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Privacy Policy

The purpose of this document (“Privacy Policy”) is to inform you (“you” or “User”) of how LINE NEXT Corp. manages Personal Data in connection with LINE NEXT Corp.’s services (hereinafter referred to as the “Services”).

Please take a moment to read this Privacy Policy carefully so that you know and understand the purposes for which we collect, use and disclose your Personal Data.

By interacting with us, submitting information to us, or signing up for or accessing Services offered by us, you indicate your acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy and consent to LINE NEXT Corp. (including LINE NEXT Affiliates), as well as their respective representatives and/or agents (collectively referred to herein as "the Company", "us", "we" or "our") collecting, using, disclosing and sharing amongst themselves your Personal Data, and disclosing such Personal Data to the Company's authorized service providers and relevant third parties in the manner set forth in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with or are not comfortable with any aspect of this Privacy Policy, you should immediately discontinue access to or use of the Services.

LINE NEXT Corp. does not collect any data from individuals located in the European Union, United Kingdom and/or United States. Our website and services are not intended for EU/UK/US residents, and we do not knowingly collect personal Data from them. If you are an EU/UK/US resident, please refrain from using our website or providing any personal Data.

1. Personal Data Collected by the Company (hereinafter the “Personal Data”)
When you use or access the Services, we may collect the following categories of personal data (or personal information) from you or about you:

Category	Personal Data
Data you provide us when signing up	(To sign up for Services via Social Media) Social Media Type, Social Media Identifier
Data collected via technology when using the Services	Location Information(Area Only), Service usage history, Access history, Payment History, App identification, Device information(OS type and version)
User Inquiry Processing	Information on the inquiry form, Information generated during complaint handling, Correspondence, being information that you provide to us in correspondence, including ongoing customer support (Example: The user directly enters their email for event participation)

In addition to the foregoing, the Company may require you to provide additional Personal Data when you require support, send us information for troubleshooting or other analysis, participate in a survey or our other promotional activities or solicit any other communication from us, among other activities.

2. Use of Third-party Modules

We may install modules of a third-party SDK in our Services for the following purposes:

to analyze the status of use of our Services;
to comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

With regard to your Personal Data that is processed by a third-party through a module provided by such third party, the privacy policy of such third party will apply.

3. Purpose for Collection, Use and Disclosure of User Personal Data
A. To provide the Services
We use Personal Data to provide you with Services pursuant to the LINE NEXT Terms of Service. For example, we may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

to offer undisturbed, smooth Services to you (including, but not limited to, software upgrades and improvements of the Services);
to ensure that the Services are functioning properly;
to administer our application and to track user movement;
for troubleshooting purposes;
to allow you to manage your account; and/or
to conduct any other activities that are required to provide the Service

B. To enforce the terms of the LINE NEXT Terms of Service and other agreements
We use Personal Data to enforce the LINE NEXT Terms of Service, this Privacy Policy (including relevant Addendums hereto) and other agreements with Users (collectively, the “Policies”), as well as agreements with third parties. For example, we may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

to detect, prevent, investigate or report actual or potential violations of the Policies or any suspected illegal activities;
in connection with any claims, actions or proceedings (including but not limited to drafting and reviewing documents, transaction documentation, obtaining legal advice, and facilitating dispute resolution), and/or protecting and enforcing our contractual and legal rights and obligations;
to protect us and our operations or those of our service providers;
to protect the rights, privacy, safety and property of us and our service providers;
to prevent physical harm or financial loss or any other risk for us, any of our service providers or any other individual involved in the provision of the Services;
to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we or our service providers may sustain.

C. To detect and prevent fraud
We process your Personal Data to detect and prevent fraud on your account. For example, we may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

to prevent any unauthorized/fraudulent use of the Services;
to prevent, detect and investigate crime and analyze and manage commercial risks and conduct investigations relating to disputes, billing or fraud; and/or
to perform identity verification when you make an inquiry or give us instructions.

D. To protect your rights and data and seek to ensure the integrity of the Services
Maintaining the security of your account and the Service requires us to process Personal Data, including information about your device, your account activity and other relevant information. For example, we may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

to prevent any data breach or circumvention of our security measures or to mitigate any possible adverse effects from such activities;
to test, assess, or otherwise evaluate the effectiveness of the technical and organizational measures (which ensure the security of the processing of your Personal Data) put into place by us or by our service providers (including our Outsourced Contractors, as defined below); and/or
to protect your rights, privacy, safety and property.

