Privacy Policy

Miyoshi Oil & Fat Co., Ltd., (hereinafter the “Company”) provides the following policy about its handling of personal information. The terms used herein have the meaning defined in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (hereinafter the “Personal Information Protection Act”) and other relevant laws and regulations.

1. Compliance with Relevant Legislation and Guidelines

The Company will handle personal information in a legal and proper manner in compliance with the Personal Information Protection Act, other relevant laws and regulations, the guidelines of the Personal Information Protection Commission, this privacy policy, and other company rules.

2. Personal Information

The personal information means any information that the Company receives from customers and business partners in the course of business activities, including individuals’ names, addresses, dates of birth, sex, occupations, telephone numbers, email addresses and other information that identifies specific individuals (the information set forth in the Personal Information Protection Act).

3. Collection of Personal Information

The Company will collect personal information by legal and proper means. The Company may collect personal information with the consent of the persons concerned to the extent necessary for business activities, including when they inquire about products or services of the Company, place an order for them, attend an exhibition, or fill out questionnaires.

4. Purpose of Using Personal Information

The Company may use personal information within the following purposes or any other purposes that are obvious from the circumstances of collection, and will not use it for any other purpose unless the person concerned consents to it, or it is permitted under laws and regulations:

• (1) Providing products and services and performing related operations (including responding to inquiries or requests for consultation from customers, discussing or communicating necessary matters, requesting payment, and making a refund or payment)
• (2) Developing products and services, improving their quality, and providing information on them
• (3) Providing after-sales and support services for products and services and performing relevant operations
• (4) Providing information on a new product, service, or exhibition, and operating them
• (5) Conducting questionnaires and monitoring for product development
• (6) Registration, distribution, and confirmation of email delivery services or services on the Company website (including mobile websites), and management of such services
• (7) Managing matters about shareholders under the Companies Act, providing all kinds of information or facilities to shareholders, and implementing all kinds of measures
• (8) Communicating with job candidates, providing them with all kinds of information, and conducting employment screening
• (9) Complying with labor-related laws and regulations for retirees, providing information on an organization of former employees, and making emergency contacts
• (10) Employment of officers and employees, personnel labor management, and implementation of welfare-related business
• (11) Other purposes relating to any of the preceding items

5. Provision of Personal Data

Without the consent of the person concerned, the Company will not provide personal data to any third party other than those to whom business is entrusted. However, the Company may provide personal data without the consent of the person concerned if there are legitimate grounds, including cases where disclosure is permitted under laws and regulations.

6. Management of Personal Data

The Company will strive to keep personal data accurate and up to date to the extent necessary for achieving the purpose of use and delete the personal data when no longer necessary. The Company will also implement the necessary and proper measures for security management of personal data, including to prevent leakage, loss, or corruption.

7. Disclosure of Retained Personal Data

• (1) When the Company is requested by the person concerned or an agent (hereinafter collectively the “Person Concerned”) to notify the person of the purpose of using retained personal data in accordance with the following paragraph (5), the Company will give notice without delay after having verified the identity, except as follows:
  • a) The purpose of using retained personal data identifying the person concerned is clear.
  • b) It is likely to harm the life, body, property, or any other rights or interests of the person concerned or a third party.
  • c) It is likely to damage the rights or legitimate interests of the Company.
  • d) It is necessary to cooperate with a national government organ or local public entity to perform business under laws and regulations, and it is likely to interfere with the performance of the business.
• (3) When the Company is requested by the Person Concerned to make a correction, addition, or deletion regarding retained personal data in accordance with the following paragraph (5), the Company will investigate it without delay after having verified the identity and implement the appropriate measures based on the results of the investigation.
• (4) When the Company is requested by the Person Concerned to discontinue using or erase retained personal data in accordance with the following paragraph (5), the Company will implement the proper measures after having verified the identity if it turns out the request is reasonable.
• (5) If you wish to request any of the preceding four paragraphs, please contact our point of contact set forth in the following article 8. After receiving the request form prescribed and sent by the Company, please fill out the form with the required information and send it back to our point of contact set forth in the following article 8, together with the necessary documents specified in the form. The Company will use personal information provided by the person concerned to respond to the request and will keep it in the strictest confidence. Please note that the Company will not return the request form and accompanying documents.

8. Point of Contact for Inquiries and Complaints

General Affairs and Legal Section, General Affairs Division,
Administrative Headquarter, Miyoshi Oil & Fat Co., Ltd.
4-66-1 Horikiri, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 124-8510 Japan
Tel. +81-(0)3-3603-1111
Phone Hours: 9:00–17:00 (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and national and company holidays)
E-mail: soumu@miyoshi-yushi.co.jp

9. Revision of Privacy Policy

The Company may review the contents of this privacy policy as appropriate and revise it where needed. In this case, the revised privacy policy will take effect and be applicable from the date of publication of the revised version.

