Nissan Chemical Corporation ("Company") and its group companies listed in 12 below, to which this privacy policy ("Policy") shall apply (including the Company, collectively "Group" or "we") recognize our corporate social responsibility to handle appropriately any information personally identifiable, including a name, address, telephone number, and email address ("Personal Information,") known to us through our business activities and other means. In adherence to the "Act on the Protection of Personal Information" ("Personal Information Protection Act") and other relevant laws and regulations, guidelines, and rules, we handle and protect Personal Information with the utmost care as described below.
Regarding the "Individual Numbers" and "Specific Personal Information" (collectively, "Specific Personal Information, etc.") defined in the "Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in the Administrative Procedure" ("My Number Act"), we protect them under this Policy and the "Standards concerning Proper Handling of Specific Personal Information, etc." to collect, use, store, manage, or otherwise handle them strictly according to the My Number Act.
1. Purposes of Use of Personal Information
The Group uses Personal Information provided by you (i.e., our customers, business partners, shareholders, or other persons willing to offer it to us) solely for the purposes listed below, in addition to those separately and individually notified to you. When we intend to use your Personal Information for other purposes, we will obtain your consent unless otherwise stipulated by laws and regulations (sometimes "laws"). We will not use your Personal Information to analyze your preferences, tastes, and other attributes:
2. Collection of Personal Information
For the purposes of use in 1. above, we will collect the following items of your Personal Information by appropriate and fair means:
Unless required by laws or without your consent, we will not collect and use your information of a sensitive nature ("sensitive information"), such as concerning race, beliefs, social status, medical history, criminal record, and the fact of having fallen victim to a crime.
3. Personal Information Management and Security Control Measures
We strive for the appropriate management of your Personal Information to prevent any leakage, loss, destruction and maintain and enhance the protection level to ensure security control as follows:
4. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties
Unless required by laws or without your consent, we will not disclose your Personal Information to third parties (including those located in foreign countries).
5. Entrustment of Personal Information
We may entrust a part of our business operations to third parties, such as deliveries of goods and printed material and administrative procedures for promotional campaigns. In that case, we will conduct the necessary and appropriate supervision on such parties according to the Personal Information Protection Act by, in particular, obligating them to handle the entrusted Personal Information appropriately under a contract.
6. Sharing of Personal Data
We may share your personal data ("Personal Data") in the following manner:
Name, address, telephone number, and email address
The entire Group
Nissan Chemical Corporation
Address: 5-1, Nihonbashi 2-Chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Representative: Representative Director, President, YAGI Shinsuke
7. Use of Cookies
The Group's websites partially use cookies to provide everyone who visits our websites with the best service. However, we will not collect any information personally identifiable from cookies.
8. Collection of Access History
On the Group's websites, we may collect your access history for statistics and analysis of our websites' usage. However, we will not collect any information personally identifiable through the collection of access history.
9. Requests for Disclosure of Personal Data Retained by the Company
For Personal Data retained by the Company, upon receiving a request for disclosure from you or your representative, the Company will disclose it without delay except for the cases below. When there is no Personal Data concerned, we will reply accordingly.
For Personal Data retained by the Company, upon receiving a request for rectification, addition, deletion, suspension of use, erasure, or suspension of provision to a third party, we will examine the status and address that request according to laws.
Regarding Personal Data retained by the Company, if you want us to disclose, rectify, add or delete, suspend the use or erase, or suspend the provision to third parties, please feel free to contact us below. After verifying the identity of you or your representative, we will appropriately and promptly address that request.
(Contact for requests)
(℡+81-3-3241-2548、e-mail:recruit@nisseicorp.co.jp) (General Affairs Department of Nissei Corporation)
10. Contact for Inquires and Complaints
If you have any questions or complaints concerning the Company's handling of Personal Information, please feel free to contact us below:
(Contact for inquiries)
(℡+81-3-3241-2548、e-mail:recruit@nisseicorp.co.jp) (General Affairs Department of Nissei Corporation)
11. Revision of Privacy Policy
This Policy may be revised to comply with changes and revisions of relevant laws and regulations, or guidelines.
