The Takahashi Shuzo Group (Takahashi Shuzo Co., Ltd, Hakutake Shuzo Research Institute Co., Ltd., Takahashi Holdings Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as ‘This Group’), recognizes the importance of protecting our customers’ personal information.
Here, www.hakutake.co.jp (hereafter referred to as ‘This Site’), will explain our policy of handling our customers’ personal information (hereafter referred to as ‘Personal Information’).
When we receive Personal Information
On This Site, your Personal Information may be requested when you use functions such as the contact form.
For the collection and use of Personal Information
This Group may make use of any Personal Information required to run This Site in the following cases.
(1) When This Group sends information to our users (this includes information sent from our business partners who are bound under a Confidentiality Obligation.)
(2) When This Group provides individual services to our users.
(3) When it is deemed necessary by the provisions of the law.
(4) When we have the consent of the user.
When we ask you to provide Personal Information, if the necessity arises to use this information beyond the scope of the clearly-stated purpose, we will inform you in advance. You reserve the right to decline at your own discretion if you do not agree to the new purpose of use.
Also, if you do not wish to provide Personal Information, you may refuse to submit such information at your own discretion. However, if this Personal Information is essential for us to provide our services, please note that we may not be able to provide the service.
In order to provide a better service to our customers, This Group sometimes outsources services that use Personal Information to companies that This Group has judged to be trustworthy and with whom we have signed a non-disclosure agreement (hereby known as ‘Contractors’). We sometimes ask these Contractors to reply to a customer inquiry when deemed necessary.
Management of Personal Information
This Group appoints a person responsible for the handling of Personal Information and conducts appropriate and strict management. This Group is committed to protecting your Personal Information and enforcing an appropriate and logical level of security to prevent risks such as unauthorized external access.
We limit and strictly manage users with access to databases containing Personal Information in order to prevent unauthorized access from within the company. We also conduct appropriate management of our Contractors to prevent the leakage of personal information or unauthorized access.
Disclosure of Personal Information
This Group will not provide Personal Information to third parties, excluding Contractors, without your prior consent. However, when required to do so by law, the court, the police or other public institutions, we may disclose Personal Information without your prior consent.
Inquiries about Personal Information
If you wish to review your own Personal Information, in order to prevent the leakage of Personal Information to third parties, This Group will only provide the Personal Information we have stored if we can confirm your identity.
If there are any errors or changes to your Personal Information, to prevent the falsification of Personal Information by third parties, This Group will only modify or remove inaccurate information or outdated information at your request if we can confirm your identity.
Other
This policy is a statement about the management of Personal Information on This Site.
This Group may revise this policy in order to strengthen the protection of Personal Information, or to comply with changes to the laws of Japan. This Group is not responsible for the safety of Personal Information on other websites that are linked to on This Group.
Contact
Please contact theTakahashi Shuzo Groupshould you have any enquiries regarding this policy.