Mercari R4D Privacy Policy
The Mercari R4D Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) applies to information collected from you through Mercari R4D’s official site (https://r4d.mercari.com; the “Site”) managed and operated by Mercari, Inc. (“Mercari”). Although the Site collects the information specified in “1. Information Collected,” the Site will not collect any personal information of yours (as defined in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information [Act No. 57 of 2003]; the “Personal Information Protection Act”) except for cases where the Site receives inquiries from you or replies from you to Mercari’s surveys. For the use of any service other than the Site (“Service”) operated by Mercari or another company described in the Privacy Guide (https://about.mercari.com/en/privacy/) (the “Group”), please see Mercari’s Privacy Policy (https://www.mercari.com/jp/privacy/).
1. Information Collected
In order to achieve the objective defined in “3. Purpose of Use of Collected Information,” Mercari collects the following information ((1), (2), and (3) below referred to as “Your Information”).
（1）The content of the Site you use
（2）When and how many times you use the Site
（3）Information on your use and browsing of the Site, such as your online activities through your use of the Site (including information related to your use of the Site, such as cookie information and access logs, your device information, your location information, and your information related to communications, such as your IP address, browser information, and browser language)
2. Collection and Management of Your Information
Mercari will collect Your Information through your use and browsing of the Site.
Each employee of Mercari engaged in the management or use of Your Information will place Your Information under strict control and take sufficient care in handling Your Information to protect Your Information against unauthorized access, loss, leakage, falsification, and other similar incidents. For the Group’s overall safety management of personal data, please see the Basic Policy for Safety Management of Individual Data (https://www.mercari.com/jp/data_security/).
（1）To provide you with the Site in a manner suitable to you
（2）To research and analyze how the Site is used
（3）To develop the Site or to improve the content of the Site to make it more satisfactory to you
（4）To respond to your inquiries
（5）To conduct research and development activities with the goal of implementation in society
（6）To distribute or display Mercari’s or a third party’s advertisements
（7）To distribute or display product information in services provided by Mercari or a third party
（8）To ensure safe use of the Site and prevent unauthorized use of the Site (including preventing unauthorized use, such as spamming and unauthorized access, and handling unauthorized use)
（9）To solve any trouble related to the operation of the Site
3. Purposes of Use of Your Information
Mercari will use Your Information specified in section 1 above for the following purposes:
（1）To provide you with the Site in a manner suitable to you
（2）To research and analyze how the Site is used
（3）To improve the content of the Site to make it more satisfactory to you or develop the Site
（4）To respond to your inquiries
（5）To conduct research and development activities with the goal of implementation in society
（6）To distribute or display user-targeted advertisements belonging to Mercari or a third party
（7）To distribute or display product information in services provided by Mercari or a third party
（8）To ensure safe use of the Site and prevent unauthorized use of the Site (including preventing unauthorized use, such as spamming and unauthorized access, and handling unauthorized use)
（9）To solve any trouble related to the operation of the Site
4. Provision of Your Information to Third Parties
Mercari will provide Your Information to a third party in accordance with laws and regulations:
（1）If Mercari considers the provision necessary to manage and operate the Site and obtains your consent to the provision
● If Mercari considers the provision necessary to settle a dispute with the third party
● If Mercari provides Your Information to the third party to distribute or display Mercari’s or the third party’s advertisements
● If Mercari provides Your Information to the third party to distribute or display product information provided by Mercari or the third party on the Site
（2）If, in accordance with laws and regulations, Mercari is required by any court, administrative agency, regulatory agency, or other public organization to provide Your Information
（3）If the provision is needed to protect the life, body, or property of a person, and it is difficult for Mercari to obtain your consent
（4）If the provision is particularly needed to improve public health or promote the sound growth of children, and it is difficult for Mercari to obtain your consent
（5）If Mercari needs to cooperate with a state organ, local government, or a person entrusted with any function provided for in laws and regulations by a state organ or local government in performing any function provided for in laws and regulations, and may impede the performance of the function by obtaining your consent
（6）If the third party is an academic and research institute and needs to use your personal data for academic and research purposes (including the case where part of the purposes of use of your personal data is an academic and research purpose and excluding the case where the provision unjustly infringes your rights or interests)
5. Entrustment of Handling of Your Information to Third Parties
Mercari may entrust a third party with the whole or part of its handling of Your Information to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes of use specified in “3. Purposes of Use of Your Information.” In this case, Mercari will fully check whether the third party meets its contractor selection criteria and execute a contract with the third party by setting forth provisions to ensure that the third party will properly manage Your Information.
6. Sharing of Your Information
Mercari will share Your Information with other companies of the Group to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes of use specified in “3. Purposes of Use of Your Information.”
