Privacy Policy
FLOWTECH takes privacy issues seriously and has prepared this Privacy Policy to inform You how FLOWTECH collects, uses, and discloses information, including Personal Information as defined below, in connection with Your use of the "Services," which consist of (i) FLOWTECH's website (the "Website"), and (ii) all services and content provided by FLOWTECH relating to this Website.
Your use of this Website constitutes Your acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If You do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, do not use this Website. By providing Your Personal Information (as defined below) to FLOWTECH, You acknowledge that such Personal Information may be used and disclosed in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
1. Personal Information
T"Personal Information" is information that identifies You as an individual or relates to an identifiable person. FLOWTECH collects the following Personal Information about You in connection with Your registration for and use of the Services:
- First and last names
- Address
- E-mail address
- Phone number
- Fax number
2. Other Information
"Other Information" is any information that does not reveal Your identity nor directly relate to any individual. In addition to Personal Information, FLOWTECH also collects (both actively and passively) Other Information listed below in connection with Your use of the Services. FLOWTECH may use Other Information for any purposes, provided that, if FLOWTECH is required to treat Other Information as Personal Information under applicable laws, FLOWTECH may use it for the same purposes for which FLOWTECH uses and discloses Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy. Other Information that we may collect about Your use of the Services includes:
- Usage Data: FLOWTECH may collect data and statistics about Your usage, such as when, how, and how long You use the Services.
- Device Data: FLOWTECH may collect the IP address assigned to the device that You use or access the Services.
3. Aggregated Personal Information
Aggregated Personal Information is Personal Information and Other Information that is compiled in an aggregated fashion and does not identify You as an individual or any other user of the Services. For example, FLOWTECH may aggregate Personal Information and Other Information to estimate the percentage of users visiting from a specific country or region. FLOWTECH may use and disclose such Aggregated Personal Information for legitimate purposes. For example, FLOWTECH may share such Aggregated Personal Information with its affiliated companies, agents, and business partners for their marketing and other business purposes, and disclose user statistics in the form of Aggregated Personal Information in order to describe FLOWTECH’s Services to current and prospective business partners as well as other third parties for legitimate purposes.
4. How We Use Your Personal Information
Without limitation to the provisions of Section 3, FLOWTECH may use Your Personal and Other Information without notice to You for the following purposes:
To provide You with the Services, including responding to Your inquiries and fulfilling Your requests
To conduct normal company business, such as performing data analysis and analytics, developing new products and services, and providing, maintaining, developing, and enhancing the Services
5. Sharing Your Personal Information with Third Parties
FLOWTECH is not in the business of selling Your Personal Information to third parties. However, under some circumstances, FLOWTECH may share Your Personal Information with third parties without notice to You, including for the purposes set forth in Section 4 and under the circumstances set forth below and for other legitimate purposes:
FLOWTECH’s subsidiaries and affiliated companies
FLOWTECH may share Your Personal Information with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies. FLOWTECH is solely responsible for the management of such shared Personal Information.
Regulatory authorities and law enforcement agencies
When FLOWTECH believes it necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable laws, including laws outside Your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal processes; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside Your country of residence; (d) to enforce FLOWTECH’s terms and conditions; (e) to protect FLOWTECH’s business operations or those of any of FLOWTECH’s affiliated companies; (f) to protect FLOWTECH’s rights, privacy, safety, or property, or those of FLOWTECH’s affiliated companies, You or others; and (g) to allow FLOWTECH to pursue available remedies or contain damage that FLOWTECH may sustain.
Other third parties:
Third parties arising in the event of reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition, directly or indirectly, of all or any portion of FLOWTECH’s businesses, assets, or stock (including as a result of a bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
6. Security
FLOWTECH uses reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative means to protect Personal Information within its organization. However, no data transmission or storage system can be 100% secure. If You have reason to believe that Your interaction with FLOWTECH is no longer secure (for example, if You feel that the security of Your account has been compromised), notify FLOWTECH immediately in accordance with the "Contact FLOWTECH" section below.