E. To comply with legal and regulatory requirements
We process your Personal Data as required by applicable laws and regulations. For example, we may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

to respond to a verified request relating to a criminal investigation (e.g. subpoena, court order or substantially similar legal procedure) or alleged illegal activity or any other activity that may expose us or any of our service providers, or you, to any legal proceeding or legal liability;
to meet or comply with any applicable rules, laws, regulations, codes of practice or guidelines issued by any legal or regulatory bodies which are binding on us (including but not limited to responding to regulatory complaints, disclosing to regulatory bodies and conducting audit checks, due diligence and investigations); and/or
to respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence.

F. To provide you with customer support services
We process your Personal Data any time that you reach out to our Customer Support team with issues arising from your account or your use of the Services. For example, we may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

to respond to your inquiries and support needs and to fulfill any other request you may have made to us;
to notify you of any other important information regarding the Services and to contact you where necessary;
to send you administrative information, such as information concerning changes to the Policies or other announcements regarding the Services; and/or
to otherwise provide customer support services to you.

G. To optimize and enhance the Services
We use your Personal Data to understand how our Services are being used and to help us improve the Services and develop new products. For example, we may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

to personalize your experience by presenting content tailored to your interests;
to develop new features of the Services or other products offered by us;
to allow you to participate in usability studies, surveys and product tests;
to aggregate statistical data regarding the Services;
to conduct research and analysis aimed at reviewing and improving the Services; and/or
to perform data analysis and audits for the purpose of improving or developing new features or services relating to the Services.

H. To market our products to you
Based on your communication preferences, we may send you marketing communications (e.g., emails or mobile notifications) to inform you about our events; to deliver personalized marketing; and to provide you with promotional offers. Our marketing will be conducted in accordance with your advertising/marketing preferences and as permitted by applicable law.

I. For other business purposes
From time to time, and as required under applicable law, we may request your permission to allow us to share your Personal Data with third parties not presently covered by this Privacy Policy, or to use your Personal Data for a purpose that is incompatible with the purposes for which it was originally collected or for which your consent was subsequently obtained.

4. Sale or Other Disclosure of Personal Data

We do not sell, rent, release, disseminate, make available, transfer, exchange, share, communicate or otherwise disclose (hereinafter “disclose”) your Personal Data to third parties for their marketing purposes, or for other purposes not contemplated by this Privacy Policy or permitted under applicable law. Subject to restrictions imposed under applicable law, this shall not prejudice our right to disclose your Personal Data to others (including public authorities, law enforcement agencies, data protection authorities or regulatory agencies, government officials or any other authorized third party) for the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy, if:

it is necessary for the conclusion or the performance of a contract or for the provision of the Services;
it is required by law or by virtue of public interest;
it is required pursuant to a civil, criminal or regulatory inquiry, investigation, subpoena or summons;
it is required by virtue of your vital interest;
it is necessary to pursue the Company’s legitimate business purposes, including the exercise or defense of legal claims;
you have given your consent; or
it is so allowed on another legal basis.

We may provide the Personal Data to any of the LINE NEXT Affiliates if the LINE NEXT Affiliate is appointed or engaged by us to provide any part of the Services. We shall take steps to ensure that the LINE NEXT Affiliates abide by this Privacy Policy so as to protect your Personal Data.

In addition, we may disclose your Personal Data to third parties in the following circumstances:

To financial institutions with which we partner to process payments you have authorized.
To service providers under contract who assist in the provision of Services or help with parts of our business operations (“Outsourced Contractors”).
Examples of the types of Outsourced Contractors we may share Personal Data with from time to time (other than those mentioned above) include those providing the following types of services:

Security threat detection
Payment processing
Transaction monitoring
Custody
Customer support
Internet (e.g., ISPs)
Data analytics
Information technology
Advertising and marketing
Data processing
Network infrastructure
Data storage and document repository services
Tax reporting

To companies or other entities that we plan to merge with or be acquired by, to the extent permitted under applicable law. You will receive prior notice of any change in applicable policies.
To companies or other entities that purchase our assets pursuant to a court-approved sale or where we are required to share your information pursuant to insolvency laws in any applicable jurisdiction.
To our professional advisors who provide banking, legal, compliance, insurance, accounting or other consulting services, including to complete third-party financial, technical, compliance and legal audits of our operations or to otherwise comply with our legal obligations.
To law enforcement officials, or other third parties when we are compelled to do so by a subpoena, court order or similar legal procedure, or when we believe in good faith that the disclosure of such Personal Data is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, to report suspected illegal activity or to investigate violations of the LINE NEXT Terms of Service or any other applicable Policies.

