Handling of Information related to personal information for the Use of Web Services

Handling of information related to personal information

The handling of personal information acquired by NTT FINANCE CORPORATION ("NTT FINANCE") when providing web services is as prescribed in each Privacy PolicyLink Icon of NTT FINANCE.

In addition to the provisions of each "Privacy Policy", NTT FINANCE will handle the information related to personal information (meaning information relating to a living individual which does not constitute any of personal information, pseudonymized personal information, or anonymized personal information, and specifically includes website browsing histories and location information) as follows.

1. Appropriate handling of information related to personal information

When handling information related to personal information, NTT FINANCE will make best efforts to enable you to use convenient, safe, and secure services by complying with applicable domestic and foreign laws and regulations and guidelines, and by continuously improving this Privacy Policy. In addition, NTT FINANCE will acquire information related to personal information through fair means and establish an appropriate management system and internal rules therefor, as well as provide the necessary education and training for our employees.

2. Acquisition of information related to personal information

NTT FINANCE will acquire information related to personal information in the following cases and in cases similar thereto.

  • 1 In conjunction with your use of the services of NTT FINANCE, there are cases where information such as your usage history of a service over the internet, is automatically recorded in the servers of NTT FINANCE, and cases where information recorded on a device (including a smartphone) is automatically transmitted to NTT FINANCE in accordance with the settings of the device.
  • 2 The website of NTT FINANCE uses Cookies. Cookies are small text files that written with arbitrary characters that are stored on your device through interactions between a web server and internet browsing software (web browsers) when you visit our website. By using our website, you are considered to have agreed to the use of Cookies. Use of our website may lead to the creation of multiple Cookie files in your web browser.
  • 3 The website of NTT FINANCE uses Google AnalyticsTM in order to ascertain the usage status of the website. Please refer to the "Terms of Use " for more information on the use of Google AnalyticsTM. Google AnalyticsTM collects information on the usage trends of our website by using Cookies which do not identify individual users, and the collected information is managed pursuant to the privacy policy of Google LLC. Please refer to the website of Google LLC for more information on the handling of data by Google LLC through Google AnalyticsTM.

    How Google uses information collected from sites or apps that use its services
    https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en External Link Icon

    NTT FINANCE shall not be liable for any damage resulting from the use of services provided by Google AnalyticsTM.

    Our website collects data via Google signals. Within Google signals, data related to access to our website collected by Google AnalyticsTM is associated with the Google account information of a logged-in Google user in a way in which individuals cannot be identified. (Note that only users who have agreed to such data association for the purpose of customizing the advertisements such users see are subject to this data association.)

  • 4 Some pages which comprise the website of NTT FINANCE randomly issue an ID composed of a unique string of characters (a "Unique ID") to each browser of a device of users who have visited our website. NTT FINANCE may acquire the following information regarding users that is transmitted within our website from browsers in a form in which the information is associated with a Unique ID ("User Information").
    • IP addresses

    • URLs, referrers (search terms), and access dates and times with respect to when a user visited our website

    • Browser user agent information

3. Purpose of use of information related to personal information

NTT FINANCE will use information related to personal information to the extent necessary to achieve any of the following purposes of use:

  • to introduce you to recommended products, services, and content;

  • to display and distribute the advertisements of NTT FINANCE and other companies suitable for you;

  • to conduct surveys on awareness of and actual usage conditions for products and services, various campaigns, and any other promotional measures; and

  • to conduct surveys and analysis for implementing various campaigns and other promotional measures and to measure the effectiveness of such campaigns and promotional measures.

Although individual users cannot be individually identified from the acquired information related to personal information of each user, NTT FINANCE may use such acquired information related to personal information by paring it with user information already in the possession of NTT FINANCE which would enable NNT FINANCE to individually identify a user (personal information). Please refer to each Privacy PolicyLink Icon regarding the handling of personal information.

4. Consent for handling of information related to personal information

NTT FINANCE may obtain your consent in advance for the use, provision to a third party (including third parties in foreign countries), or any other handling of your information related to personal information. NTT FINANCE may, without obtaining your consent, use or provide your information related to personal information to a third party (including third parties in foreign countries) to the extent permitted by laws and regulations for a purpose other than the purposes of use set forth in Article 3 (e.g., for a provision regarding the counterfeiting or falsification of a certification), but in such cases will give due consideration to your rights and interests.

5. Your management of information related to personal information

If you do not wish for NTT FINANCE to use or provide your information related to personal information to a third party, you can manifest your intent to that effect to a certain extent. Any person who does not wish for their information related to personal information to be used or provided can conduct the refusal (opt-out) procedures set forth on the following pages.

Opt-out regarding Unique IDs issued on a browser and the acquisition of information related to personal information:
https://satori.marketing/optout/ External Link Icon (Japanese version)

Opt-out regarding Google AnalyticsTM:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/?hl=en External Link Icon

Cookies are used in order to distribute behavioral targeting advertising (an advertising method for distributing advertisements in accordance with your interests based on your website browsing information) on specific websites by using programs provided by advertisement distributors. Advertisement distributors distribute advertisements by using these Cookies. Any person who wishes to stop such advertising (opt-out) can disable the use of Cookies from the following pages of advertisement distributors.

Yahoo opt-out page:
http://btoptout.yahoo.co.jp/optout/preferences.html External Link Icon (Japanese version)

Google opt-out page:
https://adssettings.google.com/anonymous?hl=en External Link Icon

Facebook opt-out page:
https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fadpreferences%2F%3Fentry_product%3Dad_settings_screen External Link Icon

X (formerly Twitter) opt-out page:
https://business.x.com/en/help/ads-policies/product-policies/interest-based-opt-out-policy.html External Link Icon

If you opt-out of the abovementioned services, some parts of the services provided by NTT FINANCE may become unavailable.

It is possible to disable Cookies through your browser settings. However, since the existing Cookies within your browser will not be deleted by only disabling Cookies, you need to delete the existing Cookies in your browser by yourself. Please see the help page of each web browser for information on how to delete these existing Cookies.
Please note that if you delete Cookies or refuse to accept Cookies, some parts of our webpages will not display properly.

6. Security controls for information related to personal information

NTT FINANCE has announced the "NTT Group Information Security Policy" as our policy on information security in order to enable you to comfortably use our services.
https://group.ntt/en/g_policy/ External Link Icon

NTT FINANCE will take the necessary and appropriate measures for the prevention of the leakage, loss, or damage of your information related to personal information and for other security controls related to information related to personal information.

7. Subcontracting of the handling of information related to personal information

NTT FINANCE may subcontract all or part of the handling of information related to personal information in the operation of our website and systems, the implementation of events and campaigns, the processing and analyzing of data, or any other such business. In this case, NTT FINANCE will select subcontractors that are considered to appropriately handle information related to personal information and exercise the appropriate supervision thereof.

8. Inquiries regarding the handling of information related to personal information

For any inquiries regarding the handling of information related to personal information by NTT FINANCE, please contact the following inquiry desk.

Shinagawa Season Terrace 14F, 1-2-70 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075, Japan

NTT FINANCE CORPORATION

[Inquiry form] Link Icon

9. Amendments to privacy policy

NTT FINANCE may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to comply with laws and regulations and for other operational reasons. Amendments will be posted on our Website. Further, NTT FINANCE will adapt the content of any amendments to this Privacy Policy in accordance with laws and regulations.