In these California Consumer Privacy Act Disclosures (“CCPA Disclosures”), we, Seiko Group Corporation (“Seiko”), describe our personal information processing practices and California residents’ rights as required by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). These CCPA Disclosures are addressed to California residents only and were last updated December 10, 2021. These CCPA Disclosures do not reflect our collection, use or disclosure of California residents’ personal information where an exception under the CCPA applies.
I. CCPA Notice at Collection
We collect the following categories of personal information about California residents:
| General Category | Specific Category |
|---|---|
| Identifiers. | Real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and other similar identifiers. |
| Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). |
Name, postal address and telephone number. |
| Internet or other similar network activity. | Browsing history, search history, and information on California residents’ interaction with our website. |
We collect personal information about California residents for the following purposes:
- to (i) offer benefits to Seiko’s shareholders, (ii) implement measures to improve a relationship between the shareholders and us, and (iii) create and provide materials regarding shareholders’ data in accordance with applicable laws.
- to provide potential and existing customers with support and to respond to their inquiries.
- to improve our website and services.
- to help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our website, products and services, databases and other technology assets, and business.
- to comply with and enforce our rights and perform our obligations under applicable laws.
II. CCPA Privacy Policy
We provide below additional disclosures about California residents’ rights under the CCPA and our personal information handling practices in the preceding 12 months.
1. Right to Know About Personal Information Collected, Disclosed, or Sold
This CCPA Privacy Policy describes personal information we collect, use, disclose and sell about California residents. You have the right to request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, disclose and sell about you specifically (“right to know”). To submit a request to exercise the right to know, please call our toll-free phone number 888-348-3111 or submit an email request to privacy@seiko.co.jp and include “California Request to Know” in the subject line. Please specify in your request the details you would like to know, including any specific pieces of personal information you would like to access.
We will ask that you provide certain information to verify your identity, such as a code sent to an email address we may have on file for you. If you have a password-protected account with us, we may verify your identity through our existing authentication practices for your account. The information that we ask you to provide to verify your identity will depend on your prior interactions with us and the sensitivity of the personal information at issue. We will respond to your request in accordance with the CCPA. If we deny requests, we will explain why.
2. Our Personal Information Handling Practices in the Preceding 12 months
We have set out below the categories of personal information we have collected about California residents in the preceding 12 months and the categories of sources from which the personal information was collected. We collected the personal information outlined in the table for the business and commercial purposes listed in Section I above.
| A. Categories of personal information as listed in the CCPA’s definition of personal information | B. Categories of personal information that Seiko collected about the California resident | C. Categories of sources from which the personal information is collected |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | Real name, alias, unique personal identifier, postal address, email address, IP address, Cookie and other online identifier | From California residents who become our shareholders, use our website, or consider, purchase or obtain our or our affiliates’ products or services |
| Any categories of personal information described in subdivision (e) of Section 1798.80: | Name, postal address, telephone number | From California residents who become our shareholders, use our website, or consider, purchase or obtain our or our affiliates’ products or services |
| Internet or other similar network activity. | Browsing history, search history, information on a California resident’s interaction with our website | From California residents who use our website. |
3. Disclosures of Personal Information, No Sale
In the preceding 12 months, we did not sell or disclose California residents’ personal information. We do not sell personal information. We do not have actual knowledge that we sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age. You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information by a business but we do not sell your personal information.
4. Right to Request Deletion of Personal Information
You have a right to request the deletion of personal information that we collected from you. To submit a request to delete personal information, please call our toll-free phone number 888-348-3111 or submit an email request to privacy@seiko.co.jp and include “California Request to Delete” in the subject line. Please specify in your request the personal information about you that you would like to have deleted, which can be all of the personal information we have collected from you as required by the CCPA.
We will ask that you provide certain information to verify your identity, such as a code sent to an email address we may have on file for you. If you have a password-protected account with us, we may verify your identity through our existing authentication practices for your account. The information that we ask you to provide to verify your identity will depend on your prior interactions with us and the sensitivity of the personal information at issue. Once confirmed, we will respond to your request in accordance with the CCPA. If we deny your request, we will explain why.
5. Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of CCPA Rights
You may not be discriminated against because you exercise any of your rights under the CCPA.
6. Authorized Agent
You can designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf if:
- The authorized agent is a natural person or a business entity registered with the Secretary of State of California; and
- You sign a written declaration that you authorize the authorized agent to act on your behalf.
If you use an authorized agent to submit a request to exercise your right to know or your right to request deletion, please have the authorized agent take the following steps in addition to the steps described in Sections 1 and 4 above:
- Mail a notarized copy of your written declaration authorizing the authorized agent to act on your behalf to 26-1, Ginza 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8110, Japan (we will reimburse you for the costs of notarizing the declaration and mailing it to us if you provide a receipt showing the costs paid and they are reasonable); and
- Provide any information we request in our response to your email to verify your identity and that you provided the authorized agent permission to submit a request under the CCPA on your behalf. The information that we ask you to provide to verify your identity will depend on your prior interactions with us and the sensitivity of the personal information at issue.
If you provide an authorized agent with power of attorney pursuant to Probate Code sections 4000 to 4465, it may not be necessary to perform these steps and we will respond to any request from such authorized agent in accordance with the CCPA.
7. Contact for More Information
If you have questions or concerns regarding our privacy policy or practices, you may contact us using the following details:
Online inquiries
I agree to provide my personal information by agreeing to the Privacy Policy.
Postal address
26-1, Ginza 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8110, Japan
Seiko Group Corporation
Last Updated: December 10, 2021