The purpose of this document ("Privacy Policy") is to inform you ("you" or "User") of how LINE NEXT Inc. manages Personal Data in connection with LINE NEXT Inc.'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. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please submit your request email at rhz_biz@linecorp.com.
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 Inc. (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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Information you provide us when signing up | (To sign up via Social Networking Services) SNS ID, SNS type, SNS Email, Profile information |
| Information collected via technology when using the Services | UID, Service usage history, Access history, IP information, App identification, Device information (OS type and version) |
| User Inquiry Processing | Email, Information on the inquiry form, Information generated during complaint handling, Correspondence, being information that you provide to us in correspondence, including ongoing customer support |
| Payment and transaction information | Payment method type, transaction ID, payment amount, payment date and time, product name, payment status (success/failure/refund), receipt information |
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.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
Cookies are typically stored on your computer's hard drive. Information collected from cookies is used by us to analyze trends, to administer the Services and to evaluate their effectiveness. With this knowledge, we can provide you with a more personalized experience when using the Services and we can improve the quality of such experience by recognizing and delivering more of the most desired features and information and by resolving access difficulties.
We may also use cookies and/or a technology known as web bugs or clear gifs, which are typically stored in emails to help us confirm your receipt of, and response to, our emails. Our service providers may also place cookies on the hard drive of your device with a view to receiving information that will educate us and our service providers on different aspects, such as how you navigate on the Services.
Please note that data collected by use of cookies or similar technologies may be linked to and combined with any other data, including Personal Data, relating to you that we process. Data collected by the use of cookies or similar technologies may also be used to assist us in (i) meeting our compliance obligations, (ii) detecting irregular, suspicious or potentially fraudulent account activities, and (iii) assessing and improving the Services and advertising campaigns.
You can choose to deactivate cookies; however, in such circumstances, you will not be able to use parts of the Services which require cookies to be active.
We may also use a tool called "Google Analytics" to collect information about your use of the Services. Google Analytics collects information such as how often Users visit the Services, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the Services.
We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve the Services. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Services, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do 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 the Services, 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 the Services is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser.
| Cookie Name | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _ga, _ga_XXXX | 2 years | Used to distinguish a user on the website. Calculates visitor, session, campaign data and keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. |
| _gat | 1 Minute | Limits the user requests. |
| _gid | 1 day | Used to distinguish a user on the website. Stores information on how visitors use the website and helps in creating an analytics report. |
We may install modules of a third-party software development kit (SDK) in our Services for the following purposes:
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.
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:
We use Personal Data to enforce the LINE NEXT Terms of Service, this Privacy Policy and other agreements with Users, as well as agreements with third parties. For example, we may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
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.
We process your Personal Data to facilitate in-app purchases and to handle payment disputes, refund requests, and billing inquiries. Specifically, we may use Personal Data for the following 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.
We do not sell, rent, release, disseminate, make available, transfer, exchange, share, communicate or otherwise 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, we may disclose your Personal Data to others (including public authorities, law enforcement agencies, data protection authorities or regulatory agencies) if:
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. In addition, we may disclose your Personal Data to third parties in the following circumstances:
| Company | Country | Details |
|---|---|---|
| LY Corporation | Japan | Infra operation and Data storage |
| Com2uS Platform Corporation | Republic of Korea | User activity monitoring and analysis |
| Apple Inc. | United States | In-app purchase processing (App Store) |
| Google LLC | United States | In-app purchase processing (Google Play) |
We may provide your personal data to third parties only in circumstance where a prior consent is given by you.
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.
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 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.
If you are a resident of California, you have certain rights pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 ("CPRA"), and the Shine the Light law. To exercise the rights detailed in this Section 8, email us at cs@linecorp.com.
Your privacy rights include: (i) the right to know about your personal information that we collect, disclose, sell or share; (ii) the right to delete your personal information; (iii) the right to opt-out of sale or sharing; (iv) the right to correct inaccuracies; (v) the right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information; (vi) the right to data portability; and (vii) the right to non-discrimination.
We do not "sell" any personal information as defined under the CCPA.
| Category | Sources | Purpose | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) Identifiers (name, IP address, email, account name, etc.) | You; Automatically; Third parties | Sections 4A–4J | Financial institutions; Service providers; Professional advisors; Affiliates |
| (B) Customer records | You; Third parties | Sections 4B, 4E, 4F | Financial institutions; Service providers; Affiliates |
| (C) Protected classifications (gender, age, citizenship) | You; Third parties | Section 4E | Professional advisors |
| (D) Commercial information (records of services purchased) | You; Automatically; Third parties | Sections 4A, 4C–4J | Financial institutions; Service providers; Professional advisors; Affiliates |
| (E) Biometric information | Not collected | ||
| (F) Usage Data (browsing history, online identifiers) | Automatically | Sections 4A–4D, 4F–4H | Identity verification services; Service providers; Professional advisors; Affiliates |
| (G) Geolocation data | Automatically | Sections 4A, 4C, 4E | Identity verification services; Service providers; Affiliates |
| (H) Sensory data | Not collected | ||
| (I) Professional or employment-related information | Not collected | ||
| (J) Education information | Not collected | ||
| (K) Inferences about preferences, characteristics | You; Automatically | Sections 4G, 4H | Service providers; Professional advisors; Affiliates |
To submit a request, email us at rhz_biz@linecorp.com. We ordinarily process requests within 45 days of receipt (may be extended to 90 days with notice).
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.
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.
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 may store and process all or part of your personal information in Japan and elsewhere in the world (e.g., 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.
We 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. Typical retention periods include:
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.
If a minor under the age of 14 provides personal information while using our services, this should be done with the consent of their legal guardian.
In cases where a minor under 14 uses our services without the consent of their legal guardian, we reserve the right to restrict or prohibit their use of the services.
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.
By visiting, accessing, or using the Services following any change to this Privacy Policy, you are consenting to the new Privacy Policy.
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 rhz_biz@linecorp.com.
If you believe that we have infringed your rights, you may contact the LINE NEXT Data Protection Officer at rhz_biz@linecorp.com.
This Privacy Policy was updated on June 1, 2026.