Last updated: June 12, 2023
WOVN.games (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”) provided by Wovn Technologies Co., Ltd. (D-LIFEPLACE Minami-Aoyama 9F, 2-26-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 Japan, hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) is a localization service mainly targeting video games.
The Company handles personal information from users of this service (hereinafter referred to as "Users").
We respect the privacy of users when processing users’ personal information and strive to comply with this privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Policy”) and applicable data protection laws, including the Act on the Protection of Personal Information of Japan (hereinafter referred to as the “APPI”), the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the “GDPR”) and the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the “UK GDPR”).
In this Policy, personal information means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly.
We collect personal information directly from the user. We also collect personal information from a user’s device when they connect to the Website.
We do not knowingly process special care-required personal information or special categories of your personal information as defined in the GDPR nor personal information from children under the age of 16 without verifiable parental consent.
When using the Service, personal information such as your name and email address is required. Other such personal information is not required by law or contract. However, if you do not provide such data, you may not be able to use some of the features of the Service.
We will use the personal information managed in the Service for the purposes set out below.
2-1 Lawful basis: When given consent by the data subject
| Purpose of Processing | Category of Personal Data |
|---|---|
| Collecting data on Service usage and improving the Service | Non-identifiable identifiers using cookies and other similar technologies |
2-2 Lawful basis: When necessary to perform or enter into a contract
| Purpose of Processing | Category of Personal Data |
|---|---|
| Management, operation and provision of the Service | Name, email address, phone number, information on consent to the terms of service, purchase history and payment history |
2-3 Lawful basis: When necessary for WOVN’s legitimate interests (conducting normal business operations of WOVN)
| Purpose of Processing | Category of Personal Data |
|---|---|
| Detecting and protecting against unauthorized use of the Service, and detecting those who violate the WOVN.games Terms of Service | Information regarding the user's device, web browser, etc. (source IP address, browser type/version, pages and time accessed, etc.) |
| Contacting users regarding the Service and information about our services and products provided by us, regardless of the method, such as email, flyers or other direct mail (the same shall apply hereinafter) , providing information about seminars, conducting surveys, planning new businesses and conducting market research | Name, email address, phone number and status of use |
| Responding to your inquiries | Name, email address, phone number, and information provided to us relating to your inquiries |
| Notifying information about maintenance of or system issues with the Services | Name, email address, and information provided to us relating to your inquiries |
The use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to other apps and services is subject to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the requirements described in "Usage Restrictions."
We will retain your personal information during use of the Service for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose of management and preservation of evidence related to contracts and claims.
Personal data related to your inquiries will be retained for the period reasonably necessary for the purpose of processing said inquiries.
Personal data related to monitoring the usage of the Website or the Services, detecting and preventing fraudulent use, and improving the product quality will be retained for a maximum of 400 days after being collected.
After that time, we will delete your personal information so that we cannot identify you any longer by reference to any data we retain.
We may entrust the processing of your personal information to selected trustees as data controllers insofar as may be necessary for the purposes described in “2. PURPOSE AND LAWFUL BASIS”.
We may disclose a users personal information to third parties to the extent permitted by law, with the prior consent of the user, or in the following cases:
A) When personal information is disclosed to a public institution such as a government agency or court in accordance
with a request from the law or a public institution;
B) When the provision of personal information is necessary to protect the life, body or property of an individual and
when it is difficult to obtain consent from the said person;
C) When such provision is based on laws and regulations.
If you have any requests for disclosure or correction, or any opinions, requests or inquiries regarding our processing of personal information, please contact the following consultation desk:
Wovn Technologies, Inc. – Privacy Manager
Address: D-LIFEPLACE Minami-Aoyama 9th Floor, 2-26-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 Japan.
Email: privacy@wovn.io
We will control access to personal information, restrict the means of taking personal information out, prevent unauthorized external access, prevent leakage, loss, or damage of personal information and take other necessary and appropriate measures (hereinafter referred to as the “Safety Management Measures”) to safely manage personal information.
If we entrust the processing of personal information to a third party, we shall select a trustee that is deemed to process personal information appropriately, and shall properly stipulate the Safety Management Measures, confidentiality, and other matters related to the processing of personal information in a contract with the trustee, and shall conduct necessary and appropriate supervision.
We reserve the right to update this policy as needed. Please check this page periodically for the latest updates. The latest version of this policy is listed along with the date it was published.
If any conflict between the Japanese version and a version translated into other languages of this Policy arises, the Japanese version shall be the governing and prevailing version.
© Wovn Technologies, Inc.
Published on: May 14, 2023