Privacy Policy

1. TORAY ADVANCED FILM Co., Ltd.' Policy on the Protection of Personal Information

TORAY ADVANCED FILM Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, "TAF"), and our affiliate companies (hereinafter TAF and group companies shall be collectively referred to as the "TAF Group") consider the protection of personal information to be a material issue, and as such TAF will comply with all laws, regulations, and guidelines pertaining to the protection of personal information. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to explain how TAF handles personal information. Customers have no legal obligation to provide their personal information to TAF. However, TAF may not be able to provide services if a customer chooses not to provide personal information. In the case where TAF handles a customer's personal information with the customer's consent, the customer may withdraw such consent at any time. Such withdrawal of consent will have no effect on the legality of TAF's handling of the customer's personal information based on the customer’s consent prior to such withdrawal.

2. Types of Personal Information Obtained by TAF, and its Usage

TAF shall use personal information of the below persons to the extent necessary to fulfill the following purposes:

(1) Personal information of business partners (in the case of corporate clients, their officers and employees)

Type of Information:

Name, e-mail address, employer and division, home or work address, telephone and fax number, date of birth, and bank account information

Purpose of Use:

(2) Personal information of recruitment applicants

Type of Information:

Name, e-mail address, employer and division, home, school, or work address, telephone and fax number, date of birth, job history, picture, and information included in the resume

Purpose of Use:

For contacting and providing information to applicants for employment activities and other measures necessary for recruitment

(3) Information on users of TAF's website, and customers

Type of Information:

Access date and time, time spent on website, customers' operating system, transmitted data quantity, type of access, IP address, domain name, browser information (including version and language setting), name, email address, message content, employer and division, address or work address, telephone number, date and time message is sent.

Purpose of Use:

3. Personal Information Retention Period

Personal information will be retained for the period necessary to comply with legal regulations and to ensure proper business conduct by TAF.

4. Joint Use of Personal Information

Personal Information obtained from our customers, etc. may be shared with other affiliated companies of TAF Group, as described below, within the scope of the purposes of such shared use as specified below.

Information subject to sharing:
Types of personal information listed in "2. Types of Personal Information Obtained by TAF, and its Usage" above.

Companies with which information will be shared:
Customers', etc. personal information will be used jointly primarily with TAF Group's affiliates listed in the website below.
https://www.toray-taf.co.jp/en/aboutus/abo_07.html
https://www.toray.com/global/aboutus/outline.html

Purpose of Use:
Purposes of use listed in "2. Types of Personal Information Obtained by TAF, and its Usage" above.

Name or designation and address of the company responsible for the management of the personal information to be used jointly, and the name of its representative:
TORAY ADVANCED FILM Co., Ltd. (Please refer to the Company Overview for the address and name of representative.)

5. Provision to Third Parties

TAF will not provide personal information to third parties without obtaining the advance consent of the customer, etc., except under laws and regulations.

6. Security Control Measures

TAF will handle and manage the personal information that it possesses securely as follows:

7. Notice of Breach of Personal Information

In the event that personal information of customers, etc. is accidentally or unlawfully destroyed, lost, altered, or subjected to unauthorized disclosure or access, transmitted to outside parties, stored in records, or otherwise handled in such a way that a breach of security occurs, mechanisms and internal rules are in place to identify and promptly investigate such incidents. If an investigation reveals a breach, etc., TAF will take the necessary actions, such as reporting to the supervisory authority and contacting possible affected persons in accordance with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other applicable laws and regulations.

8. Requesting the Personal Information of Customers, etc. (The term “Customer” in paragraph 8 below refers to all persons from whom we collect personal information as provided in paragraph 2.)

Regarding the personal information of customers obtained by TAF, the customer may, within the scope of applicable laws and regulations, request the following: Customers wishing to request any of the below actions should submit an inquiry through the link provided in Paragraph 12 of this Policy. TAF will consider and respond adequately to customer requests in accordance with laws and regulations after undergoing the Know Your Customer procedure.

9. Personal Information of Minors

In conducting business, TAF does not, in principle, intentionally collect nor handle the personal information of minors. However, if it is discovered that the personal information of minors has been collected and handled, appropriate action will be taken in accordance with laws and regulations.

10. Links to External Websites and Third Party Services

TAF may provide hypertext links from TAF Group websites to third-party websites or Internet sources, as below: TAF is not liable for them since TAF has not handled their contents or the privacy policies of third parties to which TAF links. Please carefully read the privacy policies of third parties to which TAF links to find out about how your personal information is collected and handled.

Google Map (example)

TAF uses Google Maps API provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google") on certain individual web pages on our website. This service indicates TAF location, enabling easier access.
If Google Maps is embedded in a web page, upon accessing the web page, your IP address is sent directly to Google, and cookies are stored. Customers may access https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US to obtain information on Google's data handling at any time, and have the option to opt out.
If you do not consent to your data being transmitted to Google when using Google Maps, you have the option to disable Google Maps web services completely by turning off JavaScript in your browser. By doing so, Google Maps will be disabled completely on the website.

11. Updates to Privacy Policy

TAF is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and other standards regarding the handling of personal information, and the Privacy Policy is reviewed and updated on a regular basis. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective as of the date and time in which the updated Privacy Policy is uploaded to the website.

12. How to Contact Us

For questions concerning personal information handled by TAF, please contact the Personal Information Helpdesk via the below inquiry form.

Inquire here.