Privacy policy

Privacy policy

We have established our privacy policy in compliance with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (hereinafter the “Act“) and related regulations.
Our privacy policy applies to our online and offline handling of your personal information.
The website to which this privacy policy applies can be found on our site at the following:
https://www.yuasa-hara.co.jp.

1.Acquisition of your personal information

We obtain your personal information through lawful and fair methods to the extent necessary for the purposes of using your personal information.

2.Purposes of using your personal information

We will use your personal information as our client (hereinafter “Client“) or as a person visiting our website or using our services (hereinafter ”Visitor“) in order to enable us to understand your needs as a Client or a Visitor and to improve our services to you. We will only use your personal information for the following purposes and no other purposes without your prior consent:

1.Provision of our services
  • Contact related to our business
  • Questionnaires
  • Sending of newsletters and other legal information
  • Guide to lectures, seminars and other events
  • Sending New Year’s cards and other letters
  • Responding to your inquiries
2.Recruitment activities
  • Giving notices related to the submission of entry sheets for the recruitment of attorneys-at-law, patent/trademark attorneys, certified public accountants, clerks and interns.
  • Questionnaires

3.Contractor for handling your personal information

We may use contractors for providing Clients and Visitors with our services. In such event, we will share with such contractors your personal information as a Client or a Visitor. We will only select contractors for such purposes if they satisfy our stringent selection, and allow us to execute agreements on confidentiality, safe management of personal information, etc. with them and properly supervise them.

4.Provision of personal information to third parties

We will not provide a third party with your personal information as a Client or a Visitor unless you give us your prior consent or unless laws and related regulations permit us to do so.

5.Request for disclosure of personal data

In accordance with the Act, a Client or a Visitor may request from us notification of the purpose of use or request disclosure of retained personal data or records regarding personal data provided to third parties. After confirming that a request has been made by a principal or an agent, we will respond in accordance with the Act. For details, please contact the Privacy Policy Desk: privacypolicy@yuasa-hara.co.jp

6.Request for correction of personal data, suspension of use, etc.

A Client or a Visitor may request us to correct, add, or delete their personal information, or suspend use, erase, or stop providing their personal information to a third party pursuant to the Act. After confirming that the request has been made by a principal or an agent, we will respond in accordance with the Act. For details, please contact the Privacy Policy Desk: privacypolicy@yuasa-hara.co.jp

7. Method of terminating distribution

Please refer to the method of termination according to the information provided in our emails, letters, fax messages or telephone contacts to you and give notice to us by such method if you wish us to stop sending you any of them.

8.Tracking usage

We track usage of our website by checking keywords input by you as a Client or a Visitor, and histories regarding “how you use our website”, “which pages you access” and “which documents you read”. We integrate and use such tracking data to further understand your actions as a Client or a Visitor, to recognize the characteristics and features you require from our website services, and to provide you with notices and information that are most likely to suit your needs. We will also use such data for the purpose of deciding upon the best method of providing you with our services and as a form of service contract with you.

9.Link to other sites

Our website may include links to other websites. We are not responsible for the handling of your personal information on other websites linked to ours. We recommend you as a Client or a Visitor to confirm the protection policy of personal information on websites that collect your personal information when you move from our website to such sites.

10.Cookies

We use Cookies on our website. A Cookie is a computer code for identifying a person who accesses a website. When you as a Client or a Visitor start a session on our website, our website prepares a Cookie for identifying you as a Client or a Visitor and confirms your right of access. A Cookie does not store any information that you input in our website but merely identifies you as a Client or a Visitor. Cookies are necessary for enabling you to access the many features and contents of our website, but you may delete such Cookies any time from your computer.

11.Security

We use various security measures for securing the safety and confidentiality of your personal information as a Client or a Visitor. Your personal information is kept inside our firewalls and only our attorneys-at-law, patent/trademark attorneys, certified public accountants and other specialists and clerks who need to access your personal information to perform their duties are authorized to do so.

12.Notice of revision to our privacy policy

We regularly review our privacy policy and revise it if necessary. We will announce any important changes in our privacy policy by putting a notification on our website. We may also send an email to your email address provided to us.

13.Contact regarding handling of your personal information

Please send us any questions, etc. about our handling of your personal information via the Privacy Policy Desk: privacypolicy@yuasa-hara.co.jp

Telephone

+81(3)3270-6641

E-mail for Enquiries

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Section 206, Shin-Otemachi Bldg.
2-1, Otemachi 2-Chome
Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan
Tel.81-3-3270-6641
Fax.81-3-3246-0233

DISCLAIMER:

  • The contents of this site provide readers with general information and are not legal advice.
  • YUASA AND HARA is not responsible to readers who act upon the information contained in this site.
  • Feel free to link to our website. You do not need to contact us to confirm our permission. We would like to ask that you exercise common sense when linking to our website in order to avoid violating laws, public order or morals.
  • In the case of inappropriate links, such as those that harm the trust or reputation of our firm, we will request you to delete such links. Thank you for your understanding in advance.

Our privacy policy applies to our online/offline handling of your personal information.