Policy for the Protection of Personal Information

1. Name and Place of Company and Name of Representative.

1. Name of Company.
   TAKARA BELMONT CORPORATION
2. Place of Company.
   1-1 Higashi-Shinsaibashi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
3. Name of Representative.
   Hidetaka Yoshikawa (Representative Director, Chairman & CEO)

2. purpose of Use for Personal Information of Customers and Others.

The Company will use the personal information of the customers and others in the manufacture and sales of products for hairdressing, beauty, aesthetic treatment, and nail treatment, as well as medical products, the provision of the services therefor, the designing and construction of salons, shops, and clinics, and all other business activities accessory to any one of the foregoing to the extent of the following purposes in addition to the extent as prescribed under the applicable law:

1. Provision of business information (including the information of festivals and events (including a variety of campaigns), lectures, seminars, and others) for the products and services provided by the Company (including those for designing and construction of shops, and the same shall apply hereinafter)
2. Provision of information for after-sales services (including all paid maintenance services) rendered to the products and services provided by the Company
3. Support and brokerage in a variety of procedures accessory to the products and services provided by the Company (e.g., leases and financing)
4. A variety of questionnaire surveys conducted for the planning or development of the products and services provided by the Company or for the enhancement of the customer satisfaction therefor
5. Planning and development of the products and services provided by the Company (including the development using the machine learning)
6. Shipment of premiums provided in the course of a variety of campaigns by the Company
7. Transmission of e-mail magazines
8. Responses to a variety of consultations, queries, and requests for information from customers (for the sake of such responses, the Company may allow the TAKARA BELMONT group entities located in Japan (excluding the Company) (see 5. “TAKARA BELMONT Group Entities Located in Japan” below) or its designated sales agents or affiliates to handle the address, names, telephone numbers, queries, and other information with respect to the customers to the extent deemed by the Company appropriate to inquire or contact any one of the foregoing)
9. Purchasing of customers for the purpose of providing advertisements and other business information that match the interests of customers regarding products and services handled by the Company, planning and development of such products and services, and improving customer satisfaction Analysis of history, website browsing history and other behavioral history
10. Performance of any other business accessory to any one of the foregoing 1) to 8)
11. If the Company attempts to acquire the personal information of the customers or others for any purpose of use other than the foregoing, the Company will explicitly show the data subjects such purpose of use in advance.

3. purpose of Use for Personal Information of Recruitment Applicants.

The Company will use the personal information of the recruitment applicants to the extent of the following purposes:

1. Provision of information to and other communication with the recruitment applicants
2. Process for screening in the recruitment
3. Any other use relevant to the foregoing 1) or 2)

4. Common Use.

The Company will use the personal information commonly with the TAKARA BELMONT group entities located in Japan (see 5. “TAKARA BELMONT Group Entities Located in Japan” below) in its business activities (i.e., the manufacture and sales of products for hairdressing, beauty, aesthetic treatment, and nail treatment, as well as medical products, the provision of the services therefor, the designing and construction of salons, shops, and clinics, and all other business activities accessory to any one of the foregoing) as follows:

1. Items in Common Use
   Name, address, telephone number, occupation, name of employer, date of birth, sex, history of purchases and other information
2. Purposes of Common Use.
   
   1. Provision of all-round information on the products and services provided by each TAKARA BELMONT group entity located in Japan
   2. Provision of the information on festivals and events (including a variety of campaigns), lectures, seminars, and others for the products and services provided by each TAKARA BELMONT group entity located in Japan
   3. A variety of questionnaire surveys conducted for the planning or development of the products and services provided by each TAKARA BELMONT group entity located in Japan or for the enhancement of the customer satisfaction therefor
   4. Planning and development of the products and services provided by each TAKARA BELMONT group entity located in Japan (including the development using the machine learning)
   5. For the purpose of providing advertisements and other business information that match the interests of customers regarding products and services handled by domestic companies TAKARA BELMONT Group, and for the purpose of planning and development of such products and services, or improving customer satisfaction. , customer purchase history, website browsing history and other behavioral analysis
   6. If any personal information is to be commonly used for any purpose other than the foregoing, the Company will notify the data subjects of the matters in advance as required under the applicable law at the time of acquisition.
3. Party Responsible for Control of Personal Data.
   TAKARA BELMONT CORPORATION.

5. TAKARA BELMONT Group Entities in Japan.

TAKARA BELMONT group entities located in Japan mean the following companies.

TAKARA BELMONT CORPORATION
TAKARA BEAUTYMATE CORPORATION
Sothys Japan Corporation
TAKARA SPACE DESIGN CORPORATION
BELMONT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
BELMONT COMMUNICATIONS HOKKAIDO CORPORATION
BELMONT COMMUNICATIONS WEST CORPORATION
BELMONT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
TAKARA MEDICAL CORPORATION
BELMONT PLASTIC CORPORATION
TAKARA TELESYSTEMS CORPORATION
TAKARA ESTATE CORPORATION
TAKARA BELMONT ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

6. Third-Party Provision.

Unless otherwise prescribed under the applicable law, the Company will not provide any third party with the personal information of any customer without first obtaining the consent of such customer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may provide its service suppliers with the personal information of any customer to the extent necessary for attaining the purposes of use. In such event, the Company shall perform the necessary and proper supervision over such service suppliers.

7. Measures Implemented for Safety Control of Personal Information.

The Company will implement the following measures, as well as all other proper measures, for the safety control of the personal information:

1. Adoption and application of the Personal Information Control Rules, providing for the matters to be complied with, the responsible manager and personnel, their duties, and others in connection with the acquisition, use, storage, provision, deletion, disposal, and others of the personal information
2. Organization of the procedures for deploying the personal-information control manager in each organization and clarifying the personnel engaged in the duties handling the personal information, and of the reporting system to the manager upon discovery of any fact or likelihood of breach of the law or rules
3. Timely and proper guidance relevant to handling of the personal information
4. Measures to prevent any theft, loss, or others of any information device, electronic medium, document or whatsoever handling the personal data
5. Restriction of the scope of the personnel, the scope of the handling personal information database and others by means of access control
6. Adoption of a system to protect the information system handling the personal data against any unauthorized access from the outside

10. Personal-Information Control Manager

9. Personal-Information Control Manager

The officer in charge of the IT System Department at TAKARA BELMONT CORPORATION shall be the general manager for the control of the personal information.

11.  Point of Contact for Queries

10. Point of Contact for Queries

General Affairs Department, TAKARA BELMONT CORPORATION
E-mail address: soumu@takara-net.com
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Adopted inMarch2005
Amended in October 2019
Amended inApril2022
Amended in October 2022 (final)