April 12, 2021

Site Policy (Terms of Service)

Before using the website (hereinafter the “Site”) operated by Miyoshi Oil & Fat Co., Ltd. (hereinafter the “Company”), please read through and agree to these Terms of Service. Please note that by using the Site, you will be deemed to have agreed to all of the following Terms:

Article 1 Purpose of Terms

These Terms provide basic matters applied to the service that the Company provides to users on the Site (hereinafter the “Service”).

Article 2 Copyrights

The copyrights and other rights to the content on the Site (meaning articles, photographs, data, recipes, product information, adopted or resolved examples, sounds, music, illustrations, and videos) are vested in the Company or the respective right holders who grant a license to the Company. The content is protected under the Copyright Act and other laws, and it is prohibited to use the content (including reproduction, falsification, distribution, and public transmission) beyond the limits legally permitted, including private use. If you reproduce, publish, or quote all or any part of the content in the magazine, other print media, website, or other electronic media, please contact the Company in advance.

Article 3 Disclaimer of Warranty

The Company makes no warranty whatsoever to users using the Service, including in regard to the following items:

• - The Site is free from viruses, harmful software, or illegal intrusion by third parties or is otherwise safe.
• - Information on the Service is accurate, appropriate, the latest, useful to individual users, and fit for the particular purpose.
• - No issue occurs to the terminal or other usage environment of a user as a result of the use of the Service.
• - The Service does not infringe the copyrights or other rights of third parties.
• - The Service will continue.
• - No failure or issue occurs to the Service.

Article 4 Prohibitions

The Company prohibits a user from engaging in any act in using the Service that falls or is likely to fall under any of the following items:

• - An act that leads to a crime
• - An act that violates laws and regulations
• - An act that is contrary to public order and morals
• - An act of infringing copyrights or other intellectual property rights (including those set forth in paragraph 2 of Article 2 of the Intellectual Property Basic Act) of the Company or a third party
• - An act of infringing property or the privacy of the Company or a third party
• - An act of damaging the reputation or credibility of the Company or a third party or slandering or defaming them
• - An act of creating a disadvantage or causing damage to the Company or a third party
• - All acts of doing business without the advance approval of the Company
• - Any other acts the Company deems inappropriate

Article 5 Disclaimer

Without the consent of the person concerned, the Company will not provide personal data to any third party other than those to whom its business is entrusted. However, the Company may provide personal data without the consent of the person concerned if there are legitimate grounds, including cases where disclosure is permitted under laws and regulations.

• 1. The Company will not bear any responsibility whatsoever for any disadvantage or damage incurred by a user or third party caused by a delay or interruption in the provision of the Service for whatever reason.
• 2. The Company will in no way be responsible for any information or other content acquired through the use of the Service, including their accuracy, appropriateness, recency, usefulness to individual users, and fitness for a particular purpose.
• 3. The Company will in no way be responsible or bear any liability for the system environment of a user.
• 4. The Company will bear no liability whatsoever for any disadvantage or damage, direct or indirect, caused to a user or third party as a result of using the Service.
• 5. While the Site may provide a link for the convenience of users to another website operated by a third party, such website is managed and operated at the responsibility of its operator. The Company will in no way be responsible for the legality, morality, accuracy, or reliability of information or other content of such linked website, as well as for any disadvantage or damage caused as a result of using such linked website. Such a link does not mean that the Company recommends the use of the linked website or any products or services it shows or that the Company has any special relationship, including partnership, with the third party that manages and operates the website.
• 6. The Company will in no way be responsible for the handling of personal information at a website operated by any person other than the Company that is linked from the Site.

Article 6 Links to the Site

If you wish to link to the Site, please contact the Company in advance. We may refuse a link request depending on the content of the linked website or the method of linking. The Company will prohibit you from using the logotype of the Company or displaying the Site in a frame provided in the linked website. The Company will in no way be responsible for any content on the linked website.

