Privacy Policy
What information Fumenru handles, and what it is used for.
Last updated: October 25, 2026
This English text is provided for reference. The Japanese version is the authoritative one, and prevails if the two differ. You can read it at プライバシーポリシー.
1. Information we collect
MATATABI, K.K. (the “Company”) collects the following information in order to provide Fumenru (the “Service”).
| Information | When it is collected |
|---|---|
| Email address | When you register an account (registration by email, or signing in with a Google account) |
| Display name | When you sign in with a Google account |
| User ID | When you register an account. This is an internal identifier issued automatically by the Company |
| Images of sheet music | When you photograph a score, or choose a photo from your device |
| Score data produced by reading | When a reading finishes. Notes, time signature, key signature, title and so on |
| Publishing records | When you publish a score: the published score, its title, description, genre and display name, the price (if paid), how many users favorited it and how many times it has sold. When you favorite a score: the pairing of that user and score |
| Records of paid-score sales and purchases | When you buy a paid score, and when a paid score of yours is bought. The buying account, the score and its owner’s account, the date and time, the number of tokens spent and how they break down, and the state of the owner’s reward. The list of scores a buyer has bought (shown only to that buyer) is kept separately, under their account |
| Report records | When you report a received or published score. The reporting account, the reported score and its owner's account, the reason, and any details you wrote. We also record the status of our handling and our notes |
| Sharing records | When you create a share link for a score, and when you open a share link and receive a score. The link-to-score pairing, and which received scores belong to which account |
| Token balance and its history | When you request a reading or a PDF export, when you buy a paid score, and when tokens are granted, purchased, or earned |
| What you send in an enquiry | When you write to us. Includes your name and email address |
| The kind of device you use | When you connect to the Service while signed in. Either iOS or Android; it does not include a model name or any identifier specific to your device |
| Connection logs | When you connect to the Service. Includes IP address, date and time, the content of the request, and any error |
Apart from what you send in an enquiry, none of the above is collected in the parts of the Service that work without signing in (the sample scores and the blank score).
What we do not collect. We do not collect location, contacts, phone numbers or advertising identifiers. No analytics or advertising technology that tracks behaviour is built into the Service. We do not track users across other companies’ services.
2. How photographed scores are handled
Images of sheet music are used only to read the notes. Reading is performed by a recognition engine that the Company runs on its own servers; images are not passed to any outside provider for recognition.
- An image that is read successfully is deleted from the Company’s servers at that moment.
- An image that could not be read is kept for up to 30 days so that the cause can be investigated, and then deleted.
- Images are never saved onto your device.
- The images are never made public or shared with other users. The resulting scores are not made public or shared with other users either, unless you yourself create a share link with the sharing feature.
- A score for which you create a share link can be opened and played, inside the Service, by anyone who has that link. You can stop sharing at any time, after which the link no longer opens the score.
- A score you choose to publish can be found, opened and played, inside the Service, by all users, together with its title, description, genre and the display name you enter for publishing. The public scores pages of this website can also be used, without signing in, to find and play the same published content. Your email address and account display name are not published. You can stop publishing at any time. Your list of favorite scores is shown only to you.
- When a paid score is bought, the person who published it (the owner) can see in the app's sales screen that a purchase happened (the score, date and time, price and reward), but is not given anything that identifies the buyer (account ID, display name or email address). Our operators may look at the buyer’s details when investigating an infringement or handling a refund.
- The Company does not use the images for any purpose other than reading, including training models.
3. How we use the information
The information collected is used for the following purposes.
- Reading and playing back sheet music
- Storing the scores that were read, and showing them on the devices you sign in from
- Authenticating accounts and preventing impersonation
- Managing token balances and recording how tokens are spent and granted
- Handling purchases of paid scores, granting rewards to publishers, and cancelling or returning them
- Investigating faults and improving quality
- Detecting and preventing improper use
- Answering enquiries
- Sending important announcements about the Service
It is not used for any other purpose. If a purpose is added, this policy will be revised and the change announced.
4. Disclosure to third parties, and processors
Except where the law requires it, we do not disclose personal information to third parties without the consent of the person concerned. We do not sell personal information.
When you share a score with a share link, that is sharing by your own action and is not disclosure to a third party by the Company. We do not tell the person who receives a shared score your email address or display name.
To the extent necessary to provide the Service, processing is entrusted to the following provider. We have a contract in place with the processor and supervise its handling of the information.
| Processor | Processing entrusted | Information handled |
|---|---|---|
| Google LLC (Firebase / Google Cloud) | Account authentication, data storage, running the servers | Email address, display name, user ID, score data, images of sheet music, connection logs |
5. Retention and deletion
| Information | Retention period |
|---|---|
| Images of sheet music (read successfully) | Deleted as soon as the reading finishes |
| Images of sheet music (could not be read) | Up to 30 days |
| Score data produced by reading | Until you delete it, or until the account is deleted |
| Sharing records | Until you stop sharing, or until the score or the account is deleted. A record of a received score lasts until it is removed from the list or the receiving account is deleted |
| Publishing records | Until you stop publishing, or until the score or the account is deleted. A favorite lasts until it is removed or the account is deleted |
| Records of paid-score sales and purchases | The list of scores a buyer has bought is kept until that account is deleted, and goes with it. The buyer-side record of a sale (user ID, the score and its owner, date and time, number of tokens and how they break down, state of the reward) is needed to settle the owner’s reward and to deal with store refunds, so we may keep it after the account is deleted. No retention period is set (we may delete such records after a period in future). It is not linked to a name or email address. The owner’s records are kept until the owner’s account is deleted |
| Report records | Until the reporting account, or the account that owns the reported score, is deleted |
| Email address, display name, user ID | Until the account is deleted |
| Token balance and its history | Until the account is deleted |
| The kind of device you use | Until the account is deleted |
| What you send in an enquiry | When you write to us. Includes your name and email address |
| Connection logs | Up to 30 days |
6. Deleting your account
You can delete your account yourself, from “Delete account” on the “Account” screen in the app. There is no need to write to us.
Deletion erases the account information, the score data you saved, sharing records, publishing records, report records, and your token balance (including earned tokens) and its history. If you had published paid scores, the tokens their buyers spent are returned to them before the data is erased. The buyer-side record of a purchase may remain, as described under “Retention and deletion” above, in a form not linked to a name or email address. If you had created share links, they stop working and the people who received those scores can no longer open them. This cannot be undone. Scores kept on the device itself are not erased; they go when you delete the app.
If something prevents you from using the app, write to us through our Contact page.
You may also ask us to disclose, correct, add to, delete, stop using, or stop providing to third parties the personal information we hold about you. Please write to the same address.
7. Cookies and similar technologies
This website (https://fumenru.betapplab.com) does not use cookies. No analytics or advertising technology is built into it.
The app stores information on your device to keep you signed in. That information stays on the device and is erased when you sign out or delete your account.
8. Contact
Enquiries about this policy and about the handling of personal information should be sent to the following contact.
- Business operator: MATATABI, K.K.
- Contact: our Contact page
Enquiries are answered in Japanese. Depending on the content, a reply may take some time.
9. Changes to this policy
This policy may be revised in line with changes in the law or in the Service. When it is revised, the revised text and the date of last update are published on this page.
Changes that materially affect users will be announced in the app or to your registered email address, in addition to being published on this page.