1. Privacy policy

To properly manage and protect personal information in the conduct of our business, we handle personal information under the privacy policy set forth in the following paragraphs. We review this policy as appropriate and endeavor to further improve our efforts to protect personal information.

2. Compliance with laws, etc.

We comply with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and the guidelines established by the Personal Information Protection Commission. We have also established internal regulations regarding the handling of personal information, which stipulate that the General Manager of the Administration Department is the person responsible for information management, and personal information is managed properly under this structure.

3. Collection of personal information

When collecting personal information, we specify the purpose of use and collect it while clearly indicating the purpose in advance or notifying or announcing it to the person concerned. If it is necessary to collect sensitive personal information, we collect it after obtaining the consent of the person concerned.

4. Use of personal information

We only use collected personal information within the scope of the purpose of use specified in advance, notified, or announced or the scope recognized to be relevant to the purpose of use. If the purpose of use is to be changed, we shall obtain the consent of the persons concerned in advance.

5. Website

This website implements SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption technology to protect personal information. Although we maintain access logs containing IP addresses of users, browsers used, pages accessed, and other information, they do not contain personally identifiable information. Access logs are used for statistics and analysis of usage in order to communicate information better and are not used for any other purpose.

6. Disclosure to third parties

We do not provide or disclose personal information to a third party without the prior consent of the person concerned, except in the following cases:

– When disclosure or provision is required based on laws or regulations
– When provision or disclosure is required to protect a human life, body, or property and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person concerned
– When it is necessary to cooperate with the national government, local public bodies, etc. in the performance of their official duties and acquisition of the consent of the person concerned may interfere with the execution of the relevant affairs

7. Sharing of personal information

We share collected personal information with our service companies and subcontractors only when necessary. In such cases, we share the information appropriately in accordance with the privacy policy set forth by our company. Our company bears the responsibility in such cases.

8. Security

We will implement appropriate safety measures and strive to ensure proper management in order to keep collected personal information accurate and up to date and prevent unauthorized access of personal information and loss, destruction, falsification, leakage, etc. of personal information.

9. Response to requests concerning the use of personal information

When we receive a request from a person for notification of the purpose of use or disclosure, correction, addition, deletion, suspension of use, erasure, suspension of provision to a third party, etc. of personal information held by our company, we will respond appropriately after confirming that the person making the request is the person concerned.