Privacy Policy
Anime Right Now Policies for Handling Personal Information
Last Modified: June 16, 2020
The Anime Right Now LLC (hereinafter “the company“, “we”, “our” or “us”) handles Anime Right Now users’ personal information according to the following policies.
Articles of personal information collected
You can create a Anime Right Now account using your email address, Username and password. If you use an email address to create an account, you cannot change the email address associated with the account later. You may, however, edit your Username and password at any time.
The company also supports various social networking service (“SNS”) logins for convenient member registration and service provision, and during this process processes the following personal information.
- – Register with Facebook, Twitter, Google and Apple: ID, Username or display name
If you choose to create an account using an SNS login, you can still add an email address and/or Username to your profile. This is optional and you can edit your email address and Username at any time.
We also collect the email address of applicants to Anime Right Now, and reserve the right to collect contact information and item delivery information when you contact us or if you are sent items during a special event.
When you use our service, your network information(IP address, nation based on IP address, types of network, etc.), records of service use(frequency of use, coin usage, visited or consumed product, etc.), device information(make, model, OS, etc.) are generated and may be collected.
Methods of collecting personal information
The company collects the following information in order to provide you with its services.
- – Information submitted directly by users when registering for or using the WEBTOON service
- – Information provided to us by affiliated companies
- – Information automatically generated and collected in the course of using the service
Use of 3rd Party Analytics
The company uses a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about use of this site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. The company uses the information it gets from Google Analytics only to improve this site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site, rather than your name or other identifying information. The company does not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy. To-opt out of Analytics for the web, visit the Google Analytics opt-out page and install the add-on for your browser [here].
The company uses DoubleClick cookies. The cookie ID is used for the purpose of analyzing the effectiveness of advertisements and not displaying the same ads over and over again. Users can stop the use of DoubleClick cookies by visiting and changing Google’s advertisement settings [here].
The company also uses other 3rd party analytics for the same reasons stated above for Google Analytics, such as Facebook Analytics for Apps and Tune/Branch. These companies help the company understand your use of our service. In association with them, the company may collect your non-personal information such as IP address, app installation, age, language, device information. These are for internal use only and the company does not combine this information with what it gathered through your use of our service for identifying purposes. Documentation for Facebook Analytics for Apps can be found [here] and Facebook’s data policy can be found [here]. Privacy policy for Tune/Branch can be found [here] (Tune) / [here] (Branch).
Some of the advertisements you see on Anime Right Now are tailored to your interests and based on your online browsing activity. You may opt-out these ‘tailored advertisements’ from third-party ad providers who are members of The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) by clicking [here]. You may also find additional details on how to opt-out on your mobile devices [here]. Please note, opting out of interest-based advertising does not mean you will no longer see advertising on our platform. Upon opting out, the company or companies which you opt out from will no longer show advertisements that have been tailored to your interests.
The purpose of collecting and using personal information
The company makes use of collected information for the following purposes.
- – Helping users make use of the service more smoothly
- – To distinguish users and prevent improper usage of the site
- – To generate statistical data pertaining to usage of the service
- – To conduct surveys and analyses necessary for improving the service
- – To draw tickets and send out prizes for campaigns and events
- – To confirm a user’s identity when we receive an inquiry and to be able to respond to it
- – For payment and billing when a user purchases a product or uses a service which is not free
- – To send users important notifications when necessary
- – To disseminate advertisement information for events
Sharing and provision of personal information
As a rule, the company does not share user information with external parties without prior consent from users. However, the following instances are exceptions.
- – When users have agreed to information sharing
- – When it is required by law
The rights of users and legal representatives and how to exercise them
- – Users and legal representatives may at any time view or edit their own registered personal information or that of a minor who is less than 13 years of age. They may also request the deletion of their account.
- – When a user requests an amendment to incorrect personal information, we do not use or provide the personal information until it has been corrected. In addition, if incorrect personal information has already been provided to a third party, we notify the third party immediately of the amendment to be made and ensure that the information is corrected.
- – The company processes personal information suspended or deleted upon the request of a user or legal representative as per the section “Period of storage and usage of personal information.” We ensure that the information cannot be viewed or used for any other purpose.
[For U.S Residents Only]
In connection with the Anime Right Now service, we do not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13, we will promptly delete that information. If you believe that a child under age 13 may have provided us with personal information, please contact us as specified in the HOW TO CONTACT US section of this Privacy Policy.
Installation, management and refusal of automatic personal information collection devices
- – Purpose of using cookies
We use and analyze cookies from services used or websites visited by users in order to provide users with optimal service. - – Installing, managing and refusing cookies
The user has the right to choose their cookie settings. By using the options provided by their browser or OS, the user may allow or refuse cookie storage. However, when cookie storage is refused, users may experience difficulties using certain services which require login.
