Privacy Policy
We at Lasertec Corporation (hereinafter "Lasertec," "we," "our," or "us") understand the importance of your privacy and ensure that any personal information entrusted to us is handled and protected appropriately. On this page, we describe how we handle your personal information, including your personal information collected through our website at https://www.lasertec.co.jp/ (hereinafter the "website").
Further information about our company, including our address and the names of our representatives, can be found at the following page: https://www.lasertec.co.jp/en/company/profile/
What is personal information?
Your personal information is any information that can be used to identify you. This includes information such as your name, address, date of birth, telephone number, and email address.
Collection of personal information
We will collect your personal information only to the extent necessary for the purposes stated in advance. If for any reason, you do not wish to provide us with your personal information, you can choose not to do so at your own discretion.
You can access most of the services available on this website without providing any personal information. However, if you choose not to provide your personal information, you may be unable to access certain services on this website.
You can make a whistleblowing report to us without providing your personal information. Please note, however, that we may not be able to conduct a thorough investigation in such a case.
Use of personal information
When collecting your personal information, we will let you know how we intend to use it before collecting it. If we have not done so, we will promptly notify you or announce how we intend to use it, unless the intended use is in accordance with laws and regulations. If we find it necessary to use your personal information for any reason beyond the purposes stated, we will inform you in advance for what purposes we intend to use this information. If you do not agree, we will not use your personal information for these new purposes.
Any personal information collected from you will only be used for our communication with you and for the following purposes:
- Announcing new products and services.
- Announcing various campaigns, exhibitions, and seminars.
- Requesting your cooperation in answering a questionnaire.
- Responding to your inquiries or questions about our products or services.
- Using it as data in statistical analyses for marketing purposes.
- Notifying you of any changes or revisions to our privacy policy and responding to any inquiries relating to our handling of your personal information.
- Responding to any other requests or inquiries that you may have.
- Managing recruitment operations.
- Performing procedures and communications relating to personnel and labor management.
- Receiving and investigating whistleblowing reports.
Non-disclosure of personal information to third parties
We will not disclose your personal information to any third parties, except in the cases specified below:
- We have received your consent to the third-party disclosure.
- We disclose your personal information to our affiliates or subcontractors with whom we have already executed a non-disclosure agreement. In such a case, we will only do so to the extent needed for the purposes stated above or for the purposes for which you have agreed to provide your personal information in advance.
- We do so as per our policy on the joint use of personal information detailed below.
- We process the information as statistical data and use it in a way that individuals are not identifiable.
- We are required to disclose personal information by law or regulation.
- We have an emergency situation where the disclosure of personal information is necessary to protect human life, health, or property, and it would be difficult to obtain your prior consent directly.
- We do so in accordance with laws and regulations.
Joint use of personal information
We may jointly use personal information that we have collected as outlined below.
- Scope of the personal information to be jointly used
Names, addresses, dates of birth, and other information on our employees or the employees of our overseas subsidiaries. - Parties who will jointly use the information
Lasertec and its overseas subsidiaries (For a full list of our overseas subsidiaries, please refer to the following page: https://www.lasertec.co.jp/en/company/agent.html) - Purpose for the joint use of the information
For internal administrative use within Lasertec and its overseas subsidiaries. - Party responsible for the management of the jointly used information
Lasertec Corporation (For further information on our company, including our address and the names of our representatives, please see the link at the top of this page).
Management of personal information
To ensure that any personal information you have entrusted to us is appropriately and carefully managed and to prevent any unauthorized access, loss, destruction, falsification, or leakage of this information, we have established internal rules and guidelines for the handling of personal information and have taken necessary and appropriate measures to protect your personal information. The measures include periodic training for our employees on handling personal information, preventative measures against the theft or loss of any devices with access to personal information, and access controls. In addition, we ensure that our employees and contractors with access to personal information are adequately supervised. If we store or manage personal information outside Japan, we will reference the local laws and regulations for handling personal information and then implement the necessary and appropriate measures to ensure the protection of your personal information.
For further information on the security and control measures that we have implemented, please contact us using the link at the bottom of this page.
