Privacy policy

Privacy Policy

TATSUTA Electric Wire and Cable Co., Ltd. and its group companies* (hereinafter, collectively the “TATSUTA Group”) consider that protecting personal information is the basis of the TATSUTA Group’s business activities and its social responsibility, establish this Privacy Policy as follows, and strive to properly manage, use, and protect personal information.

Group Companies are those listed in the “Company profile” section of the website of TATSUTA Electric Wire and Cable Co., Ltd.

1. Internal system

The TATSUTA Group has established an appropriate internal system regarding the handling of personal information of its customers, business partners, shareholders, and applicants for employment (hereinafter, collectively “customers”), by appointing a manager, under his/her instructions, to appropriately protect and manage such personal information and to respond to customer inquiries including requests for disclosure or correction of personal information.

2. Purposes of use of personal information

The TATSUTA Group will use personal information provided by customers for the following purposes. If it becomes necessary to use the information beyond the scope of the following purposes, the Group will use it only after contacting the customer and obtaining their consent. However, the TATSUTA Group will not acquire customers’ personal numbers under the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (hereinafter, the “My Number Act”).

Purposes
  • To respond to inquiries
  • To contact customers to confirm necessary information for shipping their purchased products and/or providing products or services
  • To fulfil procedures associated with payment for product sale or service provision
  • To introduce requested products
  • To register, distribute, confirm, and take other actions for the email delivery service and other services provided through the TATSUTA Group website (including services using SNSs)
  • To send the requested email newsletter
  • To respond to and provide information on the use of facilities
  • To contact, respond to, and manage our business partners (including potential business partners; hereinafter the same applies) for business purposes
  • To manage and serve shareholders as prescribed in the Companies Act, etc.
  • To provide information on recruitment and selection, and questionnaires to applicants for employment
  • To create statistical data in a form that does not identify individuals, in order to improve the TATSUTA Group’s product development and marketing activities

See the lower part of this page regarding the purposes of use of employees’ personal information.

3. Shared use

The TATSUTA Group may share and jointly use personal data (excluding specific personal information) provided by customers as follows. However, the data will not be shared beyond the scope necessary to achieve the purposes of use.

  • Items of personal information to be shared Customer’s attribute information such as company information, affiliation, position, address, name, telephone number, fax number, age, gender, and email address, as well as the content of information and inquiries provided
  • Scope of the shared users TATSUTA Electric Wire and Cable Co., Ltd. and its Group Companies within Japan as listed at the following: Head Office, Plants, and Affiliated Companies
  • Purposes of use by the shared users The purposes of use described in “2. Purposes of use of personal information”
  • Person responsible for the management of shared personal data Administrator: TATSUTA Electric Wire and Cable Co., Ltd.
    Person Responsible for Overall Handling of Personal Information: The director/officer in charge of the Legal & Public Relations Department
    Please refer to the “Company Profile” page on our website for the address and the name of the representative.

4. Management and protection of personal information

In handling personal information, the TATSUTA Group will manage it appropriately, strive to prevent risks such as unauthorized access from outside, loss, destruction, falsification, or leakage to outside, and implement an appropriate and reasonable level of safety measures. In the event of an accident, the Group will take corrective action promptly. For details regarding the security control measures we have implemented, please contact us via the inquiry form specified in “11. Inquiries.”

5. Provision of personal information to third parties

The TATSUTA Group will not disclose or provide any personal information of customers to third parties other than its outsourced contractors without the consent of the customers. However, this does not apply if there is a valid reason, such as where disclosure/provision falls under the exception prescribed in Article 27, Paragraph 1 of the Personal Information Protection Act; where disclosure is required by law; where the handling of personal information is entrusted to an outsourced contractor; or where the abovementioned joint use is performed.
Specific personal information will not be provided to any third parties, regardless of the consent of customers, except to outsourced contractors or in accordance with the My Number Act or other laws.

6. Management of outsourced contractors

The TATSUTA Group will instruct and supervise its outsourced contractors to whom the personal information of customers is disclosed in accordance with the preceding paragraph by concluding appropriate contracts and ensuring their appropriate handling and protection of customers’ personal information.

7. Disclosure, correction, suspension of use, etc. of personal information

If you wish to have your personal data held by the TATSUTA Group to be disclosed, corrected, supplemented with additional data, or deleted, or to have the use of your personal data or its provision to third parties suspended, please contact us by using the Contact Form below. We will promptly handle your request within reasonable limits after verifying your identity as the requesting person.
However, this does not apply if the TATSUTA Group deems that the request may infringe on the rights of other third parties, significantly hinder the proper business activities of the Group, or violate laws.

8. Compliance with laws, etc.

The TATSUTA Group will comply with laws and other norms regarding personal information.

9. Continuous improvement of the personal information protection system

To properly maintain the protection of personal information, the TATSUTA Group will continuously improve the system by formulating and operating rules based on this Privacy Policy and regularly monitoring the content of such rules.

10. Dissemination, thorough familiarization, and education

The TATSUTA Group will make this Privacy Policy thoroughly known to its officers and employees and continue providing them with appropriate education.

11. Inquiries

Please send your inquiries on personal information using the following Contact Form.
This Privacy Policy is subject to change without notice.

Consultations and inquiries about Privacy Policy

Purposes of Use of Employees’ Personal Information

The TATSUTA Group may collect the personal information of its officers and those in similar positions, and of its employees in any positions engaged in the Group’s business (hereinafter collectively, “employee(s)”), on the premise that it will be used for the following purposes. If the Group intends to use its employee’s personal information (except personal numbers under the Act on the Use of Numbers for Identifying a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (hereinafter, the “My Number Act”)) for purposes other than the following purposes, the Group will obtain the prior consent of the employee concerned.

Purposes

  • Personal information (except personal numbers) directly collected from each employee himself/herself by the TATSUTA Group will be mainly used for personnel and labor affairs, the calculation, determination, and payment of compensation, training, dismissal or retirement, other management of employment and performance, due implementation of proper business operations, and contact with the employee by the Group.
  • In addition to the above, the TATSUTA Group may collect each employee’s personal information (except the personal number) through the head of their department or the human resources department, for the purpose of using it for personnel and labor affairs, training, dismissal or retirement, other management of employment and performance, and due implementation of proper business operations.
  • The TATSUTA Group may also provide the personal information (except the personal number) obtained as above to the company to which the employee is temporarily seconded or transferred, only to the extent necessary for labor management, etc. at the receiving company.
  • The TATSUTA Group will use the health information (health diagnosis results, medical histories, and other health-related matters) of employees only for purposes that are deemed to be beneficial to the employees, such as maintaining and improving their health.
  • The TATSUTA Group will, according to the My Number Act, use the personal numbers of employees only within the scope necessary for the following clerical work.
    1. Clerical work to prepare legal records regarding the salary, retirement allowance, and retirement pension
    2. Clerical work for employment insurance notification
    3. Clerical work for health insurance and welfare pension insurance notification
    4. Clerical work for the notification of the Category 3 insured person under the national pension
    5. Clerical work to prepare documents for compensation, fees, contract money, and prize payment
    6. Other clerical work related to personal numbers as prescribed by laws
  • The TATSUTA Group will not return the personal information of employees to the employees themselves even after their retirement, but will responsibly dispose of the information after the purposes of its use have been achieved.
  • Matters not listed above will be subject to the Privacy Policy published by the TATSUTA Group.

Established on December 1, 2020

Revised on April 1, 2026

Revised on August 1, 2026

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