Matsuo Industries

Privacy Policy

MATSUO RESPECTS YOUR PRIVACY

This privacy notice discloses Matsuo's privacy practices solely with respect to information collected by or on this website.
We treat any personally identifiable information as confidential information.
Only Matsuo has authorized access to information that you voluntarily give us through communication mechanisms we may provide on the website.
We will not sell, rent, or share this information to or with anyone outside of Matsuo and its affiliated companies.

We may use “cookies” on this website. A cookie is a piece of data stored on your hard drive to help us improve your access to our website. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience of visiting our website.

We may use cookies to:
*count the number of times you visit our website
*compile anonymous statistics on website use
*gather information on the type of Internet browser and operating systems used.

This website contains link to links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content and privacy practices of other such sites. We encourage our users to be aware of when they leave our website and to read the privacy statement of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Matsuo has no obligation to ensure that the content of its website is accurate or complete, up to date or current, free from technical inaccuracies or typographical errors, free from changes caused by any third party or that access to Matsuo's website will be free from interruptions, errors, computer viruses or other harmful agents.

Last Updated: [March 15, 2023]
This policy explains the rights of California residents regarding the collection, use, sale, and sharing of their personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). We may update and make changes to this policy, so we encourage you to review it periodically.

1. Key Terms. It would be helpful to start by explaining some key terms used in this policy:

We, us, our	Matsuo Industries USA, Inc.
Matsuo representative	Naoki Isobe, Vice President, nisobe@matsuousa.com Lisa Taylor, Human Resources Manager, ltaylor@matsuousa.com
Personal information	Any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked with a particular consumer or household.
Sensitive personal information	Personal information revealing a consumer's social security number, driver's license and passport numbers, account numbers and credentials, precise geolocation, racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, or union membership, personal information concerning a consumer's health, sex life, or sexual orientation, contents of a consumer's mail, email and text messages where the business is not the intended recipient, genetic data, and biometric information.

2. Personal Information We Collect About You. In the preceding 12 months, we have collected the following categories and specific types of consumer personal information:

Categories of Personal Information	Specific Types of Personal Information Collected
Identifiers (e.g., a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers)	Internet Protocol address
Information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual, including, but not limited to, his or her name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information.	NONE.
Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law	NONE.
Commercial information (e.g., records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies)	NONE.
Internet or other electronic network activity information (e.g., browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement)	NONE.
Geolocation data	NONE.
Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information	NONE.
Professional or employment-related information	NONE.
Education information, defined as information that is not publicly available personally identifiable information as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)	NONE.
Inferences drawn from any of the information identified above to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes	NONE.
Sensitive Personal Information	NONE.

3. How Your Personal Information is Collected. We collect most of this personal information directly from you—in person, by telephone, text or email [and/or via our website [and apps]]. However, we may also collect information from the following categories of sources:

Publicly accessible sources (e.g., property records);
Third party (e.g., sanctions screening providers, credit reporting agencies, customer due diligence providers, advertising networks, internet service providers, social networks, data analytics providers, government entities, and data brokers;
Third party with your consent (e.g., your bank);
Cookies on our website;
Automated information collection;
Our IT systems, including:
- Door entry systems and reception logs;
- Automated monitoring of our websites and other technical systems, such as our computer networks and connections, CCTV and access control systems, communications systems, email and instant messaging systems.

4. Why We Use Your Personal Information. We may collect consumer personal information for the following business purposes:

Auditing related to counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance with this specification and other standards;
Helping to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of the consumer's personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for these purposes;
Short-term, transient use, including, but not limited to, non-personalized advertising shown as part of a consumer's current interaction with the business, provided the consumer's personal information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about the consumer or otherwise alter the consumer's experience outside the current interaction with the business;
Performing services on behalf of the business, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing analytic services, providing storage, or providing similar services on behalf of the business or service provider;
Providing advertising and marketing services, except for cross-context behavioral advertising, to the consumer;
Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration;
Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business;
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations;
For the performance of our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract;
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party; or
Where you have given consent.

A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information, so long as this is not overridden by your own rights and interests.

5. Who We Share Your Personal Information With. In the preceding 12 months, we have NOT sold or shared consumers’ personal information with any entity.

We will not share your personal information with any other third party.

6. Categories of Personal Information We Sold or Shared. In the preceding 12 months, we have NOT sold or shared personal information obtained on our website.