Specific Outsourced Contractors and other third parties with which we (or our affiliates) have entered into service contracts for identity verification and other services, and with which your Personal Data may be shared in accordance with this Privacy Policy, include (but are not necessarily limited to) the following:

A. Disclosure

Company	Country	Details
LY Corporation	Japan	Infra operation and Data storage
Naver Cloud Corporation	Korea	Infra operation and Data storage
inComms	Korea	Customer Service in Korean
Concentrix CVG Philippines Inc.	Philippines	Customer Service in English
Adjust	Germany	Mobile Analysis
Google Inc.	USA	Targeting Ads

5. Shared Use of Information
During the period when you use the Services, your Personal Data may be processed and used in the form(s) of printed documents and/or electronic files or otherwise by us, the LINE NEXT Affiliates, and/or the Outsourced Contractors.
To facilitate our global operations, we may transfer, store, and process your Personal Data within our family of companies, partners, and service providers based throughout the world, including Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, the United States, and possibly other countries. We will only transfer your Personal Data internationally where it is compliant with applicable data protection laws and, where relevant, the means of transfer provides adequate safeguards in relation to your Personal Data.

6. User's Rights

Please be aware that your data protection rights set out below are not absolute and it remains the case that, in accordance with applicable data protection laws, your rights may be subject to some exceptions by law.

You may, at any time, confirm, supplement or correct your registered Personal Data on the Services. You can also deactivate your account according to the Terms of Service of the applicable Service.
You may view or request a copy of your Personal Data that we have collected from your use of the Services by contacting us via the methods described at the end of this Privacy Policy.
You may also use these contact methods to send us a request to correct or add to your Personal Data, if you find that your Personal Data registered with us has changed or is incorrect.
You may request us to delete, or discontinue collecting, processing or using your Personal Data unless we are allowed to continue to keep, process or use your Personal Data as permitted by applicable laws and regulations.
When you request access to your Personal Data (including copies of your Personal Data) that you are unable to confirm/access through the Services, we may (subject to limitations imposed under applicable law) charge you a fee for the disclosure procedures.
You may also have the right to port your Personal Data, object to the processing, and/or request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Data, subject to the conditions under applicable data protection laws.
To the extent that we process your Personal Data based upon your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time (subject to certain exceptions). However, your withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of our processing based on your consent before its withdrawal.
You may also lodge a complaint to the data protection authority where you believe our processing of your Personal Data is unlawful or noncompliant with applicable data protection laws

You can choose freely whether or not you will provide us with your Personal Data; however, you may be unable to use all or part of the Services until you have provided us with the necessary information.

7. Anonymized and Aggregated Data

Anonymization is a data processing technique that removes or modifies personal information so that it cannot be associated with a specific individual. Aggregated data is information about our customers that we combine together so that it can no longer identify any individual customer. Except for this section, none of the other provisions of this Privacy Policy applies to anonymized or aggregated customer data.

We may use anonymized or aggregated customer data for any business purpose, including to better understand customer needs and behaviors, improve our products and services, conduct business intelligence and marketing, and detect security threats. We may perform our own analytics on anonymized data or enable analytics provided by third parties. Types of data we may anonymize include transaction data, clickstream data, performance metrics, and fraud indicators.

8. Third-Party Sites and Services

If you authorize one or more third-party applications to access the Services, then information you have provided to us may be shared with those third parties.
A connection you authorize or enable between your LINE NEXT account and a non-LINE NEXT account, payment instrument, or platform is considered an “account connection.” Unless you provide further permissions, we will not authorize these third parties to use this information for any purpose other than to facilitate your transactions using the Services. Please note that third parties you interact with may have their own privacy policies, and we are not responsible for their operations or their use of data they collect. Information collected by third parties, which may include such things as contact details or location data, is governed by their privacy practices and we are not responsible for unauthorized third-party conduct. In addition, information that we share with a third party based on an account connection will be used and disclosed in accordance with the third party’s privacy practices.

