Privacy Statement
You can use most of the services being offered by the Web site of Global Management & Communications Inc. (collectively referred to as "G-MAC" hereafter) without having to disclose your personal information. There are some services, however, that will ask you to tell us your personal information. We created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. We respect your privacy, and pay the closest possible attention to protect your personal information.
■What personal information of yours we collect...
In order to identify you and to contact you, we may ask for your company e-mail address, your name, your postal code and street address, your phone number, etc. We may also ask you about your work or your workplace, information or products of your interest, etc. Although there is no need for you to provide us with all the personal information we ask from you, please note that some of our services may not be accessible if you do not provide us with certain information.
■When we may ask for your personal information...
We may ask for your personal information in the cases outlined below. In all cases, we will explicitly state that your personal information is needed, and ask you to provide us with such information at your own discretion.
· When you apply for, or participate in conferences, seminar, exhibitions and other events
· When you place an order for our periodicals, books, digital contents or other merchandise
· When you register with our e-mail news services
■How we use your personal information...
The personal information we collect from you will be used for the following purposes.
· To send you an e-mail from our e-mail news services
· To deliver the information or merchandise you ordered
· For confirmation or notification to provide you with the service you requested
· To send you information from G-MAC which we believe to be of value to you
· To send you information from third-party companies/organizations which we believe to be of value to you
· To send you information which we believe to be of value to you from G-MAC, third-party companies/organizations that are sponsor companies/organizations of G-MAC events or advertising companies/organizations.
· To contact you when there arises such a need
■WITH WHOM YOUR INFORMATION IS SHARED
When we have co-branded, customized,
private label, powered by or sponsored products and services, or when we join
with other parties to provide specific services, we may share (provide and
receive) personal information with them. We do not share credit card
information with such third parties.
In particular, please note that information
collected in connection with strategic business forums, will be shared with the
sponsor(s) of the particular forum(s) These sponsors will use the information
according to their own privacy policies, and we urge participants to read those
policies and be aware of their privacy practices before registering.
On occasion, we may provide targeted lists
of names and offline and online contact information for marketing purposes to
third parties, subject to our Permission policies. We give users the option of
not having their name or contact information disclosed to third parties, as set
forth in the Permission section.
Other than as set forth above, we do not
share personally identifiable information with other companies, apart from when
required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court order or a
subpoena or other legal obligation, in response to a law enforcement agency's
request, or in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing
this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action
against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either
intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property.
■PERMISSION
Our users are given the opportunity to choose whether to have personal information shared with third parties for marketing purposes. Instructions for how to exercise this choice are contained in e-mails sent by us, on our product websites and in each of our publications. In addition, users can send an email to our info@gmacjapan.com account to change their options. Please note that we will endeavor to implement requests within a reasonable time, although for a time users may continue to receive mailings, etc., transmitted based on information released prior to the implementation of the request. Users will continue to receive information directly related to their registered services, so they always are kept informed.
■How we administer your personal information...
We have strict security measures in place in order to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of personal information under our control. Your personal information is kept in a secure environment where no general users can access.
■How you can remove your registered personal information...
Upon your request, we will stop providing you with our information/services, and remove your personal information from our database. In addition, we will promptly request the same to be done to third-party companies/organizations to whom we have provided your personal information under your permission.
■Please note...
Our Web sites contain links to other third-party sites. We are not responsible for the protection of personal information or for the content of such linked Web sites.
■How we inform you the change of privacy policy
We will inform you on the Web Site or by e-mail, when there is a major change in our privacy policy.
■Person in charge of privacy policy in G-MAC
Minako Suzuki, Managing Director, G-MAC
Kasuga Tower12, 4-24-8 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033
■How you can contact us...
If you have any questions about how we protect personal information, please contact us at: