Privacy policy
1. Introduction
KITOWA Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) recognizes the importance of protecting Personal Information. The Company considers the appropriate use and protection of Personal Information to be a social responsibility and is committed to safeguarding it.
2. Definition of Personal Information
“Personal Information” means information relating to an individual that can identify a specific individual, including their name, date of birth, gender, telephone number, email address, occupation, employer, and other similar information.
3. Collection and Use of Personal Information
Personal Information is collected and used by the Company based on information voluntarily provided by customers. By providing Personal Information, customers are deemed to have consented to the Company’s use of such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
The Company collects and uses Personal Information only to the extent necessary for the following purposes.
・To carry out operations necessary to deliver products ordered from the Company.
・To provide customers with information that the Company considers useful and necessary, including information about new products.
・To contact customers, confirm information as necessary for business operations, and collect feedback to improve the Company’s services.
・To conduct investigations in order to prevent the use of the Company’s services for fraudulent or improper purposes.
・To improve the services and security provided by the Company and its business partners.
・To respond to inquiries.
Joint Use of Personal Information
The Company may jointly use Personal Information obtained from customers with companies within its corporate group as described below.
Categories of Personal Information That May Be Jointly Used
Address, name, age, telephone number, date of birth, gender, occupation, email address, and names of products purchased.
Companies Permitted to Jointly Use Personal Information
Nippon Kodo Holdings Co., Ltd.
Nippon Kodo Co., Ltd.
Koju Tenkundo Co., Ltd.
Entity Responsible for the Management of Personal Information
4. Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
The Company will not disclose or provide Personal Information to any third party without the prior consent of the individual concerned, except where permitted or required by applicable laws and regulations or where another legitimate reason exists.
5. Supervision of Service Providers
In the course of providing products and services to customers and carrying out other business operations, the Company may entrust the handling of certain Personal Information to external service providers.
In such cases, the Company will appropriately supervise such service providers to ensure that Personal Information is handled properly.
6. Management of Personal Information
Such information may include cookies and similar technologies, mobile advertising identifiers, email addresses, website browsing and search histories, location information, and other activity histories, and may be used for purposes such as the delivery of advertisements.
To prevent the leakage, loss, damage, or other compromise of Personal Information, the Company appoints a person responsible for the protection and management of Personal Information and implements appropriate security safeguards.
The Company also appropriately manages the Personal Information entrusted to it to ensure that it remains accurate and up to date.
7. Cookies
This website may use cookies to facilitate product purchases, analyze user activity, and for other related purposes.
If cookies are disabled in a customer’s browser settings, certain features of this website may be unavailable or restricted.
8. Requests for Access, Correction, or Deletion
If a customer requests access to, correction of, or deletion of Personal Information provided to the Company, the Company will respond promptly within a reasonable scope after verifying the identity of the person making the request.