Privacy Policy

1. enechain Group’s Privacy Policy

enechain Corporation (hereafter referred to as the “Company”) and its group companies (hereafter referred to as the “Group”, including the Company) will comply with laws and regulations relating to the protection of personal information in all aspects of its corporate activities and will handle personal information in accordance with the following policy.

2. Handling Personal Information

(1) Acquisition of personal information

The Group obtains personal information by lawful and fair means. For example, we collect information you provide to us by filling in forms on this site, contacting us, submitting comments or questions to us, communicating with us via third party social media sites* and by other means.
In addition, when you access or use this site, we automatically collect the following information:

Log Information:
We collect log information about your use of his site, including the type of browser you use, access times, pages viewed, your IP address and pages viewed before you navigate to this site.

Device Information:
We collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to access this site, including hardware model, operating system, version and device identifier.

The personal information held by the Group is as follows.

・Personal information relating to people who purchase products and services, participate in events, respond to surveys, register for email newsletters, etc.
・Personal information relating to employees and directors of business partners.
・Personal information relating to applicants for employment.
・Personal information relating to directors, employees, employees' families and retirees.
・Personal information relating to the contact person in charge of public relations for the Company and visitors to the “Contact” section of the website.

We may obtain information about you from other sources (including publicly available sources). For example, if you communicate with us through a social media site, we may obtain information from your interactions with that social media site, such as your name and any profile information you provide to us, in accordance with the procedures set out by that site. We may collect information from your interactions with such social media sites, such as your name and the profile information you provide to us in accordance with the procedures set out by such sites.

(2) Purpose of use of personal information

The Group will use personal information it obtains and holds for business purposes within the scope of the following purposes of use:

Personal information relating to people who purchase products and services, participate in events, respond to surveys, register for email newsletters, etc.
・Ordering and handling of products and services
・Provision of information on events, etc., and proposals and provision of information on various products and services
・Development, proposal and provision of information on various products and services based on analysis of information such as event participation information, survey responses, email newsletter registration information, etc., and linking these to website browsing history, application usage history, etc.

Personal information relating to employees, directors and officers of business partners
・Provision of information on the proper use, quality, safety and efficacy of products and services
・Introduction, sending and offer of new products and services
・Collection and communication of information necessary for work, etc.

Personal information relating to candidate for employment
・Work relating to employee recruitment, selection, job offers, notification of decision on assignment, and related work.
・Provision of various information on recruitment activities (seminars, events, company information sessions, etc.) and receipt of applications.
・Information on medical examinations and induction procedures at the time of recruitment.
・Analysis and study of future recruitment and selection procedures and ways to improve efficiency.
Other work related or incidental to the above.

Personal information relating to directors, employees, employees' families and retirees
・Work-related communications, attendance management, salary payment, expense reimbursement, appropriate allocation of personnel, personnel evaluation, skills development, welfare benefits, health and safety and other labour management, and fulfilment of other obligations stipulated in labour-related laws, tax-related laws and social welfare-related laws and regulations.
・Acceptance, performance and management of various procedures stipulated in internal regulations.
・Contacts related to welfare benefits such as health insurance societies and between the Group, sending of internal newsletters and other handouts, emergency communications, and communications and handouts in social activities.

Personal information relating to persons who contact the public relation for the Company and visitors to the “Contact” section of the website.
・Consideration, investigation and response to the content of the consultation or contact

(3) Provision of personal information to third parties

The Group will not disclose or provide personal information to third parties without the consent of the person concerned, except in the following cases. When disclosing or providing personal information, the Group will endeavour to ensure that measures are taken by the other party to protect the personal information, including the prevention of inappropriate leakage.

・Where the information is provided to subcontractors or business partners to the extent necessary for business purposes.
・In the event of succession of a business by merger, demerger, transfer of business or for any other reason in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
・Where the provision of the information is required in accordance with laws and regulations, or where the provision of the information is permitted by laws and regulations.
・When outsourcing work relating to the handling of personal data to a third party.

