privacy policy

Digital Catapult Inc. Privacy Policy

Digital Catapult Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) recognizes the importance of protecting personal information and handles such information with the utmost care.

We comply with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines, and take appropriate measures to protect and manage personal information obtained in connection with the operation of this website and our services.

1. Collection of Personal Information

We collect personal information by appropriate and lawful means and do not obtain personal information through deception or other improper methods.

2. Purposes of Use

We use personal information only to the extent necessary to achieve the following purposes. If we intend to use personal information for any purpose not specified below, we will obtain the individual’s consent in advance, except where otherwise permitted by applicable laws and regulations.

To receive, review, and manage registrations submitted by manga artists, illustrators, writers, and other creators.
To review work samples, production experience, production environments, portfolios, and other information submitted by creators.
To assess a creator’s artistic style, experience, production capabilities, availability, and suitability for potential manga production projects.
To propose production projects, contact creators, and discuss project details and transaction terms.
To communicate with registered creators and respond to or confirm opinions, requests, consultations, and inquiries.
To enter into and manage independent contractor agreements, individual work orders, and other agreements.
To manage compensation payments, accounting, taxation, invoicing, and other administrative procedures related to transactions.
To manage copyrights, licenses, usage rights, distribution information, and other rights relating to works and content.
To respond to requests to correct, update, suspend the use of, or delete creator registration information.
To respond to consultations, complaints, and reports concerning transactions, harassment, compliance, or other related matters.
To comply with the Act on Ensuring Proper Transactions Involving Specified Entrusted Business Operators and other applicable laws and regulations.
To respond to and confirm inquiries, opinions, requests, and other communications submitted through this website.
To send catalogs, data sheets, design samples, notices, and other materials requested by users.
To analyze the use of our website, content, products, and services and to improve their quality.
To improve our customer service and user support.
To perform other activities incidental or related to the purposes listed above.

3. Security Management

We take necessary and appropriate organizational, personnel, physical, and technical security measures to prevent the leakage, loss, damage, unauthorized access, or other improper handling of personal information.

4. Outsourcing the Handling of Personal Information

We may outsource all or part of the handling of personal information to an external service provider to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes of use described above.

When selecting an external service provider, we assess its personal information protection and security management practices. We also exercise necessary and appropriate supervision over the service provider through contracts and other appropriate measures.

5. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties

We will not provide personal information to a third party without the individual’s prior consent, except in the following circumstances:

When required or permitted by applicable laws and regulations.
When necessary to protect a person’s life, body, or property and it is difficult to obtain the individual’s consent.
When otherwise permitted under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information or other applicable laws and regulations.

When considering a specific production project, we may need to show a creator’s work samples to a client publisher, original rights holder, or other party involved in the project. In such cases, we will, in principle, obtain the creator’s confirmation or consent in advance.

6. Requests for Disclosure, Correction, Suspension of Use, or Deletion

When an individual requests notification of the purpose of use, disclosure, correction, addition, deletion, suspension of use, erasure, or suspension of provision to a third party regarding personal information held by the Company, we will respond appropriately and without undue delay in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

We may ask the individual to provide information necessary to verify their identity. If we are unable to verify the individual’s identity, we may be unable to respond to the request.

For requests or inquiries regarding the handling of personal information, please contact us at:

Digital Catapult Inc.
Email: contact@digicata-pub.jp

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to improve user convenience, remember user preferences, measure website traffic, analyze usage, and provide or evaluate advertisements and content.

Cookies store certain information in a user’s browser and enable the website to recognize the user’s browser. Cookies alone generally do not directly identify a specific individual. However, information collected through cookies may be associated with other information and treated as personal information where required by applicable laws and regulations.

Some advertisements, access analysis services, and other functions used on our website may be provided by third-party service providers. These third parties may use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their respective privacy policies.

Users may disable or delete cookies through their browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may prevent some features of the website from functioning properly.

8. External Services and Links

Our website may contain links to websites, forms, file-sharing services, social networking services, and other services operated by third parties.

Personal information submitted directly to a third-party service is handled by the operator of that service in accordance with its own privacy policy and terms of use. We recommend reviewing the relevant privacy policy and terms before using an external service.

9. Management System

We appoint a person responsible for the management of personal information and maintain an appropriate internal management system. We also review and continuously improve our personal information protection and security management measures.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy when necessary due to changes in applicable laws and regulations, our services, or our personal information handling practices.

Unless otherwise specified by the Company, a revised Privacy Policy will become effective when it is posted on this website.

Managed by: Digital Catapult Inc.
Established: September 1, 2023
Last revised: July 31, 2026