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PlaceEngine Privacy Policy

This policy is effective from January 5, 2009.

Koozyt, Inc. (“Koozyt”) understands that customers using PlaceEngine service (the "Service") entrust Koozyt with information that may allow them to be individually identified ("Personal Information"). Our customers trust us to use such Personal Information only for the specific purposes for which it was collected. Koozyt respects our customers’ trust and places a high management priority on properly protecting Personal Information. Koozyt therefore follows the following policies when handling of Personal Information.

By using the Service you acknowledge that your Personal Information may be used for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy and expressly consent to such use. Koozyt will seek further consent from you if we want to use your Personal Information for purposes not covered by this Privacy Policy.

Policies regarding Handling of Personal Information


  1. Compliance
    Koozyt will comply with applicable laws and regulations, including the 1995 EC Directive on Data Protection as implemented in the UK by the Data Protection Act 1998, and this Privacy Policy when handling your Personal Information.

  2. Use within Specific Purpose(s)
    Koozyt will use your Personal Information only so far as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy and for any uses permitted by law.

    The purposes for which Koozyt will use your Personal Information (the Purposes) are:
    • To provide an estimate of your location on request by you.
    • To collect and store the location of WiFi access points to improve coverage, accuracy and other functionality of the Service.
    • To market the Service to you.

  3. Collecting Personal Information
    When using the Service you may provide us with the following information, some or all of which may constitute Personal Information in certain circumstances:
    • Information about the location the WiFi networks in your vicinity including the Extended Service Set IDs of those networks (the unique name of the network);
    • The time of submission; and
    • Information about your device including relevant Media Access Control addresses (the unique hardware identifier for the device), and IP address (the identifier when the customer connects to the internet).

    If you choose to register a location, or by turning on the logging feature, you may elect to submit additional information, including:
    • Longitude and Latitude coordinates - your location - which may be identified by clicking on a map or by GPS;
    • Floor level information; and
    • Building name.

    In all cases, you will submit that information to Koozyt in Japan and it will be processed and stored on servers located in Japan. Japan may not have the same legal protections for your Personal Information as the UK.

    In addition to the Personal Information submitted to Koozyt, your device may store further information generated during use of the Service (for example locations and time of submissions).


  4. Security Control Measures
    Koozyt will take necessary and appropriate security control measures in line with existing technical standards and will take all reasonable action as needed to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, leakage, modification, loss or destruction.

  5. Subcontractors and Third Parties
    Koozyt may subcontract the processing of Personal Information to a third party, or otherwise transfer Personal Information, to third parties solely for the Purposes.

    Such third parties will be selected after confirming sufficient level of information security, and Koozyt will exercise necessary and adequate supervision of any such third party, for example by including equivalent protections as contained in this Privacy Policy in Koozyt's agreements with such third parties.

    Koozyt may disclose Personal Information if required to do so by law or under the order of a competent authority in Japan or elsewhere.

  6. Requests for Review etc.
    Koozyt will promptly respond to any comments and requests from individual customers regarding its handling of their Personal Information. For any questions on this Privacy Policy and Koozyt's handling of Personal Information please contact Koozyt headquarters (info@placeengine.com).

  7. Continuous Improvement of Internal System
    Koozyt will continuously endeavor to improve our internal compliance systems including appointing responsible officers for administration of Personal Information, establishing internal rules, educating directors, officers and employees, and appropriate internal audit of its handling of Personal Information.

  8. Data Control Details
    Koozyt, Inc is located at 4-1-8, 3F, Azabu Juban, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-0045 Japan.

Takahiko Sueyoshi
President & CEO
Koozyt, Inc.