Privacy Policy

TMC Partners ("TMC") is deeply aware of the importance of the protection of personal information today and is determined to continuously endeavor to thoroughly improve our company operations while observing all laws, regulations and guidelines pertaining to protection of personal information to avoid betraying our customers' trust.

With such an understanding, TMC has established the privacy policy below.
In this policy, "personal information" is defined as information on existing individuals - information on our customers (users of TMC services and so on) - the knowledge of which, including their names, allows identification of a specific individual (including information that can be cross-checked against other data easily, by which a particular individual can be identified). 

Introduction

TMC is acutely aware of the importance of the protection of personal information, and all our employees give the utmost attention on a daily basis when handling personal information.
We take great care to obey laws, regulations, ordinances and guidelines pertaining to the protection of personal information (hereinafter referred to as "laws and regulations") and address the establishment of a system to observe them.
We have already established company guidelines and manuals regarding the handling of our customers' personal information, and all our employees are strongly aware of the importance of doing so when performing their daily duties.

TMC manages personal information as follows:

Obtaining personal information

When obtaining personal information, we clarify our purposes of use by stating them in user-registration forms, various other kinds of documents, e-mails and/or various other kinds of forms, or by announcing them in advance on our website or via other means.

We only obtain the minimum personal information necessary to accomplish our purposes and do not collect it through dishonest or fraudulent means. 

Purposes of use

The purposes of the use of personal information that TMC possesses or will obtain are as stated below.

Personal information is only used to the extent necessary to accomplish the purposes that have been announced or otherwise made known to the relevant individual. In the case where the use of personal information exceeds the scope necessary for such purposes, or such information is to be used for a different purpose, we first obtain the individual's consent in advance.

TMC never provides personal information to a third party unless we have obtained the individual's prior consent (except in cases where no consent is necessary under related laws and regulations or other acts). 

Safe management of personal information

TMC thoroughly carries out organizational, personnel, physical and technological measures for safe and secure management to a reasonable extent to prevent leaks of personal information.

Response to accidents

In the event an accident should occur, including a leak of personal information, we will immediately announce it and notify any affected individuals, make the utmost effort to confirm the fact, investigate the reasons and minimize any damage. We also thoroughly analyze the cause(s) of the accident to take proper preventive measures to prevent the recurrence of such an incident. 

Web Browser Cookies

A file known as a "cookie", which is used by numerous websites, is saved to a customer's computer by the web browser and can be read by TMC while he or she makes use of our website. Information collected through cookies includes the date and time a customer last visited our website as well as number of visits, which are used to learn how our website is used in accordance with our privacy policy. You are free to take measures to receive no cookies by changing your web browser's configuration. For instructions on how to do so, please inquire with the provider of the web browser software. Please be aware that if you deactivate your web browser's cookie functionality, you will not be able to use certain functions on our website. 

Inquiries regarding personal information

TMC responds to personal requests concerning the personal information that we possess, to notify our purposes of use, disclose the data, correct or add or delete specific information from the data, and cease to use and erase the data, in accordance with related laws and regulations. Please feel free to make a request by following each relevant procedure. 

For inquiries regarding handling of personal information/data that TMC possesses, contact: