Our firm will only acquire personal information by legitimate means.

We will use the personal information we acquire for one or more of the following purposes. Except where permitted under the Personal Information Protection Law or any other relevant law or regulation, we will not use an individual's personal information for any purpose outside of those listed below, without that individual's prior consent.

• Conducting the firm's legal practice;
• Sending (by mail, fax, e-mail or other means) greeting cards such as New Year's cards;
• Responding to inquiries; and
• Any other purpose incidental to those listed above.

We will comply with the Personal Information Protection Law and all other relevant laws and regulations regarding the provision of personal information to third parties.

We will handle all personal information in an appropriate manner, and put in place proper measures to prevent the disclosure or loss of, tampering with, or damage to, any personal information in our custody, through the implementation of operational procedures and the instruction of our staff.

If we receive a request from an individual in respect of whom we hold personal information to disclose the information so held, to amend, supplement or delete that information, to temporarily suspend or permanently cease the use of that information, to cease providing that information to a third party, or to notify the purpose for which that information was disclosed to a third party, we will quickly respond to that request in good faith in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Law, after first confirming that the request is from the individual to whom the information relates.

Please note that we may not be able to respond to your request if it does not meet the requirements of the Personal Information Protection Law, or if we are authorized by that law or some other related legislation to refuse your request for disclosure or otherwise.

We also ask for your understanding that we may charge a handling fee in respect of any request for notifying the purpose of use of or disclosure of the personal information held by our office.

All requests, opinions, questions, complaints and other inquiries with respect to our firm's handling of personal information should be referred to our Administration Department at the address below.

Please note that our business hours are weekdays from 10:00am to 12:00 noon and from 1:00pm to 5:00pm.

Our firm continuously strives to improve its policies and procedures for the handling of personal information, and as a result this privacy policy may be amended, as required.

Kajitani Law Offices