• Introduction

  At SEKONIC CORPORATION, we recognize the value that people place on the integrity and privacy of their personal information in this era of advanced information and communications technology. We consider the secure and appropriate management of the personal information of all of the individuals with whom we interact, including our customers and our contacts at the companies with which we do business, to be a social duty of the utmost importance. As a company that handles personal information, we have established and implemented a system for the management and protection of personal information, of which one aspect is our Privacy Policy, and which we pledge to maintain and improve whenever possible. We will endeavor to manage and protect your personal information in accordance with the following.

• Management and Disclosure of Reasons for Using Personal Information

  （１） Purposes for Which Personal Information is Used

  We may use your personal information when it is necessary in order to accomplish applicable business-related purposes such as those listed below.

  １）Personal information of customers and clients:

  • ・To run seminars and/or events
  • ・To run promotions
  • ・To conduct market research by way of surveys, etc., regarding our products and/or services
  • ・To provide service and/or support relating to products and/or services we offer
  • ・To procure materials and/or components
  • ・To conduct business

  ２）Personal information of individuals interested in joining our company

  • ・To communicate and to provide information relating to employment
  • ・For internal recruitment management

  Whenever we ask for your personal information, we will always strive to disclose to you each of the purposes for which we may use your personal information (as described above), and to obtain your consent before collecting any of your personal information. However, please note that there may be cases in which we skip the step of explaining the purposes for which your personal information will be used. This will only be done in instances in which the purpose for which your information will be used is made clear by the circumstances leading to our receipt of your personal information, such as cases in which you are exchanging business cards with a representative of our company as per established business practices, or cases in which you, as a customer, are requesting by telephone that we send you a catalog.
  We will only use the personal information that we have obtained from you for the purposes that have been disclosed to you in advance. Your personal information will never be used for any other purpose without your consent.
  1 If you do not wish to provide your personal information to us, you may refuse to provide said information at your discretion. Please be aware that in the event that you refuse to provide your personal information to us, we may be unable to accomplish the purpose for which we have requested your personal information.

  （２）Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties

  We will never supply to any third party any of the personal information that you have entrusted to us, except in the following cases.

  ・Cases in which we have obtained your consent

  ・Cases in which our business is taken over by another entity due to a merger, corporate split, business transfer, or any other reason

  ・Cases in which the disclosure of your information is required by law

  ・Cases in which the disclosure of your information is necessary in order to protect the life, health, or property of any individual, and in which it would be prohibitively difficult to obtain your consent

  （３）Shared Use of Personal Information

  We may share the personal information that you have provided to us with other companies within our corporate group and use said information together with those companies.

  Types of personal information that we may share with other companies in our group:

  Name, information concerning corporate affiliation (name of company and/or department, etc.), job title, address, telephone number, fax number, email address, product purchase history

  Who we will share and use your personal information with:

  Companies within our corporate group

  Reasons for which we will share and use your information with companies in our group:

  Only when necessary in order to accomplish purposes that we have reported or announced to you when obtaining your information

  Person responsible for the management of personal information used collaboratively as per the preceding:

  Personal Information Manager, SEKONIC CORPORATION

  （４）Inquiries Regarding Personal Information

  If you wish to inquire about, revise, or delete personal information that belongs to you, we kindly ask that you personally make a request directly to the person or department that initially obtained your personal information. We will respond as promptly as possible. If you are unsure as to whom you should contact, please contact us using the information below. We apologize for any inconvenience.

March 1st, 2009
SEKONIC CORPORATION