Aiyoshi Sangyo Co., Ltd.

We handle personal data appropriately in compliance with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other applicable laws and regulations, as well as the Guidelines for the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other relevant guidelines.

We use personal information within the scope of the purposes of use described in “How We Handle Personal Information.”

We take necessary and appropriate security management measures for personal data, including measures to prevent leakage, loss or damage. We also exercise necessary and appropriate supervision over employees and contractors who handle personal data, including subcontractors and re-subcontractors. Specific security management measures for personal data are separately set out in the “Personal Information Handling Regulations.”

For questions or complaints regarding our handling of personal data, please contact the office listed below.

We collect personal information only through lawful and fair means and do not collect it unlawfully.

We use personal information within the following purposes of use. However, where additional purposes are separately notified when personal information is collected, those notified purposes will also be included.

1. Personal information relating to business partners, suppliers, contractors and customers
   1. For quotations, contract execution, delivery, invoicing and related matters
   2. For providing products, goods and services, maintaining and improving quality, and after-sales service
   3. For providing information about products, goods and services (where necessary, by direct mail, email or telephone)
   4. For developing new products, goods and services and improving existing ones
   5. For preparing materials relating to surveys, research, planning, statistics and marketing concerning products, goods and services
2. Personal information provided when making an inquiry to us
   1. For handling inquiries and responding to their results
3. Personal information relating to shareholders
   1. For preparing the shareholder registry, sending notices and disclosure materials, providing shareholder benefits and other shareholder administration
   2. For handling inquiries and responding to their results
   3. For preparing and submitting payment reports
4. Personal information relating to job applicants and employees
   1. For applicant screening, notifying results and employment procedures
   2. For personnel and labor management after hiring, occupational health and safety management, social insurance procedures, employee benefits, tax procedures and other employment management

We may outsource the handling of personal information within the scope of the purposes of use. When selecting contractors, we choose businesses that appropriately manage personal information according to our standards and ensure secure management through appropriate supervision and non-disclosure agreements (confidentiality agreements).

We do not provide personal information received from individuals to third parties except in any of the following cases:

1. Where prior consent has been obtained from the customer or other relevant person
2. Where the handling of personal information is outsourced to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes of use
3. Where disclosure is required by law or regulation
4. Where necessary to protect a person’s life, body or property and it is difficult to obtain the customer’s consent
5. Where particularly necessary to improve public health or promote the healthy development of children and it is difficult to obtain the customer’s consent
6. Where cooperation is necessary for a national or local government body to perform duties prescribed by law, and obtaining consent may hinder the performance of those duties
7. Where information is provided to the joint users listed in “Joint Use of Personal Information”

1. Categories of personal information

   Name, company and department affiliation, location and address, contact details (telephone, fax, mobile phone number, email address and similar information), purchase and usage history, inquiry content and response history, and the content of opinions, requests and questions

2. Purposes of use

   The purposes of use publicly announced for personal information, and purposes for which individual consent was obtained when the information was collected

3. Scope of joint users

   Our group companies

4. Person responsible for managing personal information

   Kounan Co., Ltd.　Mikio Furuya

Our website uses SSL communication to protect personal information while it is being transmitted. We also implement appropriate security management measures to prevent the loss, leakage, damage, alteration, unauthorized external access and unauthorized disclosure of personal information outside the company, and continuously improve these measures.

If you wish to request disclosure, correction, suspension of use or deletion of your personal information, we will respond promptly within a reasonable scope according to our prescribed procedures. To prevent leakage of personal information to third parties, we will respond in accordance with applicable personal information protection laws and regulations after confirming that the requesting customer or other person is the individual concerned.

For inquiries regarding the handling of personal information, please contact the following office.