Application Privacy Policy
Article 1. Definitions
This Application Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as “the Privacy Policy”) stipulates the handling of the User’s information in the smartphone application “Japan Wi-Fi auto-connect” (hereinafter referred to as “the Application”) provided by NTT Broadband Platform Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”), or related services.
Personal information used by this application will be handled in accordance with the application's Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and our Personal Information Protection Policy, described in Article 8.
Terms of Use
Personal Information Protection Policy
Article 2. Items of information to be acquired, purposes of use, methods of acquisition
When the Application is used, the following items of User information will be gathered for the following purposes.
1． Users’ personal information
Users’ personal information will be gathered for the following purposes.
With regard to email addresses or SNS account information, the details entered by the User themselves are acquired.
- For the management and operation of the Application.
- For the use of public wireless LAN access services through Wi-Fi connections that support the Application.
- To contact the User when the need arises.
2．User attributes, etc.
We will acquire, save, and use the following user information (hereafter "attributes") related to the use of this application for the purposes below.
Information we acquire, save, and use
- We will acquire, save, and use information regarding the user's gender, age, area of use, and intended period of stay that is personally entered by the user.
- We will acquire, save, and use OS language information, various usage settings such as OS type, device information, and the registration dates of user information.
- The user's IP address and app operation log, information related to automatic authentication from the access point when connecting to Wi-Fi (including time, BSSID, and UUID), and traffic information such as data transmission volume and date will be automatically acquired, saved, and used via the application. The app operation log also includes the GPS location at the time of operation, location information based on the access point at the time of operation, operation details, and the ID, time, SSID, and BSSID provided to the user by this app.
Although this alone is not sufficient to identify the individual, we use the term "attributes" to refer to all information we manage with the same level of care as personal information. This company manages the attributes acquired through this application in the same way as personal information.
Purpose of use
- To confirm the User’s own Service usage status, in order to properly respond to the User’s queries.
- To investigate the number of Users of the Application.
- To analyze the usage conditions so that the Application’s functions may be improved.
- To analyze the usage conditions of the Application as statistical information, for use in local tourism and disaster prevention measures.
- For the use and application of big data acquired via this application, as well as for online advertising, content distribution, service development, and marketing by our clients, we will provide attributes to third party data analysis companies.
The attributes this company acquires and analyzes or provides to third parties do not include personal information. This company also will not link attributes to any information that can be used to identify the user.
When this company provides attributes to third parties, any information that could lead to the identification of the user will first be anonymized in a non-recoverable format. Therefore, the third parties we provide information to will not be able to identify or pinpoint the user.
3．Users' positional information
Of the user attributes acquired according to Paragraph 2 of this article, information related to automatic authentication from the access point when connecting to Wi-Fi, including GPS location, SSID, and BSSID (this includes location based on the access point) (hereafter "location information") will be used for the purposes of this app's main features, including procedures for using "public wireless LAN access services" via Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi connection support, and providing Wi-Fi spot information via maps. In order to make the following features effective, only if the user permits it, location based on the Wi-Fi access point in particular will be acquired on a regular basis even when this application is being used in the background.
- Automatically make an applicable Wi-Fi connection
- Login to the Wi-Fi connection and use public wireless LAN access services
Article 3. Consent
Please ensure that you have confirmed and understood the details of the Privacy Policy before using the Application. The details of the Privacy Policy are posted in full on the official website of the Application, which is the public announcement of the same. When you install the Application, please be sure to confirm the details of the Privacy Policy. If you are unable to agree to the Privacy Policy, please uninstall the Application.
Article 4. External transmissions
1. Information acquired in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 is transmitted to a server in the Company and used to the extent of the purposes of use.
2. The "Inquiries" feature of this app uses the following external services.
Information obtained through an enquiry will only be used for the purposes of responding to the enquiry and improving the features of the app.
・formrun
Provider company: Basic Inc.
Privacy Policy: https://basicinc.jp/privacy
Acquisition items: Email address, device metadata (OS version, app version, product ID, etc.)
Provision to third parties: None
3. The application incorporates information collection modules from other companies in order to analyze usage for the purpose of function improvement and to measure the effectiveness of advertising placement for the purpose of paying advertising agencies for this service.
・Adjust
Provider company: Adjust GmbH
Privacy Policy | Adjust https://www.adjust.com/ja/terms/privacy-policy/
Acquisition items: User ID, Device ID, Usage Data, Device Metadata(OS version, Adjust SDK and so on)
Purpose of use: Creation of statistical data for functional improvement in a form that does not identify individuals and measurement of the effectiveness of ad placement
Provision to third parties: None
Article 5. Provision to third parties
1. For the use and application of big data acquired through this application, as well as for online advertising, content distribution, service development, and marketing by our clients, we may provide all or part of the attributes acquired according to Paragraph 2 of Article 2 to third parties such as data analysis companies.
2. This company may use all or part of the attributes acquired according to Paragraph 2 of Article 2 as statistical information to analyze. We will use the analysis results to improve the features of this application, and will also provide them to local business owners for use in regional tourism and disaster prevention policies.
3. The information we provide to third parties does not include users' personal information. When this company provides attributes to a third party such as a data analysis company, any information that could lead to the identification of the user will first be anonymized in a non-recoverable format. Therefore, the third parties we provide information to will not be able to identify or pinpoint the user.