7. Categories of Personal Information We Disclosed for a Business Purpose. 7. Categories of Personal Information We Disclosed for a Business Purpose. In the preceding 12 months, we have NOT disclosed the personal information obtained from our website.

8. How Long Your Personal Information Will Be Kept. We may keep your personal information while you have an account with us or while we are providing products AND/OR services to you. Thereafter, we will keep your personal information for as long as is necessary:

To respond to any questions, complaints or claims made by you or on your behalf;
To show that we treated you fairly; or
To keep records required by law.

We will not retain your personal information for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this policy. Different retention periods may apply for different types of personal information. Further details on this are available in our privacy policy.

When it is no longer necessary to retain your personal information, we will delete or anonymize it.

9. Your Rights Under the CCPA/CPRA. You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to exercise free of charge:

Disclosure of Personal Information We Collect About You	You have the right to know, and request disclosure of: The categories of personal information we have collected about you, including sensitive personal information; The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected; Our business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information; The categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information, if any; and The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you. Please note that we are not required to: Retain any personal information about you that was collected for a single one-time transaction if, in the ordinary course of business, that information about you is not retained; Reidentify or otherwise link any data that, in the ordinary course of business, is not maintained in a manner that would be considered personal information; or Provide the personal information to you more than twice in a 12-month period.
Disclosure of Personal Information Sold, Shared, or Disclosed for a Business Purpose	In connection with any personal information we may sell, share, or disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know: The categories of personal information about you that we sold or shared and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or shared; and The categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose and the categories of persons to whom the personal information was disclosed for a business purpose. You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information or sharing of your personal information for the purpose of targeted behavioral advertising. If you exercise your right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, we will refrain from selling or sharing your personal information, unless you subsequently provide express authorization for the sale or sharing of your personal information. To opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, contact Matsuo Representative.
Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information	You have the right to limit the use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information to the use which is necessary to: Perform the services or provide the goods reasonably expected by an average consumer who requests those goods or services; To perform the following services: (1) Helping to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of the consumer’s personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for these purposes; (2) Short-term, transient use, including, but not limited to, non-personalized advertising shown as part of a consumer’s current interaction with the business, provided that the consumer’s personal information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about the consumer or otherwise alter the consumer’s experience outside the current interaction with the business; (3) Performing services on behalf of the business, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing analytic services, providing storage, or providing similar services on behalf of the business; and (4) Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business; and As authorized by further regulations You have a right to know if your sensitive personal information may be used, or disclosed to a service provider or contractor, for additional, specified purposes. To limit the use of your sensitive personal information, contact Matsuo Representative.
Right to Deletion	Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will: Delete your personal information from our records; and Direct any service providers or contractors to delete your personal information from their records. Direct third parties to whom the business has sold or shared your personal information to delete your personal information unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. Please note that we may not delete your personal information if it is reasonably necessary to: Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us; Help to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of the consumer’s personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for those purposes; Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality; Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law; Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act; Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent; Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us Comply with an existing legal obligation; or Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Right of Correction	If we maintain inaccurate personal information about you, you have the right to request us to correct that inaccurate personal information. Upon receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to correct the inaccurate personal information.
Protection Against Retaliation	You have the right to not be retaliated against by us because you exercised any of your rights under the CCPA/CPRA. This means we cannot, among other things: Deny goods or services to you; Charge different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties; Provide a different level or quality of goods or services to you; or Suggest that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services. Please note that we may charge a different price or rate or provide a different level or quality of goods and/or services to you, if that difference is reasonably related to the value provided to our business by your personal information. We may also offer loyalty, rewards, premium features, discounts, or club card programs consistent with these rights or payments as compensation, for the collection of personal information, the sale of personal information, or the retention of personal information.

10. How to Exercise Your Rights. If you would like to exercise any of your rights as described in this Privacy Policy, you can do so by contacting us at 865-475-9085.

Please note that you may only make a CCPA/CPRA-related data access or data portability disclosure request twice within a 12-month period.

If you choose to contact us directly by website/email/phone/in writing, you will need to provide us with:

Enough information to identify you [(e.g., your full name, address and customer or matter reference number)];
Proof of your identity and address (e.g., a copy of your driving license or passport and a recent utility or credit card bill); and
A description of what right you want to exercise and the information to which your request relates.

We are not obligated to make a data access or data portability disclosure if we cannot verify that the person making the request is the person about whom we collected information, or is someone authorized to act on such person’s behalf.

Any personal information we collect from you to verify your identity in connection with you request will be used solely for the purposes of verification.