12. Group Companies to Which the Policy Applies
Domestic group:
Nissan Chemical Corporation
Nissei Corporation
Nissan Butsuryu Co., Ltd.
Nissan Green & Landscape Co., Ltd.
Nissan Engineering, Ltd.
Nihon Hiryo Co., Ltd.
NC Agro Hakodate Corporation
Overseas group:
Nissan Chemical America Corporation
Nissan Chemical Europe S.A.S.
NCK Co., Ltd.
Nissan Chemical Agro Korea Ltd.
Nissan Chemical Taiwan Co., Ltd.
Nissan Chemical Product (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Nissan Chemical Materials Research (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Nissan Chemical Do Brasil
Nissan Agro Tech India PVT. LTD.
Nissan Bharat Rasayan PVT. LTD.
13. Name, Address, and Representative of Party Responsible for Personal Information Management
Nissei Corporation
Nissan Edobashi Building, 10-5, Nihonbashi-Honcho, 1-Chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
MOURI Akihiro
Representative Director, President
Last updated: May 1st, 2022
This Chapter applies to our customers, business partners, shareholders, and other persons willing to offer Personal Information, those who reside in the European Economic Area (consisting of EU Member States, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein, "EEA") or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ("UK") (collectively, "you"). The Group will appropriately process your Personal Information and strive to protect your privacy in compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), the UK GDPR, and related laws and regulations.
In addition to Chapter I, the provisions of Chapter II will apply to the processing of your Personal Information. If any provisions of Chapter I conflict with those of Chapter II, the latter shall prevail.
1. Purposes of Use, Legal Basis for Processing, and Retention Period of Personal Information Obtained by the Group
The purposes of use, legal basis, and retention period of Personal Information obtained by the Group are as follows:
Items of Personal Data | Purposes of use | Legal basis | Retention period |
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・Name, address, phone number, fax number, email address ・Employment information (company name, department/section, title, address, telephone number, fax number, email address) ・Information for settlement, such as bank account |
・To provide the Group's products and services | Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a contracting party | The period necessary for achieving the purposes of use (The specific retention period will be determined, taking into account the purposes of use, the nature, and the legal or business need to retain Personal Data.) |
・Name, address, phone number, fax number, email address ・Employment information (company name, department/section, title, address, telephone number, fax number, email address) |
・To provide information and suggestions on the Group's products and services | Based on your consent | The period necessary for achieving the purposes of use (The specific retention period will be determined, taking into account the purposes of use, the nature, and the legal or business need to retain Personal Data.) |
・Name, address, phone number, fax number, email address | ・To plan and develop the Group's products and services | Based on the Group's legitimate interest to develop our products and services | The period necessary for achieving the purpose of use (The specific retention period will be determined, taking into account the purpose of use, the nature, and the legal or business need to retain Personal Data.) |
Unless required by laws or without your consent, we will not collect and use your sensitive information (such as your racial or ethnic background, political opinions, religion, philosophical beliefs, trade union affiliation, genetic data, biological data, health data, and sexual life or orientation).
In cases where the provision of Personal Information is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract, you are obliged to provide such Personal Information. In the absence of your Personal Information, we may not be able to provide you with the products or services that you have requested.
2. Transfers of Personal Information to Third Parties outside the EEA or UK
The Group may transfer Personal Information from the EEA or the UK to third parties located in countries outside the EEA or the UK within the scope of the purposes of use. In that case, the Group will take the appropriate safeguards necessary for international data transfers.
Some of those third parties are located outside the EEA and the UK, including Japan. In countries outside the EEA and the UK, data protection legislation equivalent to the EEA and the UK, and the rights given to individuals within the EEA are not necessarily guaranteed. In this regard, Japan is recognized by the European Commission and the Government of the UK as having data protection laws that provide the same level of protection for Personal Information as of the EEA and the UK. And the European Commission issued an adequacy decision for Japan in 2019.
When transferring your Personal Information to third parties other than Japan, we take appropriate measures like executing contracts including standard terms and conditions in the EU or the UK.
