Application Privacy Policy

Makita Corporation (“Makita”, “we”, “us” or “our”) has established this Application Privacy Policy (this “Privacy Policy”) to explain how we use any user information we collect from you through Makita Mobile Tools, an application provided by us which runs on a smart device (the “App”) and the services that relate to the App (the “Services”).

  1. User information we collect from you and how we use it
    (1) When we provide the App and the Services, we collect and use your user information listed below to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes listed in the Sub-Paragraphs of Paragraph 2 below:

    How we collect your user information Your user information we use
    When you register N/A
    Automatically collected on the App Image information
    Sound information

    (2) We use any user information we collect from you for the purposes listed in the following Sub-Paragraphs:

    [1] To perform tasks necessary to provide the Services

  2. Your consent for us to collect and use your user information
    Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the App and the Services. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before installing the App.
  3. Transmission of your user information to outside of devices
    The transmission status of your user information listed in Article 1 above to outside devices is as follows:

    Your user information we use Data transmission status to outside of devices
    Image information We do not transmit this data to any outside of the devices.
    Sound information We do not transmit this data to any outside of the device.

  4. Providing third partied with your user information
    We do not disclose or provide to any third party with your user information with respect to the App and the Services without your consent except if we need to do so:
    [1] to comply with laws and regulations;
    [2] to protect the life, body, or property of a person and if it is difficult to obtain your consent;
    [3] especially in the interest of public health or to promote the healthy development of young people and if it is difficult to obtain your consent; or
    [4] to cooperate with any government agency or local authority or any person entrusted by such agency or authority when they perform their statutory duties and if your consent is, if obtained, likely to adversely affect the performance of such statutory duties.

  5. Joint use
    The joint use status of your user information listed in Article 1 above is as follows:
    Your user information to be jointly used We do not use your user
    information jointly with any
    person.
    Who are joint users?
    Why do the joint users use your user information?
    Who is responsible for managing your user information?

  6. Request to disclose your user information
    (1) You may request us to disclose your user information we hold.  To request disclosure, please contact us at the address stated in Article 9 below.  Please note that a fee (seven hundred fifty (750) yen per request) is payable to cover our administrative costs for dealing with your request for user information disclosure.
    (2) If we receive a request for disclosure from you in accordance with the preceding Paragraph, we will first confirm your identity and provide you with the user information you request without delay.  (We will notify you if we do not hold any user information about you.)  However, we will not disclose to you the user information we hold about you unless we are obliged to do so by the User information Protection Act or any other applicable laws and regulations.

  7. Request to correct your user information
    (1)   You may request us to correct your user information we hold about you if it is not correct or accurate.  To request correction, please contact us at the address stated in Article 9 below.
    (2)    If we receive a request for correction from you in accordance with the preceding Paragraph, we will first confirm your identity, conduct necessary investigations, and correct your user information based on the outcome of our investigation without delay. (We will notify you if we choose not to correct your user information.)

  8. Request to cease to use your user information
    (1)   You may request us to cease to use your user information held by us if it is used beyond the extent of intended use without your consent or it is otherwise collected fraudulently.  To request cessation of use, please contact us at the address stated in Article 9 below.
    (2)   If we receive a request for cessation of use from you in accordance with the preceding Paragraph, we will first confirm your identity and cease to use your user information.  (We will notify you if we choose not to cease to use your user information.)
    (3)   The two preceding Articles do not apply if we are not required by the Personal information Protection Act or any other applicable laws and regulations to correct or cease to use your user information.

  9. Contact information
    If you have any inquiry our use of your user information including complaints, please contact us at:
    User information Group, Legal Section, General Affairs Department, Makita Corporation 3-11-8 Sumiyoshi-cho, Anjo, Aichi 446-8502,Japan
    Telephone ： +81-(0)566 97-1717
    Business hours ： Monday to Friday (except public holidays and other holidays designated by Makita), 9:00 to 12:00 and 13:10 to 17:00
    E-mail ： legal_mkt@m1.makita.co.jp
  10. Changes to this Privacy Policy
    We review our operational status of dealing with your user information as appropriate and strive to make further improvements on a continuous basis.  We may change this Privacy Policy as necessary without notice.

    Last updated: September 26, 2017