Article 7 Use of Access Log Information

• 1. The Site uses cookies to improve the Service and provide services more suitable for users. A cookie is a small text file in which random letters are written instead of personal information, which is exchanged between the server of the Site and the Internet browser software of a user and stored on the hard disk drive of the user’s computer. By using cookies, a website may obtain information on a user, including the number of times the user’s computer has visited the website and the pages visited. By using the Site, a user will be deemed to have consented to its use of cookies.
• 2. The Site uses Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and other tools to collect and analyze access logs. Google Analytics uses cookies and other similar technologies to collect logs, not including information identifying individuals. The collected logs will be managed in accordance with the privacy policy of Google LLC. Please see below for Google Analytics and the privacy policy of Google LLC.
  • - Google Analytics Terms of Service
  • - Google Privacy Policy
• 3. A user may refuse collection of logs in the Site by changing browser settings to disable cookies. However, if you disable cookies, you may no longer be able to use part of the Site’s features. Please see the following linked pages for information on the widely used browsers and the way to change cookie settings:
  • - Apple Safari
  • - Google Chrome
  • - Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • - Microsoft Edge
  • - Mozilla Firefox
  You can also disable Google Analytics from tracking you by using Google Analytics Opt-Out Add-on. Google Analytics Opt-Out Add-on is a feature developed to empower a website user to disable the use of data by Google Analytics JavaScript. To use this feature, you will download the add-on below and install it on your browser.
  • - Google Analytics Opt-Out Add-on
• 4. The Company may use cookie and access log information as linked with the user’s personal data, within the following purposes of use:
  • - Grasping the usage status of the Site;
  • - Grasping the status of email distribution;
  • - Measuring user behavior; and
  • - Providing advertisements based on the user attributes and behavior.

Article 8 E-mail Communications

• 1. The Company will not be responsible to respond to inquiries by e-mail from a Web form.
• 2. The Company cannot handle as confidential information any questions, opinions, or suggestions provided to the Company by e-mail from a Web form. Please do not send confidential information. The Company will in no way be accountable in connection with such information.
• 3. The Company may use any information or materials provided by e- mail from a Web form or any ideas, concepts, expertise, or technologies contained therein to do planning and editing or write articles for the Company’s website, as well as providing information on its products or improving its products and services.

Article 9 Suspension, Changes, or Termination of the Service

Without advance notice, the Company may suspend, change, or terminate at its own discretion all or part of the contents of the Service. The Company will in no way be responsible for any disadvantage or damage that may be caused to a user owing to such act of the Company.

Article 10 Revision to the Terms

Without advance notice, the Company may revise these Terms whenever needed. A user will check these Terms every time the person uses the Service. By using the Service after a revision of the Terms, a user will be deemed to have agreed to the revision.

Article 11 Governing Law and Competent Court

Unless otherwise prescribed, the use of the Service and the construction and application of these Terms shall be governed by the laws of Japan. Unless otherwise prescribed, any dispute arising in connection with the use of the Service shall be brought before the Tokyo Summary Court or the Tokyo District Court as the agreed exclusive jurisdiction in the first instance.

February 21, 2022

Social Media Policy

Miyoshi Oil & Fat and its group companies (hereinafter the “Miyoshi Group”) provide the following basic rules as the social media policy concerning participation by officers and employees of the Miyoshi Group in social media. This Policy applies to all accounts held by officers and employees of the Miyoshi Group as individuals and all posting of information they make on social media. The “social media” herein is a collective term for any services offered on the Web that work based on active participation and posting of information by users, which provide a place as its chief value where users communicate and exchange information with each other. When using social media, officers and employees of the Miyoshi Group will comply with the following:

1. Self-awareness and responsibility for information they send

An officer or employee will send appropriate information with a restrained attitude by sufficiently understanding that sent information can be accessed by many and unspecified users; information, once sent, cannot be completely taken back; and a statement as an individual may become a criticism on an organization you belong to. An officer or employee who sends erroneous information or makes a misleading expression will promptly apologize for it and make corrections.

2. Compliance with legislation and rules

In sending information, an officer and employee will comply with laws and regulations, social norms, and company rules. An officer and employee will pay attention not to show off illegal acts or misconduct or send improper statements that are socially reprehensible. An officer and employee will comply with rules of each social media platform and respect the culture and manners of each platform.

3. Devotion to duty and distinction between private and public life

Unless the use of social media is recognized as company business, an officer and employee will not use social media during office hours. An officer and employee will not use a PC, smartphone, cell phone, and similar device of the Company to write a personal post on social media, whether during or outside office hours. In using SNS, an officer and employee will not intrude on the privacy of colleagues or subordinates.

4. Prohibition of information divulgence

An officer and employee will not disclose confidential information, personal information, or other company secrets. An officer and employee will not mention any information of business partners, consumers, employees, or any other persons who are involved with the Miyoshi Group (hereinafter “stakeholders”) without the consent of the stakeholders.

5. Prohibition of acts infringing intellectual property rights, reputation, and other rights

An officer and employee will respect the copyrights, other intellectual property rights, privacy rights and other rights of third parties and will give attention not to damage their reputation.

*To social media users

Information on social media sent by officers and employees of the Miyoshi Group is not official statements of the Company and does not necessarily represent its opinions. The Company provides its official statements and opinions on its website and news release.

March 26, 2021