I completed the withdrawal process, but a photo from three years ago still hasn’t been removed from the official website. I’m extremely troubled. Also, shouldn’t photos of people who have been registered for over three years but can no longer be contacted—like inactive members—be removed and their memberships canceled? I myself have forgotten whether I withdrew or not. In that case, who should I contact to confirm whether my withdrawal process was completed? The phone number and LINE account I used when I registered are different now, so I don’t know what to do.

Welcome back♪ This is about another high-end dating club, but I know a woman whose past involvement in papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) was exposed after an email containing her photo and requested allowance was sent out to male members and then leaked.

I’m back (*´ω｀*) I’m not on the management side, so I don’t know the details, but during the interview they told me, “Once you leave the club, we won’t use your photos anymore, so you don’t need to worry about the photos or videos.” That said, human error can never be completely ruled out, so you should contact Universe Club directly.

If you withdraw your membership, your profile will be removed from the members-only page. I assume you’re referring to the photo on the official website this time. Separately from withdrawing your membership, if you ask us to delete a particular photo, we will remove it. So rather than posting in the Q&A box, just send us the URL of the relevant page via LINE, email, or another method. As an aside, the photos posted on the official website do not show the person’s face, so it is generally difficult for anyone other than the individual themselves to identify who they are. For that reason, I don’t think a claim based on portrait rights would apply. Also, since the individual cannot be identified, I don’t think photos that do not show the face would qualify as personal information either. Furthermore, only people who agreed during their interview to have photos without their faces shown used for promotional purposes are featured on the official website. Therefore, it seems that technically, the photos could be used indefinitely. So, upon withdrawing membership— That said, keeping a photo posted when the person wants it removed offers no benefit to either Universe or the woman, so we will delete it if she asks us to. P.S. I’m starting to think it might be difficult if she can’t prove that she is the person in question. Would she need to send a copy of her driver’s license or something for identity verification? We’ve never had anyone ask about this before, so I can’t say for sure.

There’s no point writing about it here. Just call the club using the contact information listed on this website and tell them you want to withdraw; your photos will be removed as well. The issue is that you’ve forgotten whether you actually withdrew or not, right? The club can’t just process your withdrawal without your request, so all you need to do is contact them as soon as possible. They have plenty of women joining every day, so they won’t try to talk you out of it.

What do you mean by saying that the photos from three years ago haven’t been deleted? Female members are contacted every six months to confirm whether they wish to continue. If they don’t respond, their profiles should be hidden. At other dating clubs, many women become unreachable because no such confirmation is conducted, but I’ve only seen this happen once at Universe Club—when someone became unreachable during the six-month interval. In any case, why not try asking about it via the chat here? https://universe-club.jp/aboutus/chat/

I don’t think anyone could really forget that they’re registered… I’m sure everyone signs up and attends the interview of their own accord, so if you’re wondering whether you contacted them to cancel your membership, your memory might be a little hazy. I’m not with Universe Club, and I’ve never canceled my membership, so I don’t know the exact procedure. But their website had options to contact them by phone, LINE, email, or chat. Why not try reaching out through one of those?