Privacy Policy
Personal Information Protection
UBE Corporation (hereafter "UBE") has established the following Privacy Policy, and is taking initiatives to implement, maintain, and improve its measures for personal information protection.
- UBE has established and shall comply with rules concerning the appropriate handling of personal information, taking into consideration the details and scale of UBE' business. These rules pertain to the acquisition, usage, transfer, safekeeping, provision, and deletion of personal information.
- UBE shall practice regulatory compliance with laws and ordinances concerning personal information protection.
- UBE will carry out safety measures to ensure against incidents such as the loss, destruction, falsification, and leakage of personal information. Furthermore, UBE will act quickly to implement necessary corrective actions should any such incident occur.
- UBE will regularly reassess and improve its policy on personal information protection.
Use and storage of your personal information
1. Use of Personal Information
Visitors to this Web site may be asked to provide personal information such as name and contact address. Information you provide will be used for such purposes as responding to your inquiries and other communications. Furthermore, the information you provide will only be used for the purposes declared prior to collecting the information. This Web site will not be used to collect personal information without your permission.
2 .Management of Personal Information
In order to ensure the safety of the information you provide, we will carry out strict security measures to prevent illegal outside access and the loss, destruction, falsification, or leakage of personal information.
3. Types of Personal Information Subject to Processing
UBE Group companies will handle the following personal information concerning customers and other business partners (including potential business partners and visitors to the UBE Group companies' websites) directors, employees, etc. that UBE Group companies have acquired in connection with their business activities. (Where required by applicable laws and regulations, personal information will be obtained after separate notification to the individual concerned.)
Names, addresses, company names and locations, departments, job titles, roles, phone numbers, email addresses, fax numbers, details of business discussions, inquiry details, areas of interest, language settings
4. Purpose of using personal information
UBE Group companies process personal information regarding directors, officers, employees, etc. of customers and other business partners for the following purposes and other purposes permitted by applicable laws. UBE Group companies may also anonymize or aggregate personal information.
- For the purchase of goods and the sale of products and services, as well as related responses
- For various declarations and procedures related to international transportation
- For responding to various inquiries, requests, and claims, and for the improvement and development of existing products, services, and sales activities, as well as the development of new products and services (including improvements, enhancements, and developments based on necessary analysis such as surveys, market research, and customer trend analysis)
- For sending various announcements and proposals related to UBE Group companies' products and services, such as direct mail
- For contact related to business negotiations or meetings, and for greetings to facilitate business activities
- For security management of buildings and other facilities for which we have management responsibility
- To analyze the information of individuals who have accessed UBE Group companies' websites and to use it for the smooth operation and improvement of the services provided on the websites
- For exercising rights and fulfilling obligations based on contracts or laws
5. Consent to Obtain Personal Information
In order to use the websites of UBE Group companies, it may be a condition of use of the websites that you consent to UBE Group companies obtaining your personal information, such as cookies to record your activity history, IP address, browser type, etc. If you do not consent to this, you may not be able to use the websites of UBE Group companies.
Additionally, if the provision of personal information is required by law or contract, or is necessary to enter into a contract, and you do not provide the personal information, the UBE Group companies may not be able to provide you with their products, services, etc. (including the UBE Group companies' websites).
6. Retention Period of Personal Information
UBE Group companies consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of the personal information, the purposes for which UBE Group companies process the personal information and whether those purposes can be achieved through other means, and the applicable legal requirements. When personal information collected by UBE Group companies is no longer needed, UBE Group companies will delete or anonymize it. If deletion is not possible (for example, because the personal information is stored in backup archives), UBE Group companies will securely store the personal information and isolate it from further processing until deletion is possible.
7. Sources of Personal Information
UBE Group companies obtain personal information directly from individuals (including cases where personal information is obtained automatically). However, in the following cases, UBE Group companies may obtain personal information indirectly from third parties:
(1) Personal information concerning customers, officers, and employees of other business partners
- When obtaining personal information from other UBE Group companies
- Obtaining personal information from a company to which UBE Corporation employees are seconded
- Personal information from Agents, Distributors, suppliers, and other business partners
(2) Personal information regarding shareholders of UBE Group companies
- Cases in which personal information is obtained from brokerage firms
8. Third Party Disclosure of Personal Information
Information you provide will not be disclosed to a third party, except under the following circumstances:
- If the type or content of your inquiry or communication is such that we think that a response from another Ube Group company is more appropriate.
- The information you provide may be disclosed to a company to which UBE Group companies outsources certain tasks, such as a delivery company, or such as an information management company within the Ube Group, provided that it is within the necessary scope of the intended use of your information.
- If we receive your consent.
- The information you provide may be disclosed in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act and other laws and ordinances. This shall include urgent disclosure of information to protect life and liberty.
9. Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information
As a result of sharing or disclosing personal information as described in "8. Third Party Disclosure of Personal Information" above, personal information may be transferred to the following countries:
- Thailand
- Malaysia
- China
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- India
- United States
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Germany
- Spain
When transferring personal information to the above countries, UBE Group companies will implement appropriate safeguards as required by personal information protection regulations in each country.
10. Acquisition and Analysis of Access Information
This website conducts access analysis. The data obtained from this analysis is used solely to improve the website's usability, understand how the website is used, and plan and improve services.
Regarding the access analysis tools used by this site:
- This site uses Google's access analysis tool "Google Analytics."
- Google Analytics uses cookies to collect traffic data. This traffic data is collected anonymously and does not identify individuals.
- You can refuse the collection of this data by disabling cookies, so please check your browser settings.
- For more information on these terms, please refer to the Google Analytics terms of service.