Agreement Regarding the Use of Information

Please agree to the following in using LINE AI Talk Suggestions (the “Service”). Please be advised that, if you do not agree to the following, you will not be able to use the Service. If you agree to the following, the same will apply even if the settings regarding Communication-related information in the LINE app, which is only provided in certain countries and areas, are turned off. If the settings regarding Communication-related information are turned on, Communication-related information will be collected and used within the scope agreed upon through such settings, regardless of the content of this Agreement.

LY Corporation (“LYC”) will collect and use, until your withdrawal from your LINE account, various information related to you in connection with the Service, for the purposes listed below, until such time as the provision of the Service is terminated. Moreover, LYC may share various information related to you with its subsidiaries or affiliates (*1) (collectively, the “Group Companies”) or its and the Group Companies’ outsourced service providers and subcontractors, within the scope necessary to achieve the purposes listed below:

1. Contents such as the text of the 15 most recent messages sent and received in the Talk Rooms you use, among the various information related to you in connection with the feature of the Service that suggests which stickers and messages to send via Talk (the “Sticker/Message Suggestion Feature”)
2. Contents such as the text of the draft messages entered in the message entry space, among the various information related to you in connection with the feature of the Service that changes the expressions of wordings entered into Talk according to your selection (the “AI Message Conversion Feature”)
[Purposes of Use of 1 and 2]
(i) Providing and maintaining the Service; and
(ii) Preventing unauthorized use of the Service.
3. Information other than contents among the various information related to you in connection with the Sticker/Message Suggestion Feature (including, but not limited to, your profile information, your internal identifier, the type of Talk Room in which the Sticker/Message Suggestion Feature is used, internal identifiers of the senders and receivers of the 15 most recent messages sent and received in the Talk Room in which the Sticker/Message Suggestion Feature was used, and the dates and times when such messages were sent or received (which will be used for distinguishing the senders and receivers thereof), the date and time of commencing use, and information on which functions were used within the Sticker/Message Suggestion Feature)
4. Information other than the contents of the draft messages entered in the message entry space, among the various information related to you in connection with the AI Message Conversion Feature (including, but not limited to, your profile information, your internal identifier, the dates and times the draft messages were entered in the message entry space, the categories selected, the dates and times of use of the AI Message Conversion Feature, and the dates and times the function to return to the original text was used)
[Purposes of Use of 3 and 4]
(i) Preventing unauthorized use of the services provided by LYC, including monitoring and confirming the details of reports and illegal postings, as well as developing tools to prevent such unauthorized use;
(ii) Developing, improving and analyzing statistics of the services provided by LYC or the Group Companies, including giving consideration to user-friendly screen designs; and
(iii) Providing optimized services from LYC or the Group Companies, including the conversion of draft messages by using AI (*2), suggestion of reply messages and stickers, the display of contents appropriate to the interests of each user, and an input auxiliary function.

If you have any questions or inquiries about this “Agreement Regarding the Use of Information,” please contact us via the Inquiry Form.

*1 The definitions of “subsidiary” and “affiliate” shall be in accordance with Japan’s “Regulation on Terminology, Forms, and Preparation Methods of Financial Statements.
*2 The generative AI services of OpenAI OpCo, LLC and OpenAI, L.L.C. (both companies located in the U.S.A.) are used to provide the Service, and there may be instances where various information relating to you in the Service will be shared with such companies to the extent required for the provision of the Service.