Purpose of Use of Personal Information
The Company uses Personal Information for the following purposes depending on the nature thereof:
Use of Personal Information for Business Activities
(1) Personal Information those who apply for campaigns
(2) Personal Information those who cooperate in questionnaires and surveys, etc.
(3) Personal Information those who participate in projects including submission of works, etc.
・Lotteries (including investigation on duplicate prize-winning)
・Reporting and notification of the result of lotteries and screenings (including notification in cases where a prize, etc. fails to be delivered)
・Shipping of prizes, premiums, and gratuities
・Product development and service improvement through data compiling, analysis, and statistical processing of the results of questionnaires and campaigns
・Publication of works (magazines, brochures, posters, homepages, etc.)
・Utilization for advertisement, promotion, sales promotion and web content, etc.
・Implementation and analysis of monitoring tests for evaluation of products and services as well as improvement of the Company’s products and services and development of new products and services
・Provision of information of products, services and the like through shipping of materials, email distribution, etc.
(4) Personal Information of members of sites established by the Group
・Email distribution and service provision otherwise specified by the site
・Login authorization and member attribute information provision
・Evaluation and improvement of the Company’s products and services and development of new products and services
・Implementation of advertisement, promotion, and marketing activities
(5) Personal Information of purchases through Internet sales
・Order processing, confirmation of order details, and change processing upon a user's request
・Shipping of products
・Notification (notification, etc. in cases where a product fails to be delivered)
・Provision to financial institutions (for settlement of charges)
・Deposit management
・Provision of information of products, services, and the like through shipping of materials, email distribution, etc.
・Evaluation and improvement of the Company’s products and services and development of new products and services
・Implementation of advertisement, promotion, and marketing activities
(6) Personal Information those who make comments and inquiries
(7) Personal Information those who give opinions and thoughts about services
・Proper response to comments and inquiries
・Request for cooperation in satisfaction-rating surveys, etc. regarding the above response
・Request for cooperation in referrals of products and services, questionnaires, etc.
・Evaluation and improvement of the Company’s products and services and development of new products and services
・Implementation of advertisement, promotion, and marketing activities
(8) Personal information those who request materials, etc.
・Shipping of materials, etc.
・Notification (post-shipping notification and follow-up)
・Provision of information of products, services, and the like through shipping of materials, email distribution, etc.
・Implementation of advertisement, promotion, and marketing activities
(9) Personal Information collected from business partners and in the course of commercial activities
(10) Personal Information collected at exhibitions, events, etc.
・Notification and follow-up in the course of business activities
・Provision of information of products, services, and the like through shipping of materials, email distribution, etc.
・Implementation of advertisement, promotion, and marketing activities
(11) Personal Information of persons visiting the Company
・Confirmation of visitors
・Crime prevention measure (ensuring security within the facility)
(12) Personal Information of shareholders
・Management of and notification to shareholders as provided for in the Companies Act, etc.
(13) Personal Information collected from outsourcer as a result of the entrustment of the handling of Personal Information
・Accomplishment of the purpose of use entrusted
In addition to the above purposes of use, the Company will analyze your information such as your gender, date of birth, and your information such as your usage history and purchase history of the Company’s websites and services, and the Company will use them to provide information that meets your needs, such as delivering advertisements that match your curiosity and interest or delivering advertisements to websites other than the Company’s website.
The Company will use the your information for the purpose of preventing issues such as internal audits aiming to ensure security and fraud prevention, and responding to issues that arise, such as system failures and other trouble.
Use of Personal Information of job applicants and retirees
(1) Personal Information of job applicants
・Review and decision on hiring, employment procedures (from job application filing to entrance)
*Personal information of applicants who are not selected as a result of the employment selection process will be properly disposed of or deleted after the retention period specified by the Company.
(2) Personal Information of retirees
・Fulfillment of obligations under the labor related laws and regulations
・Delivery of in-house newsletters, etc.
・Introduction and notification of alumni associations
Notice Regarding Third Parties in Out of Japan
Use of data center
The Company provide or outsource your information to third parties located in the following countries or regions.
Singapore
This country joins in APEC CBPR, and it is considered that there is a personal information protection law that is almost the same as that of Japan in regard to the protection of personal information. The Company has taken safety management measures by concluding outsourcing agreements with local companies in these countries based on the same provision as APPI and building a monitoring system from Japan.
System development and operation
We provide or outsource customer information to third parties located in the following countries or regions for the development and operation of our systems and services.
Vietnam
Since in this country does not have personal information protection law that stipulate the same security management measures as in Japan, The Company has taken safety management measures by concluding outsourcing agreements with local companies in these countries based on the same provision as APPI and building a monitoring system from Japan.
For the overview of the legal systems of the above countries, please visit here (external site)
Notice Regarding Jointly Use of Your Information
The Company will jointly use the following your information with the following contents with other company.
Information of those who make comments and inquiries, and information of those who give opinions and thoughts about services
Items of personal information to be jointly used
The name, address, gender, age, telephone number and e-mail address of the person who made the inquiry, as well as the content of the indication or inquiry, and the content of opinions and thoughts, etc.
Purpose of jointly use
For investigation and response to suggestions and inquiries
For evaluation and improvement of the Company’s products and services and development of new products and services
Scope of jointly users
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