The progress made by the Internet and IT in recent years has been accompanied by growing demands for protection of personal data. TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited respects personal data and regards protection of the same as both an essential aspect of business and an important social responsibility. This document describes our Privacy Policy for the handling personal data obtained.
TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited allows access to almost all of its services without any need to submit personal data. However, certain services, such as those described below, cannot be used without the provision of personal data.
Registration for membership services.
Responses to questionnaires.
Participation in events such as contests and prize offers.
Orders for TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited products, digital content, services, etc.
Applications to attend exhibitions, seminars, training sessions, etc.
Provision of maintenance services.
In all these examples, personal data is required only to the extent
necessary to support customer convenience, improve the quality of our
services, or to offer services that better meet customer needs.
For the purposes of this policy, “personal data” is information that can be used to identify an individual, and which includes one or any combination of the following: name, age, date of birth, telephone number, e-mail address, street address, credit card number, bank account details, and details of inquiries to us.
(1) Key Principles
Our basic Privacy Policy on three key principles.
1) Specification of use
Whenever TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited asks for personal information, the purposes for
which it will be used are specified in advance, and use is restricted
to those purposes. (If TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited should ever desire to use personal
data for purposes other than those specified, it informs individuals
of the additional purposes. All individuals may refuse to consent to
use of their personal data for such additional purposes.)
Individuals who do not wish to provide TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited with personal data can withhold consent, though doing so may prevent access to certain services that TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited provides.
2) Non-Disclosure to Third Parties
In principle, TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited does not disclose or provide personal data to third parties, except in the following circumstances.
(1) When express consent to do so is
received from the person concerned.
(2) When an inquiry concerning a product or service can be more appropriately
handled by a TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited subsidiary or affiliate that is responsible
for that product or service.
(3) When TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited consigns such activities as promotional campaigns
or competitions to other entities, in which cases personal data is covered
by the terms of a non-disclosure agreement.
(4) When it is necessary to complete settlement of payment for products
ordered or services provided (e.g. providing information to financial
institutions to facilitate credit card transactions, etc.)
(5) When a judicial order or the like obliges TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited to disclose
personal data.
(6) When the business is succeeded to another entity by way of a merger,
corporate separation, transfer of business or otherwise.
3) Secure Management of Personal data
TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited manages personal data in an appropriate manner. Strict
security measures ensure that personal data is securely saved and kept
from loss, misuse or improper alteration.
(2) Inquiries
Individuals who wish to confirm their personal data should contact the section responsible for the services where they input the information. TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited will provide the personal data that it has when it has confirmed that the individual making the inquiry is the person concerned. This restriction applies to prevent leakage of personal data to third parties. When personal data contains errors or needs to be updated, TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited will make the required changes, when it has confirmed that the individual making the request is the person concerned. This restriction applies to prevent leakage of personal data to third parties.
(3) Handling of Personal data of Children under Age 16
TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited exercises the greatest possible caution to protect the privacy of children. Children under 16 years old are requested to provide personal data only after obtaining the consent of a parent or guardian.
(4) Use of Cookies, Web Beacons and Other Technologies
“Cookies” are small packets of information that Web servers transmit to visitors’ or users’ browsers for the effective operation of the Internet. Toshiba may use cookies to customize or personalize Web sites in order to better meet your individual expectations or requirements, and to improve the contents of Web sites or the types of services provided. Browsers can be set to refuse cookies or to provide a warning whenever cookies are being received. However, computers that are set to refuse cookies will not be able to make use of useful functions, such as site personalization.
“Web beacons” or “Clear
GIF” is an invisible GIF that tells us how many visitors visited
the page or access certain contents. TPSC (India) Private Limited Private Limited may also use these
Web Beacons or other technologies to tailor the site to provide better
customer service. These Web Beacons often work in conjunction with cookies
but browsers can be set to refuse cookies or to provide warning whenever
cookies are being received. Web beacons will still detect visits to
these pages but we do not use this technology to access personally identifiable
information.