PRIVACY POLICY

Our Company recognizes personal information as information that can be used to identify a specific individual by name, date of birth, or other description (including information that can be easily matched with other information and thereby used to identify a specific individual).

Our Company will specify the purposes for which personal information is to be used within the scope of our business activities, and will acquire, use, and provide personal information fairly and appropriately to the extent necessary to achieve those purposes, and will not acquire such information through deception or other wrongful means. Moreover, we will take measures such that acquired personal information will not be used for purposes other than the intended use.

Our Company will comply with laws, national guidelines, other norms, and the maintenance of public order concerning personal information, and we will strive to appropriately protect personal information.

Our Company is fully aware of the risks of unauthorized access, loss, destruction, falsification, and leakage of the personal information we handle, and we will implement reasonable security measures and take appropriate corrective action if a problem arises.

Our Company has established management regulations and a management system for the protection of personal information, which are thoroughly applied by all employees, while conducting regular reviews in efforts for the continuous improvement of our personal information protection management system.

CHOCOLATE Inc.

Shogo Taniguchi, Personal Information Protection Manager

*Please refer to “14. About Inquiries” below for contact information.

1. Our Company may use personal information we have acquired for the following purposes. Furthermore, in handling personal information, we will specify the purpose of use whenever possible.
   1. For sales, shipments, provision of services, and after-sales services of products or services of our Company or third parties
   2. For the provision of information related to products or services of our Company or third parties
   3. For the provision of various types of information concerning recruitment activities, and for contacting applicants regarding recruitment and selection
   4. For prize competitions, questionnaires, and campaigns
   5. For marketing
   6. For notification of policy changes, etc.
   7. In addition, for purposes specified in each service provided by our Company
2. Our Company will not handle personal information beyond the scope necessary to achieve the purposes of use described in the preceding paragraph without obtaining prior consent. However, this shall not apply in the following cases.
   1. In the case that it is required by law
   2. If it is necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of an individual, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual concerned
   3. If the provision of personal information is particularly necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual concerned
   4. In the case that it is necessary to cooperate with a national government organ, a local government, or an individual or entity entrusted by either of the former two in executing affairs prescribed by law, and if obtaining the consent of the individual concerned is likely to impede the execution of such affairs

1. Our Company will not provide personal information to third parties without obtaining prior consent. However, our Company shall be able to provide personal information to third parties in the following cases.
   1. In the case that it is required by law
   2. If it is necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of an individual, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual concerned
   3. If the provision of personal information is particularly necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual concerned
   4. In the case that it is necessary to cooperate with a national government organ, a local government, or an individual or entity entrusted by either of the former two in executing affairs prescribed by law, and if obtaining the consent of the individual concerned is likely to impede the execution of such affairs
2. The following cases shall not fall under provision to a third party.
   1. In the case that the personal information is provided as a result of entrustment of all or part of the handling of personal information within the scope necessary for achieving the purpose of use
   2. In the case that the personal information is provided as a result of succession of business due to merger or other reasons, and if the personal information is handled within the scope of the purpose of use prior to the succession
   3. In the case that personal information jointly used with a specific person is provided to said specific person, and if this fact, the items of personal information jointly used, the scope of the joint user, the purpose of use by the user, and the name or title of the person responsible for the management of said personal information are notified in advance to the individual concerned, or put in a position to be readily accessible to the individual concerned

We may outsource all or part of the handling of personal information we have acquired. In such cases, we will select a party that meets sufficient standards of personal information protection, and ensure the standards of protection through contracts or other means.

Our Company will promptly respond to requests for disclosure, etc. (notification of purpose of use, disclosure, correction of content, addition or deletion, suspension of use, elimination and suspension of provision to third parties, record of provision to third parties) by the individual concerned with respect to personal data in our possession. In the case of wishing to make such a request, we will respond to the request within a reasonable period of time and to a reasonable extent after confirming that the person making the request is the individual concerned or the person’s representative.

For requests for disclosure, etc., of retained personal data, please contact us at the point of contact in “14. About Inquiries.” After you contact us, we will send you a “Request Form for Disclosure of Retained Personal Data” by postal mail, fax, e-mail, or the like. Please fill out the form, enclose the required documents, and send it to us by postal mail, e-mail, or the like. (The person making the request is responsible for shipping charges.)

After confirming the identity of the individual concerned (or the person’s representative), we will respond to the request by the requested disclosure method.

1. To handle personal information appropriately, our Company implements the following safety management measures to ensure the security of information systems that process personal information.
   1. Establish a person in charge of handling personal information
   2. Clarify the scope of personal information handled by employees who handle personal information, and establish a system for reporting to and communicating with the person in charge
   3. Regularly educate employees on the handling of personal information
   4. In areas where personal information is handled, while carrying out access management of employees and restrictions on the equipment, etc., they bring in, implement physical security control measures

Our Company may revise the Privacy Policy in accordance with the procedures of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and other laws and regulations.

Complaints, consultations, and inquiries regarding the Privacy Policy and the handling of personal information should be directed to the following point of contact.

Corporate Unit, CHOCOLATE Inc.

Person in charge: Daichi Matsumoto

Telephone: 03-6709-8235

E-mail: privacy@chocolate-inc.com

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