Article 1 (Personal Information)

Personal information” refers to “personal information” as defined in the Personal Information Protection Law, and refers to information about a living individual that can identify the specific individual by name, company/organization name, address, telephone number, contact information, or any other description contained in the information.

Article 2 (Method of Collecting Personal Information)

We may ask you to enter personal information such as your name, name of business organization, address, telephone number, contact information, and credit card information (online store only) when you submit an inquiry through a form on the Site or when you make a purchase through the online store attached to the Site.

Article 3 (Purpose of collecting and using personal information)

We collect and use personal information for the following purposes

• To provide and operate our services
• To respond to inquiries from users (including identification)
• To send e-mail notifications regarding new features, updates, campaigns, etc. of our services and other services provided by Minebea
• To contact you as necessary for maintenance of our services, important notices, etc.
• To make payment for the purchase of our products by our customers.
• For purposes incidental to the purposes of use described above

Article 4 (Change of Purpose of Use)

The Company shall change the purpose of use of personal information only when it is reasonably deemed that the purpose of use is relevant to the purpose of use before the change.
In the event of a change in the purpose of use, the Company shall publicly announce the purpose of use after the change on this website.

Article 5 (Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties)

Except in the following cases, we will not provide personal information to a third party without obtaining the prior consent of the user. However, this excludes cases permitted under the Personal Information Protection Law and other laws and regulations.

• When it is necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of an individual and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual.
• Cases in which the provision of personal information is especially necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children, and in which it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual concerned
• When it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, a local government, or an individual or entity entrusted by either a national agency or local government to execute affairs prescribed by law, and obtaining the consent of the individual is likely to impede the execution of the affairs concerned.
• When the following items are notified or announced in advance, and when the Company has notified the Personal Information Protection Committee

The purpose of use includes provision to a third party

• The items of data to be provided to the third party

Means or method of provision to third parties

• Cessation of provision of personal information to third parties at the request of the individual
• The method of accepting the person’s request.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the following cases, the party to which the relevant information is provided shall not fall under the category of a third party.

• When we outsource all or part of the handling of personal information to a third party within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use
• When personal information is provided as a result of the succession of business due to a merger or other reasons
• In cases where personal information is used jointly with a specific person, the Company shall notify the person in advance, or make readily accessible to the person, of this fact, the items of personal information to be jointly used, the scope of joint use, the purpose of use by the person, and the name or title of the person responsible for the management of said personal information. or the name of the person responsible for the management of such personal information is made readily accessible to the individual.

Article 6 (Disclosure of Personal Information)

When we receive a request for disclosure of personal information from an individual, we will disclose the information to the individual without delay. However, we may decide not to disclose all or part of the personal information in the following cases, and if we decide not to disclose the personal information, we will notify you to that effect without delay. In addition, a fee of 1,000 yen will be charged for each case of disclosure of personal information.

• When there is a risk of harm to the life, body, property, or other rights or interests of the customer or a third party.
• If there is a risk of causing significant hindrance to the proper execution of our business
• In case of violation of any other laws or regulations.

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in principle, the Company will not disclose any information other than personal information, such as historical information and characteristic information.

Article 7 (Correction and Deletion of Personal Information)

If the User’s personal information in the possession of MTI is incorrect, the User may request MTI to correct, add, or delete (hereinafter referred to as “correct, etc.”) the personal information in accordance with the procedures prescribed by MTI.
If we receive a request from a user as described in the preceding paragraph and deem it necessary to respond to the request, we will make corrections, etc. to the relevant personal information without delay.
In the event that the Company makes corrections, etc. based on the preceding paragraph, or decides not to make such corrections, etc., the Company will notify the User of such decision without delay.

Article 8 (Suspension of Use of Personal Information, etc.)

When we receive a request from an individual to stop using or delete (hereinafter referred to as “stop using, etc.”) his/her personal information on the grounds that it has been handled beyond the scope of the purpose of use or that it has been obtained through wrongful means, we will conduct the necessary investigation without delay.
If, based on the results of the investigation described in the preceding paragraph, we determine that it is necessary to comply with such a request, we will suspend the use of the relevant personal information without delay.
In the event of suspension of use, etc. based on the preceding paragraph, or in the event of a decision not to suspend use, etc., the Company will notify the user of such decision without delay.
Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, in cases where the suspension of use involves substantial costs or it is otherwise difficult to suspend the use of personal information, and alternative measures can be taken to protect the rights and interests of the user, these alternative measures shall be taken.

Article 9 (Changes to Privacy Policy)

The contents of this policy may be changed without notice to users, except as otherwise provided by law or otherwise in this policy.
Unless otherwise specified by the Company, the revised Privacy Policy shall take effect from the time it is posted on the Site.

Article 10 (Contact for Inquiries)

For inquiries regarding this policy, please contact the following

• Address: 5-11-12 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
• Company name: THE BRIDGE Co., Ltd.
• E-mail address: info@thebridge-jp.com