3. Disclosure of Personal Information with Third Parties
The Group may disclose your Personal Information to Nissan Chemical Corporation within the scope of purposes of use.
4. Rights of Individuals in the EEA and the UK
(1) You have the following rights over your Personal Information retained by the Group:
(2) You have the right to withdraw consent at any time, even after you consent to the transfer to third parties under Section 2.
(3) You have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority with jurisdiction in the country where the Personal Information relating to you is processed (See the list of data protection authorities released by the EDPB here).
5. Contact for Inquiries
The data controller for Personal Information collected from you is Nissan Chemical Europe S.A.S.
For claims of various rights to your Personal Information, please feel free to contact us below:
Data Controller: Nissan Chemical Europe S.A.S.
Parc d'Affaires de Crécy-OOBLactée 69370 Saint Didier au Mont d'Or
Last updated: May 1st 2022
This Chapter applies to our customers, business partners, shareholders, and other persons willing to offer Personal Information, those who reside in the United States of America ("US"), including the State of California (collectively "you"). The Group will appropriately process your Personal Information and strive to protect your privacy in compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA") and related laws and regulations.
In addition to Chapter I, the provisions of Chapter III will apply to the processing of your Personal Information. If any provisions of Chapter I conflict with those in Chapter III, the latter shall prevail.
1. Obtained Personal Information
The categories of Personal Information and sources that the Group has collected over the past 12 months are as follows:
Source of collection: Our business partners
Items of Personal Information obtained:
Unless required by laws or without your consent, we will not collect and use the following items of your sensitive information:
2. Purposes of Use
The Group collects, retains, and processes Personal Information for the following purposes:
3. Retention Period of Personal Information
The Group retains Personal Information only for the period necessary to achieve the purposes of use in Section 2. The specific retention period is determined by taking into account the purposes of collecting and processing Personal Data, the nature of and the legal or business need to retain Personal Information.
4. Disclosure to Third Parties
The categories of third parties to which the Group disclosed Personal Information in the past 12 months and the items of Personal Information disclosed are as follows:
Third parties that received the disclosure: Other companies in the Group
Items of Personal Information disclosed
5. Sales to Third Parties
The Group has never sold your Personal Information to third parties in the past 12 months, and we will not sell in the future.
6. Requests Concerning Handling of Personal Information
You have the following rights over your Personal Information retained by the Group:
You may appoint your representative authorized to exercise your rights under the CCPA or equivalent state law.
The Group will respond to requests relating to your Personal Information retained by the Group within a reasonable period of time and to the extent permitted by relevant laws and regulations in the manner below. The Group will verify your identity before responding to your request. In addition, if you request the suspension of use or deletion of your Personal Information, we may be unable to provide services that are available until that time or meet your need. Please acknowledge that possibility before submitting your request.
If you want to exercise your rights under the CCPA or any equivalent state law, we will receive your request by either of the following means:
・Toll-free number: 1-833-668-0024
・Inquiry form: https://nissanchem-usa.com/privacy-request-form/
By using the above form, "Do Not Sell My Personal Information," you may exercise the right to opt-out of the sale of your Personal Information to third parties.
Last updated: May 1st, 2022
This Chapter applies to our customers, business partners, shareholders, and other persons willing to offer Personal Information who reside in the People's Republic of China ("China") (collectively "you"). The Group will appropriately process your Personal Information known to us through business activities and strive to protect your privacy in compliance with China's Personal Information Protection Law ("PIPL") and related laws and regulations.
In addition to Chapter I, the provisions of Chapter IV will apply to the processing of your Personal Information. If any provisions of Chapter I conflict with those in Chapter IV, the latter shall prevail.
1. Items of Personal Information to be Collected
Items of your Personal Information:
The above includes the following sensitive Personal Information:
2. Purposes of Use of Personal Information
The Group will collect, retain and use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
When collecting sensitive Personal Information in Section 1 above, the Group will obtain your consent separately and individually.
The sensitive Personal Information the Group collects from you is necessary for our payment, and we will not bring detriment to your interests through such collection.