4. To use this application, you must agree to the provision of data to third parties according to the previous two paragraphs. If you do not agree, please uninstall this application.
Article 6. Method of User Involvement
1. In this application, the email addresses, social media accounts, user's gender, age, area of use, and intended period of stay registered by the user, the user's IP address and operation log automatically acquired by the application, information related to automatic authentication from the Wi-Fi access point, and traffic information such as data transmission volume and transmission date will be automatically destroyed when the user either uninstalls the app or does not use the app for a certain period of time. If you would like for this information to be deleted, please either go to "Reset account" from the "Inquiries" page, or uninstall this application.
2. Procedures are stipulated below for requesting notification of the purposes of personal information use or the disclosure of records of personal information provided to third parties (hereafter "disclosure etc"), or the correction, addition, deletion, suspension of use, or suspension of provision to third parties (hereafter "correction etc") of personal information according to methods not stipulated above (hereafter "requests for disclosure, correction etc").
(1) Where to submit requests for disclosure, correction, etc.
NTT Broadband Platform, Inc.
Information Desk
Urbannet Kanda Building, 3-6-2 Uchikanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0047
0120-261065 (10 am - 5 pm, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and year-end/New Year holidays)
(2) Procedures for disclosure, correction, etc.
a. Procedures for disclosure, etc.
When a customer has requested disclosure, etc., the Company will respond by the method of either provision of electromagnetic records, delivery of documents, or other method specified by the Company, as requested by the customer. However, when the Company has determined that disclosure by the method requested by the customer is difficult, the Company will inform the customer of said fact and the reason therefor, and will conduct disclosure by written documentation. In either case, a request for disclosure, etc. by the customer will be made through submission in writing in a format prescribed in advance by the Company.
When a request for disclosure, etc. has been made, the Company may not disclose requested information, in whole or in part, in accordance with the provisions of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information. In this case, the Company will provide notification of the fact of and the reasons for not performing disclosure, etc. In the case that the disclosure of personal information would infringe on the confidentiality of communications or would entail the risk of harm to the life, person, property, or other rights and interests of a person, the Company may not disclose the requested personal information, in whole or in part, to agents.
Customers who wish for disclosure, etc., are requested to contact the location for submission noted in (1). above. The Company will provide details of procedures.
b. Procedures for correction, etc.
When a customer has made a request for correction, etc., the Company will investigate the content of the request. In this case, a request for correction, etc. by the customer will be made through submission in writing in a format prescribed in advance by the Company.
If it is found through the investigation that the content of personal information is not true, if risk to the rights or legitimate interests of customers exists, or if the Company other deems handling of the personal information to be inappropriate, the Company will make corrections, etc.
When a request for correction, etc. has been made, the Company may not correct information, in whole or in part, in accordance with the provisions of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information. In this case, the Company will provide notification of the fact of and the reasons for not making corrections, etc.
Customers who wish for correction, etc., are requested to contact the location for submission noted in (1). above. The Company will provide details of procedures.
(3) Identity verification, etc.
When making requests for disclosure, correction, etc., documentation enabling confirmation of the identity of the individual to which the personal information pertains, or the agent of said individual, is required. Contact the location for submission noted in (1). above for details of necessary documentation.
(4) Fees, etc. related to requests for disclosure, etc. of personal information Fee: ¥440 (including ¥40 yen corresponding to consumption tax) for each request related to one contract (one customer ID, etc.)
Shipping: Cost of mailing via Japan Post registered mail
Billing method: The cost will be added to billing for the Company's usage fees. (For customers other than those contracting with the Company, payment will be made together with the request for disclosure.)
Contact the location for submission noted in (1). above for details of fee amounts, etc.
(5) Other
The content of this Personal Information Protection Policy notwithstanding, the Company will continue to handle verbal and email inquiries from customers at the Information Desk, etc.
Article 7. Service termination and handling of information
The use of the Application may be terminated by the User’s deletion (uninstalling) of the Application.
Article 8. Link to personal information protection policy
Please follow the link below to check the latest update of the Company’s personal information protection policy . In the event that the Company’s personal information protection policy differs from this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy shall have priority.
Article 9. Disclosure and provision of information
Without the consent of the User, the Company will not disclose or provide to any third party, with the exception of those specified in the Privacy Policy, any information acquired from the User via the Application and stored. The following cases, however, are exceptions.
- Where required by law.
- Where necessary in order to protect human life, limb or property, and where the consent of the User is difficult to obtain.
- Where a state agency or local public body or their designee, requires cooperation in accordance with statutory provisions, and where the consent of the User would or might constitute a hindrance to such cooperation.
- Other situations, within socially acceptable limits, where the Company judges that the consent of the User would be difficult to obtain.
Article 10. Enquiries
Please use the "Send email inquiry" function in the application for questions or inquiries about the handling of user information within this application.
Article 11. Changes
The Privacy Policy may be revised.
In the event of important revisions, Users will be contacted again for their consent.
Revised on January 25, 2021
Revised on february 5, 2021
Revised on January 31, 2022
Revised on April 7, 2022
Revised on May 11, 2022
Revised on August 30, 2022
Revised on June 29, 2023