Elm Design Co., Ltd. owns and operates the Web site with the following domain name.
Elm Design Co., Ltd. Web Site (hereafter referred to as "our Web site"):
elm-design.com
Elm Design Co., Ltd., recognizing the importance of and necessity for protecting personal information, has stipulated a policy for protecting personal information that is aimed at appropriately managing and protecting personal information supplied by customers in the course of business activities. This policy has been made widely known to all directors and employees of the company. Additionally, personal information received from customers is actively utilized in improving the services we provide.
| - | We have posted this privacy policy on our Web site, where it is available for perusal by customers at all times. |
| - | Our privacy policy is subject to revision should the laws and directives of Japan change, or should there be changes to our policies. |
| - | In the event that our privacy policy is revised, the revised items will be posted on our Web site, where they can be confirmed by customers. |
1. Why we collect personal information
2. Management and sharing of personal information
4. Technical and control measures pertaining to protecting personal information
5. Updating of the Privacy Policy
1. Why we collect personal information
The term "personal information" as used in this Privacy Policy refers to information that could be used to identify a certain individual, such as name, date of birth, telephone number, address and e-mail address (including information that might not be sufficient on its own to identify the person, but may allow identification by making it easy to verify the data with other information).
2. Management and sharing of personal information
As a rule, Elm Design Co., Ltd. does not supply personal information of customers collected through our Web site to third parties in any way other than that disclosed in this Privacy Policy. However, in cases where a rational judgment can be made that the disclosure is necessary, such as those described below, personal information about customers may be disclosed as an exception.
| - | The customer himself or herself has agreed in advance to the disclosure of the information. |
| - | The information must be disclosed under law. |
| - | The customer has violated the usage regulations of Elm Design Co., Ltd.'s Web site, and disclosure is judged necessary in order to protect the rights, assets, and services of Elm Design Co., Ltd. and its employees. |
| - | Disclosure is necessary in order to protect the life, physical well-being or assets of a person, and it is difficult to obtain agreement from the person himself or herself. |
| - | Disclosure is necessary in order to improve public health and sanitation, or to promote sound and healthy child rearing, and it is difficult to obtain agreement from the person himself or herself. |
| - | Cooperation is necessary in order for government organizations, local public groups or a consignee of such an organization or group to accomplish business stipulated by law, and there are concerns that obtaining the consent of the person himself or herself would interfere with the execution of that business. |
| - | It is necessary for Elm Design Co., Ltd. or one of our Web site managers to respond to a request from a public organization. |
3. Customers' access to their personal information (making disclosures, corrections, deletions, etc.)
Elm Design Co., Ltd. may disclose personal information upon request by the customers himself or herself, in accordance with procedures determined by Elm Design Co., Ltd. Except for the instances noted below, Elm Design Co., Ltd. will disclose the personal information as requested by the customer.
| - | There are concerns that the life, physical well-being, assets or other rights of the customer himself or himself, or of a third party, may be harmed. |
| - | There are concerns that disclosure would markedly hinder the appropriate execution of the firm's business. |
| - | The customer has violated the usage regulations of the Web site of Elm Design Co., and it is judged necessary not to disclose the information in order to protect the rights, assets, and services of the Company and its employees. |
| - | (There is a possibility that) laws will be violated by complying with the request. |
| - | It was not possible to confirm that the request was made by the customer himself or herself. |
If the personal information of a customer needs to be corrected, or additions or deletions are necessary, please contact the Webmaster at the location indicated below.
We also appreciate any opinions or thoughts you may have concerning this Privacy Policy.
webmaster@elm-design.com
Elm Design Co., Ltd.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Design Center
2500 Shingai, Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture 438-0025
4. Technical and control measures pertaining to protecting personal information
When customers' personal information is handled through our Web site, Elm Design Co., Ltd. takes the following measures to ensure the safety of the information, so that personal information is not lost, stolen, leaked, altered, or corrupted.
With regard to data communications from customers, all personal information input through our Web site is encrypted using SSL data encryption (*1).
Personal information and other data sent by customers through our Web site will never be disclosed to outside parties except through the usage methods stipulated in this Privacy Policy.
Elm Design Co., Ltd. makes every effort to prevent customers' personal information from being lost, stolen, leaked, altered, or corrupted in the event that our Web site is hacked or exposed to other similar activities, or in the event of a computer virus.
| (*1) | This stands for Secure Socket Layer, and is a mechanism for encoding information sent through a browser. Using SSL ensures that information input by customers through the browser travels across the Internet in an encoded format, reducing the danger of the information being intercepted. |
5. Updating of the Privacy Policy
If this Privacy Policy is updated, notice of the upgrading will be posted on our Web site.
[Notification of Update]
This document relating to privacy protection was updated on July 20, 2004.