3. Processing and Retention Period of Personal Information
According to this Policy, the Group will collect, retain, use, transmit, provide, disclose, or otherwise process your Personal Information to achieve the purposes of use in Section 2 above.
The retention period shall be the period of transactions between you and the Group. Personal Information will be deleted without delay upon the expiration of the retention period.
4. Use of Personal Information
The Group will not entrust the processing of Personal Information to third parties outside the Group.
The Group will not share any Personal Information with a third party without your express consent. Currently, the Group obtains your consent to share your Personal Information in cases like the following:
Name of recipient | Location | Contact point | Purpose of handling | Handling method | Items of Personal Information |
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Nissan Chemical Corporation | Japan | legal_pi@nissanchem.co.jp | Communication about transactions and related practices | Storage, use, processing, transmission, provision, disclosure, and deletion | Name, email address, title |
The Group may share your Personal Information externally if obliged by law, regulation, or governmental authorities.
The Group discloses Personal Information only where:
If permitted by PIPL, the Group may process your Personal Information without obtaining your consent.
5. Protection of Personal Information by the Group
(1)The Group has adopted security measures according to relevant laws and industry standards to protect Personal Information and prevent unauthorized access to, disclosure, use, or modification of, damage to, or loss of data. The Group will take all practical steps to protect Personal Information.
(2)The Group's data security capabilities have met the standards required by labor supervisory authorities and cybersecurity-related governmental agencies in China and Japan.
(3)The Group will take all reasonable and practical steps to ensure that unnecessary Personal Information is not collected. The Group will retain Personal Information only for the period required to meet the purposes set forth in this Policy (Chapter IV) unless otherwise required or permitted by laws to extend the retention period.
(4)Although the Group cannot guarantee 100% complete security of the network's environment, we will use our maximum efforts to ensure or assure the security of the information you send us. If your legal rights and interests are adversely affected by unauthorized access, disclosure, tampering, or injury to your Personal Information arising out of any physical or technical problems or damage to our equipment or hardware on our end, we will assume liability.
(5)In the event of the occurrence of a security incident relating to Personal Information ("Incident"), the Group will notify you without delay of the following details: the outline of the Incident (items of Personal Information leaked, tampered, or lost, and the cause thereof), the assumed impact, countermeasures that the Group has already implemented or is scheduled to do, our suggestions for your self-prevention and risk reduction, and our measures for improvement, and other necessary information. The above information will be provided by email, fax, telephone, or push notification; however, if it is difficult to notify you individually, the Group will issue a public notice about the Incident appropriately and effectively. At the same time, we will report to you on addressing the Incident as required by regulatory authorities.
6. Rights of Individuals
You have the following rights over your Personal Information retained by the Group:
The Group ensures your rights over your Personal Information under relevant laws and regulations, and standards in China and common practices in other countries and regions:
You have the right to access your Personal Information unless otherwise provided by law.
If you wish to access your data, please feel free to contact the Nissei (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. (in this Chapter, ""NSIT""). We will respond to your request within 15 business days.
You have the right to request rectification from the Group if you discover any errors in your information being processed by the Group. If you wish to rectify your Personal Information, please feel free to contact the NSIT. We will respond to your request within 15 business days.
You will be entitled to request the deletion of your Personal Information in the cases below. If you wish to delete your Personal Information, please feel free to contact the NSIT. We will respond to your request within 15 business days.
The Group's business functions require specific basic items of your Personal Information, respectively. Concerning our collection and use of additional items of your Personal Information, you may give or withdraw your consent at any time.
Also, you may change the scope of your consent given to us by contacting the NSIT. Once you withdraw your consent, the Group will suspend the processing and delete the relevant Personal Information. Provided, however, that your withdrawal of consent will not affect the Group's processing of Personal Information based on your prior consent.
You have the right to obtain a copy of your Personal Information by contacting the NSIT.
The Group will not make a decision solely based on automated decision-making mechanisms, such as information systems and algorithms. In the future, if the Group makes such a decision that significantly affects your legal rights and interests, you will be entitled to seek an explanation from the Group. In that case, we will take appropriate remedial measures.
