Introduction

Fukami Patent Office, P.C. ("FPO" hereinafter) keeps personal information from our clients for providing various services to the clients.
FPO will protect personal information and make every effort to ensure further reliability and security for our clients.
FPO will comply with any laws applicable to personal information and appropriately handle personal information.

1. Collection of personal information

FPO will properly collect personal information using no fraudulent or other unfair means. We may gather personal information to the extent as required in the following cases.

1. Consultation/inquiry

2. Use of personal information

FPO will use personal information to the extent as required for fulfilling the following purposes of use.
If we use an individual's personal information for any purpose other than the following, we will obtain prior consent from the individual.

1. Use personal information for communication to answer or confirm any request for consultation or any inquiry
2. Use personal information for statistical information in a manner that does not specify the identity of the individual of the personal information

3. Personal information security management

FPO will take necessary and appropriate measures for security management of personal information, including prevention of leakage, loss, or damage of personal information we handle.

4. Personal information entrustment

If FPO entirely or partially outsources handling of personal information to a third party, FPO will conduct a proper and impartial investigation of the third party and supervise the third party as required and appropriate to ensure secure management of the personal information outsourced to the third party.

5. Release of personal information to third party

FPO will not release any individual's personal information to a third party without obtaining prior consent from the individual, unless required otherwise by laws and regulations including the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.

6. Disclosure and correction of personal information

FPO will immediately disclose an individual's personal information when requested from the individual. FPO, however, will not answer the request if FPO cannot identify the individual as the one to whom the personal information belongs.
If an individual requests FPO to make correction/addition/deletion for correcting any errors in the individual's personal information, FPO will immediately answer the request after investigation thereof. FPO, however, will not answer the request if FPO cannot identify the individual as the one to whom the personal information belongs.
If you have any questions about the above or have any inquiries regarding FPO's handling of personal information, please contact us at the following.

7. Our organization and system

FPO assigns Yoshitake KIHARA as the person in charge of the management of personal information, and will properly manage personal information and make continuous improvements in the management.

8. Other privacy matters

Third-party websites and services accessed via links contained in the content and advertisements on our website are managed under regulations on the protection of personal information and/or rules on data collection, which are specified separately from our policy.
Our website has no responsibility or obligation to their rules and/or activities.

9. Continuous improvements in personal information management

FPO will review our management of personal information and make continuous improvements in the management.

10. Revisions to this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy may be revised.
Any revision to this privacy policy will become effective on the day the revision is posted on our website, unless otherwise specified by FPO.