Privacy Policy

Personal Information Protection Policy / Privacy Policy

CUSE Consulting Inc. We are committed to the proper handling of personal data in accordance with the “Act on the Protection of Personal Information” (Act No. 57 of 2003, hereinafter referred to as the “Personal Information Protection Act”) and have established this Personal Information Protection Policy / Privacy Policy.

• Company Name, Address, and Representative’s Name

  CUES Consulting Inc.
  6-2-6 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
  Representative Director: Motoyuki Takano

• Compliance with Related Laws and Guidelines

  We comply with the Personal Information Protection Act, other relevant laws, and guidelines from the Personal Information Protection Commission and other bodies to ensure the proper handling of personal data.

• Acquisition and Use of Personal Information

  When acquiring personal information, we will publicly announce or notify the purpose of use (including through this policy) and will acquire personal information directly from the individuals through contracts or other documents (including electronic records) after clearly specifying the purpose of use. We will use personal information appropriately within the scope necessary to achieve the stated purposes.

• Purposes of Using Personal Information

  CUES Consulting Inc. uses personal information for the following purposes

  (1) Personal Information Related to Corporate Customers

  • Identity verification and personal authentication
  • Necessary communication for business operations, contract execution, negotiations, etc.
  • Sending products, invoices, and business information
  • Responding to customer inquiries, consultations, and support; verification and recording
  • Managing client information
  • Improvement and enhancement of services
  • Improving customer experience on our digital services (websites, etc.)
  • Providing services, sending information on online seminars and other events, advertising, and sending surveys via mail or email
  • Delivering targeted advertising using services like Google or Yahoo for behavioral targeting advertising
  • Analyzing acquired demographic information and behavioral history to provide services and advertising
  • Ensuring the safe provision of our products and services, including detecting users violating terms, investigating and preventing fraudulent activities or unauthorized access, and responding to these issues

  (2) Personal Information Related to Job Applicants

  • Contact and information provision to job applicants, and other uses necessary for recruitment activities

  (3) Personal Information Related to Employees (Including Dependents)

  • Business communication with employees
  • Payment of remuneration (wages, bonuses, allowances, etc.), execution of human resources and labor management
  • Providing welfare benefits to employees (including dependents)
  • Managing the health of employees

  Note on Google Analytics

  Our site uses Google Analytics to understand visitor behavior. This service collects and analyzes visitor history based on cookies issued by our site. The data collected does not include personally identifiable information and is managed according to Google’s privacy policy. Users can opt out of Google Analytics data collection via browser add-on settings. For more details, please visit Google’s relevant pages mentioned above.

• Categories of Personal Information Acquired

  Categories include name, gender, date of birth (age), address, contact information, nationality/place of origin, workplace information, identification numbers/personal identification documents, and individual numbers.

• Joint Use of Personal Information

  We do not jointly use personal information with third parties.

• Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties

  We do not provide personal information to third parties except in cases where there is prior consent from the customer, when necessary for achieving the purpose of use within the necessary scope, under legal obligations, for the protection of life, body, or property when it is difficult to obtain consent, for public health or promoting healthy child development when it is difficult to obtain consent, and when it is necessary to cooperate with state or local public authorities in executing legally stipulated operations.

• Safety Management Measures

  We take necessary and appropriate security measures to prevent leakage, loss, or damage of personal data and supervise our employees and outsourcing partners (including subcontractors) handling personal data. Specific measures include developing a personal information protection guideline, maintaining rules for handling personal data at each stage (acquisition, use, storage, provision, deletion/disposal), organizational measures like appointing a person in charge of handling tasks related to personal data, employee training on handling personal data, physical measures to control access to areas where personal data is handled, and technical measures to limit access to personal data and protect information systems handling personal data from unauthorized access and malware.

• About cookies

  This cookie policy has been created and updated by the Cookie Consent Tool.
  Consent to the use of cookies.

  For our website to function properly we use cookies. To obtain your valid consent for the use and storage of cookies in the browser you use to access our website and to properly document this we use a consent management platform: CookieFirst. This technology is provided by Digital Data Solutions BV, Plantage Middenlaan 42a, 1018 DH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Website: https://cookiefirst.com referred to as CookieFirst.

  When you access our website, a connection is established with CookieFirst’s server to give us the possibility to obtain valid consent from you to the use of certain cookies. CookieFirst then stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to activate only those cookies to which you have consented and to properly document this. The data processed is stored until the predefined storage period expires or you request to delete the data. Certain mandatory legal storage periods may apply notwithstanding the aforementioned.

  CookieFirst is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is article 6(1)(c) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

  Data processing agreement

  We have concluded a data processing agreement with CookieFirst. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that data of our website visitors is only processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

  Server log files

  Our website and CookieFirst automatically collect and store information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. The following data is collected:

  • Your consent status or the withdrawal of consent
  • Your anonymised IP address
  • Information about your Browser
  • Information about your Device
  • The date and time you have visited our website
  • The webpage url where you saved or updated your consent preferences
  • The approximate location of the user that saved their consent preference
  • A universally unique identifier (UUID) of the website visitor that clicked the cookie banner

Established: October 22, 2020
Last Amended: February 1, 2022
CUSE Consulting Inc.
Representative Director: Motoyuki Takano