Business Operator and Representative

Pacific Meta Co., Ltd.
Shota Iwasaki, Representative Director
Hamamatsucho PREX 8F, 2-2-12 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0014, Japan

Personal Information We Collect

We collect personal information in the following situations.

• Submissions through our contact and document request forms (name, company, department and title, email address, phone number, and the content of your inquiry)
• Newsletter subscriptions (name and email address)
• Membership registration for Blockchain Souken, our research media, and applications for Blockchain Souken Prime, its paid plan (name, company, and email address). Payment for the paid plan is made on a checkout page operated by Stripe, our payment processor, which collects and stores your credit card details. We do not collect card details ourselves; we keep only the status of your subscription and the contact details needed for billing
• Job applications (name, contact details, and career history)
• Information provided through business activities such as meetings, events, and the exchange of business cards
• Information generated when you browse this website (cookies, IP address, browsing history, and device or browser information)

Purposes of Use

We use the personal information we collect for the following purposes.

• Responding to inquiries, document requests, and consultations
• Proposing, quoting, concluding, and performing contracts for our services
• Sending newsletters, seminar invitations, and other information about our services and industry developments
• Providing member content, managing memberships, and billing and payment processing for Blockchain Souken and Blockchain Souken Prime
• Analyzing how this website is used and improving our services and content
• Recruitment screening and communication with applicants
• Complying with laws and responding to conduct that violates our terms of use

Cookies, Analytics, and Advertising Tags

This website uses cookies to understand how it is used and to improve our services. Through Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics, provided by Google LLC, we collect information such as pages viewed and time spent on the site. We also use Microsoft Clarity, provided by Microsoft Corporation, to record on-page interactions and improve usability. This information does not identify you personally and is managed under each provider's privacy policy. In addition, we use our own cookie to record the path (articles or pages viewed) that led to an inquiry.

This website also carries measurement tags used to evaluate advertising performance and to deliver advertising based on your interests. Information such as the pages you view and identifiers linked to cookies is sent from your device to the following providers: Google LLC (Google Ads), Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta ads), X Corp. (X ads), LinkedIn Corporation (LinkedIn ads), and LY Corporation (Yahoo! JAPAN ads and LINE ads). Please refer to each provider's privacy policy for how they handle this information.

You can disable cookies in your browser settings, although some features of this website may then be unavailable. For details on how Google handles data, please see the Google Privacy Policy.

Provision to Third Parties and Outsourcing

We do not provide personal information to third parties without your consent, except in the following cases.

• Where required by law
• Where necessary to protect a person's life, body, or property and it is difficult to obtain your consent
• Where necessary to cooperate with a government body carrying out duties prescribed by law

We may outsource the handling of personal information to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes of use. We use external services to manage inquiries and internal communication, to classify and summarize inquiries, to deliver email, and to process payments, some of which are provided by operators located in the United States or other countries. Through our agreements with these providers, we confirm that security measures equivalent to those required under the APPI are in place, and we supervise them as necessary and appropriate.

Security Measures

To prevent the leakage, loss, or damage of personal information, we take the following measures.

• Internal rules on the handling of personal information and the appointment of a personal information protection manager
• Training for employees and enforcement of confidentiality obligations
• Access control for systems that handle personal information and encryption of communications
• Selection criteria for service providers and periodic review of those providers

Should an incident such as a data leak occur, we will prioritize preventing further harm, take corrective action, investigate the cause, and work to prevent recurrence. We will also report the incident to the affected individuals and the Personal Information Protection Commission as required by law.

Requests for Disclosure, Correction, and Suspension of Use

If you request disclosure, correction, addition, deletion, suspension of use, erasure, or suspension of provision to third parties of your retained personal data, we will verify your identity and respond without delay in accordance with the law. Please send such requests to the contact point below. A fee may be charged for disclosure requests.

Compliance and Revisions

We comply with the laws and guidelines of Japan that apply to the handling of personal information. We review this policy in response to legal amendments and changes in our business, and any revised policy takes effect when it is posted on this website.

Contact

For questions, consultations, complaints, or requests such as disclosure regarding the handling of personal information, please contact us at the following.

Pacific Meta Co., Ltd., Personal Information Inquiries
Hamamatsucho PREX 8F, 2-2-12 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0014, Japan
E-Mail: info@pacific-meta.co.jp