You may be asked to submit a written request or verify your identity for security reasons. The Group may also ask you to verify your identity to meet your requests.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may make a complaint with the NSIT.
In principle, no fees are charged for your reasonable request. Provided, however, that for repetitive requests that exceed a reasonable extent, the Group will charge a fee based on costs from time to time. Repeated requests may be refused in the following cases: despite no basis, it needs extremely burdensome technical measures (e.g., development of new systems or fundamental changes in current practices); there is a risk of infringing the legitimate rights and interests of other persons; or it is entirely impracticable (e.g., the deletion or erasure of information stored on a backup disk), or in a similar case.
The Group will be unable to respond to your requests in the following cases:
7. Method of Transmission of Personal Information outside China
In principle, Personal Information collected or generated in the territory of China is stored in China.
The Group shares your Personal Information with Nissan Chemical Corporation in Japan. (For specific items, see the table below). Your Personal Information may be transmitted to jurisdictions outside China or accessed from jurisdictions outside China with your consent.
In those jurisdictions, the provisions of protection laws for data and Personal Information may differ, or there may be no relevant legislation. In that case, the Group ensures the protection of your Personal Information at the same level as in China. For instance, we ask for your consent on the cross-border transmission of your Personal Information, or we take additional security measures before transmitting your data across the border.
Name of recipient | Location | Contact point | Purpose of handling | Handling method | Items of Personal Information | Method of exercising the rights |
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Nissan Chemical Corporation | Japan | legal_pi@nissanchem.co.jp | Communication or other practices concerning transactions | Storage, use, processing, transmission provision, disclosure, deletion | Name, email address, title | Email to legal_pi@nissanchem.co.jp |
8. Update of this Policy (Chapter IV)
This Policy (Chapter IV) is subject to change.
The Group will not diminish your rights under this Policy without your express consent. The Group will inform you of any changes to this Policy on this (web) page and obtain your consent. If required, we will obtain your consent separately and individually.
When intending to make any material changes, the Group will notify you more conspicuously and obtain your consent. If required, we will obtain your consent separately and individually.
Material changes in this Policy (Chapter IV) include, but are not limited to, the following cases:
In addition, we will archive all the old versions of this Policy (Chapter IV) for your reference.
9. Contact for Inquiries
If you have any questions, opinions, or suggestions regarding this Policy (Chapter IV), please feel free to contact us below.
Nissei (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. < nisseicorpSH@nisseicorp.com.cn >
Last updated: May 1st, 2022
This Chapter applies to our customers, business partners, shareholders, or other persons willing to offer Personal Information, those who reside in the Republic of Korea ("Korea") (collectively "you"). The Group will appropriately process your Personal Information and strive to protect your privacy in compliance with Korea's Personal Information Protection Act ("PIPA") and related laws and regulations.
In addition to Chapter I, the provisions of Chapter V will apply to the processing of your Personal Information. If any provisions of Chapter I conflict with those in Chapter V, the latter shall prevail.
1. Items of Personal Information to be Processed
The Group handles the following items of Personal Information:
2. Purpose of Use of Personal Information
The Group collects, retains, and uses Personal Information for the following purposes:
3. Processing and Retention Period of Personal Information
The Group retains Personal Information only for the period necessary to achieve the purposes of use in Section 2. The specific retention period is determined by taking into account the purposes of collection and processing and the nature of and the legal or business need to retain Personal Information.
4. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties
To the extent necessary for achieving the purposes of use in Section 2, the Group may provide the Personal Information listed in Section 1 to the Group companies or other third parties located outside Korea during the retention period in Section 3.
Names of recipient | Purposes of use and collection by the recipient | Items of Personal Information to be provided | Retention period |
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Nissan Chemical Corporation | Same as Section 2 above. | Same as Section 1 above | Same as Section 3 above |
5. Rights of the Subject of Information and Statutory Representative
You and your statutory representative have the right to request the Group for access, rectification, deletion, or the suspension of processing of your Personal Information listed in Section 1 above.
