Thank you for using this application “Novelous” (including the website (https://novelous.net/), collectively, the “Service”). The Service is operated by Shogakukan Inc. (“Company”, “we”, “our” or “us”). Your use of the Service as well as information you may provide to us via our Social Media pages, offline, email, or other communication channels, is subject to this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy provides information regarding how we collect, use, disclose and process your personal information. If you are unsure whether this Privacy Policy applies to you, please contact our Privacy Officer for more information.

We recommend that you periodically review this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any provision of this Privacy Policy, do not use the Service.Please note that this Privacy Policy only applies to our processing of personal information regarding you located in United States of America and Canada.

WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION?

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, personal information is any information about an identifiable individual, other than the person's business title or business contact information when used or disclosed for the purpose of business communications.

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT? HOW DO WE COLLECT SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Personal Information You Provide to Us

We collect and maintain different types of personal information in respect of the individuals with whom we interact. We may collect personal information that you provide when you visit or interact with the Service. For example, you may provide your email address if you sign up to receive communications from us. If you submit information through our “Support” or similar form on the Service, we may ask you to provide your contact information (such as your name, email address) or any other comments, testimonials, or other information you choose to provide in your message or upload with your request. If you register for an account on the Service, we will collect your email address and password.

The information you provide to us will depend on how you interact with us and the Service. Some information about you is generally required to respond to your requests, to participate in certain offerings, such as an event or survey, or take advantage of certain services we provide. We may also contact you to provide you with, or collect from you, business relationship information, including information related to your agreements, preferences, advisors and decision-makers, feed-back and other information requested by or provided to you.

We or our service providers collect your name, e-mail address, billing address and other payment information when you make a purchase through the Service. We will also request certain personal information, including your name and email address if you choose to participate in contests, promotional events, or surveys we make available through the Service.

Information We Collect Automatically

As you navigate through and interact with the Service, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

• Details of your visits to the Service, including traffic data, location data, logs, the page you entered and exited at, any website page that is viewed by that IP address and what country you are from, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Service.
• Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, domain used to access the Service, and browser type.

The information we collect automatically does include personal information. It helps us improve the Service and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

• Estimate our audience size and usage patterns (i.e., number of visits, average time spent, or page views);
• Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize the Service according to your individual interests;
• Speed up your searches; and
• Recognize when you return to the Service.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

• Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer by way of your web browser. The cookie acts as an identification card and allows the Service to track your visit to the Service so that we can better understand your use of the Service and customize and tailor the Service to better meet your needs. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of the Service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies in accordance with your instructions (such as when you respond to our cookie banner when you first enter the Service). For information about managing your privacy and security settings for cookies, see Your Choices section below.
• Web Beacons. Pages of the Service (and our emails) may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
• Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to collect information about your use of the Service. Google Analytics collects information such as how often visitors visit the Service, what pages visitors visit, and what other sites they visited prior to or after coming to the Service. More information on how Google Analytics uses your data can be found at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. We use this information to improve the Service.

As a general rule, we collect personal information directly from you. In most circumstances where the personal information that we collect about you is held by a third party, we will obtain your permission before we seek out this information from such sources (such permission may be given directly by you, or implied from your actions).

From time to time, we may use the services of third parties in our business and may also receive personal information collected by those third parties in the course of the performance of their services for us or otherwise. Where this is the case, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that such third parties have represented to us that they have the right to disclose your personal information to us.

Where permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements, we may collect information about you without your knowledge or consent.

WHY DO WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION

We use the information we collect from you for our business and commercial purposes, including to provide you with products you purchase, to communicate with you, to prevent fraud, to improve the Service, to protect the security of our systems, to comply with applicable laws, and to protect the Company and the rights of our customers. We may also use and disclose your personal information for any additional purposes for which we have obtained your consent prior to such usage and disclosure.

WHEN DO WE DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

We may disclose your personal information to third-party service providers to facilitate our services and perform functions on our behalf, such as, without limitation, providing technical, analytical, and hosting functions for the Service, and to support our business purposes. We may also disclose your personal information with employees, affiliates, and advisors of Company to perform their functions.

For example, we may use the services of Apple, Google, AWS and other leading technology providers to provide certain information technology, payment and data processing services to us from time to time so that we may operate our business, and as result, your personal information may be collected, used, processed, stored or disclosed in Canada, the United States of America, and Japan. In these circumstances, the governments, courts, law enforcement, national security, or regulatory agencies of such other jurisdictions may be able to obtain access to your personal information through the laws of the foreign country.

Company reserves the right to transfer your information in the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or merger or the sale or transfer of our assets and/or business or any portion of our assets and/or business. We reserve the right to disclose your personal information when requested by governmental entity or law enforcement authority, subpoena, court order, or discovery request; or when we otherwise believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary or appropriate in connection with any activity that (potentially) violates the law or our internal policies and procedures (including relating to intellectual property, fraud, contracts, and privacy) or may expose us to liability.

