Privacy Policy

JAST Policy on the Protection of Personal Information

The PrivacyMark System is a system which confers a “PrivacyMark” to businesses and organizations that are recognized as taking appropriate measures to protect personal information, and it grants them the right to display a PrivacyMark in relation to their business activities. This system conforms to the Japan Industrial Standards (JIS Q 15001: [Personal Information Protection Management System – Requirements]). JAST, as a PrivacyMark certified company, declares that it does the following in order to ensure appropriate protection of personal information.

1. With regard to the appropriate acquisition, use and provision of personal information in consideration of the content and scale of business, we perform appropriate handling of personal information and only obtain that which is necessary for achievement of a specified purpose of use.
2. We comply with all personal information handling-related laws and ordinances, national guidelines and other norms.
3. We take appropriate preventive and corrective action with regard to the unauthorized access, loss, destruction, falsification, leakage, etc., of personal information.
4. We have established a point of contact for receiving and handling personal information-related complaints and consultations.
5. We are continually improving our personal information protection-related management system.
6. With regard to personal information which has been processed such that it cannot be used for personal identification nor allow for the reconstruction of said personal information (anonymously processed information), JAST has established and adheres to guidelines for the appropriate handling of information from the standpoint of strictly protecting customer privacy.

Enacted May 1, 2001
Revised May 1, 2005
Revised November 1, 2007
Revised March 1, 2009
Revised December 1, 2019
Revised December 1, 2022
President and CEO
Takeaki Hirabayashi

Names of business and representative

Title of Personal Information Protection Administrator

Personal data subject to disclosure and purposes of use

1. Personal information about customers
   Provide information about seminars, events, etc.; provide support for products, services, etc.; handle inquiries
2. Personal information about companies which transact business with JAST
   Maintain correspondence; perform negotiations; implement agreements; request performance of obligations
3. Personal information provided by entities which have consigned business to JAST
   Implement agreements with the consigning entity
4. Claim data provided by entities which have consigned medical big data business to JAST
   Check claims received by the consigning entity; promote and support insurance business activities
5. Personal information about shareholders
   Exercise rights and fulfill obligations under the Companies Act; provide convenience; implement shareholder measures; perform shareholder management
6. Personal information about job applicants
   Make hiring decisions; contact and process applicants
7. Other personal information obtained for an expressly stated purpose of use to which the information provider has consented
   Carry out the expressly stated purposes of use

Measures to manage the safety of personal data that is subject to disclosure

Regarding the use of cookies

At JAST, we use cookies with some of the services on our sites in order to provide a higher level of service to our customers.

A cookie is information (text data) which the individual browser of a customer visiting our website and the Web server exchange in order to make it possible to identify that customer’s browser. Turning on cookies will allow you to more easily utilize all of the services of the websites operated by JAST. These functions are used to provide you with appropriate information and a higher level of service. No personal information about customers (name, address, telephone number, email address, etc.) is collected through cookies.

Cookies can be turned on and off in the settings of your Internet browsing software (“browser”). Settings adjustment is performed differently for different browsers; please refer to your browser’s help menu or other such resource.

• Microsoft Edge
• Firefox(mozilla)
• Google Chrome
• Android Chrome application
• Safari Mac(Apple)
• Safari iPhone and others (Apple)

If you do not agree to the use of cookies, please disable them (opt out).
Continuing to use this website without disabling cookies constitutes agreement to their use.

Regarding the use of Google Analytics

Google Analytics uses cookies to collect, record and analyze data about your visit to this website, and this data is managed by Google LLC. This service does not collect personal information about customers.
Access data collection and use by Google LLC is governed by the Google Analytics Terms of Service and Google Privacy Policy.
For more information about Google Analytics, please refer to the following.

• Google Analytics Terms of Service
• Google Privacy Policy
• Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on

Handling of Anonymously Processed Information

When using appropriate processing methods conforming to relevant laws and ordinances to create anonymously processed information (as defined in Article 2-9 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information; the same shall apply hereafter) which prevents personal identification or reconstruction of personal information, we perform appropriate processing in line with standards established under the Personal Information Protection Committee Rules and implement safety control measures to ensure appropriate handling of said information.
Additionally, when providing anonymously processed information to third parties, we publicly disclose what items of information are being provided and the method of provision, as well as expressly indicate to third parties that it is anonymously processed information.

About the creation of anonymously processed information and its provision to third parties

Relevant Laws and Ordinances

We use the following laws and ordinances for reference and make necessary revisions based upon them when necessary.

• Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Cabinet Office)
• Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Cabinet Office)
• Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance on the Protection of Personal Information (Tokyo Metropolitan Government)
• Personal Information Protection Ordinance (Minato City)
• Personal Information Protection Ordinance (Shinagawa City)
• Personal Information Protection Ordinance (Osaka Prefectural Government)
• Personal Information Protection Ordinance (Osaka City)
• Guidelines on Personal Information Protection Issued by Relevant Ministries and Agencies

Personal Information Handling-Related Inquiries Office

Nakanoshima Festival Tower 29F,
2-3-18 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka

Japan System Techniques Co., Ltd.
Personal Information Protection Administrator, Compliance and Security Control Manager

Personal Information Handling Contact Office

Tel： +81-6-4560-1000　
Fax： +81-6-4560-1009
E-mail：privacy@jast.co.jp

Name of accredited personal information protection organization and complaint resolution contact information