Privacy Policy

PECO Corporation (the “Company”) handles any Personal Information on “PECO,” the online media operated by the Company (“PECO”) as follows.

Scope of application

This Privacy Policy shall apply to all services provided on PECO (the “Services”). Any Personal Information shall be managed under this Privacy Policy. Further, the scope of application of this Privacy Policy does not include a collection of Personal Information by other entities, such as ones to which PECO contains a link.

Definition of the Personal Information

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” refers to the personal information as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 1, of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, in other words, information about a living individual that can be used to identify that specific individual because of the inclusion of the name, date of birth, or other such information (this includes any information that can be crosschecked against other information and thereby used to identify that specific individual).

Purpose of use of the Personal Information

The Company shall use the Personal Information collected from the customers in order to

• enable users to use the Services smoothly;
• create statistical data concerning the use of the Services;
• implement questionnaires concerning the Services that the Company currently provides, or the Company intends to provide in the future;
• handle inquiries from the users;
• announce any information concerning the Services or any advertising information where an entity other than the Company is the advertiser, through e-mail or other media;
• create and provide a new project concerning the future Services;
• hold a lottery for any campaigns and shipment of the relevant prizes and products;
• confirm the identity of the users upon receiving inquiries from any of them; and
• otherwise, give any necessary notifications, such as an important notice concerning the Services.

Alteration of the purpose of use of the Personal Information

The Company may alter the purpose of use of the Personal Information to the extent reasonably deemed as having a certain relativity. The customers shall be notified or declared on any alteration if the Company has made any alteration.

Limitation on use of the Personal Information

Except for the cases allowed by the Act on the Protection of Personal Information or other laws and ordinances, the Company shall not handle any Personal Information exceeding the scope required to achieve the purpose of use without the consent of the customers unless the handling is

• allowed under any laws and ordinances;
• required to protect human life, body, or property and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the relevant customers;
• particularly required to improve public health or promote the healthy development of children and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the relevant customers; or
• required to cooperate with any national agency, local municipal entity or someone who is delegated thereby to perform any affairs stipulated in any laws and ordinances and obtaining the consent of the relevant customers may pose a problem for the performance thereof.

Provision of Personal information

The Company shall not provide the users’ Personal Information to any third parties unless

• the user agrees to the provision in advance;
• the provision is allowed under the laws;
• the user breaches the Terms of Use of the PECO services, and there are grounds to determine that the Company must present the Personal Information to protect the Company’s rights, property, and services;
• the provision is required to protect human life, body, or property, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the relevant customers;
• it is particularly required to improve public health or promote the healthy development of children, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the relevant customers;
• the Company delegates all or part of the handling of the Personal Information within the scope required to achieve the purpose of use; or
• the Personal Information is provided as a result of the succession of business due to a corporate merger or other events.

Disclosure of the Personal Information

If the Company is asked by a customer to disclose any Personal Information under the provision of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, the Company shall confirm that the request was made by the customer itself and make the disclosure to the customer without delay (or, if the Personal Information does not exist, the Company shall notify to that effect). However, this shall not apply if the Company is not required to make the disclosure under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information or other laws and ordinances.

Correction of the Personal Information

If the Company is requested by a customer to correct, add, or delete the contents of any Personal Information (the “Correction”) under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information because the Personal Information is not correct, the Company shall confirm that the request was made by the customer, perform the investigations to the extent necessary without delay, make the Corrections to the contents of the Personal Information based on the results of the investigation, and notify the customer to that effect (or if the Company decides not to do the Corrections, it shall notify the customer to that effect). However, this shall not apply if the Company is not required to make the Correction under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information or other laws and ordinances.

Suspension of use of the Personal Information

If any customer asks the Company to suspend the use of or delete any Personal Information (the “Suspension of the Use”) pursuant to the provisions of Act on the Protection of Personal Information asserting that the handling of the Personal Information exceeds the scope of the purpose of use published in advance or that the Personal Information was obtained through false or unfair means, and if it is revealed that the request has reason, the Company shall confirm that the request was made by the customer, perform the Suspension of the Use of the Personal Information without any delay, and notify the customer to that effect. However, this shall not apply if the Company is not required to make the Suspension of the Use under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information or other laws and ordinances.

Use of cookies and other technologies

The Services may use cookies and similar technologies. These technologies assist the Company in understanding the status of use of the Services and contribute to the improvement of the services. Any user who wants to deactivate the cookies can do so by changing the settings of its web browsers. However, if a user deactivates cookies, it may not use some of the functions of the Services.

The Company may post advertisements delivered by a third party to the Services. In this regard, the third party may obtain cookie information about the users who visit the Services. The cookie information obtained shall be handled pursuant to the third party’s privacy policy. The use of the cookie information for advertisement delivery may be suspended. The cookie information may not be used to identify a user or infringe the user’s privacy.

Amendment of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be amended. Upon any important changes, the Company will notify the users of the contents in a way easily understandable.

Inquiries

Should there be anything unclear about this Privacy Policy or should you have any questions, complaints, or matters for consultation concerning the handling of the Personal Information on the Services, please contact us at info@peco-japan.com.