PROTECTION OF INFORMATION

We employ reasonable technical, administrative, and physical security measures designed to protect any personal information you provide through the Service from unauthorized access or use. You should be aware, however, that “perfect security” does not exist on the Internet, and there is always the risk that unauthorized persons may access or use your personal information. We will not be responsible or liable for any damages, losses, or causes of action arising out of or in connection with the disclosure of your personal information. You use the Service and send us such information at your own risk.

The security of your personal information is important to us. Please advise our Privacy Officer immediately of any incident involving the loss of or unauthorized access to or disclosure of personal information that is in our custody or control.

YOUR CONSENT IS IMPORTANT TO US

It is important to us that we collect, use or disclose your personal information where we have your consent to do so. Depending on the sensitivity of the personal information, your consent may be implied, deemed (using an opt-out mechanism) or express. Express consent can be given orally, electronically or in writing. Implied consent is consent that can reasonably be inferred from your action or inaction. For example, when you enter into an agreement with us, we will assume your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information for purposes related to the performance of that agreement and for any other purposes identified to you at the relevant time.

Typically, we will seek your consent at the time that we collect your personal information. In certain circumstances, your consent may be obtained after collection but prior to our use or disclosure of your personal information. If we plan to use or disclose your personal information for a purpose not previously identified (either in this Privacy Policy or separately), we will endeavor to advise you of that purpose before such use or disclosure. As we have described above, we may collect, use or disclose your personal information without your knowledge or consent where we are permitted or required to do so by applicable law or regulatory requirements.

DO NOT TRACK; THIRD-PARTY TRACKING

We do not track users of the Service over time and across third-party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore do not respond to Do Not Track (“DNT”) signals. For information regarding DNT and how to enable this setting, if available, on your devices please see https://allaboutdnt.com. Some third-party sites do keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, which enables them to tailor what they present to you. If you are visiting such sites, your browser allows you to set the DNT signal so that third parties (particularly advertisers) know you do not want to be tracked. You may consult the help pages of your browser to learn how to set your preferences so that websites do not track you.

YOUR CHOICES

You may change or withdraw your consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual obligations and reasonable notice, by contacting our Privacy Officer using the contact information set out below. In some circumstances, a change in or withdrawal of consent may severely limit our ability to provide products or services to, or acquire products or services from, you. All communications with respect to such withdrawal or variation of consent should be in writing and addressed to our Privacy Officer. We assume that, unless you advise us otherwise, that you have consented to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as explained in this Privacy Policy.

OPTING OUT OF COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites linked to the Service. Please review their privacy policies before providing personal information.

UPDATING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

It is important that the information contained in our records is both accurate and current. If your personal information happens to change during the course of our relationship, please keep us informed of such changes.

In some circumstances we may not agree with your request to change your personal information and will instead append an alternative text to the record in question.

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You can ask to see the personal information that we hold about you. If you want to review, verify or correct your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer using the contact information set out below. Please note that any such communication must be in writing. When requesting access to your personal information, please note that we may request specific information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information that we hold about you. We may charge you a fee to access your personal information; however, we will advise you of any fee in advance. If you require assistance in preparing your request, please contact the office of our Privacy Officer.

Your right to access the personal information that we hold about you is not absolute. There are instances where applicable law or regulatory requirements allow or require us to refuse to provide some or all of the personal information that we hold about you. In addition, the personal information may have been destroyed, erased or made anonymous in accordance with our record retention obligations and practices. In the event that we cannot provide you with access to your personal information, we will endeavor to inform you of the reasons why, subject to any legal or regulatory restrictions.

THIRD-PARTY SITES

This Privacy Policy also does not apply to any other third-party website, including those that may be linked to on the Service. We do not control the privacy policies or practices of others nor the content or operation of these websites. We cannot assume any responsibility for the privacy practices, policies or actions of the third parties that operate these websites. We encourage you to ask questions and read the privacy policies of other websites before you disclose any personal information to them.

CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

Pursuant to California Civil Code § 1798.83, California residents with whom we have a business relationship can request information about the types of personal information, if any, we shared with third parties for the direct marketing purposes of the third parties and the identities of the third parties with whom we shared such information in the last 12 months. We do not share your personal information with third parties in this manner and have not done so in the last 12 months. You may request more information by contacting us using the contact information at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

The Service is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect or solicit any personal information from such children. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from such children, we will delete it. If you believe that we have collected personal information from anyone under the age of 13, please contact us using the contact information at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.

CHANGES IN PRIVACY POLICY

From time to time, we may change this Privacy Policy. We will notify you of any material changes to this Privacy Policy as required by law. We will also post an updated copy of this Privacy Policy on the Service. Please check the Service periodically for updates. This Privacy Policy was last updated on the date provided above.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please email us at privacy@mail.shogakukan.co.jp or write to us at 3-1. HITOTSUBASHI 2-CHOME, CHIYODAKU, TOKYO, 101-8001 JAPAN. SHOGAKUKAN INC.Attention: Privacy Officer .

INTERPRETATION OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Any interpretation associated with this Privacy Policy will be made by our Privacy Officer. This Privacy Policy includes examples but is not intended to be restricted in its application to such examples, therefore where the word "including" is used, it shall mean "including without limitation."