6. Personal Information Protection Officer
The Group appoints a Personal Information Protection Officer who is responsible for the protection of Personal Information and addressing complaints concerning Personal Information as follows:
7. Destruction of Personal Information
When your Personal Information becomes no longer necessary due to the lapse of its retention period in Section 3, the achievement of the purposes of use listed in Section 2, or other reasons, the Group will destroy your Personal Information without delay in the following manners:
Procedures for destruction:
Personal Information will be destroyed after being retained for a certain period of time following internal policies and other relevant laws and regulations once the purposes of use are achieved.
Method for destruction:
Personal Information stored in the electronic file format is technically deleted to ensure that no data can be recovered or restored. Personal information printed on paper is shredded or disposed of by incineration.
Last updated: May 1st, 2022
This Chapter applies to our customers, business partners, shareholders, or other persons willing to offer Personal Information, those who reside in the Republic of China ("Taiwan") (collectively "you").
The Group (in this Chapter, it includes only group companies that have contractual or quasi-contractual relationships with you) will appropriately collect, process, and use your Personal Information and strive to protect your privacy in compliance with Taiwan's Personal Data Protection Act ("PDPA") and related laws and regulations.
In addition to Chapter I, the provisions of Chapter VI will apply to the collection, processing, and use of your Personal Information. If any provisions of Chapter I conflict with those of Chapter VI, the latter shall prevail.
1. Items of Personal Information
The Group collects, processes, and uses the following items of Personal Information:
2. Purposes of Collection, Processing, and Use of Personal Information
The Group collects, retains, processes, and uses Personal Information for the following purposes:
3. Periods and Region for Collection, Processing, and Use of your Personal Information by the Group
The Group collects, processes, and uses Personal Information manually or through electronic means within the scope of purposes of use in the region where the Group is located.
The Group retains Personal Information only for the period necessary to achieve the purposes of use. The specific retention period will be determined by taking into account the purposes of use and the nature of and the legal or business need to retain Personal Information.
4. Rights of the Subject of Information
You may exercise the following rights under PDPA:
Last updated: May 1st, 2022
Nissan Chemical Corporation ("Company" or "we") adheres strictly to the Personal Information Protection Act, My Number Act, and other relevant laws and regulations and the Guidelines for Proper Handling of Specific Personal Information (for Private Entities) when handling Specific Personal Information, etc. (defined in "Privacy Policy" above.)
1. Purposes of Use of Specific Personal Information, etc.
The Company uses Specific Personal Information, etc., provided within the scope of the following purposes of use. We will not use Specific Personal Information, etc., for any other purposes.
2. Management of Specific Personal Information, etc. and Safety Management Measures
In addition to striving for appropriate management of Specific Personal Information, etc., the Company aims to maintain and improve security and endeavor to implement safety management. The Company delegates the administration of our shareholder list to our shareholder registry administrator (Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited) and, in some cases, entrusts collection, storage, disposal of Specific Personal Information, etc., to outside contractors. The Company conducts necessary and appropriate oversight to ensure that safety control measures are taken by the shareholder registry administrator and the outside contractors for the proper handling of Specific Personal Information, etc., in accordance with the My Number Act.
3. Continuous Improvement
The Company makes efforts for continuous improvement in handling Specific Personal Information, etc.
4. Disclosure of Specific Personal Information, etc.
The Company responds to a request for disclosure of Specific Personal Information, etc. from the individual concerned or such person's representative without delay, except for the following cases:
5. Contact for Inquiries, Questions, and Complaints about Disclosure
For any inquiries about our disclosure, questions, and complaints about our handling of Specific Personal Information, etc., please feel free to contact us below. After we verify that the inquiry, etc., is made by you or your representative, we will respond to it quickly and appropriately.
Contact for Inquiries
legal_pi@nissanchem.co.jp (Corporate Planning Department of Nissan Chemical Corporation)
6. Revision of Standards concerning Proper Handling of Specific Personal Information, etc.
The Standards concerning Proper Handling of Specific Personal Information, etc., may be revised to comply with changes and revisions of relevant laws and regulations, or guidelines.
Last updated: May 1st, 2022