Personal Information Protection Policy

Sanwa Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Company”) has established the following privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as “Policy”) regarding the handling of Personal Information of users in the services provided on this website (hereinafter referred to as “Services”).

Article 1 (Personal Information)

“Personal Information” shall mean “personal information” as defined in the Personal Information Protection Act which refers to information related to living individuals from which certain individuals may be identified based on the corporate name, the person’s name, date of birth, address, telephone number, contact information, and other descriptions contained in such information as well as information from which certain individuals may be identified based on the single data concerning physical appearance, fingerprints, voiceprints, the insurer number on a health insurance card, etc. (information for personal identification).

Article 2 (Method of Collecting Personal Information)

When a user registers to use the Services, the Company at times asks for Personal Information such as the corporate name, the person’s name, date of birth, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. In addition, the Company at times collects information related to records of transactions between the user and our business partners (including website design companies, advertisement distribution recipients, etc.; hereinafter referred to as “Business Partners”), which contains Personal Information.

Article 3 (Purpose of Collection and Use of Personal Information)

The purposes for which the Company collects and uses Personal Information are as follows:

To provide and operate the Company’s Services;
To respond to inquiries from users (including performing identity verification);
To provide information as necessary such as sending e-mails regarding new features and updates of the Services, and other related Services provided by the Company and providing notifications regarding maintenance, important announcements, etc.;
To identify users who have breached the Terms of Use or who are attempting to use the Services for illegal or unjust purposes, and to refuse their use of the Services;
To allow users to access, change, or delete their own registration information and to access their status of use;
To bill users for paid Services; and
For purposes incidental to the above purposes of use.

Article 4 (Change of Purpose of Use)

The Company shall change the purpose of use of Personal Information only when it is reasonably recognized that the purpose of use has relevance to the purpose of use before the change.
In the event of a change in the purpose of use, the Company shall notify the users of the purpose after such change or publicly announce it on this website in a manner prescribed by the Company.

Article 5 (Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties)

Except in the following cases, the Company will not provide Personal Information to any third party without the prior consent of the user. However, this excludes cases permitted under the Personal Information Protection Act and other laws and regulations.

If it is necessary for the protection of someone’s life, body, or property and if it is difficult to obtain the Person’s consent;
If it is particularly necessary to improve public health or promote raising of healthy children and if it is difficult to obtain the Person’s consent;
If it is necessary to cooperate with the performance of clerical work specified under laws and regulations by national institutions, local public bodies, or their outsourcees and if the acquisition of the person’s consent may cause interference with the performance of such clerical work; or
If the Company has notified or announced the following matters in advance and has filed a notification to the Personal Information Protection Committee:
To include in the purpose of use the provision to third parties;
Data items to be provided to third parties;
Means or method of provision to third parties;
To cease provision of Personal Information to third parties at the request of the person; and
Method of accepting the request of the person.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the following cases, the party to which the relevant information is provided shall not fall under the category of a third party.

If the Company outsources all or part of the handling of Personal Information within the scope necessary for the achievement of the purpose of use;
If Personal Information is provided as a result of the succession of business due to merger or other reasons; or
If Personal Information is to be used jointly with a specific party, and the Company notifies the person to that effect in advance or makes the information readily accessible to the person concerning the items of Personal Information to be jointly used, the scope of joint users, the purpose of use by such joint users, and the name of the person or entity responsible for the management of the Personal Information.

Article 6 (Disclosure of Personal Information)

When the Company is requested to disclose Personal Information by the person, the Company will disclose it to the person without delay. However, if any of the following events should occur as a result of disclosure, the Company may not disclose all or part of the Personal Information, and if the Company decides not to disclose the Personal Information, the Company will notify to that effect without delay. A fee of 1,000 yen per case will be charged for disclosure of Personal Information.

If there is a risk of harm to the life, body, property, or other rights or interests of the person concerned or a third party;
If there is a risk of significant hindrance to the proper conduct of the Company business; or
If it results in violation of any laws and regulations.

Notwithstanding the provisions in the preceding paragraph, in principle, the Company will not disclose information other than Personal Information, such as history information and characteristic information.

Article 7 (Correction and Deletion of Personal Information)

If a user’s Personal Information held by the Company is incorrect, the user may request the Company to correct, add, or delete (hereinafter referred to as “Corrections, Etc.”) the user’s Personal Information in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Company.
If the Company deems it necessary to respond to the request from a user as described in the preceding paragraph, the Company will make Corrections, Etc., to the relevant Personal Information without delay.
In the event that the Company makes Corrections, Etc., based on the preceding paragraph, or decides not to make such Corrections, Etc., the Company will notify the user of such decision without delay.

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

When a request is made by a person to suspend the use of the user’s Personal Information or to delete such Information on grounds that the Information is handled beyond the scope of the purpose of use or that the Information was obtained by wrongful means (hereinafter referred to as “Suspension of Use, Etc.”), the Company will conduct the necessary investigation without delay.
If, based on the results of the investigation described in the preceding paragraph, the Company determines that it is necessary to comply with the request, the Company will perform Suspension of Use, Etc. of the relevant Personal Information without delay.
When the Company performs the Suspension of Use, Etc., in accordance with the preceding paragraph or decides not to perform the Suspension of Use, Etc., the Company will notify the user of this decision without delay.
Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, in cases where the Suspension of Use, Etc., involves considerable expense or it is otherwise difficult to perform the Suspension of Use, Etc., and alternative measures can be taken to protect the rights and interests of the user, these alternative measures shall be taken.

