Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

 

Towa Corporation (hereinafter, the “Company”) sets forth the following privacy policy (hereinafter, the “Policy”) pertaining to the handling of personal information of users in the services provided on this website (hereinafter, the “Services”).

Article 1 (Personal Information)

“Personal Information” means “personal information” as defined in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and means information relating to a living individual which can identify the specific individual by name, date of birth, address, telephone number, contact information or other descriptions contained in such information, as well as information which can identify the specific individual from a single piece of such information as appearance, fingerprints, voiceprint data, and the insurer’s number on the health insurance card (personally identifying information).

Article 2 (Method of Collecting Personal Information)

At the time users register for use, the Company may ask for Personal Information, such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address, bank account number, credit card number, and driver’s license number. The Company may also collect from its business partners (including information providers, advertisers and advertising destinations;  hereinafter the “Business Partners”), etc. information on transaction records and settlements made between users and Business Partners, etc. that contains the users’ Personal Information.

Article 3 (Purposes of Collecting and Using Personal Information)

The Company collects and uses Personal Information for the purposes stated below:

  1. To provide and operate the services of the Company.
  2. To respond to inquiries from users (including verifying identity).
  3. To send emails containing information on new features, updates, campaigns, etc. of the services in use by users and information on other services provided by the Company.
  4. To contact users for maintenance, important notices, and other matters as required.
  5. To identify users committing any breach of the Terms of Use or users intending to use the services for fraudulent or improper purposes and to refuse such users’ use.
  6. To enable users to view, modify, or delete their registration information and view their usage status.
  7. To charge users for the use of paid services.
  8. Any other purposes incidental to the foregoing purposes of use.

Article 4 (Amendment to Purposes of Use)

  1. The Company shall amend the purposes of use of Personal Information only in cases where the purposes of use are reasonably recognized to be relevant to those before such amendment.
  2. If the purposes of use are amended, the amended purposes shall be notified to users or announced on this website in the manner prescribed by the Company.

Article 5 (Provision of Personal Information to a Third Party)

  1. Except in the following cases, the Company will not provide Personal Information to any third party without prior consent of the user; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases permitted under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information or other laws and regulations:
    1. Cases in which the provision of Personal Information is necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of an individual and in which it is difficult to obtain the consent of the data subject.
    2. Cases in which the provision of Personal Information is specially necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children and in which it is difficult to obtain the consent of the data subject.
    3. Cases in which the provision of Personal Information is necessary for cooperating with a state organ, a local government, or an individual or an entity entrusted by either of the former two in executing the affairs prescribed by laws and regulations and in which obtaining the consent of the data subject is likely to impede the execution of the affairs concerned.
    4. Cases in which the Company, in advance, notifies or publicly announces the following matters and notifies the Personal Information Protection Commission.
      1. The fact that the purposes of use include provision to a third party.
      2. The items of the data to be provided to a third party.
      3. The means or method of provision to a third party.
      4. The fact that provision of Personal Information to a third party will be suspended at the request of the data subject.
      5. The method of accepting requests from the data subject.
  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the following cases, the individual or entity receiving such information shall not be deemed a third party:
    1. Cases in which the Company entrusts the handling of Personal Information in whole or in part within the scope necessary for the achievement of the purposes of use.
    2. Cases in which Personal Information is provided as a result of the succession of business in a merger or otherwise.
    3. Cases in which Personal Information is used jointly with specific individuals or entities and in which this fact, the items of the Personal Information used jointly, the scope of the joint users, the purpose for which the Personal Information is used by the joint users, and the name of the individual or entity responsible for the management of the Personal Information are, in advance, notified to the data subject or placed in a readily accessible condition for the data subject.

Article 6 (Disclosure of Personal Information)

  1. Upon receipt of a request from a data subject to disclose his/her Personal Information, the Company will disclose such information to the data subject without delay. provided, however, that if the disclosure falls under any of the following cases, the Company may not disclose all or any part of the information, and if the Company decides not to disclose, the Company will notify such decision without delay:
    1. Cases in which the disclosure is likely to harm the life, body, property, or other rights or interests of the data subject or a third party.
    2. Cases in which the disclosure is likely to seriously impede the proper execution of the business of the Company.
    3. Cases in which the disclosure otherwise violates laws and regulations.
  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Company will not, in principle, disclose any information other than Personal Information, such as historical information and characteristic information.

Article 7 (Correction and Deletion of Personal Information)

  1. If any Personal Information in the Company’s possession is incorrect, the user may request the Company for corrections, additions, or deletions of such Personal Information (hereinafter, the “Correction, etc.”) pursuant to the procedures prescribed by the Company.
  2. If the Company receives a request under the preceding paragraph from a user and determines it necessary to comply with such request, the Company shall make the Correction, etc. to such Personal Information without delay.
  3. If the Company makes the Correction, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph or decides not to make the Correction, etc., the Company will notify the user to that effect without delay.

Article 8 (Suspension of Use, Etc. of Personal Information)

  1. If the Company receives a request from a data subject for suspension of use or deletion of his/her Personal Information (hereinafter, “Suspension of Use, etc.) by reason of such information being handled beyond the scope of the purposes of use or having been obtained through fraudulent means, the Company will conduct necessary investigations without delay.
  2. If, based on the results of the investigations under the preceding paragraph, the Company determines it necessary to comply with such request, the Company will carry out Suspension of Use, etc. of such Personal Information without delay.
  3. If the Company carries out Suspension of Use, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph or decides not to carry out Suspension of Use, etc., the Company will notify the user to that effect without delay.
  4. Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, if Suspension of Use, etc. incurs considerable expenses or otherwise is difficult to carry out and if alternative measures necessary for protecting the rights and interests of the user can be taken, the Company shall take such alternative measures.

 Article 9 (Amendment to the Privacy Policy)

  1. Except for matters otherwise provided in laws and regulations or in the Policy, the content of the Policy may be amended without notice to users.
  2. Unless otherwise prescribed by the Company, the amended Privacy Policy shall become effective upon being posted on this website.

Article 10 (Contact for Inquiries)

For inquiries regarding the Policy, please contact the following:

Address: 227 Tsubuku-Honmachi, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0047, Japan
Company Name: Towa Corporation

Department in charge: Robo Glove Promotion Office
Email Address: customer@robo-glove.jp