Period of storage and usage of personal information
As a rule, the company eliminates records of users’ personal information once the purpose of their collection and usage is accomplished. However, in cases where records need to be stored according to the company’s internal policies or relevant legislature, we reserve the right to store personal information for a certain period of time.
The process and methods of eliminating personal information
The process and methods of eliminating personal information are as follows.
- – Process of elimination
Once the purpose of information entered by users to make use of the service has been accomplished, it is stored for a certain period of time and then eliminated as per the company’s internal policies and relevant legislation. Unless it is stipulated by law, the personal information will not be used for anything other than storage. - – Methods of elimination
Personal information printed on paper is shredded, and information stored electronically is permanently deleted so as to prevent it from ever being used again.
For inquiries concerning the protection of personal information
If you have any questions, concerns or inquiries concerning the Policies for Handling Personal Information, you may send them to our personal information management department at: Customer Care.
Scope of effectiveness
The Policies for Handling Personal Information do not apply to information collected by other companies through linked pages within the service.
Amendments to the Policies for Handling Personal Information
If any additions, deletions or amendments are made to the Policies for Handling Personal Information, a notification will be posted on the “Notice” page at least 7 days prior to any changes made. However, for significant changes made to user rights such as the collection and utilization or provision to third parties of personal information, we will post a notification 30 days in advance.
Anime Right Now Privacy Policy for EU residents
** If you are a user having your usual residence in EU, this Policy shall apply.
INTRODUCTION
ANIME RIGHT NOW LLC (hereinafter “the company”, “we”, “our” or “us”) is concerned about the protection of your personal information and is committed to the respect of your privacy. The purpose of this privacy policy is to provide you with clear and transparent information on how we collect, process, store, share and transfer any information that can directly or indirectly identify you (hereinafter “personal information”).
DATA CONTROLLER
ANIME RIGHT NOW LLC whose head office is located in 19397 Pummelo Drive, Orlando, FL 32827, USA, is the data controller of the processing activities relating to your personal information as further described in this privacy policy.
KEY INFORMATION
We collect certain of your personal information through our application and/or website in particular to allow you to register to our services, to provide you with the services you subscribed to and also for marketing purposes when you gave your consent. We mostly collect identification and usage information (i.e. Email address, name, Username, password, social networks profile information when you decide to register via any of your existing social networks account. The categories of information we may collect as part of the services and the corresponding purposes and related legal basis are detailed in the table set out under section 2 of the privacy policy.
You have rights of access to and rectification or erasure of your personal data and to restrict or object to its processing, as well as the right to data portability, which you can exercise at any time by making a written request to the following address: [insert the relevant email address].You also have the right to lodge a complaint about our processing of your personal data with the competent supervisory authority, such as the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL). To the extent the French data protection legislation is applicable, you have the right to establish instructions in respect of the retention, the deletion and the transmission of your personal data after your death. Where the processing of your personal data is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing which were based on consent before its withdrawal. More detailed information related to your data protection rights is available under section 4 of the privacy policy.
CHILDREN
Children under the age of 15 years old cannot subscribe directly to ANIME RIGHT NOW LLC services without verifiable parental prior consent or authorization obtained through the “Approval Verification from Parents” process displayed before being able to register. We do not intentionally collect personal information from children under the age of 15 years old. If we realize that we have collected personal information of a child under 15, or equivalent minimum age depending on jurisdiction, outside the above mentioned case, we will delete any personal information related to such child. For more information on the authorized processing of children’s information, read more under section 10 of the privacy policy.
CONTACT
Should you have any questions or concerns on this privacy policy or on the processing of your personal information, feel free to contact us by sending an email to our (i) Data Protection Officer (DPO) at the following address fmw.arn@animerightnow.com. For more information on the way to contact us for any privacy questions or complaints, please see section 11 of this privacy policy.
1. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND PROCESS
We collect certain of your personal information through our application and/or website to be able to provide you with the best experience of the services and also for marketing purposes under your consent. We mostly collect identification and usage information.
The categories of information we may collect as part of the services and the corresponding purposes and related legal basis are detailed in the table set out under section 2 below.