Article 9 (Changes to Privacy Policy)

The content of this Privacy Policy may be subject to change without notice to the users, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations or this Privacy Policy.
Unless otherwise separately specified by the Company, the revised Privacy Policy shall take effect from the time it is posted on the Website.

Article 10 (Contact for Inquiries)

For any inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at the following address:

Address: 6-16-2 Imazu-cho, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Company name: Sanwa Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Division in charge: General Affairs Division
E-mail address: general1@sanwa-trp.com

Website Terms of Use

These Website Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as “Terms of Use”) set forth the terms and conditions of services provided on this website (hereinafter referred to as “Services”) by Sanwa Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Company”). Registered users (hereinafter referred to as “Users”) are requested to comply with these Terms of Use in using the Services.

Article 1 (Application)

These Terms of Use shall apply to all relationships between the Users and the Company regarding the use of the Services.
In addition to these Terms of Use, the Company at times establishes various rules, etc., for the use of the Services (hereinafter referred to as “Individual Regulations”). Regardless of the name of such Individual Regulations, they shall constitute a part of these Terms of Use. In the event that any provision of these Terms of Use conflicts with any of the provisions of the Individual Regulations set forth in the preceding paragraph, the provision of the Individual Regulations shall prevail unless otherwise specified in the Individual Regulations.

Article 2 (Prohibited Matters)

In using the Services, the Users are prohibited from the following acts:

Any act that violates laws and regulations or public order and morals;
Any act that relates to criminal acts;
Any act that infringes on copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights contained in the Services, including the contents of the Services;
Any act that destroys or interferes with the functionality of the server or network of the Company, other Users, or other third parties;
Any act that commercially uses information obtained from the Services;
Any act that may interfere with the operation of the Company’s Services;
Any act that relates to unauthorized access or any act that attempts to gain unauthorized access;
Any act that relates to collecting or accumulating personal information, etc., of other Users;
Any act that uses the Services for any unauthorized purpose;
Any act that causes disadvantage, damage, or discomfort to other Users of the Services or other third parties;
Any act that relates to impersonating other Users;
Any act that relates to advertisement, publicity, solicitation, or sales on the Services that is not authorized by the Company;
Any act that relates to the purpose of sexual encounters with unacquainted persons;
Any act that relates to providing benefit directly or indirectly to anti-social forces in relation to the Company’s Services; and
Any other act that the Company deems inappropriate.

Article 3 (Suspension of the Services, Etc.)

The Company shall be entitled to suspend or discontinue provision of all or part of the Services without prior notice to the Users when the Company determines that there is any of the following reasons:

When the Company performs maintenance, inspection, or update of computer systems related to the Services;
If provision of the Services becomes difficult due to force majeure such as earthquake, lightning, fire, power outage, or natural disasters;
If computers, communication lines, etc., are shut down due to an accident; or
If the Company deems it difficult to provide the Services due to any other reasons.

The Company shall not be liable for any disadvantage or damages incurred by the Users or any third party as a result of the suspension or interruption of the provision of the Services.

Article 4 (Disclaimer of Warranty and Disclaimer of Liability)

The Company does not warrant, expressly or implicitly, that the Services are free from defects in fact or in law (including safety, reliability, accuracy, completeness, validity, fitness for a particular purpose, defects related to security, errors or bugs, infringement of rights, etc.).
The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the Users arising from the Services, except in cases of intentional or gross negligence on the part of the Company. However, this disclaimer provision does not apply if the contract between the Company and the Users regarding the Services (including these Terms of Use) is a consumer contract as defined in the Consumer Contract Act.
Even in the case of the proviso of the preceding paragraph, the Company shall not be liable for damages arising from special circumstances (including cases where the Company or the Users foresaw or could have foreseen the occurrence of damages) among damages incurred by the Users due to default or tort caused by negligence (excluding gross negligence) of the Company. In addition, compensation for damages incurred by the Users due to default or tort caused by negligence (excluding gross negligence) of the Company shall be limited to the amount of the usage fees received from the Users for the month in which the relevant damages occurred.
The Company shall not be liable for any transaction, communication, or dispute between a User and another User or any third party in connection with the Services.

Article 5 (Change of Service Contents, Etc.)

The Company at times changes, adds, or discontinues the contents of the Services with prior notice to the Users, and the Users shall agree to such changes, additions, or discontinuation.

Article 6 (Modification of Terms of Use)

The Company shall be entitled to change these Terms of Use without requiring the individual consent of the Users in the following cases:

If the modification of these Terms of Use is in the general interest of the Users;
If the modification of these Terms of Use is not contrary to the purpose of use of the Services, and is reasonable in light of the necessity of the modification, the reasonability of the content after the modification, and other circumstances pertaining to the modification.

When modifying these Terms of Use in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Company shall notify the Users in advance of the modification, the content of these Terms of Use after the modification, and the effective date of the modification.

Article 7 (Handling of Personal Information)

The Company shall appropriately handle personal information obtained through the use of the Services in accordance with the Company’s “Personal Information Protection Policy.”

Article 8 (Notification or Communication)

Any notification or communication between the Users and the Company shall be made in a manner prescribed by the Company. Unless the Users notify us of a change in their contact information in accordance with a method separately prescribed by the Company, the Company will assume that the currently registered contact information is valid and send notices or communications to that contact information, which will be deemed to have reached the Users at the time they are sent.

Article 9 (Use of Cookies)

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Article 10 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan. In the event of any dispute arising in relation to the Services, the court having jurisdiction over the location of the Company’s head office shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

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