Personal Data Protection Policy

1. The Company recognizes the utility of personal information (including personal numbers and specific personal information) and the importance of its protection, and complies with related laws, regulations, and other standards to ensure the appropriate management and protection of all personal information handled in the course of business. The Company will formulate, operate, and manage its own regulations in consideration of international trends in the protection of personal information, and will make these regulations known to all employees and other concerned parties, while striving to maintain and improve them on a continuous basis.
2. The Company will acquire personal information by legal and fair means, and will notify or clearly state the purpose of use of such information to the person who is the subject of the personal information. However, if the purpose of use is clear from the circumstances at the time the information is provided, the Company may omit specifying the purpose of use.
3. When the Company receives a request for disclosure, correction, suspension of use, deletion, etc., of personal information from the subject of the information (the person to whom the personal information pertains), the Company will promptly respond to the request after confirming the identity of the person to whom the information pertains and in accordance with the intent of the law.
4. The Company will not provide personal information to any third party without the consent of the subject of the information (the person to whom the personal information pertains) or unless permitted by law.
5. The Company will maintain the accuracy and up-to-dateness of personal information, manage it safely, and strive to improve necessary and appropriate information security measures to prevent the loss, falsification, or leakage of personal information.

1. Distribution of e-mail newsletters as part of the Company's sales and marketing activities
2. Provision and collection of information on proper use, quality, safety, and other product-related matters
3. Invitations to and management of seminars, exhibitions, and other events
4. Correspondence for business discussions and meetings
5. Maintenance and management of the Company's website and compilation of statistical data
6. Provision and collection of other information related to the Company's business
7. Management of transaction history
8. Notification and reporting in accordance with laws, regulations, and other norms
9. Provision of information to third parties to the extent necessary to carry out the preceding items*

1. Performance of obligations or exercise of rights based on contractual relationships, claims and obligations, or responses to such obligations or rights
2. Provision and collection of information related to contractual relationships and claims and debts
3. Management of transaction history
4. Notification and reporting in accordance with laws, regulations, and other norms
5. Provision of personal information to third parties to the extent necessary to carry out the preceding items

1. Correspondence and other communications in response to said access
2. Management of access history
3. Provision of information and proposals regarding the Company's products and services, and distribution of e-mail newsletters as part of sales and marketing activities
4. Analysis and review for the improvement of products and services
5. Notification and reporting in accordance with laws, regulations, and other norms
6. Provision of personal information to third parties to the extent necessary to carry out the preceding items

1. Correspondence and other communications in response to such contacts
2. Management of contact history
3. Analysis and review for improvement of products and services
4. Notification and reporting in accordance with laws, regulations, and other norms
5. Provision of personal information to third parties to the extent necessary to carry out the preceding items

1. Performance of obligations or exercise of rights under the Commercial Code and other laws and regulations, or responses to such obligations or rights
2. Sending distribution materials to shareholders
3. Management of shareholders to the extent necessary to carry out the above
4. Notification and reporting in accordance with laws, regulations, and other norms
5. Provision of personal information to third parties to the extent necessary to carry out the preceding items

1. Reviewing and deciding whether to accept or reject an applicant for employment
2. Correspondence related to acceptance or rejection
3. Management of employment history
4. Notification and reporting in accordance with laws, regulations, and other norms
5. Provision of personal information to third parties to the extent necessary to carry out the preceding items

1. Appropriate allocation of personnel and other personnel management, payment of salaries and other labor management in the Company's corporate group
2. Welfare, health and safety management
3. Education and training
4. Notification and reporting in accordance with laws, regulations, and other norms
   Provision of personal information to third parties to the extent necessary to carry out the preceding items

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may use the information to notify or otherwise communicate with individuals whose names and contact information are legally held by the Company to the extent necessary to conduct the Company's business.

Notice
The Company may review the purposes of use of personal information from time to time in a lawful manner and may change the purposes of use of personal information to the extent permitted by law. The Company will notify or publicly announce any changes to the purposes of use as appropriate.

The Company responds to the following requests from individuals or their representatives regarding retained personal data that identifies them, in accordance with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), from April 1, 2005.

1. Request for "Notification of Purpose of Use" (based on Article 24.2 of the Act)
2. Request for "Disclosure" (based on Article 25.1 of the Act)
3. Request for " Correction, addition, or deletion of contents" (based on Article 26.1 of the Act)
4. Request for "Suspension of Use or Deletion" (based on Article 27.1 of the Act)
5. Request for "Suspension of provision to a third party" (request based on Article 27.2 of the Act)

Please download and print out the form below to request notification of purpose of use and disclosure, etc., of retained personal data.

＜Download the form＞

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Please prepare the following documents (both (1) and (2)) for each request. If multiple requests are made at the same time, however, it is not necessary to attach duplicate copies of these documents.
These documents will be returned when a reply document is sent to you.

1. Copy of driver's license or passport (1 copy)
2. One original copy of a certificate of residence or certificate of seal registration (issued within the last three months)

(Note) Please contact the Company's Personal Information Consultation Service separately for alternative documents in the event that the documents in (1) above cannot be provided.

If a request is made by a representative, please enclose the following documents (A or B) in addition to the documents listed in (3) and (4) above.

A. In the case of a legal representative

• A document to confirm that the representative has the right of legal representation (a copy of the family register or, in the case of a person with parental authority, a copy of the insurance card with dependents' names written on it is also acceptable): 1 copy
• A document to confirm that the representative is an authorized representative of a minor or an adult ward (a copy of an official document such as a driver's license or passport of the legal representative): 1 copy

B. In the case of a proxy by power of attorney

• A letter of attorney (1 copy)
• One original copy of the person's seal registration certificate used to prepare the power of attorney

Please note that the Company will not respond to requests in the following cases.

1. If the request procedure is incomplete (e.g., omissions in the request form or errors in the method or content of entry, failure to attach required documents, insufficient or non-payment of fees, etc.)
2. If the identity of the person making the request or his/her representative cannot be verified
3. If the request is made for personal information that does not fall under the category of retained personal data
4. Other cases that do not conform to the intent of laws and regulations