Privacy Policy

Effective: January 1, 2022

Your privacy is important to us. KTSIP Osaka, an intellectual property law firm located in 2-1-2, Floor 4, Uchihiranomachi, Chuo, Osaka, Japan, is fully committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This Privacy Policy sets forth the ways we gather, use, and protect information that you provide us when you access this website at www.pctjapan.com (the “Site”).

You can be assured that whenever we ask you to provide information by which you can be identified on the Site, we will only use such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

KTSIP Osaka may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are satisfied with the Privacy Policy then in effect.

1. What information we collect and why we collect it

We may collect the following personal information from you:

• Contact information such as your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, company/firm’s name, and credit card information that you provide us when paying for our service (“Personal Information”).
• Non-personal information (i.e., information that does not identify you as an individual) about how you access and use the Site (“Usage Information”).  Usage Information includes information about browser type, domain names, pages browsed, access time, referring website addresses, operating system, search query, and entry and exit pages.
• Information about your computer and hardware (“Device Information”), including your IP address, MAC Address or other unique identifier (each a “Device Identifier”) regarding the computer, mobile device, Wi-Fi card, or other technology (collectively, “Device”) that you use to access the Site. A Device Identifier is a number that is automatically assigned to your Device when you access a web site or its servers. Our computers identify your Device by its Device Identifier.
• Testimonials that you provide us (“Testimonial Information”).

2. How your information is used

KTSIP Osaka will never sell your information to third parties. KTSIP Osaka uses your information in the following ways:

• KTSIP Osaka uses the Personal Information that you provide us to better understand your needs, to provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

1. To administer your account
2. If you order our service on the Site, KTSIP Osaka uses the credit card information to authorize and process payment to us
3. To send you periodical marketing and promotional communications, such as emails, newsletters
4. To provide the service you have requested and respond to your inquiries more effectively
5. To improve our services

• KTSIP Osaka uses your Usage Information and Device Information to enhance your visitor experience on the Site. KTSIP Osaka track the pages that you browse in order to identify ways we can best serve our customers and allow customers to quickly navigate the Site. KTSIP Osaka keeps track of the pages our customers visit within the Site in order to improve the Site and create a more personalized website experience. KTSIP Osaka uses Usage Information to understand how our customers are using the Site so that we can enhance your experience on the Site on later visits to the Site.
• KTSIP Osaka do not provide your information to third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy, and except as required by law in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes, or to establish our legal rights.
• KTSIP Osaka may use your Testimonial Information on the Site.

3. Security

As we deal with sensitive information, we place the highest priority on ensuring that our data is securely stored, transmitted and disposed of as required. We use a number of methods of encryption for data storage and transmission including:

• AES-256 Symmetrical Encryption; and
• SSL Encryption.

4. Choice/Opt-Out

You may choose to stop receiving our newsletter or marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in these emails.

5. Updating, verifying and deleting Personal Data

You may inform us of any changes your Personal Data by logging into your account on the Site. In your account, you can find out what Personal Data we hold and request that we delete or change your Personal Data. Alternatively, you can contact us by email at the e-mail address indicated on the Site in order to change or delete your Personal Data.

6. Cookies and other Tracking Technologies

KTSIP Osaka uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functioning of which are explained below:

• Transient cookies

Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. This particularly includes session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, through which different requests by your browser may be allocated to a single session. This enables your computer to be recognized when you return to the Site. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

• Persistent cookies

Persistent cookies are deleted automatically after a pre-set period, which may differ depending on the type of cookie. You may at any time delete cookies in your browser’s security settings. 

You may configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, reject the acceptance of third-party cookies or all cookies. This may mean you will not be able to use all functions of the Site.

7. Links to Third Party Sites

The Site may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not operated by or under the control of KTSIP Osaka, and KTSIP Osaka is not responsible for the information gathered by any Linked Site. Any Personal Information you provide on a Linked Site is provided to the third party operating that Linked Site and is subject to that third party’s privacy policy (if any). This Privacy Policy does not apply to any of such Linked Sites, and KTSIP Osaka is not responsible for the privacy and security policies of such Linked Sites. You should learn the privacy and security policies and practices of the Linked Sites before providing such Linked Sites with any Personal Information. KTSIP Osaka is providing any links to Linked Sites to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by KTSIP Osaka of the Linked Sites or their operators.

8. Notification of Privacy Policy Changes

KTSIP Osaka may update this privacy statement from time to time to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will endeavor to notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or posting a notice on the Site prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our Privacy Policy.

9. Contact Information

If you wish to provide feedback or if you have any questions or concerns or wish to exercise your rights regard to your personal data, you can contact us by emailing us at info@pctjapan.com.