The General Incorporated Association Japanese Whisky International Council (hereinafter referred to as "the Company"), operating the Japanese Whisky Membership Community "IN` (韻)." hereby establishes this Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as "this Policy") regarding the handling of user's personal information in the services provided on this website (hereinafter referred to as "the Services").

"Personal information" refers to personal information as described in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, and is information about a living individual, and information that can identify a specific individual by name, date of birth, address, telephone number, contact information and other descriptions contained in the information. It also includes information such as appearance, fingerprints, data related to voiceprints, etc. that can help identify a specific individual (personally identifiable information) from the information alone.

The Company may ask for personal information, such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address, bank account number, credit card number, driver's license number when the user registers for use of the Service. In addition, information related to transaction records and payments made between users and business partners (such as information providers, advertisers, advertisement distribution destinations, etc.), including the personal information of users, may be collected from our business partners (hereinafter referred to as “Partners").

The purpose for which the Company collects and uses personal information is as follows.
1. To provide and operate our services
2. To respond to user inquiries (including verifying identity)
3. To send e-mails about new functions, updates, events, campaigns, etc. of the services that users are using, and other services provided by the Company
4. For contact as necessary, such as maintenance and important notices
5. To identify users who have violated the Terms of Use or who intend to use the Service for illegal or unreasonable purposes, and to refuse the use of the Service
6. To allow users to view, change, delete, and view their own registration information
7. To charge the user a usage fee for a paid service
8. Purpose incidental to the above purpose of use

1. The Company shall change the purpose of use of personal information only if it is recognized that the purpose of use is reasonably related to that before the change.
2. When a change in the purpose of use is made, the revised purpose shall be notified to the user or announced on this website by the method prescribed by the Company.

1. The Company will not provide personal information to third parties without obtaining the user's consent in advance, except in the following cases. Provided, however, that this shall be excluded from cases permitted by the Personal Information Protection Act and other laws and regulations.
(1) When it is necessary for the protection of human life, body or property, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person
(2) When it is particularly necessary to improve public health or promote the sound development of children, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person
(3) When it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, local public entity or a person entrusted with carrying out the affairs prescribed by laws and regulations, and when there is a risk that obtaining the consent of the person will interfere with the execution of the affairs
(4) When the following matters are informed or informed in advance and the Company has notified the Personal Information Protection Commission
① To include provision to third parties for the purpose of use
② Items of data provided to third parties
③ Means or methods of provision to third parties
④ To stop the provision of personal information to third parties at the request of the person
⑤ How to accept the request of the person in question
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the following cases shall not be deemed as providing information to third parties:
(1) When providing the membership list to our designated partners for the purpose of donating a portion of membership fees and gifts, limited to names and countries only. (*Contact information will not be provided.)
(2) When outsourcing all or part of the handling of personal information within the scope necessary to achieve the intended purposes by the Company.
(3) When personal information is provided due to mergers or other reasons related to business succession.
(4) When jointly using personal information with specific individuals, and when notifying the individual in advance or ensuring the individual can easily be informed about the purpose of joint use, the items of personal information to be jointly used, the range of joint users, the purposes of use by users, and the name or title of the person responsible for managing such personal information

1. When the Company is requested to disclose personal information from the person himself/herself, the Company will disclose it to the person without delay. However, if disclosure falls under any of the following, we may not disclose all or part of it, and if we decide not to disclose it, we will notify you without delay. In addition, an administrative fee of 1,000 yen per case will be charged when disclosing personal information.
(1) When there is a risk of harming the life, body, property or other rights and interests of the person or a third party
(2) When there is a risk of causing a significant hindrance to the proper execution of the Company's business
(3) In the event of a violation of other laws and regulations
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in principle, we will not disclose information other than personal information such as history information and characteristic information.

1. If the personal information held by the Company is incorrect, the User may request the Company to correct, add or delete personal information (hereinafter referred to as "Correction, etc.") by the procedures prescribed by the Company.
2. If the Company determines that it is necessary to respond to the request set forth in the preceding paragraph from the User, the Company shall correct the personal information without delay.
3. The Company shall notify the User of any Correction, etc. based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or when the Company has made a decision not to make Corrections, etc. without delay.

1. The Company shall conduct an investigation without delay when requested to suspend or delete the use of personal information (hereinafter referred to as "Suspension of use, etc.") from the person in question, due to the reason that it is handled beyond the scope of the purpose of use or because it has been acquired by illegal means.
2. Based on the results of the investigation set forth in the preceding paragraph, if the Company determines that it is necessary to respond to the request, the Company will suspend the use of said personal information without delay.
3. The Company shall notify the User of the Suspension of use, etc. based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or when the Company has decided not to suspend use, etc., without delay.
4. Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, if there is a large amount of cost for Suspension of use, etc., or it is not possible to Suspend use, etc., and if measures necessary to protect the rights and interests of users can be taken, this alternative measure shall be taken.

1. The contents of this Policy may be changed without notifying the user, except for matters stipulated in this Policy or by laws and regulations.
2. Except in cases separately stipulated by the Company, the revised Privacy Policy shall take effect from the time it is posted on this website.

For inquiries regarding this Policy, please contact the following:
Address: 3F, Park Court Yodoyabashi Building, 4-8-10 Koraibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan
Organization: Japanese Whisky International Council
Department: Japanese Whisky Membership Community "IN"
Email Address: mail@jwhisky.jp