Privacy Policy

1. Company Information

2. Personal Information We Collect

We collect the following personal information.

(1) Information You Enter in Forms

This website provides various forms for publication requests, consultations, applications and other purposes. Depending on the form, we collect the necessary items from the following:

• Your name and its phonetic spelling
• Email address and telephone number
• Postal code and address
• Company or organization name and website URL
• Your music production software (DAW), equipment and computer environment
• Your background and the genres of music you produce
• Attachments, such as songs, audio recordings and documents
• Details of your inquiry or request

These forms include requests for banner advertising, PR articles and tutorial video production, web advertising, sponsorship of new music production product introductions, music-related job listings, content production questionnaires, video clinics, music competition submissions, instructor applications, corporate training inquiries and other inquiries.

(2) Newsletter Registration

The newsletter registration forms available on this website collect your email address .

(3) Information Collected Automatically

• IP address, browser type, operating system, pages viewed, date and time of access, and referrer information
• Identifiers generated by cookies and similar technologies

To understand how links in our articles are used, we record the IP address, browser, operating system and referrer information when a link is clicked. We use this information to understand which information in which articles is being read and to improve our content.

3. Purposes of Use

We use the personal information we collect for the following purposes:

1. Responding to and communicating about inquiries, requests and consultations
2. Discussions, estimates and performance of work relating to advertising, article production, video production, job listings and similar requests
3. Screening and communication relating to instructor applications and music competition entries
4. Sending newsletters and information about our services and content
5. Analyzing website usage to improve our content and services
6. Complying with laws and regulations, and exercising and defending our rights
7. Other activities incidental to the above

4. How We Collect Personal Information

We collect personal information through lawful and fair means, including forms on this website, email and telephone. Information submitted through forms is received by us as email and is not stored in this website's database.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies to improve its services and understand how it is used.

(1) Google Analytics (GA4) / Google Tag Manager

We use Google Analytics, provided by Google LLC, to understand how this website is used. Information collected through cookies does not identify individuals.

If you wish to disable data collection by Google, you can use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provided by Google. For information about Google's handling of data, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy .

(2) Google reCAPTCHA

Our website forms use reCAPTCHA, provided by Google LLC, to prevent fraudulent automated submissions. reCAPTCHA collects IP addresses and information about interactions. Its use is subject to Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service .

(3) Loading Web Fonts

This website uses Google Fonts, provided by Google LLC. Your IP address is sent to Google when the fonts are loaded.

(4) Embedded Content and Social Media

Our articles include embedded YouTube videos (Google LLC) and SoundCloud audio (SoundCloud Global Limited & Co. KG). We also load Facebook programs (Meta Platforms, Inc.) for article sharing and provide links to X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and LINE. When you display, play or use this content, information about your browsing is sent to the respective companies.

(5) Affiliate Programs

Our articles include links to online retailers such as Amazon, Rakuten Ichiba and Yahoo! Shopping. These are links that use affiliate programs , and we may receive a referral fee if you purchase a product through a link.

The linked services use cookies to measure referrals. We receive statistical information, such as the number of referrals, and we do not learn who purchased which products.

(6) Disabling Cookies

You can disable cookies in your browser settings. However, doing so may prevent you from using some website functions.

6. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties

We do not provide personal information to third parties without your prior consent, except in the following circumstances:

1. When required by law
2. When necessary to protect a person's life, physical safety or property, and obtaining your consent is difficult
3. When particularly necessary to improve public health or promote the sound development of children, and obtaining your consent is difficult
4. When necessary to cooperate with a national government agency or similar body in performing duties prescribed by law, and obtaining consent could impede those duties

For requests such as job listings, advertising and sponsorship, where we act as an intermediary between you and a third party , we may provide the necessary information to the other party, with your prior consent, to the extent necessary to fulfill the purpose of the request.

7. Outsourcing the Handling of Personal Information

We may outsource all or part of the handling of personal information to the extent necessary to achieve its purposes of use. We contractually require service providers to handle personal information appropriately and exercise necessary and appropriate supervision .

Our main current service providers and recipients are listed below.

Note: The only recipient to which we provide email addresses is Benchmark Internet Group, LLC (as of September 2026).

8. Provision of Personal Data to Third Parties Overseas

To deliver our newsletter, we use an email delivery service provided by Benchmark Internet Group, LLC, located in the United States. The information we provide to that company consists of only the email address you enter in the registration form .

That email address is not used for any purpose other than newsletter delivery. This is the same type of arrangement used by ordinary email newsletter services. We do not provide it to third parties without your consent or use it for other purposes, such as advertising delivery. You can unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions in the newsletter.

We also use services provided by Google LLC, located in the United States, for website analytics, prevention of fraudulent submissions and web font delivery.

For information about the personal information protection system in the United States and the measures each provider takes to protect personal information, please contact our contact point in Section 13 , and we will provide the information.

9. Security Measures

We take the following measures to prevent leakage, loss or damage of personal information and otherwise ensure its security.

Establishing a Basic Policy

We have established this policy to ensure the appropriate handling of personal information.

Organizational Security Measures

We designate a person responsible for handling personal information. We limit the employees who handle personal information and maintain a system that prevents access by unauthorized persons.

Technical Security Measures

Access to information systems that handle personal information is managed using IDs and passwords assigned to individual staff members, with limits on the information they can handle. Communications on this website are encrypted using SSL/TLS.

10. Requests for Disclosure and Other Actions Concerning Retained Personal Data

You may request the following in relation to your personal data held by us: notification of the purposes of use; disclosure; correction, addition or deletion of content; suspension of use; erasure; and cessation of provision to third parties .

To make a request, please contact our contact point in Section 13 . After verifying your identity, we will respond in accordance with applicable laws and regulations without delay . Disclosure will be made by the method you request, including provision of electronic records.

We do not charge a fee for disclosure or other such requests.

11. Retention Period for Personal Information

We retain the personal information we collect until you request otherwise , so that we can take previous interactions into account when responding to subsequent inquiries or requests.

If you request erasure, we will erase the information without delay, except where retention is required by law.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may change this policy in response to changes in laws and regulations or the content of this website. Changes take effect when posted on this page. We will provide notice on this website of any material changes.

13. Contact Point

For inquiries or complaints about our handling of personal information or this policy, please contact:

Sleepfreaks Inc. — Personal Information Inquiries
Suite 801, Plaza Nakano, 5-67-7 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0001, Japan
Email: info@sleepfreaks.jp
Telephone: +81-3-5942-8836 (Office hours: 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. JST; closed on Wednesdays)

For information about the handling of personal information in our Japanese-language music production lesson service, please refer to the lesson website's privacy policy (Japanese) ; for the teaching materials store, please refer to the Sleepfreaks Online Store Privacy Policy .

Established: September 5, 2026