Basic Policy on the Protection of Personal Information

1. Acquisition of personal information
The Company will acquire personal information in a legal and appropriate manner within the scope of its business activities, and based on the form of acquisition, communicate the purpose of use and obtain consent for the acquisition.


2. Use and provision of personal information
The Company will exercise the utmost care in using and providing personal information it has acquired, and only use the information under strict control and within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use. Additionally, the Company will not provide all of part of the personal information it has acquired to a third party except when engaging in joint use with an affiliate company within the scope necessary for achieving the purpose of use, when entrusting the use of the personal information, or when the business continues under other management for reasons or merger, etc. However, this shall not apply in the following cases.
(1) When required by law;
(2) When necessary to protect the subject of the information, the lives or health of the public, or important interests such as property.


3. Disclosure, amendment and deletion of personal information
Personal information in the possession of the Company can be disclosed, amended, subject to cessation of use or deleted at the request of the individual customer to whom the personal information relates. Please note that in the event personal information is deleted, the subject individual may not be provided the same service as prior to the deletion.


4. Managing the safety of personal information
To ensure the integrity and safety of personal information, the Company will institute technical and organizational safety measures as well as among contractors and joint users, and endeavor to prevent incidences such as the unauthorized access, loss, destruction, falsification or leakage of personal information.


5. Legal compliance
The Company will comply with Japanese laws, regulations and other norms concerning the protection of personal information.


6. Ongoing activities concerning the protection of personal information
To ensure that the protection of personal information is implemented appropriately and effectively, the Company will continually revise this policy and endeavor to make improvements.