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 Declaration of our personal information and
specific personal information protection policy

(Privacy Policy)

Japan Eyewear Holdings Co. (hereinafter, "the Company") believes in the protection of personal information and specific personal information of customers, business partners, and other persons who provide personal information or specific personal information to the Company (hereinafter, "the individual") as a basic principle of the Company's business activities, and a social responsibility of the Company, and practices the following measures:

1. Compliance with Laws and Regulations

The Company complies with laws and regulations regarding the protection of personal information or specific personal information, guidelines issued by relevant authorities, and other related laws and regulations. In addition, the Company works with each of our group companies to ensure they comply with the intent of these laws and regulations. 

2. Acquisition of Personal Information or Specific Personal Information 

After clarifying the purpose of such use, the company acquires personal information or specific personal information by legal and proper means.
Personal information collected from our customers is as follows:

(1) Name, gender, age, date of birth, telephone number, address, email address, company name, company address, affiliation, job title, credit card information*, bank account information
*When purchasing products or using paid services, we may ask for credit card information or the like for payment purposes. However, payments are made through a payment agency, so we do not retain your credit card information.

(2) Information about your use of our services:
·Purchase history
Information about your purchase history of our products or services
・ Device information
Information on equipment and devices used by customers when using our services (OS type, individual device identification, etc.)
・ Log information
Information regarding operations performed during customer access to our website (IP address, date and time of use, etc.)
・ Information obtained by tracking technology
Information such as web behavior history obtained using tracking technologies such as cookies (for details, see "10. Cookies and Web Beacons" in this privacy policy.)

3. Use of Personal Information or Specific Personal Information

Except when permitted by law, we do not use personal information or specific personal information beyond the scope of the usage purpose without consent of the individual.

4. Purpose of Use of Personal Information or Specific Personal Information

①Purpose of use of personal information
We will use your personal information to the extent necessary to carry out our corporate activities such as eyeglass wholesale, retail, and manufacturing, and to the extent necessary to achieve the following purposes of use.
・For accepting applications for purchasing products and providing services
・For the smooth execution of transactions between the Company and customers, such as sending, receiving, or holding products, making payments, contacting customers regarding after-sales service, and responding to inquiries from customers.
・For member registration and identity verification procedures
・To confirm the authority of the person himself/herself or his/her agent regarding transactions between the Company and the customer
・To pursue the cause of problems with products and services
・For market research, purchase trend analysis, survey or campaign implementation, research and development of products, services, store management methods, etc. by the Company
・To provide or advertise products, services, or other information about our company (including but not limited to sending direct mail, distributing e-mail magazines, web advertising, posting comments or images, etc.)
・Analyze information such as website browsing history and purchase information obtained from customers, and deliver advertisements related to products and services according to their hobbies and preferences (For details, see "10. Cookies and web beacons") Please refer.)
・To exercise rights or fulfill obligations based on laws and contracts
・For communication and inquiries with customers, business partners, shareholders, and other people related to our company
・For information on events held by the Company
・For shareholder management
・For recruitment activities
・For personnel management work
・Other purposes announced at the time of acquisition of personal information and for the smooth operation of our company

② Purpose of use of specific personal information
The Company will only use an individual's personal number (meaning the individual number stipulated in the Act on the Use of Numbers for Identifying Specific Individuals in Administrative Procedures) for the following administrative procedures:
(1) Personal number administrative matters pertaining to employees, etc.
・ Administration of tax return preparation or tax withholding of salary income or severance income
Administration of the Employment Insurance Law
・Personal residence tax-related work
Administration of claims under the Workman's Accident Compensation Insurance Act 
・ Administration of the Health Insurance and Employees' Pension Insurance Law
・ Notifications to Category III insureds under the National Pension Plan
(2) Personal number-related matters pertaining to non-employees
・ Preparation of compensation or fee payment records, etc.
・ Administration of dividend, surplus distribution, or fund interest payments records
・ Preparation of real estate usage fee payment records
・ Administration of real estate transfer payment records, etc.
(3) Administration of each of the items above.

5. Provision to Third Parties

① Provision of personal information to third parties
We will not provide personal information to third parties except in the following cases.
・When there is consent of the person himself/herself
・When we are required to provide personal information based on laws and regulations
・When it is necessary to protect a person's life, body or property and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual
・When it is particularly necessary to improve public health or promote the healthy development of children, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual.
・When it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, a local government, or a person entrusted by them in carrying out the affairs stipulated by laws and regulations, and obtaining the consent of the person concerned interferes with the execution of the affairs when there is a risk of
・When the third party is an academic research institution, etc. and the third party needs to handle the personal data for academic research purposes (part of the purpose of handling the personal data is for academic research purposes) excluding cases where there is a risk of unjustly infringing on the rights and interests of an individual, including in some cases.)
・When the Company provides personal information to subcontractors within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use
・When providing information in conjunction with business succession due to a merger, etc.
・When personal information is acquired for the purpose of providing it to a third party, and the purpose, data items to be provided, means of provision, and contact point for requesting suspension of provision are notified or readily available.

② Provision of specific personal information to third parties
We will not provide specific personal information to third parties except in the following cases:
・ When providing specific personal information to the extent necessary for the purpose for which the specific personal information is used
・ When providing all or a portion of specific personal information due to assumption of work by another entity resulting from subcontracting or merger. 
・ When there is a need to protect the life, body or property of a person, and the consent of the individual is obtained, or such consent is difficult to obtain.
- Other cases where the provision of specific personal information to third parties is required by provisions of the Number Law (Law Concerning the Use of Numbers to Identify Specific Individuals in Administrative Procedures).

