About the Handling of Personal Information
MIXI Global Investments, Inc.
Shibuya Scramble Square 36F, 2-24-12
Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Established: March 1, 2023
1. Personal Information
“Personal information” means information relating to a living individual which falls under any of the following items:
- Information containing a name, date of birth, or other identifier or the equivalent which can be used to identify a specific individual (this includes any information that can be easily collated with other information and thereby used to identify that specific individual); or
- Those containing an individual identification code.
2. Items of Personal Information to be Acquired
The Company will acquire the following items of personal information.
Personal information of persons participating in events held by the Company
- Name, address, phone number, e-mail address, information regarding payment methods, age/gender/workplace, content of survey responses
Personal information of the Company’s business partners
- Name, address, phone number, bank account information
Personal information of persons who have made inquiries to the Company
- Name, address, phone number, e-mail address
Personal information of persons who have applied for employment at the Company
- Information contained in resume, curriculum vitae, applications, and other documents submitted for employment screening. (Including information unrelated to recruitment that the candidate voluntarily submits.)
- Name, address, phone number, e-mail address
Personal information provided by affiliated employment agencies, etc.
- Information contained in resume, curriculum vitae, applications, and other documents submitted for employment screening. (Including information unrelated to recruitment that the candidate voluntarily submits.)
- Name, address, phone number, e-mail address
3. Purpose of Use of Personal Information
The Company will use personal information it has acquired for the following purposes of use.
Personal information of persons participating in events held by the Company
- To hold and manage events such as social gatherings;
- To request fees and expenses such as participation fees for events;
- To contact the participant;
- To send gifts as part of promotions, etc.;
- For market research on events the Company will hold or is considering holding, etc., to analyze data on access to venues, interests, attributes, etc., to conduct questionnaire surveys, etc.;
- To create statistical data that is processed so as to be non-personally identifiable.
Personal information of the Company’s business partners
- For necessary business communications, the performance of contracts, business discussions, etc.;
- To manage partner information.
Personal information of persons who have made inquiries to the Company
- To respond to inquiries;
- To consider holding events such as social gatherings.
Personal information of persons who have applied for employment at the Company
- To provide information, contact, and issue notifications to the job applicant;
- For employment screening.
Personal information provided by affiliated employment agencies, etc.
- To provide information, contact, and issue notifications about the Company's recruitment;
- For employment screening.
4. Measures for Managing the Security of Personal Data Held by the Company
The Company will take measures to securely manage personal information and strive to prevent its leakage, etc. through the establishment and improvement of systems for protecting personal information, education and enlightenment activities targeting employees, management of entry and exit in areas where personal information is handled, control of access to personal information, introduction of antivirus software, and other information security measures. Additionally, the Company will ensure that it disposes of or deletes personal information that it will no longer retain in an appropriate manner.
5. Entrustment of Personal Data
The Company may entrust the handling of personal data it has acquired in whole or in part within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use. In that case, the Company will conclude the necessary contracts such as a basic contract on the entrustment of personal data and provide necessary and appropriate supervision of the company to which the Company has entrusted.
6. Provision of Personal Data to Third Parties
If the Company provides your personal data to a third party, the Company will specify the content of the provision and obtain your prior consent; provided, however, that this does not apply in the following cases:
- Provision based on laws and regulations;
- When there is a need to protect the life, wellbeing or property of an individual, and it is difficult to obtain your consent;
- When there is a special need to improve public wellbeing or promote healthy child development, and it is difficult to obtain your consent;
- When there is a need to cooperate with a national government organ, local government, or person entrusted thereby in the performance of functions prescribed by laws and regulations, and obtaining your consent is likely to interfere with the performance of those functions; or
- When the third party is an academic research institution or the equivalent, and needs to handle the personal data for the purpose of using it in academic research (including cases in which a part of the purpose of handling the personal data is for academic research purposes, and excluding cases in which there is a risk of unjustly infringing on individual rights and interests).
7. Procedure to Request Disclosure, etc. of Personal Data Held by the Company
The Company will respond to any request that you have made to notify you of the purpose of use, disclose (including disclosure of records of provision to third parties), correct/make additions/delete the content of, cease using, erase, or cease the provision to third parties, of your personal data held by the Company, without delay; provided, however, that the Company may elect not to disclose some or all of the data in the following cases:
- It is likely to harm your life, wellbeing, property or other rights and interests, or those of a third party;
- It is likely to seriously interfere with the proper implementation of business by the Company; or
- Disclosure would otherwise violate laws and regulations.
Please contact the Company at the details listed under 10. Inquiries for more information on the specific procedure for requesting disclosure, etc.
8. Acquisition and Use of Attribute Information and Behavior History, etc.
The Company may acquire and use non-personally identifiable information, such as the following, in order to make the services and advertising it provides more relevant to you. The Company may also provide such information to advertisers, information providers, service providers, etc. for similar purposes; provided, however, that if it is assumed that such information will be used by the recipient as personally identifiable data, then the Company shall only provide such information after confirming that your consent has been obtained:
- Behavior history such as cookies, accessed URLs, contents and reference order;
- Advertising identifiers;
- IP address information; and
- Attribute information such as gender, occupation and age.
The Company's website uses Google's access analysis tool “Google Analytics” to understand the status of website usage. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect access data. This data is collected anonymously and is not personally identifiable. You may refuse such collection of data by disabling cookies. Please check your browser settings for information on how to disable cookies. How Google collects and uses data is determined by the Google Analytics Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.
9. Revision
The Company may revise this document “About the Handling of Personal Information” in whole or in part. The Company will announce any significant changes on the Company’s website.
10. Inquiries
Please direct any inquiries, complaints or consultation about personal information to the following contact:
[By e-mail] contactus-mgi@ml.mixigroup.jp
[By postal mail] Shibuya Scramble Square 36F
2-24-12 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-6136
Company name: MIXI Global Investments, Inc.
To the attn. of the personal information protection manager
11. Special Provisions Regarding People in India
By consenting to the Company's acquisition of your personal information through the Company's website or app through the screen on such website or app, or by consenting to the Company's acquisition of personal information through written documentation in such documentation, you shall consent to the handling of your personal information listed under 2. Items of Personal Information to be Acquired for the purposes listed under 3. Purpose of Use of Personal Information . If you are the guardian of another person and are consenting on that person's behalf, you shall represent and warrant that you are authorized to legally consent on that person's behalf.
You have the right to withdraw your consent set forth above at any time by contacting us at the details listed under “10. Inquiries”; however, such withdrawal will not affect any handling of personal information carried out before such withdrawal is made. Additionally, if you withdraw your consent, you may no longer be able to receive the services, etc. listed under 3. Purpose of Use of Personal Information.
If you have a complaint regarding the handling of your personal information or the exercise of your rights regarding this, please contact us at the details listed under 10. Inquiries. If you are still dissatisfied even after lodging such complaint with the Company, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Board, India's data protection authority.
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