without notifying the user, except for matters separately stipulated by laws and other items in this policy.
2. Unless otherwise specified by the operator, the revised privacy policy will come into effect from the time it is posted on this website.

Revised on August 30, 2022
Revised on June 28, 2023