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⚠️ The Japanese version is the authoritative text. Other language versions are reference translations.

Privacy Policy

⚠️ Reference translation. The Japanese version is the authoritative text. In case of any conflict, the Japanese version prevails.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

Article 1 (Purpose)

This Privacy Policy sets out how Green Logs (the "Company") handles the personal information it collects through its houseplant watering management service (the "Service"). The Company treats the protection of personal information as a top priority and strives to safeguard your information so that you can use the Service with confidence.

Article 2 (Policy for Protecting Personal Information)

  1. The Company complies with Japan's Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other applicable laws, guidelines, and standards when handling personal information.
  2. The Company collects personal information only through lawful and fair means and makes its purpose of use clear.
  3. The Company uses personal information only within the scope of the stated purposes.
  4. The Company strives to keep personal information accurate and up to date and takes appropriate safeguards against unauthorized access, loss, destruction, alteration, and leakage.
  5. The Company handles complaints and inquiries about personal information promptly and appropriately.

Article 3 (Collection of Personal Information)

The Company collects the following personal information in connection with the Service:

  1. Google account information:
    • Name
    • Email address
    • Any other information authorized at Google sign-in
  2. Plant information you own:
    • Plant species
    • Plant nickname (if optionally set)
    • Watering frequency and timing settings
  3. Plant photos:
    • Photos you upload through the Service
  4. Other usage information:
    • Service access logs
    • Content of inquiries

Article 4 (Purposes of Use)

The Company uses collected personal information for the following purposes:

  1. Providing and operating the Service:
    • Managing user accounts
    • Providing watering management features
    • Storing and displaying plant photos
    • Responding to user inquiries
  2. Improving the Service and developing new features:
    • Analyzing usage
    • Conducting surveys
  3. Other related purposes:
    • Responding to legal disclosure requests

Article 5 (Third-Party Disclosure)

Except where permitted by law, the Company does not provide personal information to third parties without your prior consent.

Article 6 (Safeguards)

The Company implements the following safeguards to prevent leakage, loss, or damage of personal information:

  1. Technical and physical security:
    • Access controls
    • Prevention of unauthorized access
    • Data encryption
  2. Employee training and oversight:
    • Privacy training
    • Enforcement of confidentiality obligations
  3. Oversight of service providers:
    • Appropriate supervision of any third parties entrusted with handling personal information

Article 7 (Access, Correction, and Deletion)

  1. Upon request by the data subject, the Company responds appropriately to requests for disclosure, correction, addition, deletion, suspension of use, or erasure of personal information in accordance with applicable law.
  2. Such requests must follow the Company's designated procedure.

Article 8 (Deletion of Personal Information)

  1. Users may delete their account at any time from the Service's settings screen.
  2. Upon account deletion, all personal information collected from the User (profile information, plant information, watering history, uploaded photos, Google Calendar integration data, notification settings, etc.) will be permanently deleted.
  3. Deleted information cannot be restored.
  4. Information that the Company is required to retain under applicable laws will be kept only for the period required.

Article 9 (Cookies and Similar Technologies)

  1. The Company may use cookies and similar technologies to improve convenience, measure usage, and deliver advertising.
  2. You can refuse or delete cookies through your browser settings, though some features of the Service may then become unavailable.

Article 10 (Advertising and Affiliate Links)

  1. To offset a portion of operating costs, the Service may use third-party affiliate programs and advertising networks. Programs currently in use include:
    • Rakuten Affiliate (Rakuten Group, Inc.) — product links on Rakuten Ichiba relevant to plant care are shown on plant detail pages and similar locations.
  2. The following third-party services may be added in the future:
    • Google AdSense (Google LLC)
    • Amazon Associates Program (Amazon Japan G.K.)
    • Affiliate networks such as Moshimo Affiliate (moshimo Inc.)
  3. These third-party services may use cookies and similar technologies to collect access information (browser type, timestamps, visited pages, etc.) for the purpose of delivering and measuring advertisements. The collected information does not include personally identifiable data.
  4. You may opt out by following the procedures provided by each service. Key opt-out pages include:
  5. The Company bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality, or terms of products and services offered by advertisers through affiliate links. The advertiser alone is responsible for such matters.
  6. The Company may receive compensation when users make purchases or take other actions via affiliate links. Ad slots that may generate such compensation are labeled (e.g., "PR") to clearly indicate advertising content.

Article 11 (Changes to This Policy)

  1. The Company may revise this Privacy Policy without notice in response to legal changes, service updates, or other needs.
  2. The revised policy takes effect when posted on the Company's website or otherwise published, unless separately specified.

Article 12 (Contact)

For inquiries regarding personal information, please contact:

green.logs.support@gmail.com

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