9. Information Security

We maintain appropriate physical, technical, organizational and administrative safeguards to prevent unauthorized or unlawful loss, access to use, alteration, correction, or disclosure of your personal data. We have implemented a system to process personal data, whether in hard copy, electronic files and / or any other form. Our safeguard will cover the components of the relevant information system, taking into account the security implementation specified by the applicable data protection laws in order to protect the security, integrity, availability and confidentiality of the Personal Data you entrust to us according to the level of risk. This includes controlling access to personal data and critical information system components, appropriate handling of user access, determining user's responsibilities, putting in place appropriate measures for audit logging to detect access, alteration, correction or deletion of personal data. We also arrange the enhancement of knowledge and understanding related to personal data protection and security for the personnel concerned.
We may store and process all or part of your personal information, in the Japan and elsewhere in the world (eg. south korea) where our facilities or our service providers are located. We protect your Personal Data by maintaining physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. For example, we use computer safeguards such as firewalls and data encryption, we enforce physical access controls to our buildings and files, and we authorize access to Personal Data only for those employees who require it to fulfill their job responsibilities.
Please recognize that you play a vital role in protecting your own Personal Data. When registering with our Services, it is important to choose a password of sufficient length and complexity, to not reveal this password to any third parties, and to immediately notify us if you become aware of any unauthorized access to or use of your account.
If you have reason to believe that your data is no longer secure, please contact us using the contact information provided in this Privacy Policy.

10. Time Period of Use and Retention of Personal Data

Except as required under applicable law, we use and store your Personal Data securely throughout the life of your account. We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting obligations or to resolve disputes. While retention requirements vary by jurisdiction, information about our typical retention periods for different aspects of your Personal Data are described below.

Personal Data collected to comply with our legal obligations under financial or anti-money laundering laws may be retained after account closure for as long as required under such laws.
Contact Information such as your name, email address and telephone number for marketing purposes is retained on an ongoing basis until you unsubscribe. Thereafter we will add your details to our suppression list to ensure we do not inadvertently market to you.
Content that you post on our website such as support desk comments, photographs, videos, blog posts, and other content may be kept after you close your account for audit and crime prevention purposes (e.g. to prevent a known fraudulent actor from opening a new account).
Recording of our telephone calls with you including transaction records may be kept for a period of at least five years.

11. Withdrawal from the Services
If you decide to deactivate your account for the Services and not to keep using the Services, all information (including, without limitation, Personal Data) relating to you will be handled in accordance with applicable law, this Privacy Policy, and our other applicable policies. We shall not consider such deactivation as a withdrawal of consent to our use and disclosure of such information unless we are informed so in writing.
If you withdraw your consent to any or all use of your Personal Data, depending on the nature of the request, we may not be in a position to continue to provide the Services to you.

12. A Special Note about the Personal Data of Minors
a) LINE NEXT Corp. does not include Europe and the United States in its primary service regions and does not provide services to users from these areas. Therefore, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of the United States do not apply to the company's services. Inquiries or requests from users in these regions will not be accepted.

b) The Service is for general users. If a Minor intends to provide personal information using this service, the consent of a legal representative is required. If the user possesses the rights and ability to act that are necessary to use the Service, or if the user is a minor, he/she shall state and guarantee that this service is being used with the consent of the guardian.

If you believe we are collecting personal information from Minors, please contact us. If we find that we are unintentionally collecting personal information from Minors, we will take reasonable steps to invalidate the relevant accounts and quickly remove such personal information from our records.

13. Modifications to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time. If we make any material change, we will notify you by email (sent to the email address specified in your account), by means of a notice on our site prior to the change becoming effective, or as otherwise required by applicable law.
You can access the latest version of this Privacy Policy by visiting, accessing, or using the Services following any change to this Privacy Policy, you are consenting to the new Privacy Policy.

14. Inquiries and Complaints
If you have any uncertainty about this Privacy Policy or questions, complaints, access and/or correction requests or comments on the handling of Personal Data related to the Services, you should contact us via https://contact.browntoys.net/
If you believe that we have infringed your rights, you may contact the LINE NEXT Data Protection Officer via https://contact.browntoys.net/

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This Privacy Policy(Ver 1.1) was updated on June 2, 2025.

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