Privacy Policy｜TOWA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Inc

This Privacy Policy (Policy) sets forth the TOWA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Inc. (TOWA) privacy practices regarding the collection and use of personal data relating to Towa websites http://www.towa-denki.co.jp/ (Sites) .

Personal Information

The term "personal information" as used in the Japan Act on the Protection of Personal Information shall mean information about a living individual which can identify the specific individual by name, date of birth or other description contained in such information (including such information as will allow easy reference to other information and will thereby enable the identification of the specific individual).

Information Collection

Personal information is information that can be used to identify or contact you, such as your name, email address, telephone number or similar information. TOWA collects personal information you voluntarily give us, such as but not limited to, requesting information via our Sites.

We may also collect the following voluntarily from you:

Information about your business such as company name, company size, business type or your position in the company

Use of collected information

The purposes for which the Company collects and uses personal information are as follows.

To respond to your inquiries (including verifying your identity) and improve customer service.
To send you as necessary for product maintenance, updates, marketing communications, requested product or service information, important notices, etc.
To identify users who have violated the terms of use or are attempting to use the service for illegal or improper purposes, and to refuse their use.

Purposes incidental to the above purposes of use

Updates to the Purpose of Utilization

TOWA may, in its sole discretion, update the purpose of utilization by posting the amended Purpose on this Site　as long as the scope which is reasonably considered that the Purpose of Utilization after the change is duly related to that before the change.
We will notify you the changes, where required, of material the Purpose changes by a Site notice.

Data Sharing & Onward Transfers

TOWA will not sell or lease your personal data to a third party; however, this excludes cases permitted by the Personal Information Protection Law and other laws and regulations.

cases in which there is a need to protect a human life, body or fortune, and when it is difficult to obtain a principal's consent
cases in which there is a special need to enhance public hygiene or promote fostering healthy children, and when it is difficult to obtain a principal's consent
cases in which there is a need to cooperate in regard to a central government organization or a local government, or a person entrusted by them performing affairs prescribed by laws and regulations, and when there is a possibility that obtaining a principal's consent would interfere with the performance of the said affairs
When the following items are notified or announced in advance and TOWA has submitted a notification to the Personal Information Protection Committee
- to set a third-party provision as a utilization purpose
- the categories of personal data provided to a third party
- a method of a third-party provision
- to cease, in response to a principal's request, a third-party provision of personal data that can identify the principal
- a method of receiving a principal's request

In those cases set forth in the following, the provision of the said personal data shall not fall under a third party in regard to applying the provisions of each preceding paragraph.

cases in which personal data is provided accompanied by TOWA entrusting a whole or part of the handling of the personal data within the necessary scope to achieve a utilization purpose.
cases in which personal data is provided accompanied with business succession caused by a merger or other reason
cases in which personal data to be jointly utilized by a specified person is provided to the specified person, and when a principal has in advance been informed or a state has been in place where a principal can easily know to that effect as well as of the categories of the jointly utilized personal data, the scope of a jointly utilizing person, the utilization purpose for the utilizing person and the name or appellation of a person responsible for controlling the said personal data

Disclosure of Personal Information

When we receive a request from a principal to disclose his or her personal information, we will disclose it to the principal without delay. However, in cases where disclosing such data falls under any of each following item, a whole or part thereof may not be disclosed.

cases in which there is a possibility of harming a principal or third party's life, body, fortune or other rights and interests
cases in which there is a possibility of interfering seriously with us implementing its business properly
cases of violating other laws or regulations

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, we will not, in principle, disclose any information other than personal information, such as history and characteristics information.

Correction and deletion of personal information

A principal may, when the contents of retained personal data that can identify the principal are not factual, demand of us making a correction, addition or deletion (hereinafter referred to as a "utilization cease etc." in this Article) in regard to the contents of the retained personal data.

Utilization Cease etc.

If the principal requests us to stop using or delete personal information (hereinafter referred to as "utilization cease etc." in this Article) on the grounds that the information is being used for purposes other than those for which it was intended, or that the information was obtained by improper means, we will conduct the necessary investigation without delay.
If, based on the results of the investigation described in the preceding paragraph, we determine that it is necessary to respond to the request, we will fulfill utilization cease etc. of the relevant personal information without delay. In the event that we suspends utilization cease etc. based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or decides not to do so, we shall notify the principal without delay.
Notwithstanding the foregoing two paragraphs, in the event that it is difficult to fulfill utilization cease etc. due to large costs or other reasons, and alternative measures necessary to protect the rights and interests of the principal can be taken, such alternative measures shall be taken.

Updates to Privacy Policy

The contents of this policy are subject to change without notice to users, except as otherwise provided by law or in this policy.
Unless otherwise specified by us, the updated Privacy Policy shall be effective from the time it is posted on this Site.

Contact for inquiries

If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact the following;

TOWA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Inc.
6-29 Yoshikawa-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 040-0077, JAPAN 0138-41-4410