Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Customer Personal Information

Kyoritsu Test System Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) considers the appropriate handling of personal information to be a social responsibility in the course of our business activities. We protect our customers’ personal information in accordance with the following policy.

1. Definition of Personal Information

“Personal information” refers to “personal information” as defined under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, meaning information about a living individual that can identify a specific person through descriptions such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, contact details, or other information contained therein, as well as data related to appearance, fingerprints, or voiceprints, and information that can identify a specific individual on its own, such as a health insurance policyholder number (personal identification information).

2. Collection and Use of Personal Information

The Company collects, uses, and provides personal information in a manner appropriate to the nature and scale of our business operations. The collection of personal information shall be conducted within the scope of legitimate business activities, with clearly defined purposes of use, and only to the extent necessary to achieve those purposes.

The use and provision of personal information shall be conducted within the scope of the purposes of use for which consent has been obtained from the individuals who provided the information.

Personal information shall not be handled beyond the scope necessary to achieve the specified purposes of use.

If personal information is to be handled beyond the scope necessary to achieve the purposes of use, prior consent of the individual concerned shall be obtained.

3. Purposes of Use of Personal Information

Customers’ personal information will be used for the following purposes:

  • To provide and operate our services
  • To respond to inquiries and consultations from customers
  • To provide the latest information on our services, exhibitions, and other events
  • To send necessary communications such as maintenance notices and important announcements
  • To bill customers for paid services
  • To conduct research and analysis for the development of new services and improvement of service quality
  • To conduct research and analysis for proposals and marketing to customers
  • To provide recruitment information, contact applicants, and conduct selection processes in recruitment activities

4. Changes to Purposes of Use

When the Company changes the purposes of use stated in the preceding section, the Company will notify or announce the changed purposes of use to customers by publishing them on the Company’s website or by other methods deemed appropriate by the Company.

5. Joint Use

To achieve the purposes of use set forth in Section 3, the Company jointly uses personal data of individuals within the following scope:

1) Categories of personal data jointly used

  • Personal data relating to the individual, such as name, address, telephone number, and email address
  • All personal data relating to customers and their family members obtained at the time of contract conclusion or service provision

2) Scope of joint users
Kyoritsu Test System Co., Ltd. and its group companies and affiliated companies

3) Purposes of use by joint users
Same as Section 3.

4) Party responsible for management in joint use
Kyoritsu Test System Co., Ltd.
422-8686 Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka City, Suruga-ku, Nakada Honcho 61-1
Representative: Koji Miura

6. Disclosure and Provision to Third Parties

The Company properly manages personal information obtained from customers and will not provide it to third parties without prior consent of the customer, except in the following cases:

  1. When required by law
  2. When necessary to protect the life, body, or property of a person, and it is difficult to obtain consent from the individual
  3. When particularly necessary to improve public health or promote the sound development of children, and it is difficult to obtain consent from the individual
  4. When it is necessary to cooperate with a national or local government agency or a party entrusted thereby in carrying out duties prescribed by law, and obtaining consent from the individual would interfere with the performance of such duties
  5. When outsourcing the handling of personal information to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes of use
  6. When business succession occurs due to merger, corporate split, business transfer, or other reasons

7. Handling of Anonymized and Pseudonymized Information

When the Company creates anonymized or pseudonymized information, it shall do so appropriately in accordance with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other relevant laws and regulations.

8. Outsourcing to Third Parties

The Company may outsource all or part of the personal information handling operations to third parties within the scope necessary to achieve the purposes of use set forth in Section 3. In such cases, the Company shall provide necessary and appropriate supervision over the outsourced party in accordance with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.

9. Procedures for Requesting Disclosure

When a customer requests disclosure of personal information pursuant to the provisions of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, the Company will confirm that the request is from the customer themselves and promptly disclose the information. (If the personal information does not exist, the Company will notify the customer accordingly.)

However, this does not apply in cases where the Company is not obligated to disclose the information under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information or other laws and regulations.

10. Collection, Use, and Provision of Information Linked to Cookies

Cookies are a function that stores information about website visits in the internet browser (web browser) used by the customer. The stored information does not include personally identifiable information such as the customer’s name, address, or telephone number.

The Company’s website may use cookies or similar technologies (hereinafter referred to as “Cookies, etc.”) to collect and use browsing information for the following purposes:

  • To improve the convenience and maintain and enhance the quality of the Company’s website
  • To use advertising distribution services provided by third parties

Customers may stop the use of collected visit and behavioral history information for advertising distribution through the opt-out methods provided by third-party advertising distribution services. If you wish to opt out, please do so via the links below:

Google LLC
https://policies.google.com/privacy

Yahoo Japan Corporation
https://btoptout.yahoo.co.jp/optout/preferences.html

Facebook Japan Ltd.
https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/

LY Corporation
https://privacy.lycorp.co.jp/ja/setting/

11. About Google Analytics

The Company’s website uses “Google Analytics,” an access analysis tool provided by Google. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect data. This data is collected anonymously and does not identify any individual. You may refuse the collection of data by disabling cookies; please check the settings of your browser.

For details regarding these terms, please refer to the following pages:

Google Analytics Terms of Service
https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/

Google Policies and Terms
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

12. Security Management Measures

The Company implements strict security management measures to prevent leakage, loss, or damage of personal information, and strives to continuously review such measures. For details regarding security management measures, please contact us via the inquiry contact below in Section 13.

13. Contact for Inquiries

For inquiries regarding personal information, please contact us at:

Kyoritsu Test System Co., Ltd.
Tel: +81-42-730-9044