Privacy policy

Effective Date: June 1st, 2024

1. INTRODUCTION

At areme, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto. By accessing our website, you agree to this privacy policy.

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering with the website, expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when participating in activities on our website, or otherwise contacting us. The personal information we collect may include:

• Identity Data includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, title.

• Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.

• Financial Data includes potentially bank account and payment card details, although all payments made via to us via the website are via third party payment providers and we do not have access to the payment details you submit to them.

• Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.

• Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.

• Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products, and services.

• Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this Policy.

We may also anonymise web traffic and transaction data for statistical purposes, and consequently we may share anonymised data with third parties.  

3. HOW WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

• Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:

• provide us to receive newsletters, offers, or to enter a contest

• provide us to fulfill an order for products purchased through the Website.

• request marketing / product recommendation to be sent to you

• request help solving technical issues

• give us feedback or contact us

• Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. 

4. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use your information for various purposes, such as:

• To personalize your site experience and to deliver content and product offerings relevant to your interests.

• To provide, operate, and maintain our website.

• To improve, personalize, and expand our website.

• To understand and analyze how you use our website.

• To develop new products, services, features, and functionality.

5. SHARING YOUR INFORMATION

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

• Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work.

• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

6. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

Our website may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave our site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy.

7. SECURTY OF YOUR INFORMATION

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.

8. POLICY ON CHILDREN INFORMATION

Our Website is not directed to children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect any personal information about children under the age of 18. If we obtain actual knowledge that we have collected personal information about a child under the age of 18, that information will be promptly deleted from our database, unless it is necessary to retain it for legal purposes. If a parent believes that his or her child has submitted personal information to us, he or she can contact us using the contact information provided below. We will promptly delete the information upon learning that it relates to a child under the age of 18. Please note that it is possible some of this information may remain archived in web logs and back-up archives after we delete the information from our active database.

9. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time and if we do, we will post the new Privacy Policy on this page. If the changes are significant, we may provide a more prominent notice, such as by sending you an email. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

10. CONTACT US

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

• Email: hello@areme.co.jp

• Company name: A&T TRADING CO., LTD. 

• Address: Birth Lab, 1F, Azabu Juban Takagi Building, 2-20-7, Azabu Juban, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 106-0045