（1）Information shared
Your Information specified in “1. Information Collected”
（2）Scope of parties sharing Your Information
The Group
（3）Purposes of sharing
To achieve the purposes of use specified in “3. Purposes of Use of Your Information”
（4）Person responsible for sharing
Mercari (for detailed contact information, please see “14. Inquiries”)
For Mercari’s address, representative, and other information, please click the link below:
https://about.mercari.com/en/about/company/
7. Use of Cookies
You can choose whether to allow the use of cookies. Most web browsers automatically allow the use of cookies, but you can change your browser settings to disallow the use of cookies.
（1）If you disallow the use of cookies, you may not be able to use the Site properly or reflect advertising preferences that need cookies.
（2）Mercari will automatically receive and store on its servers your cookie information and information on the advertisements and pages you view and your user environment, and other related information from your browser, and will use such information to improve your access to the Site and for security purposes, such as maintaining and protecting your session.
8. Google Analytics
To research and analyze your use of the Site, Mercari uses Google Analytics (a service provided by Google Inc.) on the Site. For the terms of service of Google Analytics, please visit the site of Google Analytics; for the privacy policy of Google Inc., please visit the company’s site.
Google Analytics Terms of Service:：
https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/
Google Privacy Policy：
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US
Google Analytics uses cookies and other mechanisms to track your use of the Site. If you do not want your data to be used by Google Analytics, please use Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provided by Google Inc.
Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
9. Use of Logs and Device Information
（1）Logs
Mercari will collect your IP address, browser type, browser language, and other information that is automatically generated when you visit the Site. Mercari will use such information to analyze your user environment and provide you with better service, as well as to prevent unauthorized activities that may interfere with its normal service provision. Mercari will keep and manage your search records in a form that does not allow your identification and use them to create statistical data and for other purposes.
（2）Device information
Mercari may collect your device information, including the identifier of your device. Mercari will use such information to provide you with better service and to prevent unauthorized activities that may interfere with its normal provision of service.
10. Management and Security of Your Information
Mercari will securely store Your Information on a server that general users cannot access and make efforts to protect Your Information against unauthorized access, loss, destruction, falsification, or leakage.
11. If You Are a Minor
If you are a minor, Mercari will also protect Your Information in the same manner as Mercari protects information collected from adults. To provide Your Information to a third party, Mercari may obtain the consent of your parents, custodian, or guardian if necessary.
12. Improvement and Revision of This Policy
Mercari improves and updates this Policy as necessary.
（1）Mercari may revise this Policy to reflect revisions to laws and regulations, due to its operational needs, or for other reasons. Mercari will notify you of any revision to this Policy.
（2）Please make sure to check the latest version of this Policy before you access the Site.
13. Procedures for Disclosure, Correction, and Discontinuation of Use of Your Personal Data Retained by Mercari
If Mercari has any retained personal data (referring to retained personal data as defined by the Personal Information Protection Act) of yours, you may request Mercari to disclose (including disclosure of records related to provision to third parties), make corrections, additions, or deletions to, discontinue using, erase, or discontinue providing to third parties the retained personal data, and Mercari will respond appropriately to the request in accordance with laws and regulations. If you want Mercari to disclose your retained personal data, you may make a request in accordance with the procedures separately prescribed by Mercari unless:
（1）the disclosure may harm your or a third party’s life, body, property, or other rights or interests;
（2）the disclosure may interfere significantly with proper business operations of Mercari;
（3）the disclosure violates laws and regulations; or
（4）Mercari cannot confirm that the request for the disclosure is made by you.
If, as a result of the disclosure, you determine that your personal data retained by Mercari contains false information, you may request Mercari to make corrections, additions, or deletions to such retained personal data in accordance with the procedures separately prescribed by Mercari. In this case, Mercari will conduct an investigation without delay to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes of use and, based on the investigation results, make corrections, additions, or deletions to such retained personal data.
You may also request Mercari to discontinue using, erase, or discontinue providing to third parties your retained personal data in accordance with the procedures separately prescribed by Mercari. In this case, Mercari will conduct an investigation without delay to the extent necessary; if Mercari recognizes the Group’s inappropriate handling of your retained personal data or otherwise considers that your request has reasonable grounds, Mercari will discontinue using, erase, or discontinue providing to third parties such retained personal data to the extent necessary to protect your rights and interests. However, if your request is not properly made or lacks reasonable grounds or it is difficult for Mercari to meet your request under laws and regulations, Mercari may not be able to meet your request.
Please note that if you request the disclosure of your retained personal data or records related to provision to third parties, Mercari may charge you for the disclosure in accordance with the procedures separately prescribed by Mercari.
14. Inquiries
If you have any inquiries about this Policy, please use the contact information below.
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 18th Floor, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6118
Person in charge of personal information, Mercari, Inc.
Revised on April 1, 2022
Revised on August 25, 2020
Established on October 24, 2019