Intended Use of Personal Data

The Company intends to use personal data of customers and other individuals for the following purposes:

1. 1.Personal Data of Customers

   1. Response to customer inquiries
   2. Business negotiations and meetings with customers
   3. Shipping, and providing support and maintenance for our products and services
   4. Collection and analysis of customer opinions and inquiries to improve and enhance the quality of our products and services
   5. Providing information about our products and services, sending materials, issuing email newsletters, conducting surveys, and collecting and analyzing delivery and response data for use in product development and marketing activities
   6. Collection and analysis of information such as access history and browsing records using technologies like cookies to improve the convenience of our website
   7. Conducting recruitment, visitor management, and sending information related to events, seminars, and exhibitions hosted by the Company, as well as collecting and analyzing visitor attributes and opinions through surveys
   8. Recruitment, provision, management, and notification of various membership services
   9. Member recruitment, management, and information provision for our online media platforms
   10. Compliance with laws and regulations

2. 2.Personal Data of Government Office Workers and Civil Servants

   1. Communication with, reporting to, inquiries addressed to or other contact with competent governmental authorities required for the execution of business

3. 3.Personal Data of Employees of Business Partners and Other Companies

   1. Communication, discussion, and other contact required for the execution of business
   2. Business partners' data management and processing of payments and receipts by the Company

4. 4.Personal Data contracted from Business Partners

   1. Execution of agreement on contracted operations

5. 5.Personal Data of Applicants for Employment at the Company

   1. Provision of recruitment information to and communication with applicants for employment (including internships)
   2. Management of employment-related data at the Company

6. 6.Intended Use of Pseudonymized Information

   Pseudonymized information refers to information about an individual obtained by processing personal information in such a way that it cannot identify a specific individual unless cross-referenced with other information.

   Intended use of pseudonymized information is as follows.

   Intended Use of Pseudonymized Information

   Types of “Pseudonymized Information”	Intended Use
   Pseudonymized information held by contracted research organization	Data analysis conducted as part of research activities for analysis and verification of the effectiveness of websites commissioned by clients

   The following steps are taken when using pseudonymized information.

   1. Specify the intended use as precisely as possible and use personal information only to the extent necessary to achieve that purpose, except where required by law.
   2. Promptly disclose the intended use, except in cases where the purpose has already been publicly announced, or where any of the following items (a) to (d) apply.
      
      • (a) When notifying the individual of the intended use or public disclosure may threaten or harm the life, body, property, or other rights and interests of the individual or a third party
      • (b) When notifying the individual of the intended use or public disclosure may harm the rights or legitimate interests of the Company
      • (c) When cooperation with a national agency or local government to perform duties prescribed by laws and regulations is required, and notifying the individual or public disclosure of intended use would likely impede the performance of such duties
      • (d) When the intended use is deemed to be clear in light of the circumstances of the acquisition
   3. When handling pseudonymized information, the Company will not cross-reference the information with other information for the purpose of identifying the individual to whom the personal information used to create the pseudonymized information relates.
   4. The Company will not use contact or other information contained in the pseudonymized information to make phone calls, contact via mail or letter post, deliver telegrams, make transmissions via facsimile or electronic means, or visit residences.