#9 ・ 12 out of 100

Hornet

Score breakdown

Identifiable operator6 / 30

0/8The company name differs from page to page
6/6The representative's or responsible person's name is stated officially
0/8No Japanese corporate number found (no Japanese company or office could be confirmed)
0/4No address that can be checked against the registry
0/4The corporate number is not shown on the official site

Legal disclosure (特定商取引法)0 / 30

0/30No 特定商取引法 disclosure page found

Published prices4 / 15

4/15No prices on the official site; amounts appear only in the app-store listing

Age check2 / 15

2/15Self-declaration only, such as entering a date of birth

Support for users in Japan0 / 10

0/3No Japanese version of the terms of service
0/3No Japanese version of the privacy policy
0/4Does not say you can contact support in Japanese

Operator

Operator

Queer Networks, Inc.

Country

United States

Representative

Christof Wittig

Japanese corporate number

Not found

Company names that differ between pages

Queer Networks, Inc. — 利用規約・プライバシーポリシー・公式サイトのフッター ↗
Hornet Network Inc — 利用規約（投稿コンテンツに関する条項） ↗
Queer Networks Inc. — 日本の App Store の販売元・Google Play のデベロッパ連絡先 ↗

Legal disclosure (特定商取引法に基づく表記)

No disclosure page was found.

Facts we confirmed

No 特定商取引法 disclosure page was found (we checked the official site's footer, sitemap, terms, privacy policy, support page and help center)
Searching Japan's corporate number registry for the company name (Latin letters and katakana) found no match
The official site's top page and menus are in Japanese, but the terms and privacy policy hosted under Japanese URLs are in English, and the privacy policy says the English version is authoritative
The support page says support languages are English, Portuguese, Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian, with online translation for others. The help center has no Japanese version
The terms name the operator as "Queer Networks, Inc." (California, US), but another passage in the same terms names "Hornet Network Inc"
No page names a representative or responsible person as such, but a news article on the official site names "Christof Wittig" as founder and CEO, and the privacy policy names him as EU representative
The official site gives no phone number. The privacy policy gives an address (Los Angeles, California, US) and an email address
The official site's shop shows plan names only, with no amounts (opening it leads to a login screen); the Japanese App Store listing shows amounts in yen
Age is handled by entering a date of birth at sign-up. A selfie age check may be required "depending on your region or the verification method you choose", without saying whether Japan is covered
The user count differs within the same official site (「3,500万人以上」 (35 million+) and 「1億人以上」 (100 million+))

The app's own claims

Wording the app uses officially. We have not verified it and it is not used in the score.

「3,500万人以上の仲間たちが集まるHornetは」（Hornet 公式サイトの日本語トップ）
「世界中で1億人以上のユーザー」（Hornet 公式サイトの会社紹介ページ）
「2.5M+月間アクティブユーザー」（Hornet 公式サイトの会社紹介ページ）
「150カ国以上」（Hornet 公式サイトの会社紹介ページ）
「Our goal is to reply to all contacts within 8 hours.」（Hornet 公式サイトのサポートページ）
「We have never shared or sold sensitive user data to advertisers.」（Hornet 公式サイトの Safety Pledge）

Sources

Checked: 2026-10-19

This ranking compares what is officially written. It does not judge whether an app is safe or lawful. Everything is as of the check date and can change.

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