Privacy Policy
biscuit Inc. (biscuitgallery) (hereinafter, “the Company”) hereby establishes the following Privacy Policy regarding the handling of personal information acquired in connection with its business.
1. Scope of “Personal Information”
“Personal information” means information about a living individual that can identify the specific individual by name, date of birth, or other description (including information that can be readily collated with other information and thereby identify a specific individual).
2. Personal Information the Company Acquires
In conducting its business, the Company may acquire the following personal information.
(1) Name
(2) Date of birth
(3) Contact information (email address, phone number, mailing address, etc.)
(4) Other information necessary for the Company to conduct its business
3. Purposes of Use of Personal Information
The Company will use personal information acquired from the individual for the following purposes.
Customers of the Company
(1) To deliver purchased artworks, send invoices, process payments, and otherwise conduct the Company’s business
(2) To send information about artists’ new works, solo exhibitions, group exhibitions, receptions, art fairs, and other events
(3) To send important notices such as changes to the Company’s terms of service or privacy policy
(4) To respond to inquiries
(5) For other purposes incidental to the above
Artists
(1) For the consideration of contracts between artists and the Company
(2) For the promotion of artists and the sale of artworks
(3) For communications related to the Company’s business
(4) For other purposes incidental to the above
Job Applicants
(1) For consideration of hiring
(2) For human-resources administration after hiring and communications related to the Company’s business
(3) For other purposes incidental to the above
4. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties
In conducting its business, the Company will not provide personal information to third parties without the consent of the individual, except in the following cases.
(1) When required by laws and regulations
(2) When provision to a third party is necessary to protect the life, body, or property of a person, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual
(3) When particularly necessary for improving public hygiene or promoting the sound upbringing of children, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual
(4) When cooperation with a national government agency, a local government, or a person entrusted by either of them is necessary to execute affairs prescribed by laws and regulations, and obtaining the consent of the individual would risk impeding the execution of those affairs
(5) When disclosure is necessary for investigating the fraudulent use of services or for criminal investigations to police, credit card companies, financial institutions, payment processors, and the like
(6) When the individual has requested the use of a service provided by a third party and disclosure is necessary for the use of that service
5. Joint Use with Artists
The Company may jointly use acquired personal information with the artists who created the works the customer has purchased.
(1) Categories of personal information jointly used: name, date of birth, contact information (email address, phone number, mailing address)
(2) Scope of parties jointly using the information: the artists who created the works the customer has purchased
(3) Purposes of use by the users
a) Management of artwork provenance, b) sending information about new works, solo exhibitions, group exhibitions, receptions, art fairs, and other events, c) responding to inquiries, d) other purposes incidental to the above
(4) Party responsible for managing the personal information
biscuit Inc. (biscuitgallery)
Address: 8F Matsui Building, 3-32-10 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Mahiko Kobayashi
6. Access to Personal Information by the Individual
If the Company receives a request from an individual based on the Act on the Protection of Personal Information for disclosure, correction, etc. of personal information held by the Company, the Company will respond in accordance with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information after verifying the identity of the individual by means such as a driver’s license or passport.
7. Deletion of Acquired Personal Information
When the Company no longer needs to use acquired personal information, the Company will endeavor to delete such personal information within a reasonable period.
8. Changes to the Privacy Policy
The Company may change this Privacy Policy by clearly indicating the date of change. Changes will be effective on the indicated date of change, so please review the latest Privacy Policy from time to time.
9. Business Operator Handling Personal Information
biscuit Inc. (biscuitgallery)
Address: 8F Matsui Building, 3-32-10 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Mahiko Kobayashi
Contact for inquiries
For inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact [info(at)biscuitgallery.com].
Enacted: March 1, 2021
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