Regarding the handling of personal information of customers, business clients, shareholders and employees, Takihyo Co., Ltd. (hereinafter called “Takihyo”) shall strictly observe the laws relating to the protection of personal information and fully recognize their importance, shall define its private policy as follows, and shall promote the maintenance of a structure protecting personal information throughout the company.

1. Personal information is information that allows identification of a certain individual (Name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. This does not include the government assigned identification number)

2. Takihyo shall organize a safety control system for the protection of personal information, shall indicate a clear policy on the handling of personal information to all of its executive officers and employees, and shall make every effort to prevent unlawful access to, loss, vandalization, falsification and divulgation of personal information and to promote its security.

3. Takihyo shall notify and disclose its purpose of utilizing all personal information in full compliance with all laws relating to the protection of personal information and shall obtain such personal information through appropriate channels. Acquired personal information shall be mainly utilized for the reasons listed below.
   1. Confirmation of customer orders and payment methods, communication regarding customer purchases, shipment of products and notices in regards to mail order sales (including mail order sales on the website)
   2. Marketing research and analysis, application for sales promotion in order to develop new products and services based on our customer purchases.
   3. Offering of requested documents and information within the range that Takihyo presently allows disclosure and provision.
   4. Recruitment activities for contests, prizes and other events, contacting applicants, provision of documents and services and shipment of prizes.
   5. Corresponding to customers’ various inquiries.
   6. Notices regarding our company’s products and services, amendments to the rules, notices of exhibitions and requests to fill out questionnaires through e-mail or direct mail.
   7. For selection in Takihyo’s recruitment activities, communication with applicants, provision of various information, and management of associated recruitment operations
   8. For operations related to the management of our employees (executives, regular employees, contract employees, part-time workers, etc.) (business, labor, and personnel management operations; payroll-related operations; employee benefits operations; health management; etc.)
   9. For business management, various communications, billing, and payment management using personal information acquired from our business partners, etc.
   10. For sending various materials to, communicating with, and responding to inquiries from our former employees
   11. For communicating with our shareholders, running general meetings of shareholders, and performing other share-related administrative work
   12. For ensuring the safety of our employees and for responding to and preventing the use of services for improper or wrongful purposes (customer harassment, unauthorized access, nuisance acts, etc.)

4. Takihyo shall appropriately handle its acquired personal information within the range of purpose of use. Takihyo will not provide or disclose any personal information to a third party or use such information for any other purpose than previously notified or disclosed, without the agreement of said person.

5. In the case said person requests the disclosure, amendment, suspension of use or deletion of retained personal information, Takihyo shall take appropriate measures within reason.

6. Takihyo shall check and review the above subjects from time to time, to continuously improve the handling of personal information. Especially important amendments will be notified on the Takihyo website.

7. If you should have any inquiries pertaining to personal information, we will be accepting e-mails. Please be informed that we will not take any telephone calls regarding this matter.

8. This website uses Google Analytics, an access analysis service provided by Google LLC. This service collects and analyzes data to understand how our site is used in order to improve site performance. Google Analytics obtains anonymous traffic data (IP address, date and time of visit, pages viewed, etc.) via cookies when users visit our site.
   
   Please note that these data are anonymized and do not identify specific individuals. In addition, Google will manage the collected data in accordance with Google’s Privacy Policy. Users can disable data collection by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on extensions.
   
   For more information, see Google’s Privacy Policy and Google Analytics Opt-Out Add-on.
   https://policies.google.com/privacy
   https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

   Furthermore, on our recruitment website (recruitment page), we use “SiTest” provided by GLAD CUBE Inc. for the purpose of improving services and providing a guidance function via a chatbot. SiTest acquires behavioral history and input information within the site via cookies, etc. Please note that, for processes including AI-based response generation, the handling of information entered into the chatbot may be entrusted to an external service provider, and such information may be transmitted via secure communications to external servers, etc. located in the United States. For information on the personal information protection system in the United States, the destination of this transfer, please refer to the “Survey on Systems, etc. Regarding the Protection of Personal Information in Foreign Countries (United States of America)” published by the Personal Information Protection Commission. Additionally, the entrusted party implements security control measures (encryption, access control, etc.) compliant with international security certifications (such as SOC 2), and our company exercises appropriate supervision. If requested by the individual, we will, without delay and in accordance with laws and regulations, respond by providing information on the specific measures relating to the system we have established to conform to the prescribed standards
   
   For more details, please see GLAD CUBE’s privacy policy and the opt-out page for disabling data collection.
   https://sitest.jp/privacy.html
   https://sitest.jp/optout.html