Categories of Personal Data processed, purpose of the processing

In the context of the business relationship with us, we may process the following categories of Personal Data of current and future contact persons at our customers, suppliers, vendors and partners (each a “Business Partner”):
- Contact information, such as full name, title, address, telephone number, mobile phone number, fax number and email address;
- Payment data, such as data necessary for processing payments and fraud prevention, including credit/debit card number, security code numbers, tax ID, bank account and other related billing information;
- Further information necessary processed in a project or contractual relationship with us or voluntarily provided by the Business Partner, such as Personal Data relating to orders placed, payments made, requests, and project milestones;
- Personal Data collected from publicly available resources, integrity data bases and credit agencies;
- If legally required for Business Partner compliance screenings: date of birth, ID numbers, identity cards and information about relevant and significant litigation or other legal proceedings against Business Partners; and
- Applicant’s information (such as name, address, age, birth date, sex, phone number, face photograph, email address, results of aptitude test, sheet recording the interview results, status of residence and expiration date thereof and marital status), payment related information (such as decision method for annual and monthly earning, bonus and salary), HR information (such as educational background, qualification/license, title and professional background), and family and relative information (such as presence of dependents).

We may process the Personal Data for the following purposes:

- Communicating with Business Partners about products, services and projects of us or Business Partners, e.g. by responding to inquiries or requests or providing you with technical information about purchased products;
- Planning, performing and managing the (contractual) relationship with Business Partners; e.g. by performing transactions and orders of products or services, processing payments, performing accounting, auditing, billing and collection activities, arranging shipments and deliveries, facilitating repairs and providing support services;
- Administrating and performing customer surveys, marketing campaigns, market analysis, sweepstakes, contests, or other promotional activities or events;
- Maintaining and protecting the security of our products, services and websites, preventing and detecting security threats, fraud or other criminal or malicious activities;
- Ensuring compliance with legal obligations (such as record keeping obligations), export control and customs, Business Partner compliance screening obligations (to prevent white-collar or money laundering crimes), and our policies or industry standards;
- Solving disputes, enforce our contractual agreements and to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; and
- Reviewing and deciding employment and employment conditions and responding to enquiries and business communication.

Legal Basis

We are not allowed to process Personal Data if we cannot rely on a valid legal ground.
Therefore, we will only process your Personal Data when:
- We have obtained your prior unambiguous consent;
- The processing is necessary to perform our contractual obligations towards you or to take pre-contractual steps at your request;
- The processing is necessary to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations;
- The processing is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another natural person;
- The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests except where they are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.

Generally, the legitimate interest pursued by us in relation to our use of your Personal Data is the efficient performance or management of our business relationship with you.

In some cases, we may ask if you consent to the relevant use of your Personal Data. In such cases, the legal basis for our processing that data about you may (in addition or instead) be that you have consented.

A. Third party recipients of the Personal Data

We may transfer/disclose your Personal Data to the following entities:
- see [Our Group Companies ]
We may need to transfer your Personal Data to other our group companies to provide the products and/or services you require or any other assistance you request, to create, improve and conduct our business with you.
- Service Providers
We use third party service providers to help us by providing IT services (e.g., hosting or IT maintenance and support services), accounting services (e.g., audit), payment services, delivery services and/or business support service on our behalf. We share your Personal Data about you with such third-party service providers solely for the purpose of enabling them to perform services on our behalf and they will operate only in accordance with our instructions. Here are examples of third party service providers we use:
Analytics Service Providers --- analytics providers are used to assist us in understanding the usage of our website, to enable us to improve our website.
- Third Parties when required by Law or to Protect our Business
We will disclose your Personal Data to comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies; to protect our customers; to operate and maintain the security of our website; or to establish, exercise or defend the rights or property of us or legal claims.
- Other Parties in connection with Corporate Transactions
We may disclose your Personal Data to a third party (or other our group companies) as part of a reorganization, merger, transfer, sale, joint venture, assignment or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock, including, without limitation, in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceeding.
- Other Parties with Your Consent or at Your Direction
We may share your Personal Data with third parties when you consent to or request such sharing.

B. International Transfer of Personal Data

The Personal Data that we collect from you may be stored and processed in your region, or transferred to, stored at or otherwise processed outside your region, including but not limited to Japan or in any other country and where we or service providers maintain facilities.
Sometimes the recipients to whom we transfer your Personal Data are located in countries in which applicable laws do not offer the same level of data protection as the laws of your home country. In such cases, we take measures to implement appropriate and suitable safeguards for the protection of your Personal Data. In particular, we transfer EEA Personal Data to external recipients in such countries only if the recipient has (i) entered into EU Standard Contractual Clauses with us, (ii) implemented Binding Corporate Rules in its organization or (iii) – in case of US recipients – the recipient is certified under the Privacy Shield. You may request further information about the safeguards implemented in relation to specific transfers by contacting Contact Form.

- Information regarding your Personal Data processing: You have the right to obtain from us all requisite information regarding our data processing activities that concern you.
- Access to Personal Data: You have the right to obtain from us confirmation as to whether or not your Personal Data are being processed, and, where that is the case, access to the Personal Data and certain related information.
- Rectification or erasure of Personal Data: You have the right to obtain from us the rectification of inaccurate Personal Data concerning you without undue delay, and to complete any incomplete Personal Data. You may also have the right to obtain from us the erasure of your Personal Data without undue delay, when certain legal conditions apply.
- Restriction on processing of Personal Data: You may have the right to obtain from us the restriction of processing of your Personal Data, when certain legal conditions apply.
- Objection to processing of Personal Data: You may have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of Personal Data concerning you, when certain legal conditions apply.
- Data portability of Personal Data: You may have right to receive your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and have the right to transmit those data to another controller without our hindrance, when certain conditions apply.
- Not to be subject to automated decision-making: You may have the right not to be subject to automated decision-making (including profiling) based on the processing of your Personal Data, insofar as this produces legal or similar effects on you, when certain conditions apply.

Californian Personal Data

In the case of Californian Personal Data, a Californian Consumer has the right to request us to disclose to the Californian Consumer the following pursuant to the Californian Consumer Protection Act:
- The categories of Californian Personal Data we have collected about the Californian Consumer.
- The categories of sources from which the Californian Personal Data is collected.
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling the Californian Personal Data.
- The categories of third parties with whom we share the Californian Personal Data.
- The specific pieces of the Californian Personal Data that we have collected about the Californian Consumer.
In addition to the above, the Californian Consumer has the right to direct us not to sell the Californian Personal Data of the Californian Consumer, and to request us delete the Californian Personal Data about the Californian Consumer. Moreover, we will not discriminate against the Californian Consumer even though the Californian Consumer exercised any of his or her rights.

If you wish exercise any of the rights above, please refer to the contact section below.