Revision of Privacy Notice

 

 

 

Based on our business activities and the development of technologies for websites, we will revise our Privacy Policy as follows.

 

Summary of Revisions:

  1. Handling of Personal Information; 2. Purpose of Use of Personal Information
    • Included investigations required by regulations and/or contracts such as audits.
    • Included business transfer as a specific example of organizational changes other than company mergers and/or splits.
  2. Handling of Personal Information; 3. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties
    • Removed Esoteric Company from a information sharing partner, a subsidiary of the Company, as it was merged into the Company.
    • Added business transfer in case of the Company’s contemplation of organizational change, as it might be required for any counterpart third party to browse the information.
  3. Handling of Personal Information; 8. Other
    • Revised the descriptions of the technologies used/to be used on our website along with the development of marketing technologies, and established the Cookie Policy, into which the descriptions of technologies were consolidated.
    • Provided more information on how to reject cookies, the purpose of use, and how to manage cookies through the browsers and the cookie management tools embedded zeon our website.
  4. Revision Date:
    January 1, 2026

 

Comparative table of the current and amended provisions:

Privacy Policy on your Personal information

After Revision Before Revision

Last Updated: January 1, 2026

Last Updated: June 21,2024

Handling of Personal Information

After Revision Before Revision

2. Purpose of Use of Personal Information

  1. To perform audits, reviews, assessments, investigations or other legal checks required by any laws, regulations or contracts to confirm TEAC’s contractual rights or obligations, and/or to contemplate any transformation in our business or organization; or

2. Purpose of Use of Personal Information

  1. To perform audits and other legal checks required by laws and regulations such as accounting principles or by certain contracts; or

3. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties

  1. When we provide and share personal information with our group companies to the extent necessary to achieve the Purposes of Use clearly specified to you;
    1. We will share customer information with our group company, TEAC Customer Solutions Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "TCS"), as we remain the entity responsible for personal information management.
      Personal information to be used :
      Name, address, contact information, identity verification documents, histories of your product purchase, repair or service usage and the payment therefore with us or TCS, history concerning our customer support or communications with you, your login and membership registration status on the websites such as our home page or SNS sites, etc. operated or administered by us or TCS, and information acquired by technologies such as information communication terminals and cookies.
      Purpose of use :
      To respond to inquiries and requests concerning products and repairs; for the payment arising from the product shipment, service provision, etc.; to verify identity; to improve information management and customer experience on the websites or SNS sites operated or administered by us or TCS; for improvement or research and development of the merchandizing products and services; for advertising, marketing, and sales promotion activities for the products and services.

3. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties

  1. When we provide and share personal information with our group companies to the extent necessary to achieve the Purposes of Use clearly specified to you;
    1. We will share customer information with our group company, TEAC Customer Solutions Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "TCS") and Esoteric Company (hereinafter referred to as "TEC"), as we remain the entity responsible for personal information management.
      Personal information to be used :
      Name, address, contact information, identity verification documents, histories of your product purchase, repair or service usage and the payment therefore with us, TCS or TEC, and information acquired by technologies such as information communication terminals and cookies.
      Purpose of use :
      To respond to inquiries and requests concerning products and repairs; for the payment arising from the product shipment, service provision, etc.; to verify identity; to improve information management and customer experience on the websites or SNS sites operated or administered by us, TCS or TEC; for improvement or research and development of the merchandizing products and services; for advertising, marketing, and sales promotion activities for the products and services.

3. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties

  1. When any of our business or rights and obligations are to be succeeded between the Company and other companies due to audits, reviews, assessments, investigations or other legal checks required by any laws, regulations or contracts, or contemplation of mergers, company splits, business transfers or other organizational changes in our business or organizational structure.

3. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties

  1. When business or rights and obligations are to be succeeded between the Company and other companies due to merger or company split or others.

8. Other

  1. Cookies and their related technologies
    You can refer to our Cookie Policy.

8. Other

  1. Cookies
    We may use the technology called a "cookie" on our website to enhance the convenience of the site for the users to visit our site repeatedly.
    "Cookie" is a standard technology which allows the web server to identify your computer.
    "Cookies" will not identify an individual user, but identify the user's computer.
    You can change your browser's settings to refuse cookies, however certain functions on our site may be limited if you set to refuse cookies.

8. Other

  1. Access logs using web beacons, etc.
    [Deleted]
  1. SSL
    [Omitted）
  2. Links
    [Omitted）
  3. Change in handling
[The rest is omitted]

8. Other

  1. Access logs using web beacons, etc.
    [Omitted]
  1. SSL
    [Omitted]
  2. Links
    [Omitted]
  3. Change in handling
[The rest is omitted]