Verification, amendment, or deletion of personal information
If you wish to verify, amend or delete the personal information you have provided us with, please contact us using the link at the bottom of this page. Please note that in order to prevent the falsification of personal information by third parties, we will respond to your request in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations once we have verified your identity and confirmed that you are the one making the request.
Cookie Policy
Cookies are small data files sent from websites you visit to your browser and stored on your hard drive. They give access to information relating to your website browsing. It identifies your device, typically your web browser, and do not collect any data that could be used to identify users.
Some cookies are necessary to operate our website, while cookies may also be used for the following purposes.
- Improvement of website functions
- Collection of analytical data to improve website performance
- Display of advertisements according to the customer's hobbies and preferences from this site or ad tech partners based on information collected by tracking users on the Internet
- Share content on social media
You can choose whether to allow us or third-parties (our analytics, ad tech and social media partners) to set cookies which are not strictly necessary for the functioning of the website via the cookie banner and cookie settings button provided on the website. In addition, you can check the storage period of each cookie by following the procedure below.
- 1Click on the "Cookie Settings" button.
- 2Open the details of each category and click on the "Cookie Details" link.
- 3Select "View Cookies" from the list of cookie details.
- 4Check the item "Duration" of each cookie.
We use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any information that directly identify an individual.
Cookie Subgroup Cookies Cookies used www.xxxx.com xxx,xxxx 1st Party www.xxxx.com xxx,xxxx 3rd Party - Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Cookie Subgroup Cookies Cookies used www.xxxx.com xxx,xxxx 1st Party www.xxxx.com xxx,xxxx 3rd Party - Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Cookie Subgroup Cookies Cookies used www.xxxx.com xxx,xxxx 1st Party www.xxxx.com xxx,xxxx 3rd Party - Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. These cookies do not store any information that directly identify an individual, but uniquely identify your browser or internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Cookie Subgroup Cookies Cookies used www.xxxx.com xxx,xxxx 1st Party www.xxxx.com xxx,xxxx 3rd Party - Social Media Cookies
These cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.
Cookie Subgroup Cookies Cookies used www.xxxx.com xxx,xxxx 1st Party www.xxxx.com xxx,xxxx 3rd Party
Advertising
Our website may make use of cookies for the advertising services provided by the subcontractors below. These cookies are used solely for collecting information for advertising purposes. They are not used for collecting personal information or any other purposes.
- Advertising services subcontracted to Google Japan G.K. and Yahoo Japan Corporation
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We use the search advertising services of Google Japan G.K. and Yahoo Japan Corporation to present relevant advertisements to the users of this website. If you do not wish to have your browsing behavior tracked by cookies, please go to the websites linked below and opt out of website cookies by following their procedures.
Lasertec's commitment
We comply with the laws and regulations in Japan and abroad regarding the protection of personal information and adhere to the relevant codes of conduct. We will also periodically review and make updates to this policy.
Questions or comments about this page
If you have any questions or comments about this page, please contact us using the link below.
GDPR Addendum
This Addendum applies when the processing of personal information is subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) and/or the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, as it forms a part of the laws of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland by virtue of Section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (collectively the "GDPR"). This Addendum supplements our "Privacy Policy" (the "Policy") and prevails over any conflicting provisions in the Policy.
We process your personal information such as your name, address, date of birth, telephone number, email address, inquiry details, cookies, education, bank account number, age, nationality, citizenship, gender (including sex, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), and current or past employment history and performance evaluation.
We process your personal information on the legal basis set forth below.
- Contract: Where the processing of your personal information is necessary to perform a contract we enter into with you.
- Legitimate Interests. This refers to cases where the processing of your personal information is necessary for legitimate interests pursued by us or a third party, such as responding to your inquiries or questions, and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. You may obtain further details about legitimate interests by contacting us using the information about us provided in "Questions or comments about this page" above in the Policy.
- Consent. This refers to cases where you have given your consent to us for purposes of processing your personal information. However, even if we obtain such consent from you, we may process your personal information based on other legal grounds. The withdrawal of your consent will not affect the lawfulness of us processing your personal information based on the consent given before your withdrawal.
