Last updated:November-1, 2024 Personal Information Protection Policy
President and Representative DirectorKubota Air Conditioner., LTD.
Kubota Air Conditioner., LTD. ("Kubota Air Conditioner") takes your privacy seriously.
This Privacy Policy describes the types of personal data we collect, how we use the data, with whom we share it, and the choices you can make about our use of the data. We also describe the measures we take to protect the security of the data and how you can contact us about our privacy practices.
We refer to personal data according to the following definition:
"any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ('data subject'); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person".
This Privacy Policy applies to the personal data that Kubota Air Conditioner collects, uses and otherwise processes. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, Kubota Air Conditioner will be the personal information handler. This is a legal term meaning that we have collected and maintain your Personal Data and, because of this, we are responsible for making sure it is used in accordance with applicable data protection laws. We are required by the laws to give you the information in this Privacy Policy. If you visit our Sites from outside Japan, please note that Japan has data protection laws, including the Act on the Protection of Personal Information in Japan ("APPI") that may not be consistent with those of other countries and that information collected about you in connection with your visit to our Sites will be processed in accordance with Japanese laws. However, if applicable, Kubota Air Conditioner shall comply with the laws, regulations, and guidelines in any other jurisdictions, including the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation; "EU GDPR").Our websites may provide links to other websites for your convenience and information. These websites may operate independently from Kubota Air Conditioner. Linked websites may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review if you visit any linked websites. To the extent any linked websites you visit are not owned or controlled by Kubota Air Conditioner, we are not responsible for the websites’ content (including an ‘cookies’ used on that website), any use of the websites, or the privacy practices of linked websites.
We collect some personal data directly from you, for example when you use our website, use our services or contact us. Or we obtain your personal data (1) from our Business Partners and Affiliates (such as agents, dealers or distributors with whom we have business relationship), (2) from the entities with whom we have entered into the contract for market survey, engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, construction, logistics and other business purpose, or (3) from your equipment. (If your equipment setting allows it, we collect machine operation data (including, location data) from your equipment, device or other similar services).
We will process (collect, store and use) the information you provide in a manner compatible with the principles globally common to various personal data protection laws. We will endeavour to keep your information accurate and up to date, and not keep it for longer than is necessary. We pledge to retain information in accordance with the law, such as information needed for income tax and audit purposes.
Kubota Air Conditioner uses your personal data for providing you with goods and services you have requested or for alerting you to other products or service as specified below.
Under some data protection laws, Kubota must have a legal basis to process your personal data. The legal basis that applies in an instance will depend on for which of the specific purposes described above Kubota Air Conditioner is processing your personal data:
Kubota Air Conditioner may share your data with the following parties (Within the joint use framework in accordance with APPI, personal information may be disclosed or provided to the other joint users and may be used by such joint users. For the details, please refer to our Japanese Policy .):
We do not sell your Personal Data. Nor do we share your Personal Data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
Kubota Air Conditioner will only store personal data for the period necessary and proportionate for the purpose of its processing.
You have certain rights regarding the personal data we maintain about you. We also offer you certain choices about what personal data we collect from you, how we use that data, and how we communicate it with you. In accordance with the applicable laws, it is your right to (with certain limitations):
You can opt out of the collection and use of certain information, which we collect about you by automated means, when you visit our websites. In certain jurisdictions, you can exercise your choice via the Cookie Consent tool provided in the relevant Kubota website. Your browser may tell you how to be notified and opt out of receiving certain types of cookies. In addition, in our websites, we may provide you with other choices regarding the use of cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to use all of the features of our websites or online services. For more information about Cookies please see below.
A cookie is a small text file that the website sends to your device for the purpose of keeping records. It identifies your device, typically your web browser, but it cannot identify you as an individual. Cookies necessary for a personalized user experience remember your preferences (e.g. language used) as well as your activities (e.g. login status) on our website, while other cookies provide enhanced functionality, gather analytical data to improve performance, or enable us or our Adtech partners to deliver personalized advertisements by tracking you across the internet. You can choose whether to allow us or third-parties (our Adtech partners) to set cookies which are not strictly necessary for the functioning of the website via the cookie banner and settings provided on the individual websites (available where legally required).
Kubota Air Conditioner does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children or market to children. If a child has provided personal data to Kubota Air Conditioner through our website without his or her parent’ or guardian’ consent, the parent or guardian may contact Kubota to request the data be deleted from our records. Following receipt of such a request, we will make reasonable efforts to delete the child’s information from our records.
We may transfer the personal data we collect about you to recipients in countries other than the country in which the data was originally collected. Those countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the data. When we transfer your data to other countries, we will protect that data as described in this Privacy Policy or applicable laws, or as otherwise disclosed to you at the time the data is collected.
We may transfer your data to a recipient in another jurisdiction if one of the following protections applies:
Please note that Kubota Air Conditioner goes through detailed due diligence process before selecting the data processors with whom we share your personal data with.
The security of your personal data is important to Kubota Air Conditioner. We are committed to protecting the information we collect. We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal data you provide or we collect against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use. These safeguards are intended to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information you provide to us. We periodically assess risks to your information and update our policies, procedures and technology accordingly.
For the details of the safeguards under the APPI, please refer to our Japanese Policy or you may ask us by contacting us as described in the "How to contact us" section.
Kubota Air Conditioner stores personal data only for as long as it is necessary for the fulfilment of the purpose for which the personal data is collected, unless otherwise required or authorized by applicable law. We take measures to destroy or permanently de-identify personal data if required by law or if the personal data is no longer required for the purpose for which we collected it.
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal data practices. We will post a prominent notice on relevant websites to notify you of any significant changes to our Privacy Policy and indicate at the top of the Privacy Policy when it was most recently updated. If we update our Privacy Policy, in certain circumstances, we may seek your consent.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, Kubota Air Conditioner privacy practices or if you would like to exercise your rights or to update information or preferences you provided to us, please e-mail us at: kbt_g.air-condition@kubota.com
If you consider that we are in breach of our obligations under applicable data protection laws, you are always entitled to submit a complaint to the competent governmental authority.
For inquiries about our products, please use either the telephone contact number or the inquiries form.