As a corporation active in the field of communications, D2 COMMUNICATIONS INC. is fully aware of the necessity and importance of handling and protecting personal data, and endeavors to handle it in a manner that is appropriate. As well as making it compulsory for all employees to understand and comply with the privacy policy for personal data, we are streamlining our internal structure and will exercise thorough control over personal data and privacy.
In order to guarantee this objectively, as a corporation accredited for the usage of the “Privacy Mark”, we are subject to third party certifier screening by the Japan Institute for Promotion of Digital Economy and Community(JIPDEC), which is an organization approved by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. We are authorized for usage of the Privacy Mark, which conforms to the “Compliance Program Regarding Protecting Personal Data (JISQ15001)”. The Privacy Mark is a mark that is granted by the JIPDEC to private businesses that are equipped with a system that takes the appropriate protective measures regarding personal data.

Revised on:June 15, 2010
D2 COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Takayuki Hoshuyama, CEO and Representative Director
Came into effect on: March 6, 2003
| Inquiries concerning Personal Data | D2 COMMUNICATIONS Inc. Legal Division 03-6252-3120 |
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- ・Clearly define person(s) responsible for protecting personal data and protection system, manage personal data in an appropriate manner.
- ・In the case of obtaining personal data, clearly state the purpose of use ahead of time, and restrict use and provision to the scope required for fulfilling the purpose of usage.
- ・In order to protect personal data, endeavor to prevent unauthorized access to personal data or the loss, damage and leakage of personal data; continually enhance the management of data security.
- ・Instances of providing personal data are to be limited to the scope that the customer has given prior consent to, and provision will be subject to the strictest control.
- ・When consigning handling of personal data to an affiliated company, it is done under the strictest control.
- ・Regarding handling personal data, adhere to laws and related ordinances concerning personal data together with stipulations for company information management; continually maintain and improve personal data protection system in response to any changes in the situation and environment.
- ・Any demands for disclosure or correction of personal data together with other complaints and queries will be promptly handled by the framework outlined above.
1.Business Outline
The outline of our business follows below. (as of June 15, 2010)
| 1) | Development of websites for transmission on mobile handsets, and the contents of these websites. |
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| 2) | Advertising service that uses mobile handset transmission and other methods (magazines, posters, CM, and others). |
| 3) | Advert campaign service and attendant proxy secretariat service. |
| 4) | Other duties attendant to the previous items. |
2.Purpose of Use
The purpose of use for personal information relating to our customers follows below. We will not obtain personal information of customers that goes beyond the scope of the purpose of use indicated below.
| 1) | Member registration on websites, provision of various kinds of contents. |
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| 2) | Sending of mail magazines related to websites and other various announcements. |
| 3) | Responses to opinions and other inquiries. |
| 4) | Shipping duties for presents connected to campaign business. |
| 5) | Questionnaire/survey projects (In the instance of usage, personal data of customers is deleted from survey items). |
| 6) | Obtaining of personal data in instances where work has been consigned to us by advertisers or other business entities. |
| 7) | Operation and implementation of mobile-related seminars. |
3.Regarding the obtaining, use and provision of personal data.
| 1) | D2C obtains your personal data following your prior consent, having clearly specified the purpose of use. |
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| 2) | D2C never obtains sensitive personal information without gaining your prior consent. |
| 3) | There are cases where D2C, within the scope necessary to fulfilling purpose of use, consigns some or all of duties to an external business party. In such instances also, D2C requires external business parties to implement safety management measures equivalent to our own to ensure that your personal data is not lost, damaged or leaked. |
| 4) | D2C never provides your personal data to any third party without obtaining your prior consent. When providing personal data, we do so having specified the necessary items and obtaining your prior consent. |
| 5) | Due to executing joint enterprises with affiliated companies and other conventions to which we belong, there are occasions when D2C provides your personal data. In these cases also, we do so following prior specification of the necessary items and having obtained your consent. |
| 6) | For the purposes of convenience on the websites that we provide, we are using cookies, but in doing so only obtain data that does not allow the recognition of a specific individual. |
4.Procedures for demands for disclosure, complaints and inquries.
Please use the method below for procedures for demanding disclosure of personal data (demands for disclosure/corrections/additions/cessation/disposal) relating to the personal data that D2C possesses, as well as other complaints and inquiries.
| 1) | Having downloaded the format for procedures including demands for disclosure and complaints / inquiry request forms from the link at the bottom of this page, please fill out all necessary items. |
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| 2) | Please send documents with the previous items filled out to the following point of contact either by fax or postage. |
| Point of Contact for Inquiries | Tokyo-to, Minato-ku, Higashi-Shinbashi 1-9-1, Shiodome Sumitomo Bldg., 18F (TEL)03-6252-3120 (FAX)03-6252-3126 |
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| 3) | For those expressing demands by telephone, we request that you contact the point of contact detailed above having first of all confirmed the necessary items in the format. |
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| 4) | In cases where complaints and inquiries cannot be resolved by the abovementioned point of contact, we accept complaints to be submitted to the following third-party organization (certified personal data protection body) |
D2C is a certified recipient of the privacy mark (No. 10830004(05)) awarded to businesses that implement the appropriate handling of personal data, by the JIPDEC.
■ Official name of certified personal data protection body:
Japan Institute for Promotion of Digital Economy and Community (JIPDEC)
■ Contact Address for Resolving Complaints
Privacy Mark Promotion Center,
Personal Data Protection Complaints Consultation Office
Address: Level 12, Roppongi First Bldg., 1-9-9, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-0032 JAPAN
Telephone: 03-5860-7565 or alternatively 0120-700-779
To view information with further details, please visit here:
- Format for demands for disclosure form (PDF) *in preparation
- Format for complaints/consultation form (PDF) *in preparation