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Personal Information Protection Policy

We will properly manage personal information collected from you to prevent unauthorized access, loss, falsification, or theft, and we will use it only within the scope of the collection purpose.

1. Proper Acquisition of Personal Information

When obtaining personal information, we will inform the person of the purpose of use and acquire it by legal and appropriate means.

2. Purpose of Use of Personal Information

Personal information will be used for the following purposes. It will not be used beyond these purposes. If it becomes necessary to use the information beyond the stated purposes, we will contact you in advance and obtain your consent before use.

Customer Personal Information

1) To deliver requested materials (printed materials, direct mail, etc.)
2) To provide information on products and services handled by our company
3) To inform you of events (seminars and exhibitions) organized by our company
4) For various surveys and shipping of prizes
5) To send ordered products directly to customers
6) For after-sales service and repair of products purchased from us
7) To confirm the intended use of products and services handled by our company
8) To analyze and improve the effectiveness of our advertising media (website, email magazines, etc.)
9) For other purposes individually specified in each service of our company

Business Partner Personal Information

1) For preparation, execution, and management of transactions
2) To contact business partners as necessary

Employee Personal Information

For employment management (salary, tax management, health management, pension and insurance management, communication, etc.)

Applicant Personal Information

To provide recruitment information, contact applicants, and manage recruitment processes

Surveillance Camera Footage

For crime prevention and disaster response operations

For responding to inquiries, consultations, complaints, etc.

3. Joint Use of Personal Data

We may jointly use personal data with our subsidiary, BioDynamics Laboratory Inc. to provide comprehensive services.

4. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties

We will not disclose, provide, sell, or share the collected personal information to third parties without the customer's consent. However, in cases required by law or in situations involving significant danger to life, health, or property, we may disclose personal information without consent.

5. Outsourcing of Personal Information

When outsourcing part of our operations such as delivery, we will carefully select third parties with appropriate personal information protection systems, conclude confidentiality agreements with Funakoshi, and ensure proper management and supervision.

6. Voluntary Provision of Personal Information

Whether or not you provide your personal information is at your discretion; however, if you do not provide necessary information, we may be unable to offer the services described in section 2.

7. Personal Information Management System

We comply with national guidelines and other standards, establish internal rules regarding the handling of personal information, appoint a General Personal Information Protection Manager, and assign department-level Personal Information Managers to establish a proper management system.

8. Requests for Notification of Purpose of Use, Disclosure, Correction, Suspension of Use, etc.

If we receive a request from the individual for notification of the purpose of use, disclosure, correction (correction, addition, or deletion), suspension of use (suspension, erasure, or suspension of provision to third parties) of personal information subject to disclosure, we will confirm the identity of the requester and respond promptly. If we cannot fulfill the request, we will notify the individual promptly and explain the reasons.

Contact for Personal Information Inquiries:
Funakoshi Co., Ltd., Export Business Department
Email: export@funakoshi.co.jp
Address: 2-9-7 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033

9. Security

When transmitting personal information on our website, we use SSL encrypted communication to prevent data interception.

10. Cookies

Our website may use cookies. Cookies are information sent from our web server to your browser and are used only to provide better services, and do not infringe on your privacy. If you do not wish to accept cookies, you can change your browser settings; however, in such cases, some services may not be available. Please note that we are not responsible for the handling of cookies on linked external sites; please check their policies directly.

11. Access Analysis Tools and Heatmaps

To obtain information necessary for improving the articles provided on our website, we may use the following tools:
- Google Analytics (Google Inc.)
- Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft Inc.)
- Mixpanel (Mixpanel Inc.)


These tools use cookies to collect traffic data anonymously; they do not identify individuals. This feature can be disabled by disabling cookies.
*Please refer to the terms of each tool below.





In addition, through our email newsletters managed by us, we may obtain access information tied to your personal information about your visits to our website. The collected data will be used for aggregation and analysis to improve our advertising media (website, email newsletters, etc.) and within the scope stated in section 2.

12. EU Privacy Rights

If you are located in the EU, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) grants you certain rights under the law. In particular, the right to access, correct, delete, restrict processing of, and data portability of the personal information we hold about you. We will retain your personal information for the length of time you engage with our services until you request deletion of such personal data.

Upon request, we will grant you reasonable access to personal information that it holds about you. In addition, we will take reasonable steps to permit you to correct, amend, delete, restrict processing of, and request portability of the personal information we hold about you. We also relies upon each individual to assist in providing accurate updates of his or her personal information. In order to confirm regarding your personal information contact the following: export@funakoshi.co.jp.

13. Governing Law/Disputes

This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan. All disputes with us shall be governed by the laws of Japan, without regard to provision on the conflict of laws, in the courts in Tokyo, Japan.

14. Revisions

This personal information protection policy may change without prior notice due to amendments to relevant laws or changes in our policies.

15. Appointment of Personal Information Management Officer and Safety Management

We appoint the following person as Personal Information Management Officer to properly and safely manage your personal information and prevent leakage, loss, or damage:

Personal Information Management Officer : General Manager, Sales Support department

Contact for Personal Information Inquiries:
Funakoshi Co., Ltd., Export Business Department
Email: export@funakoshi.co.jp
Address: 2-9-7 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033

Funakoshi Co., Ltd. recognizes that the protection of personal information is an important social responsibility and has established the following personal information protection guidelines for handling, controlling and maintaining personal information.

Personal Information Protection Guidelines

Establishment of a compliance program and implementation of continuous improvement

Funakoshi has built a compliance program for the protection of personal information, and while implementing and maintaining the program, we make regularly reviews of the program as part of our efforts for continuous improvement.

Collection use and provision of personal information

When collecting, using and providing personal information, Funakoshi recognizes the importance of protecting personal information and deal with all such information in an appropriate manner.

Implementation of safety measures

Funakoshi maintains an optimum system for stringently controlling personal information, and by building logical safety control measures, we have developed thorough preventative and corrective policies against the illegal access to personal information, as well as the loss, destruction, falsification and leakage of personal information.

Respect for the individual rights

When the person who can be identified by the personal information in our possession (hereinafter referred to as "the person concerned") requests that Funakoshi disclose, correct, amend and erase the personal information about him/her, we will confirm his/her identity and if the request is deemed valid, we will take necessary measures to the person concerned without delay unless otherwise provided by law.

Compliance with laws and regulations

When handling personal information, Funakoshi complies with all laws and other regulations regarding the protection of personal information.

Institution : October 1, 2004
Last updated : April 1, 2007
Funakoshi Co., Ltd.
Ryoya Funakoshi, Ph.D.
President and CEO