- Legal Obligation. This refers to cases where we are required to comply with a legal obligation.
Your personal information may be transferred to, and stored by, a third party outside the European Economic Area (the "EEA") or the UK. Where we transfer your Personal Data to a third party outside the EEA or the UK, we will ensure that:
- the recipient destination has been determined by the European Commission or has been designated by the government of the UK as ensuring an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms that you possess with respect to your personal information;
- the recipient enters into with us standard data protection clauses that have been approved by the European Commission, or other contracts for the transfer of personal information as required by data protection laws; or
- it is permitted to transfer personal information under Article 49 of the GDPR, such as when it is necessary for the performance of a contract between you and us.
You can obtain further details of the protection given to your personal information when it is transferred outside the EEA or the UK by contacting us using the information about us provided in "Questions or comments about this page" above in the Policy.
We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to process it, unless we are required by any applicable laws to retain it for a longer period of time, in which case we will retain it for the period required by such applicable laws. For the storage period of cookies, please see our Cookie Policy.
You have a number of legal rights in relation to the personal information that we hold about you. These rights may vary depending on where you are located and which data protection laws apply to the relationship between you and us, but will typically include:
- athe right to obtain information regarding the processing of your personal information and to access the personal information that we hold about you;
- bthe right to request rectification of your personal information if it is inaccurate or incomplete;
- cthe right to request erasure of your personal information in certain circumstances. This may include (but is not limited to) circumstances in which:
- iit is no longer necessary for us to retain your personal information for the purposes for which we collected it;
- iiwe are only entitled to process your personal information with your consent, and you withdraw such consent;
- iiiyou object to our processing of your personal information for legitimate interests, and such legitimate interests do not override your own interests, rights, or freedoms; or
- ivyour personal information has been unlawfully processed by us;
- dthe right to request that we restrict our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. This may include (but is not limited to) circumstances in which:
- iyou dispute the accuracy of your personal information (but only for the period of time necessary for us to verify its accuracy);
- iiwe no longer need to use the personal information except for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims;
- iiiyou object to our processing of your personal information for legitimate interests (but only for the period of time necessary for us to assess whether such legitimate interests override your own interests, rights, or freedoms); or
- ivyour personal information has been unlawfully processed by us, but you oppose the erasure of your personal information and instead request for the suspension of its use;
- ethe right to object to our processing of your personal information;
- fthe right to receive any personal information which we process about you on the basis of your consent or contract (as opposed to any other legal ground) and where such processing is carried out by automated means in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and/or to request that we transmit that data to a recipient where this is technically feasible. Please note that this right only applies to personal information which you have provided to us;
- gthe right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information at any time. However, please note that we may still be entitled to process your personal information if we can rely on another legal ground for doing so.
You can exercise your rights by contacting us using the information about us provided in "Questions or comments about this page" above in the Policy. You can also lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority if you believe that any of your rights have been infringed by us.
CCPA Addendum
Last Updated: 12/19/ 2022
This Addendum applies if you are a California "consumer," within the meaning of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and its implementing regulations (including subsequent amendments, the "CCPA"). This Addendum supplements our "Privacy Policy" (the "Policy") and prevails over any conflicting provisions in the Policy.
The table below describes the categories of personal information (as listed in the CCPA) that we may collect and have collected during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this Addendum.
| Category of Personal Information Collected | Examples |
|---|---|
| Identifiers | Your name, address, and email address. |
| Other personal information | Date of birth, telephone number, inquiry details, education, employment history, and bank account number. |
| Characteristics of protected classifications | Age, nationality, citizenship, and gender (including sex, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions). |
| Internet or network activity information | Cookies. |
| Professional or employment-related information | Current or past employment history and performance evaluation. |
| Whistleblowing-related information | Whistleblower’s name, gender, email address, department, and employment status; the content of whistleblowing reports |
Length of Time We Intend to Retain Information. We will retain each category of personal information described above for the period necessary to process it, unless we are required by applicable laws to retain it for a longer period of time, in which case we will retain it for the period required by such applicable laws. For the storage period for cookies, please see our Cookie Policy, and the length of time we intend to retain each category of personal information.