6. Joint Use

The Company and its group companies may share the following information to perform business operations, including the provision of merchandise, products, or services incidental or related to products and services provided by the Company: 

①Customer information
(1) Purpose of shared use
Guidance and provision of various products and services to customers and response to consultations and complaints from customers, etc.
(2) Items of personal data
Name, address, date of birth, age, gender, phone number, email address, company name, company address, affiliation, title, purchase history, credit card information, device information, log information, information obtained by tracking technology, inquiries content etc.
(3) Scope of joint users
Our company and our group companies

②Information on employees, etc.
(1) Purpose of shared use
Group company business management, performance management, personnel management, labor management, emergency response, etc.
(2) Items of personal data
Name, address, date of birth, age, gender, phone number, email address, affiliation, title, and other information necessary to achieve the purpose of joint use
(3) Scope of joint users
Our company and our group companies

③ Responsible person for management of the information
712-2 Yoshiecho, Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture
Japan Eyewear Holdings Co. Ltd.
Representative Director Shinya Kaneko

7. Secure Management of Personal Information or Specific Personal Information

he Company establishes internal regulations regarding the protection of personal information and specific personal information, appoints administrators, and promotes various measures such as establishing a management system for the protection of personal information and specific personal information at the Company. increase.
The main contents of safety management measures are as follows.
(1) We have established a system for reporting and contacting the person in charge of management in the event that the facts or signs of violations of laws and internal regulations are identified.
(2) We educate our employees on matters to consider regarding the handling of personal data. In addition, matters concerning the confidentiality of personal data are described in the employment regulations.
(3) We take measures to prevent the viewing of personal data by persons who do not have the authority to handle personal data. In addition, we take measures to prevent theft or loss of equipment, electronic media, documents, etc. that handle personal data.
(4) Access control is implemented to limit the scope of the person in charge and the personal information database, etc. handled. In addition, we have introduced a mechanism to protect information systems that handle personal data from unauthorized external access or unauthorized software.

8. Supervision of Contractors

The Company may outsource the handling of personal information or specific personal information. In such cases we will select contractors recognized for their proper handling of personal information or specific personal information, and instruct and supervise the contractor to perform appropriate management and protection.

9. Inquiries, Complaints, Disclosure/Correction, etc.

If you have any inquiries, complaints, notification of purpose of use, disclosure, correction, addition, deletion, suspension of use, erasure, suspension of provision to third parties, etc. regarding your personal information or specific personal information, please contact the following contact point. Thank you.
The information desk
mail@kaneko-optical.co.jp

10. Cookies and Web Beacons

(1) Use of cookies:
When a customer visits the Company's website, etc., the Company will send cookie and individual identification information (hereinafter collectively referred to as "cookies") identifying the computer, cell phone, smartphone, or other information device used by the customer in order to improve the convenience of browsing or other services, distribute advertisements, or obtain statistical data; these are recorded on a hard disk. To the extent necessary, the Company uses the acquired cookies, together with customer information, to improve Company services. To the extent necessary, the Company uses the acquired cookies, together with customer information, to achieve the purposes described in "4. Purpose of Use of Personal Information and Specified Personal Information." 

(2) Use of cookies by third parties:
The Company may use advertising distribution services provided by third parties, and in connection with such services, such third parties may acquire and use the cookies, etc. of customers who visit the Company's website. Cookies and the like acquired by third parties will be handled according to the privacy policies of the third party. 

(3) Cookie settings:
Customers may select among the following settings for sending and receiving cookies: "Allow all cookies," "Reject all cookies," "Notify user when a cookie is received," and so forth. Note that if a customer selects to reject all cookies, it may not be possible to receive services requiring authentication, and various services over the Internet may be restricted.

(4) Advertising distribution using cookies
The Company's website delivers "behavior targeted advertisements and personalized advertisements," which are advertisements tailored to the interests and concerns of customers, based on the history of pages viewed by customers and information on the use of each service. The advertisements are distributed on affiliated advertising networks (sites other than the Company's official site), but cookies used for distribution do not contain any customer identifying information.

(5) Web beacons are used to count the number of visits to pages visited by customers and create statistical data, and do not have identify specific individuals.

11. Google Analytics

Some of our pages use Google Analytics, a service of Google Inc., to keep track of visits to our site. When you use Google Analytics on our site, Google collects, records, and analyzes your visit history on this site based on cookies we issue. We receive the analytic results from Google Inc. to understand the circumstances of your visit to this site. Information collected, recorded, and analyzed by Google Analytics does not contain any information that identifies a particular individual. Such information is managed by Google in accordance with its privacy policy. Customers can also stop the collection of information resulting from our use of Google Analytics by disabling Google Analytics in your browser add-on settings. Google Analytics can be disabled by downloading and installing "Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on" on the Google opt-out add-on download page and changing the add-on settings in your browser. If you disable Google Analytics, Google Analytics will also be disabled on other websites you visit, but you may re-enable Google Analytics by reconfiguring your browser add-ons.

Please see the Google Analytics site for an explanation of Google Analytics terms of use, and the Google site for an explanation of Google's privacy policy.
Google Analytics Terms of Service:
https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/
Google Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US
Google Analytics opt-out add-on:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

12. About PLAID, Inc.'s service "KARTE"

Of the customer's action history information and attribute information acquired on this site, for information collected by PLAID Co., Ltd.'s service "KARTE", through the opt-out method (https://karte.io/optout/) By setting cookies, etc., customers can stop the collection and use of history information and attribute information. (It may take some time for the disabling setting to be reflected on the system.)

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