Privacy Policy
1-1 Basic policy
TITC respects personal information and is deeply aware that the data are important to maintaining privacy, and when handling personal information in the course of business activities, respects personal rights and privileges by having all directors and employees comply with the laws of Japan as well as internal company regulations stipulated to safeguard personal information in order to live up to the trust and expectations of SCREEN as well as its corporate responsibilities
1-2 Handling of personal information
- 1.Collection of personal information
When TITC collects personal information from a customer, we identify the purpose of the use for that information and obtain the customer's consent concerning said use. - 2.Use of personal information
TITC does not use personal information for any purpose other than that for which it received consent. - 3.Disclosure and provision of personal information with third parties
TITC neither discloses nor provides personal information to third parties unless we receive the consent of the customer or we receive a legal request from a government agency or judicial body or it is required by law. Furthermore, if we do disclose or provide personal information to a third party, we stipulate the protection of that personal information with the third party and assure the protection of that personal information. - 4.Measures to keep personal information secure
TITC maintains internal company regulations and has put reasonable security measures in place to protect personal information collected from the customer from being leaked, destroyed, modified or illegally accessed. - 5.Inquires from customers concerning personal information
TITC runs a customer service center to answer any questions concerning the handling of personal information. Furthermore, if TITC receives a request from a customer to check, revise or update as well as delete or stop the use of the personal information that we maintain, we will do what is necessary to the extent deemed reasonable.
2-1 How to use personal information
TITC uses personal information collected from customers for the business activities stated below as well as within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of that use. Furthermore, we obtain the consent of the customer at the time in order to use personal information for reasons other than the purposes stated below. We do not use it for purposes beyond the scope of the purposes of use without receiving the prior consent of the customer. Note that the personal information collected and maintained by TITC prior to March 31, 2005 is also used within the scope of the purposes of use.
<Business activities>
- 1.Manufacture and sales of electronics industry devices (semiconductor manufacturing equipment, flat panel display (FPD) manufacturing equipment, printed circuit board manufacturing equipment, wafer, liquid crystal and printed circuit board inspection and measurement devices as well as the administrative business associated with the foregoing.
- 2.Manufacture and sales of image information processing devices as well as the administrative business associated with the foregoing.
- 3.Other business stipulated in the Articles of Incorporation and other administrative business associated with that.
<Purpose of use>
- 1.To promote and sell the products (including product stock) and various services of TITC, SCREEN group companies (including affiliates) and partners as well as to introduce their services;
- 2.To confirm the identity of customers or their authorized representatives;
- 3. To perform administrative work related to transactions with customers (including sales and installation as well as administrative work involving charges and payments);
- 4.To conduct new product development and commercialization as well as marketing activities for services;
- 5.To properly conduct processing of personal information for business purposes in whole or in part as consigned by a third party;
- 6.To manage customer and product information;
- 7.To conduct IR activities regarding TITC or its group companies;
- 8.To conduct business related to recruitment within TITC or its group companies;
- 9.To conduct business related to purchase and procurement activities ;and
- 10.To properly and satisfactorily execute other transactions with customers.
2-2 Handling of sensitive information
TTIC neither uses nor discloses to third parties, customer sensitive information (nationality, religion, family origin, permanent address, medical records, criminal records and other special private information) for purposes other than those recognized as necessary for running a proper business.
2-3 Shared use
TITC may share use of personal information, within the limits of the purposes of use stated above, with its group companies, affiliates, joint research sites, special agents, etc. In these cases, we will notify the customer of that fact when the information is collected. Furthermore, the information that is collected and shared is considered to be the same as information collected by TITC, and TITC accepts responsibility for its management.
2-4 Providing personal information to third parties
TITC shall properly manage customer personal information and shall not provide it to third parties without obtaining the prior consent of the customer. However, this is with the exception of the following:
- 1.If we have received the consent of the customer;
- 2.If TITC discloses information to a business trustee or business partner (including SCREEN group companies) which has executed a confidentiality agreement with TITC within the scope deemed necessary to accomplish a goal made explicit to the customer;
- 3. If personal information is transferred to the successor following the succession of a business due to a merger or other reasons;
- 4.If it is used as statistical data after being processed to make the customer unidentifiable;
- 5.If it is required by laws and regulations; or.
- 6.If it is necessary in order to protect the life, physical health or property of a person and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the customer.
2-5 Changing the purpose of use for personal information
TITC shall notify the customer or announce changes to the purposes of use if the publicly announced purposes of use have been changed.
TITC shall properly respond if a customer wishes to check, change, amend or stop the use (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Disclosure, etc.") of his/her personal information provided to us according to the customer's personal request, under the laws of Japan and the regulations. Please contact to the General Affairs Service Department described in the article 5, regarding the disclosure procedure etc.
TITC handling of personal information collected on TTIC's web site or through user registration essentially follows the provisions above, and in particular in accordance with the following provisions.
- 1.We manage and maintain personal information using a strict management system, and are making efforts to strengthen security so that customer information is not lost, destroyed, modified or leaked to third parties.
- 2.On the web site of TTIC, there are pages that use technology called "Cookies" to make it more convenient when customers access the site again. "Cookies" is a globally standard technology that allow a server to recognize a customer's computer. "Cookies" can recognize the customer's computer but cannot recognize a customer unless the customer enters personal information.
Inquires about customer personal information, requests for Disclosure, etc. as well as complaints can be directed to the General Affairs Service Department below.
Address:423, Oyabu-cho, Kuse, Minami-ku, Kyoto, 601-8206 Japan
General Affairs Service Department
Customer Service for "Personal Information" Inquiries
Tel: +81-75-931-7781 (Representative)
Dec. 1st, 2006
Toshiyuki Osaki
C.E.O.
TechInTech Co., Ltd.