Business or Commercial Purposes. The business or commercial purposes for which the categories of personal information may be collected or used, or for which they have been collected during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this Addendum, are as described in "Use of personal information" in the Policy. We do not use or disclose your sensitive personal information for purposes other than those specified in CCPA.
Categories of Sources. The following is a list of the categories of sources from which personal information was collected during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this Addendum:
- Directly from you
- Passively from your activities on our websites
- From our overseas subsidiaries
The table below describes: (i) the categories of personal information (as listed in the CCPA) that we may have shared during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this Addendum; and (ii) the categories of third parties to whom we have shared such personal information during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this Addendum.
| Category of Personal Information Shared | Example | Third Parties to whom Personal Information Was Shared in the Last 12 Months |
|---|---|---|
| Internet or network activity information | Cookies | Advertising network |
Business or Commercial Purpose. The following is a list of the business or commercial purposes for which personal information was shared during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this Addendum:
- Presenting relevant advertisements to users of this website.
The table below describes: (i) the categories of personal information (as listed in the CCPA) that we may have disclosed in connection with our business operations (i.e., business purposes) during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this Addendum; and (ii) the categories of third parties to whom we have disclosed personal information in connection with our business operations (i.e., business purposes) during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this Addendum.
| Category of Personal Information Disclosed | Examples | Third Parties to whom Personal Information Was Disclosed in the Last 12 Months |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | Names and addresses of our employees. | Our overseas subsidiaries |
| Other information | Dates of birth of our employees. | Our overseas subsidiaries |
| Whistleblowing-related information | Names, genders, email addresses, and departments of our employees (including temporary workers) who made a whistleblowing report, and the content of reports | Our overseas subsidiaries |
Business or Commercial Purpose. The following is a list of the business or commercial purposes for which personal information was disclosed during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this Addendum:
- Internal administrative use within us and our overseas subsidiaries.
If you are a California consumer, you have certain choices regarding your personal information, as described below:
- aAccess: You have the right to request, twice in a 12-month period, that we disclose to you the following information we have collected, used, disclosed, and shared about you during the 12 months preceding your request:
- iThe categories of personal information we collected about you;
- iiThe categories of sources from which we collected such personal information;
- iiiThe business or commercial purpose(s) for collecting or sharing such personal information;
- ivThe categories of third parties to whom we disclosed such personal information; and
- vThe specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
- bDeletion: You have the right to request that we delete certain personal information we have collected from you.
- cCorrection: You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
- dSharing: You have the right to request that we not share your personal information.
How to Submit a Request. To make an access, deletion, or correction request, or an opt-out request to prevent your personal information from being shared (as described above), please contact us using the link described in "Contact us" below.
We also respond to and abide by opt-out preference signals in a frictionless manner, which communicate your choice to opt-out of the sharing of your personal information. To implement the signals, please see Notice of Right to Opt-out of Sale/Sharing
Verifying Requests. To help protect your privacy and maintain security, we will take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to your personal information or complying with your request for deletion or correction.
Upon receiving a request from you for access, deletion, or correction, we first will verify your identity, by requiring you to submit information necessary to verify your identity, such as your name and email address, depending on the service provided, and by matching the information you provide with what we already have on file.
If you use an authorized agent to make a request for access, deletion, or correction on your behalf, we may require the authorized agent to provide proof that you gave the agent signed permission to make the request. Also, we may require you to either (1) verify your own identity directly with us (as described above), or (2) directly confirm to us that you provided the authorized agent permission to submit the request.
Additional Information. If you choose to exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, you have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment from us. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may charge a reasonable fee to comply with your request.
We review and may change this Addendum from time to time. The "Date last updated" at the top of this page states when this Addendum was updated last; any changes will become effective upon us posting the revised CCPA Addendum.
We request that you bookmark and periodically review this Addendum in order to ensure continuing familiarity with the most current version of this Addendum.
Contact us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Addendum or our privacy practices, please contact us using the link below.