JSR Corporation and its subsidiaries (“JSR Group”) consider the protection for personal information (hereafter inclusive of specific personal information) under the advanced information-telecommunication society to be of the utmost importance, and in order to comply with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information in Japan (Act No. 57 of May 30, 2003) and other laws, regulations and guidelines related to the protection of personal information, will make efforts to observe the following policy for protection of all personal information.
JSR Group will clarify the purpose of use and will acquire personal information to the extent necessary to achieve the purpose, in 2 below by legitimate and fair means.
JSR Group will acquire personal information for the following purpose and will use the personal information, based on consent of the data subject or where the use is necessary for the performance of a contract.
Except as otherwise provided under the following cases, JSR Group will not disclose or provide personal information to any third party.
-1.　JSR Group will make efforts to treat personal information appropriately in the day-to-day business by means of forming the organization/framework for the appropriate control of personal information, keeping every officer/employee informed about this Policy and implementing this Policy.
-2.　JSR Group set up a personal information protection management officer who controls protection and management of personal information and JSR Group clarifies the role.
-3.　JSR Group will take necessary and appropriate measures for security of personal information against illegal access and/or computer viruses in order to prevent personal information from any damage, loss, destruction, falsification and divulgation.
-4.　When JSR Group entrust a certain subcontractor to handle personal information, JSR Group will strictly control and supervise such subcontractor.
When a data subject requests JSR Group to disclose, correct, disuse or erase its personal information retained by JSR Group, or lodges complaints with JSR Group, JSR Group will appropriately respond to such requests and complaints in accordance with applicable laws/regulations and procedures set out by JSR Group. Also, regarding the using of personal information, a data subject can lodge complaints with the Personal Information Protection Committee and other supervisory authorities.