7. Choices and Access
As outlined in this Privacy Policy, You can choose at any time to not provide Your Personal Information to FLOWTECH through the Services. However, doing so may prevent You from obtaining some information through the Services.
Receiving electronic communications from FLOWTECH.
If You no longer wish to receive marketing-related e-mails from us, You may opt out by following the instructions provided in such e-mails.
FLOWTECH’s sharing of Your Personal Information with its affiliated companies for their direct marketing purposes
If You do not want FLOWTECH to share Your Personal Information with its affiliated companies for their direct marketing purposes, You may opt out by following the instructions provided in the applicable e-mails.
If You opt out of receiving any of the foregoing communications through the means outlined above, FLOWTECH will try to accommodate Your request as soon as reasonably practicable. Note that FLOWTECH may continue to send You some types of messages, such as administrative or Services-related messages.
8. Review or Update Your Personal Information
If You wish to access, modify, or update the Personal Information You have provided to FLOWTECH, You may do so by following the instructions provided in the "Contact FLOWTECH" section below.
If You have any questions regarding FLOWTECH’s handling of the personal information You have provided to FLOWTECH, contact FLOWTECH using the inquiry form provided from the link below.
State Your request clearly in the form. For Your protection, FLOWTECH processes a request regarding only the Personal Information associated with an e-mail address from which You send a completed form to FLOWTECH, and FLOWTECH may need to verify Your identity before processing Your request. FLOWTECH will try to respond to Your request as soon as reasonably practicable.
Note that FLOWTECH may need to retain some information for record-keeping purposes, and that some residual information will remain in FLOWTECH’s databases and other records, which will not be removed.
Inquiry Form (Global Site)
9. Retention of Your Personal Information
FLOWTECH will retain your Personal Information for the period necessary to serve the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
10. Use of Services by Minors
The Services are not intended for children under the age of 13, and FLOWTECH requests that they not provide Personal Information through the Services. If You are under 13, do not provide FLOWTECH with any Personal Information about you. If You have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Information to FLOWTECH through the Services, contact us and FLOWTECH will delete that information from its databases.
11. Transfer of Personal Information
Your Personal Information is collected, stored, and processed in Japan. Your use of the Services constitutes Your consent for us to transfer Your Personal information to countries outside of Your country of residence that may have data protection laws and regulations that are different from those of Your country of residence. Under some circumstances, courts, law enforcement agencies, or regulatory authorities in countries outside of Your country of residence may access Your Personal Information.
12. Sensitive Information
DO NOT send, disclose, or otherwise make available to FLOWTECH any sensitive Personal Information about You, such as Your social security number and information regarding Your racial or ethnic background; political opinion, religion, or other beliefs; health, biometric or genetic characteristics; and criminal records, through the Services or any other means.
13. Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data that a website can send to your browser and is stored in your computer. It does not store any Personal Information and is used to improve the functionality of a website and anonymously track user visits to the website, enabling the site operator to improve the overall user experience on the website. We do not use information collected from cookies based on your location, IP address, Internet service provider, company, or other identifiable data. We may, for example, track the total number of visitors to a specific page on this Website, record where they come from, and what keywords they enter into a search engine to find this Website.
14. Changes to Privacy Policy
FLOWTECH reserves the right to change, modify, or update this Privacy Policy at any time. The "LAST UPDATED" legend at the bottom of this page indicates when this Privacy Policy was last updated. Your continued use of or access to the Services following the posting of any changes constitutes Your acceptance of such changes.
15. Contact FLOWTECH
If you have any questions regarding FLOWTECH’s handling of the Personal Information You have provided to FLOWTECH, contact flowtech@fjtco.com.
When you contact us by e-mail, do not include any sensitive information in Your e-mail, as e-mail communication is not always secure.