MIWA LOCK Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), recognizes that the protection of personal information is a social responsibility of the Company and has therefore established this policy. This policy shall be made known and thoroughly understood by all employees as well as associated personnel and strictly implemented.

1. Objective of the Personal Information Protection Policy

The Company shall realize a strict and comprehensive protection of personal information and provide continued safety and peace of mind to customers as well as employees.

2. Handling of personal information

The Company will establish a management system in order to protect personal information in accordance with business operations conditions when handling said personal information of customers and employees and handle them in an appropriate and careful manner.

(1) Collecting personal information
When collecting personal information, the objective for the collection of this information shall be made clear to the customers and employees. The collection of the information shall be conducted using legitimate and fair methods, limited only to information necessary to achieve the said objective. (2) Use of personal information
Personal information shall only be used to the extent required in order to achieve the objective of use consented to by customers and employees. (3) Providing personal information to third parties
Personal information shall only be provided to third parties to the extent required in order to achieve the objective of use consented to by customers and employees. Unless legally bound to do so otherwise, personal information shall only be provided to third parties after prior consent has been received. (4) Managing and monitoring of subcontractors
If operations are subcontracted to a third party in order to achieve the objective of use consented to by customers and employees, the subcontractor will be managed and monitored appropriately in regards to the handling of personal information. (5) How we use cookies
To offer a better browsing experience when you visit our website again, we may send data called cookies to your device to be stored on the device’s hard disk so we can identify it the next time you browse our website. Cookies identify your device, not your personal information. You can refuse to accept cookies sent from our website by changing the settings of the Internet browser you use. Please keep in mind that without cookies you may not have full access to or be able to use certain features on our website.

3. Implementation of safety measures

In order to secure the accuracy and safety of personal information, the Company shall implement various safety measures including, but not limited to, information security measures in order to prevent unauthorized access to personal information, as well as the loss, destruction, alteration and leaking of personal information. In addition, should it be determined that improvements to safety measures are required, these improvements shall be made immediately.

4. Compliance with laws and regulations

In order to realize complete and strict protection of personal information, the Company shall comply with all laws related to the protection of personal information as well as other regulations.

5. Respecting the rights of customers and employees

The Company respects the rights of customers and employees, and shall immediately respond to customer or employee requests to disclose, change or delete their own personal information as well as requests to deny the use of or the provision to third parties of their personal information.