Handling of Personal Information

Privacy Policy

• 1.

  We consider personal information to be an important asset, and have established and will comply with management regulations regarding the collection, use, and provision of personal information.
• 2.

  We will take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access to, loss, destruction, falsification, or leakage of personal information.
• 3.

  In the unlikely event of an incident or accident involving unauthorized access, loss, destruction, falsification, or leakage of personal information, we will promptly take corrective measures.
• 4.

  We will comply with laws and regulations related to personal information and other standards.
• 5.

  We have established a compliance program for the protection of personal information, and will continue to review and improve the program in order to manage personal information more appropriately and respond to the surrounding environment.

1. Personal Information Officer

2. Purpose of Use

• 1.

  For operation and management of the Business
• 2.

  To send annual reports, etc.
• 3.

  To pay distributions.
• 4.

  To provide information on products and services of our company or its affiliated companies.
• 5.

  To respond to inquiries.

3. Third Party Disclosure

• 1.

  We may use your personal information upon your consent.
• 2.

  We may use data related to a customer for statistical calculations if such data does not reveal the identity of a customer.
• 3.

  We may use your personal information if required by law.
• 4.

  We may use your personal information to protect human life, body or assets if obtaining your consent for some reason proves difficult.
• 5.

  We may use your personal information to improve public health, to promote child development, or for some other special situation if obtaining your consent for some reason proves difficult.
• 6.

  We may use your personal information to cooperate with a national institution, a local public body, or a related outsourcer that must perform work to comply with Japanese law if obtaining your consent would be an obstacle to performing the relevant work.
• 7.

  We may use your personal information to provide the parties listed in the following paragraph 4.

4. Common Use of Personal Information

• 1.

  Items of Personal Information Subject to Common Use

  • a.

    An individual's name, address, date of birth, contact information, such as telephone number and e-mail address, information on transaction needs publicized information, and other information relating to one's personal attribution.
  • b.

    Transaction records, point information, type of products and services offered to customers, and other information relating to individual transactions.
  • c.

    Control numbers, such as customer and transaction numbers, and other information necessary for management of transactions.
  • d.

    Information on applicants in recruitment of the SBI Group Companies, applicant's name, gender, date of birth, address, contact information such as the telephone number and e-mail address, educational background, professional experience, reason for application, and other information relating to recruitment of SBI Group Companies.
• 2.

  Parties Authorized for Common Use

  The SBI group companies listed on the following website (hereinafter, the "SBI Group Companies"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, parties authorized for common use may be changed from time to time as needed.
  http://www.sbigroup.co.jp/english/company/group/overview.html

• 3.

  Purpose of Common Use

  • a.

    On the Occasion of Use of SBI Group Companies' Services as a Registered Member
    For personal identity authentication at and after log-in, automatic display of membership information in various situations, and other purpose related to improvement of the registered members' convenience when using SBI Group Companies' services.
  • b.

    Execution of Transactions with SBI Group Companies
    For delivery of products, provision of services, settlement of price, response to inquiries, confirmations by SBI Group Companies, provision of applicable after-sales services and other purpose related to operations necessary to execute a transaction when a customer is making reservations and purchasing products or services, applying for a prize competition, or otherwise engaging in transactions with SBI Group Companies.
  • c.

    Advertising and Marketing by SBI Group Companies

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      For provision of information by SBI Group Companies through various e-mail newsletter.
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      For provision of information regarding SBI Group Companies' services through e-mail, mail, and telephone.
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      For provision of contents and advertisements in light of personal attribution, such as gender, age, residence, hobbies, and taste, as well as purchase history, or browsing history of websites managed by SBI Group Companies.
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      For development of new services and improvement of existing services by analyzing customers' usage of SBI Group Companies' services.
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      For drawing of prizes for surveys, campaigns, and prize competitions, as well as shipping, and contacting to applicants for matters relating to such drawing of prizes.
  • d.

    Response to Inquiries
    For response to inquiries directed to SBI Group Companies by e-mail, mail, or telephone, etc.
  • e.

    Recruitment
    Personal information regarding applicant's personnel information, including resume, submitted for the purpose of seeking an employment opportunity at SBI Group Companies, will be used for evaluation and selection process of recruitment.
  • f.

    Other Incidental Use
    For use necessary for provision of SBI Group Companies' services that are incidental to the abovementioned items a through e.
  • g.

    Others
    SBI Group Companies may use, in course of providing their services to customers, personal information for purpose other than the purposes listed in the items a through f above. In such case, such use will be disclosed on an applicable website on which SBI Group Companies provide the relevant services
• 4.

  Name of the Company Responsible for the Management of Personal Information
  SBI Holdings, Inc.
• 5.

  For Inquiries Related to Common Use
  General Affairs & Human Resource Department, SBI Holdings, Inc.
  Telephone number (main): +81-3-6229-0100

5. Use of attribute information and other information provided by Google Inc.

• • Attribute information (age, gender), interests and concerns of the customer as statistically inferred from the customer's use and browsing history of Google's advertising services, etc.
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    You may change the demographic information statistically inferred by Google Inc. by accessing Google Inc.'s "Advertising Preferences".
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    The information we collect from Google Inc. does not include any information that identifies you as an individual.
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    If you are not using Google Inc.'s advertising services, we will not collect any attribute information.

6. Disclosure

7. Revision, etc

8. Use Termination, etc

9. Disclosure Inquiries