Website Privacy Policy for residents outside Japan

Seiko Instruments Inc. and its subsidiaries in Japan (collectively “we”, “us”, or “our”) offers online resources that provide information related to products and services, as well as corporate news, employment and other information related to our business.

This policy only applies to personal data collected via our following websites operated by us or by third parties acting for and on our behalf as data processors (“this Website”) and further processed for the purposes specified herein. 

▪https://＊＊＊. sii.co.jp　
＊＊＊：Text strings of the subdomain managed and operated by us (not limited to www）
▪https://www.sii-ps.com/

1. We are committed to respecting personal data and protecting the privacy of all individuals who use this Website. We will process your personal data in compliance with applicable data protection laws and any laws that replace them in the future.
   In order to securely preserve personal data in the operation of this Websites, we will adopt appropriate security measures for the system and its operation, such as server control arrangements and access restrictions.

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1. *“personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

    

   *“processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, 

   whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

    

◆2．Collection of Your Personal Data

We will collect and process the following personal data about you:

• Informative Data

When you come to this Website, we automatically collect information about the device you are using, such as a computer, tablet, smartphone, etc. We refer to this information collectively as "Informative Data”. It includes the user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, the date and time of their visit, and information provided by tracking technologies such as cookies, web beacon and access log. For details about cookies, please refer to our “Cookie Policy” (https://www.sii.co.jp/en/siteinfo/privacy/cookie ). 

• Contact Information 

If you contact us and choose to provide your personal data, such as your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address, via this Website, we will receive the personal data.

When requesting such personal data through prescribed input forms on this Websites, we will implement appropriate encryption for transmission and will endeavor to prevent leakage at the time of sending and receiving.

◆3．The Purpose and Legal Basis for the Processing

We process your personal data for the purposes as follows to the extent permitted under applicable laws. We may also process your personal data to comply with and enforce our rights and perform our obligations under applicable laws.

◆5．Use of Ads Distribution Services

Your Informative Data may be collected by the ad distribution services providers listed below so that we distribute our advertising on other websites using these ads distribution services. You can control the ads distributed by these providers in ways set by each provider.

◆6. Disclosure of Personal Data to Recipients
We may share your personal data with the following categories of recipients.

Seiko Group Corporation and its subsidiaries 
＊Please refer the link below for main subsidiaries of Seiko Group Corporation
　https://www.seiko.co.jp/en/group/list/
＊Please refer the link below for subsidiaries of Seiko Instruments Inc.
　https://www.sii.co.jp/en/corp/base-domestic/
　https://www.sii.co.jp/en/corp/base-overseas/

Service provider such as IT service provider, marketing service provider and advertising service provider within the necessary scope in order to fulfill the purposes described in Section 3
Any relevant party, law enforcement agency, or court, to the extent necessary for us to provide our professional services or comply with applicable law or regulation.

◆7. Transfers of Personal Data outside Japan

The personal data that we hold about you may be transferred to, and stored by, a third party outside Japan.

Where we transfer your personal data to a third party outside Japan, we will implement necessary measures subject to the applicable laws.

You can obtain more details of the protection given to your personal data when it is transferred outside Japan by contacting us in accordance with the contact information indicated in Section 1.

◆8. Retention of Personal Data

We will retain the personal data that we collect through this Website as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in Section 3, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

◆9. Your rights

You have a number of legal rights in relation to the personal data that we hold about you. These rights may vary depending on where you are located and which data protection laws will apply to the relationship between you and us, but would typically include:

• Access

You have the right to obtain from us confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed, and, where that is the case, to request access to the personal data. You have the right to obtain a copy of the personal data undergoing processing.

• Rectification

You have the right to have incomplete or inaccurate personal data that we process about you rectified.

• Erasure

You have the right to request that we delete personal data that we process about you, except we are not obliged to do so if we need to retain such data in order to comply with a legal obligation or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

• Restriction

You have the right to restrict our processing of your personal data where you believe such data to be inaccurate; our processing is unlawful; or that we no longer need to process such data for a particular purpose unless we are not able to delete the data due to a legal or other obligation or because you do not wish for us to delete it.

• Portability

You have the right to obtain personal data we hold about you, in a structured, electronic format, and to transmit such data to another data controller, where this is (i) personal data which you have provided to us, and (ii) if we are processing that personal data on the basis of your consent or to perform a contract with you.

• Objection

Where the legal basis for our processing of your personal data is our legitimate interest, you have the right to object to such processing on grounds relating to your particular situation. We will abide by your request unless we have compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests and rights, or if we need to continue to process the data for the establishment, exercise or defense of a legal claim.

• Withdrawing Consent

If you have consented to our processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, free of charge. This includes where you wish to opt out from marketing messages.

You can exercise your rights by contacting us using the information about us indicated in Section 1. When we receive a request based on such right, we will conduct any necessary investigation without delay and provide you with personal data or respond to such request without delay.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the local data protection authority in accordance with applicable laws if you think any of your rights have been infringed by us.

◆10. Miscellaneous

1. The provision of your personal data is not a statutory or contractual requirement. If you fail to provide your personal data, there will not generally be any detrimental effects for you. However, we may need to collect your personal data to process your request. In such case, we may have to refuse your request, and we will notify you thereof at that time. If you do not provide your Informative Data, this can have an effect on your use of this Website or some features on this Websites may not fully function.

(2) The processing of your personal data that we conduct does not involve any automated decision-making that produces legal effects concerning yourself or otherwise similarly affects you significantly. 

(3)This Website may contain links to other third-party online resources. We do not control and cannot be held liable for the contents or the privacy practices of such resources. Please read carefully their privacy policies to find out how they collect and process your personal data.

◆11. Update of this policy

We reserve the right to modify, add or remove portions of this policy. We may update this policy at from time to time and will post the updated “Website Privacy Policy for residents outside Japan” with a last updated effective date of the revisions.