Sodick Co., Ltd. (hereinafter called the company) considers it its important responsibility to respect customers' privacy and protect their personal information carefully.  In operating its official Web site www.sodick.jp (hereinafter called this site), the company observes laws and regulations concerning the protection of personal information and handles personal information according to the policy described below:

Personal information refers to such information that can be used to identify individuals, including names, addresses, mail addresses, access logs, other descriptions, numbers and/or marks assigned to individuals, other symbols, and images (hereinafter called the personal information).

The personal information provided by customers will be used by the company only for responding to or dealing with customer inquiries and requests and for such other purposes that are expressly specified by the company at the time the personal information is provided.  The company will not use the personal information for any other purposes than these legitimate ones without prior consent of customers.

Through this site, the company may acquire the personal information by means such as inquiry forms to be filled out by customers in order to enable it to identify individual customers.
As a rule, the personal information is provided by customers at their own will.  The company specifies clearly to customers in advance its purpose of acquiring the personal information.  The information is acquired by lawful and fair means only to the extent not exceeding the limits necessary for achieving its intended use specified to customers.
Customers not wishing to provide their personal information can refuse to do so at their own will.  In this case, however, they may not be able to use some of the services provided on this site.

The personal information acquired from customers is administered by the chief administrator of this site, who takes appropriate measures to protect the personal information from leakage, unauthorized use, alteration, loss, or damage.
In addition, the company tries to ensure security of the personal information when it is provided by customers through this site by using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or equivalent means to protect it from illegal access by third parties.

The personal information provided by customers will not be disclosed or provided to any third party except in the following cases:

1. Disclosure to which the owner/provider of the personal information has consented
2. Disclosure in a way that individuals cannot be identified (such as in statistics)
3. Disclosure requested by government institutions endorsed by legal obligations
4. Disclosure based on laws and regulations
5. Disclosure to the company's subsidiaries to enable the personal information to be shared between the company and its subsidiaries or between the subsidiaries for use within the limits necessary for achieving the intended use.

This site uses cookies as needed.  A cookie refers to a small amount of data that is exchanged between a Web site server and a site user's browser.  A cookie is used to make the utilization of a Web site more beneficial by making it store relevant information, including customer history in viewing the site.  Cookies are widely used as part of standard Web site technology, and many Web sites actually use them for the purpose of providing users with useful functions.  While these cookies identify browsers used by customers, they do not identify their personal information, but only grasp the circumstances of the site being viewed.

The contents of this policy are subject to revision as required by change in the company's services and/or progress of on-line technology.  Please look at the policy periodically to confirm its latest version.