2. PURPOSES AND LEGAL BASIS FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
| CATEGORY OF INFORMATION | PURPOSE(S) OF THE PROCESSING | RELEVANT LEGAL BASIS |
| Date of birth | – to allow us verifying if you are 16 years old or above. | To comply with our legal obligation not to process children’s personal information without parental consent or authorization. |
| Email address, Username and password | – to create your own account. – to login to your account once created. – to provide you with the services you subscribed to according to the terms you have accepted. – to detect and prevent misuse or improper usage of the services provided through the app or on the website. | Necessary for the performance of the contract |
| Facebook services identification information : name, account’s profile picture and email address | – to allow you to register via your existing Facebook account. – to provide you with the services you subscribed to according to the terms you have accepted. – to detect and prevent misuse or improper usage of the services provided through the app or on the website. | Necessary for the performance of the contract |
| Twitter services identification information : pseudonym, email address and account’s profile picture | – to allow you to register via your existing Twitter account. – to provide you with the services you subscribed to according to the terms you have accepted. – to detect and prevent misuse or improper usage of the services provided through the app or on the website. | Necessary for the performance of the contract |
| Google services identification information : email address or telephone number and account’s profile picture. | – to allow you to register via your existing Google account. – to provide you with the services you subscribed to according to the terms you have accepted. – to detect and prevent misuse or improper usage of the services provided through the app or on the website. | Necessary for the performance of the contract |
| Apple services identification information : display name and email address. | – to allow you to register via your existing Apple account. – to provide you with the services you subscribed to according to the terms you have accepted. – to detect and prevent misuse or improper usage of the services provided through the app or on the website. | Necessary for the performance of the contract |
| Name and email address | – to allow us providing you with special features requested by you. – to respond to your requests. – to inform you of any changes to be made to the privacy policy. – to send you special offers, marketing content relating to ANIME RIGHT NOW LLC’s similar products and services. | – necessary for the performance of the contract – necessary for the performance of the contract – necessary for the performance of the contract – Our legitimate interests |
| Usage information | – to ensure and monitor the effectiveness and availability of the services provided. – for internal purposes, to generate statistical data pertaining to usage of the services. – for pre-litigation and litigation purposes. – for internal purposes, to conduct surveys and analyses necessary to allow us improving the services. – For security purposes. | – Our legitimate interests namely to (i) monitor and resolve issues with the services and to improve on a regular basis the services, (ii) to tailor the content to the users’ preferences, (iii) to develop new features, services and products. |
| Personal information relating to the organisation of contests and/or any promotional operations : date of participation, responses to the contests and nature of the prizes offered | – to send you information and prizes for campaigns and events. | Legitimate interest |
| Personal information obtained through the setting of cookies (for further information please see section 9 of this privacy policy) : in particular, unique identifier of a cookie, IP address, identifier of your terminal, device model, types of network, languages and country preferences, etc. | – to personalize your experience. – to better understand your usage, interests and preferences. – to improve performance of the website and the application. – for more information, please refer to section 9 of this privacy policy. | – Where your consent has been given through the cookies setting mechanism displayed on your access to the application and to the website. – For more information on consent mechanisms relating to cookies, please refer to section 9 of this privacy policy |
Transaction Data / Payment details: we do not collect or process any transaction data concerning you (e.g. credit card details). Such information is only collected and processed through Apple’s App Store and Google Play Store. The only information that Apple and Google may share with us is technical information that does not allow us to identify you (e.g. transaction number), and is only processed to validate the transactions.
3. HOW DO WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
3.1 Personal information you provide to us directly
When you use our services, you share information with us, some of which may be used to identify you. In particular:
Personal information required to register
The following information are required to subscribe to our services and to be able to create an account. If you do not want to share this information with us, we will not be able to provide you with the services offered in the application and/or on the website and you will not be able to create your account.
– Your date of birth;
– Your email address;
– Your Username.
3.2 Personal information we receive from social networks when registering to our services
When you choose to login via existing social networks services, the relevant social network may allow us to access to or share with us certain information about you:
– If you use your existing Facebook account to login, Facebook will share with us your name, your account’s profile picture and your email address;
– If you use your existing Twitter account to login, Twitter will share with us your pseudonym, email address and your account’s profile picture;
– If you use your existing Google account to login, Google will share with us your email address or telephone number and your account’s profile picture; and
– If you use your existing Apple account to login, Apple will share with us your display name and email address.
3.3 Personal information we collect automatically through the use of cookies
Please refer to section 9 of the privacy policy
4. YOUR RIGHTS
4.1 Your data protection rights
Your right of access: you have the right to ask us whether or not we are using or storing your personal information. You can also ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification: you have the right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to complete information you consider is incomplete.
Your right to erasure: you have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in the following circumstances: (i) we no longer need your personal information, (ii) you initially consented to the use of your personal information, but have now withdrawn your consent, (iii) you have objected to the use of your personal information and your interests outweigh those of our company, (iv) we have collected or used your personal information unlawfully; and/or (v) we have a legal obligation to erase your personal information.
Your right to restriction of processing: you have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in the following circumstances: temporarily limit when (i) you have challenged the accuracy of your personal information; or (ii) you have objected to the use of your personal information and /or limit if (i) we processed your personal information unlawfully without you wishing to delete it; and (ii) we no longer need your personal information but you wish us to keep it in order to defend or exercise legal claims.
Your right to object to processing: you have the right to object to the processing of your personal information if we are using your personal information for (i) a task carried out in the public interest, (ii) our legitimate interests, (iii) scientific or historical research or statistical purposes; or (iv) direct marketing.
Your right to data portability: this right applies to personal information you have provided to us and where the processing is automated and based on your consent or made under a contract. You have the right to ask us, if technically feasible, to transfer your personal information to another organization or directly provide it to you in a way accessible and machine readable.
You also have the right to withdraw consent at any time where the processing is based on your consent, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before such withdrawal.
4.2 How to exercise your rights
– You can also directly exercise any of the above listed rights in the application by contacting us through the section [“Your rights”] directly available through the settings of the application.
5. HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
ANIME RIGHT NOW LLC has implemented and is maintaining adequate technical, physical and organizational measures (e.g. limited access, internal security and IT policies, back-up plans) to ensure the confidentiality and security of your personal information, in particular to protect personal information against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, damage, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access as well as all other forms of unlawful processing (including, but not limited to, unnecessary collection) or further processing.
6. HOW LONG WILL WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
ANIME RIGHT NOW LLC will immediately delete your personal information once the purpose for which they have been collected and processed is attained. In other words, we will not keep your personal information for longer than necessary.
For more information on specific retention periods applicable to specific purposes, please refer to our data retention policy.
7. COOKIES
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and devices by us when you use our application or visit our website. They are widely used to make the application and our website work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide us with more information.
ANIME RIGHT NOW LLC uses cookies and other technologies (such as web storage) (collectively referred to as “cookies”) necessary for authentication and security purposes. We would also like to use optional cookies to provide personalized content and to improve our services based on how you use such services.
In any event, cookies will not be set for more than 13 months following which we will ask your consent again before setting again such cookies.
8. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
We do not provide services directly or proactively to children under the age of 16 years old nor do we intentionally collect their personal information. If we realize that we have collected personal information of a child under 16, or equivalent minimum age depending on jurisdiction, we will delete any personal information related to such child.
Therefore, before being able to login and/or register, we will ask you to provide age-related information to help us comply with data protection laws. In particular, we will request your date of birth to determine whether or not you are allowed to benefit from the services or we have to obtain verifiable parental consent from your parent or relevant holder of parental responsibility before allowing you to access and/or benefit from the services.
11. HOW TO CONTACT US
– In any event, you can contact us in writing at the following address: Anime Right Now LLC head office located at 19397 Pummelo Drive, Orlando, FL 32827, USA.
12. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
You may identify hyperlinks to access the websites of other organizations on our websites or in the content we provide to you (e.g. promotional email or events). Please note that this privacy policy does not cover how other companies will process your personal information. We recommend you read the privacy policies applicable to such other websites.
13. UPDATES AND CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
We keep our privacy policy under regular review to ensure it is up to date and accurate in particular in accordance with the applicable data protection regulation.
In case of significant changes, we will inform you of such changes and provide you with a hyperlink to the updated privacy policy 30 days in advance. This information will be provided to you by email and will be made available through a pop-up window when opening the application or visiting the website again.
Anime Right Now Privacy Policy for Creators
** This section supplements the Privacy Policy and applies solely to creators. If not specified in this section, please follow the Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
When you use Ad Revenue Sharing Program, we may need collect the following information :
– We may request that your PayPal ID or Stripe ID be linked to the Service.
– If you choose to provide us your PayPal ID, we may ask for additional information such as your Name (Legal Name/Business Alias), Full name/Business name, Country, Residency, Address, Postal code, E-mail, Signature and Tax ID (or Social Security Number when applicable) for tax processing purposes.
How We Use the Information We Collect
– Verify your identity to comply with applicable federal laws;
– Provide Ad Revenue Sharing Program to creators;
– Send emails relevant to your usage, as controlled by your email preference;
– Reply to your questions;
– Understand how you use the Service and create better Ad Revenue Sharing Program;
– Conduct research and development to improve Ad Revenue Sharing Program and develop future products;
– Comply with and enforce applicable law requirements, our statutory obligations (e.g., tax laws), relevant industry standards and our policies, including this Privacy Policy; and/or
– Prevent fraud and abuse of Ad Revenue Sharing Program.