(4) Outsourcing of processing of personal information

When outsourcing the processing of personal information held by the Group, the necessary contracts are concluded and appropriate management and supervision is carried out.

(5) Management of personal information

The Group takes the necessary security control measures to prevent the loss, destruction, alteration, leakage and unauthorised access to personal information.
For requests, enquiries or complaints for disclosure, correction or suspension of use of personal information, please contact as follows. Please note that a handling fee (JPY 1,000 per case) will be charged for the disclosure of personal information.
(Contact)
https://enechain.co.jp/contact/

(6) Joint use of personal information held by the Group

In order to provide comprehensive services, personal information held by the Group may be shared between the Group within the scope of the “Purposes of sharing”.

Personal information that may be shared:
2.(1) “Acquisition of personal information”

Companies to be jointly used:
Group companies (enechain Corporation, eSquare Corporation, eClear Corporation, eXstend Corporation, enechain Singapore Pte. Ltd. and enechain Europe Limited)

Purpose of joint use:
2.(2) “Purposes of use of personal information”

Information management entity:
Company name: enechain Corporation (for company address and representative, https://enechain.co.jp/about).

(7) Transfers of personal information outside the country

The Group may transfer personal information to countries or territories outside your country of residence. The country or region to which personal information is transferred may not have the same level of protection for personal information as the country in which you reside.

If the Group provides personal information of residents of Japan to third parties, such as businesses outside Japan, we will do so based on your consent, except in the following cases:

(i) the third party is located in a country whose laws and regulations stipulate that it has a personal information protection system at a level equivalent to that of Japan; or
(ii) the third party concerned has in place the necessary systems to continuously take measures equivalent to those taken by the operator handling the personal information in Japan.
In the case of (ii) above, the Group will take the necessary and appropriate measures to ensure the continued implementation of such measures by the third party concerned.

(8) Deletion and erasure of personal information

Personal information that is no longer required to keep, use, etc. will be deleted or erased without prior or subsequent consent.

(9) Supplementary information on the website

About SSL
Our website uses SSL encryption to prevent information leaks due to data interception or spoofing during transmission.

*SSL is a mechanism whereby the customer's device and the website's server mutually check each other while sending and receiving data when the customer provides personal information.

3. Cookie policy

(1) What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile phone when you visit a website. Cookies are used extensively to make websites work or work more efficiently. Cookies help our website to recognise your device and remember information about your visit to the site (e.g. your preferred language, font size and other preferences).

(2) Use of cookies

The Group do not use cookies to track or identify individual customers. However, we do use cookies to enable us to operate our website in accordance with your requirements and to facilitate your navigation and use of features on our website so that we can provide you with an uninterrupted web experience.
We use analytical tools, such as Google Analytics, which are useful in measuring traffic and usage statistics for the purpose of understanding how visitors access and use our website. The information collected through cookies is used to help us improve our website and to compile comprehensive statistical data on how our website visitors use our website. In this context, please note that we collect personal data about you using the analytics tools on our website: how Google Analytics uses Google Analytics and how Google Analytics collects and processes data. For more information on how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please visit Google Analytics.

(3) Manage your cookies preference

Most browsers allow you to manage your cookies preferences by changing your browser settings. You may thus set your browser to:

(i) automatically accept or refuse all cookies;
(ii) automatically accept or refuse first party cookies and/or third party cookies; or
(iii) notify you before any cookies are set on your terminal equipment so that you get the opportunity to accept or refuse such cookies.

Consequently, if you consent to our use of cookies but later wish to opt out, you may at any time through your browser settings delete the cookies which have been set and change your browser settings to block all or part of any further cookies. The “Help” function of your browser should tell you how to set and change your browser settings.
Please note yet that if you block cookies, your experience on our website may be impacted as we may then not be able to provide you with full access to all functionalities and contents of our website.