We at Mizkan Group recognize and respect your privacy. Accordingly, we have procedures intended to ensure that customer information provided to the Mizkan Group Website(hereinafter referred to as our Website) will be handled in a safe, secure, and responsiblemanner.

[Collection of customer information]
We may ask you to provide personal information when you sign up for any one or more of our range of services, including when you register as a member at our Website. Such services include e-mail communications, promotional gift samples and other awards, registration for contests/events, online shopping, Web questionnaires, access to Web pages exclusively for members, e-mail inquiry forms, etc. We will inform the customer of the purpose of the information collected, as well as the company division responsible, and limit collection to the minimum we require to deliver our services.

[How do you use my customer information?]
We will limit the use of customer information to the purposes stipulated in the membership agreement. We may use information supplied to us to provide information services to customers by e-mail and/or other means. Customers can contact us at any time to terminate this service.

[Is my personal information disclosed to third parties?]
We will not reveal customer information beyond the scope of prior customer consent to any third party, except as follows:

*We may share customer information with partner companies that we use to help us provide our Website services to you, e.g. those we contract to carry out gift deliveries, delivery of information on promotional events by postal mail and/or e-mail communications, etc.

*We may disclose aggregated customer information statistical/research data on our Group products and services and Website services. This aggregated information does not include individual names or personal data, so it does not identify you or any other customer.

*We may be required to disclose customer information pursuant to lawful requests, such as subpoenas or court orders, or in compliance with applicable laws, or for other valid reasons.

[What if I want to view, edit, or have my information deleted?]
Customers may contact us to view their account information or have it edited or removed from our database. We will respond to such requests in a prompt manner wherever reasonably possible.

[Changes to this private policy statement]
While adhering to the appropriate legal regulations and codes with regard to customer information, Mizkan Group is committed to continued improvement of our customer information safeguarding practices. Accordingly, this privacy policy statement may be modified without prior notice to reflect any such improvements. When considering any changes, your privacy remains a priority.