Aquabit Spirals Inc. (hereafter “our Company”) connects digital information and lifestyle to create a new value in developing various services and businesses.
We have to handle many personal data in our business operation. Therefore, in order to ensure your use of our products and services in assurance, we hereby establish a standard policy with regards to personal data protection to state our company’s social responsibility.
Personal data protection standard policy
As our Company obtain and keep personal data of customers so that we are able to perform our duties properly and offer better services, we will handle and hold personal data we receive from customers as follows:
- As a general rule, when we collect personal data we will inform the customer the purpose of use for the personal data. The personal data will be used for the said purpose.
- We will acquire personal data in a fair and legal manner.
- We will not disclose personal data to any third party without the consent of the customer except as required by law.
- When we share personal data with a third party, all users will implement proper and comprehensive protection management.
- When handling personal data, we will try to take the necessary and appropriate measures for protection management.
- When there is a request such as a notice for the purpose of use and the conditions for use, disclosure, correction, suspension of use, avoid to disclose to a third party by the person who gave the data, we will proceed according to law.
- We follow personal data protection laws to determine our standard policy on personal data protection in our Company and we will make the necessary improvements and reviews as and when necessary for personal data protection.
- We will try to cope with a complaint or query etc. on the handling of personal data diligently.
Important matters regarding the administering of privacy policy
- Type of collected personal data
- We will collect various data including name, address, telephone number, email address, date of birth, credit card information, etc from our customers and business partners when you purchase of our products, participate in our event and seminar, register for the use of our services, make an enquiry to our Company, offer business to our Company, participate in business together with our Company or make contact etc. in relation to business.
- The purpose of using personal data
- Our Company use personal data for the improvement of our products and services, production, development and operation etc., payment collection, proper operation of our business and to create value etc.
- Our Company use personal data to offer the latest product or service information to our customers and business partner.
- Our Company may use personal data for confirmation of persons and to provide appropriate services.
- Our Company may use personal data to send important notices in accordance to your purchase and service usage conditions or for changes in our Company’s terms and conditions and policy.
- Collection and the use of non-personal data
- We may collect, use, forward and disclose non-personal data which is not directly connected to the identification of an individual person.
- The type and usage of non-personal data
- We collect and keep post code, residential area data, occupation, user language, time zone, terminal identifier, referral URL etc from the web browser for the environment variables etc., to provide appropriate information and services for optimizing the customer’s conditions of use and improving future services by analyzing the usage trend of the customer from the data to our best.
- When the customer try to access web content etc. through the products and the services we provide, we may collect and keep the URL requested data which include search queries. However, except for record and maintenance of general operation environment such as web server etc., data connected to IP address which can identify a customer will be excluded.
- Basically, we will not combine and connect non-personal data and personal data. In the event that we need to combine or connect them, non-personal data shall be dealt as personal data.
- The collection and use of location data
- Our partners and us, having entered into business and confidentiality agreements, may through our provided products and services collect, use, share, transfer and disclose the location data of the customer’s device.
- The type and use of location data
- Our partners and us, having entered into business and confidentiality agreements, may collect location data of GPS and Bluetooth, Wi-Fi hotspot information of the customer’s device, location data of mobile base station, location data by referring to IP address of the device, collect, keep and share current location data from the device used through other technology, to provide our customers with the most appropriate data and services according to their location data and to improve our services by analyzing our customers usage tendencies.
- Basically, all these data will be processed as non-personal data which will not be combined or connected with personal data which may identify a customer. In the event that we need to combine or connect them, non-personal data shall be dealt as personal data.
- The use of Cookie
- In order to improve our services such as providing appropriate information and services which optimizes the customer’s usage tendencies, we will use Cookies or a similar technology.
- Basically, all these information will be handled as non-personal data. They will not be combined or connected with personal data that can identify a customer. In the event that we need to combine or connect them, non-personal data shall be dealt as personal data.
- Depending on the function of the browser etc. that the customer is using, the customer is able to decline the acceptance or transmission of data by cookies or any similar technology at any time. However, if the customer does not wish to use cookies or any similar technology, there is a risk that we may not be able to provide full, partial and/or proper services.
- Outsourcing of personal data management and collection
- For the purposes of claiming payment for our product sales; claiming payment for the use of our services or claiming payment in relation to business agreements, outsourcing mailing and delivery services to customers and business partners, conducting other businesses which we consider necessary to be conducted by our Company, we may outsource the collection and handling of personal data to a third party. In any event, we will solely manage personal data protection for the third party and us. At the same time, we will sign an appropriate agreement with the third party in order to supervise the third party so as to provide an appropriate management of personal data when necessary.
- Providing personal data to a third party
- Our Company will not disclose any personal data of customers and business partners to a third party without their consent. Notwithstanding, this does not apply when the disclosure of the customer’s personal data is required by law. This also does not apply when the disclosure of the customer’s personal data is for the purpose of statistical analysis whereby the collection and analysis of the customer’s personal data is processed in such a way that it does not reveal the identity of the customer.
- The requirements for disclosure
- We will disclose the data immediately upon receiving the request from the subject for his personal data, purpose of use, condition of use of his personal data in the event of any requirement such as notice for the purpose of use and the conditions for use, disclosure, correction, suspension of use, avoid to disclose to third party etc.
- When we receive a request for disclosure, we may require the party to submit official documents to verify his identity. In addition, the party may be required to pay the actual handling fee and charges for postage etc.
- Revision of Privacy Policy
- This privacy policy will be revised in accordance to any changes in the relevant laws and corporate environment. Please check regularly.
The end.
(With supplementary provision.）
Drafted and effected on 18 February 2015