Privacy Policy

Operator: SUMIMOTO, Inc.

Address: Mizuma Building 6F, 3-3-13 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan

Contact: contact@sumimotojp.com

In providing the Service, the Company collects the following personal information.

a) Account information: phone number, email address, password, and nickname

b) Location information: with the user’s consent, device location may be collected to display maps and search for nearby properties.

c) Favorited properties, saved search conditions, and other usage content registered by the user

d) Inquiry content, and the input and history of AI search and AI consultation

e) Device information, IP address, OS and app version, usage logs, and information obtained through cookies and similar technologies

The Company uses collected personal information within the scope of the following purposes.

1. To provide the Service, verify identity, and manage user accounts

2. To provide Service features such as map display and nearby property search based on location information

3. To provide and improve AI-based property recommendations, search results, and consultation responses

4. To respond to inquiries and to contact users

5. To prevent misuse and to ensure the safety and improve the quality of the Service

6. To comply with laws and regulations, and for other uses necessary to achieve the purposes above

Except in the following cases, the Company will not provide personal information to third parties without obtaining the user’s prior consent.

a) When required by laws or regulations

b) When necessary to protect a person’s life, body, or property and it is difficult to obtain the user’s consent

c) When the user’s prior consent has been obtained

d) When provided to a subcontractor within the scope necessary to achieve the purposes of use (in which case the Company exercises necessary and appropriate supervision over the subcontractor)

The Service may use external services (such as map services, cloud infrastructure, and access analytics) for purposes including map display, property search, and analysis. Information may be transmitted to these services within the necessary scope.

Collection of location information is based on the user’s consent, and the user may stop providing it at any time through device or app settings.

The Company implements necessary and appropriate organizational, personnel, physical, and technical security measures to prevent unauthorized access to, and the loss, alteration, or leakage of, personal information, and strives to continuously improve such measures.

Users may request the disclosure, correction, addition, deletion, suspension of use, or suspension of third-party provision of their own personal information held by the Company. Such requests should be directed to the contact below. The Company will respond appropriately after verifying identity in accordance with applicable laws.

For inquiries regarding this Policy or requests concerning the handling of personal information, please contact us below.

SUMIMOTO, Inc. contact@sumimotojp.com

The Company may revise this Policy in response to changes in laws or to the content of the Service. When making material changes, the Company will provide notice by posting on the Service or by other appropriate means. The revised Policy takes effect once posted on the Service.