Privacy Policy
Mind&Move Culture Organisation (“we,” “us” or “our”) established this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) for protection of personal information of you (including audience, applicants for auditions and open calls, choreographers, performers and other artists and production staff of our performances, job applicants, donors, sponsors and co-organisers, and theatres and other business partners, and their personnel), and handle your personal information appropriately in accordance with this Policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Policy, terms used in this Policy have the meanings under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information of Japan (“APPI”). The language of this Policy is Japanese, and this Policy in English is for your reference purpose only.
Article 1. Collection of Personal Information
1.For the purposes under Article 2, we collect your personal information, including:
(a)information that you provide to us, such as your name, stage name, pen name, online username and nickname; account information such as email addresses and messaging application IDs; date of birth; appearance (whether in photographs, video or any other forms); professional and artistic background (including performance history); gender, occupation, employer, family composition, address and postal code, and identity verification documents;
(b)information about your activities on our website, such as your access history, browsing history and search history; and
(c)information about your use of services provided by us, such as your visits to event venues, and history and details of your inquiries.
2.We do not collect personal information by deception or other wrongful means and do not use personal information wrongfully.
3.We do not collect your special care-required personal information, unless we have obtained your prior consent, or our collection is permitted under the APPI or other laws and regulations.
Article 2. Purposes of Use
We collect and use your personal information only within the scope of the following purposes:
(a)to inform you about our performances, events, workshops, works and other activities, and to carry out advertising (including sending direct mails and email newsletters) and marketing activities;
(b)to produce and run performances, rehearsals, exhibitions, events and other activities, and to notify you of cancellation, postponement or other changes thereof or thereto;
(c)to publish your likeness, name, professional and artistic background, and other information in or on publicity materials, such as performance programs, posters, flyers, official website and social media accounts;
(d)to create and keep records and archives of performances, and to make secondary use of recorded video, audio and other recordings (including online distribution, broadcasting, and production and sale of packaged media);
(e)to accept applications for open calls, auditions, workshops and other programs, to select applicants, and to notify applicants of the results; and to enter into agreements, to communicate, and to arrange performances or works with successful applicants;
(f)to negotiate and communicate with, enter into and perform agreements with, and maintain relationships with and report to, business partners, co-organisers, theatres, donors, sponsors and other parties;
(g)to pay fees, salaries and other remunerations, to issue invoices and receipts, and to carry out other accounting and tax procedures;
(h)to conduct and analyze surveys, to analyze audience trends and conduct other marketing analysis, and to improve and develop works, products and services;
(i)to analyze use of our website, to maintain its security and to improve its usability;
(j)to conduct recruitment activities, to select job applicants and to communicate with them;
(k)to manage employment of employees; to pay salaries and other compensations; to carry out duties relating to employee benefits, health management, and occupational health and safety; and to carry out procedures after their leaves;
(l)to respond to your opinions, requests, inquiries and other communications, and to verify your identity;
(m)to exercise rights and perform obligations under laws and regulations; and
(n)other purposes incidental or related to any of the purposes in items (a) through (m) above.
Article 3. Provision of personal data to Third Parties
We do not provide your personal data that we handle to any third party without your prior consent, unless permitted under the APPI or other laws and regulations. For the avoidance of doubt, the recipient of your personal data as follows is not a third party:
(a)when we provide your personal data in engaging to handle the whole or part of your personal data, to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes of use;
(b)when we provide your personal data in connection with succession of our business as a result of a merger or for any other reason; and
(c)when we use your personal data jointly in accordance with the APPI.
Article 4. Personal Information of Minors
1.When we are required to obtain consent of, give notice to, or make information public or available to, an individual under the age of 16 with respect to such individual's personal information, we will obtain consent of, give notice to, or take the corresponding action toward, such individual's legal representative instead, unless otherwise required or permitted by laws and regulations.
2.An individual under the age of 16 may, in accordance with laws and regulations, request that we cease to use personal data the business holds relating to such individual or take other action or cease to provide such personal data the business holds to third parties.
Article 5. Notification of Purposes of Use and Disclosure
1.If you request notification of the purpose of use of personal data the business holds by which you can be identified, we will notify you of the purpose of use without delay in accordance with the APPI, after confirming that the request has been made by you. If we decide not to notify you, we will notify you of that decision.
2.If you request disclosure of personal data the business holds in accordance with the APPI, we will respond to the request without delay in accordance with the APPI, after confirming that the request has been made by you. If the relevant personal data the business holds does not exist, if disclosure is difficult, or if we decide not to disclose all or part of it, we will notify you accordingly. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Article 5.2 does not apply where we are not obliged to disclose the personal data the business holds under the APPI or other laws and regulations.
Article 6. Correction, Cessation of Use and Related Requests
If you make a request to us under the APPI for correction, addition or deletion of the content of, cessation of use or erasure of, cessation of provision to third parties of, disclosure of records of provision to third parties of personal data the business holds (“Request”), we will respond to the Request without delay in accordance with the APPI, after confirming that the Request has been made by you. If we decide not to respond to Request, we will notify you of that decision. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Article 6 does not apply where we are not obliged to do so under the APPI or other laws and regulations.
Article 7. Inquiries
We will respond promptly, appropriately and to a reasonable extent, to requests under Articles 5 and 6, complaints and inquiries. Please contact the following:
Contact: info@mindmove-culture.org
Article 8. Response to Leakage
In case of an incident involving actual or suspected leakage, loss or unauthorized access to personal data which falls under Article 26 of the APPI, we will report the incident to the Personal Information Protection Commission and will notify you; and will promptly investigate the facts, and will take measures to prevent further damage and to prevent recurrence.
Article 9. Cookies and Other Technologies
When you use our website, when you view advertisements or content related to our website, or when you enabled cookies (including web beacons, unique identifiers (UIDs) and other technologies, “Cookies”), we automatically collect information about the computer, mobile phone, tablet or other device that you use, and information obtained through Cookies (including device identifiers and other information that identifies your device, location information, IP address, the URLs you viewed, and timestamps showing the date and time you viewed them). We use the information above to collect, record and analyze your visits to our website, to measure use of the website statistically and to improve its usability. You can disable Cookies by changing your browser settings. Please note that if you disable Cookies, some services may not be available to you and some pages may not display correctly.
Article 10. Changes to this Policy
We may review and amend this Policy from time to time in response to amendments to laws and regulations or changes in our activities. An amended Policy becomes effective when we notify you of it by a method determined by us, or when we post it on our website, whichever is earlier.
Established: October 24th 2026