Handling of Personal information on our Website

Some of the services on our website (surveys, inquiries, membership registration, mail order) may require the acquisition of necessary personal information from users (“Users”). We use any personal information we receive to operate our website in accordance with the laws and regulations, from the standpoint of respecting basic human rights and the dignity of individuals. We are working to thoroughly protect and manage such information.

Acquisition of Personal Information

We always clearly state the purpose and acquisition means when acquiring personal information from Users. Furthermore, we do not acquire personal information without permission from Users.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We do not, as a rule, provide personal information acquired from Users to third parties other than our group companies. However, we provide information necessary to dispatch prizes, including the name and address of prize winners (Users), to companies we entrust with dispatch.
When products are purchased by mail-order through our website, we provide the minimum necessary information for dispatching products and settling payment, including Users’ names and addresses, to parties that provide the relevant service in order to ship the purchased products and settle payment.

Use of Personal Information

We use personal information acquired from Users to improve future services on our website.
We may provide statistical data (such as the percentage of male or female users) that does not include personal information, as reference materials to our business partners. However, we do not provide Users’ personal information to third parties other than our group companies without obtaining prior consent from the individual concerned.
Furthermore, we may send information by direct mail that we believe will be beneficial to Users (who have given prior consent), such as information on future products and events. Users can opt-out of receiving direct mail if they think it to be unnecessary, at any time, via the following link.

(Link to page with Instructions for Requesting Disclosure, etc.)

Statistical data, that does not include personal information, obtained by using personal information access logs and survey results, etc. on customers registered as mail order members on our website, is used in our corporate activities, including provision as marketing data to third parties other than our group companies and our website user trend surveys.

Changing and Deleting Personal Information

We change or delete retained User personal information at the request of Users. Users who wish to change or delete their personal information should conduct procedures using the form on the following page.

(Link to page with Instructions for Requesting Disclosure, etc.)

Cookies

We may use ‘cookies’ to make our services more convenient for Users who visit our website. In general terms, cookies refer to a text file (code) sent from our server to Users’ computers when Users visit our website. Cookies recognize Users’ computers when Users visit our website again, and enable us to provide a more user-friendly service.

We aim to use cookies:

We do not use cookies for any other purpose.

The cookies we use contain encrypted membership IDs, but do not contain information that identifies individual Users such as names. Users can alter their browser settings to choose whether or not to accept cookies. Users can view and use almost all of the content on our website without accepting cookies. However, some of our services may not function properly. Moreover, we do not have any control over cookies sent from websites other than our website.

Notes

The handling of personal information on our website is subject to change without notice.
Your understanding is appreciated.

Revised: April 1, 2022