1. Policies and Practices Regarding the Protection of Personal Information
2. Provisions Regarding Handling of Personal Information
3. Provisions Regarding the Procedures for a “Request for Disclosure, etc.”
4. Provisions Regarding Handling of Website Information
5. Provisions Regarding Inquiries about “Personal Information”
6. Others

1-1 Basic Policy

AMS respects personal information and is deeply aware that it constitutes important information relating to privacy. When handling personal information in the course of business activities, AMS shall respect personal rights and privileges by having all directors and employees of AMS comply with the personal information-related laws of Japan as well as internal company regulations stipulated to safeguard personal information, as well as live up to the trust and expectations for AMS and fulfill its corporate responsibilities.

1-2 Handling of Personal Information

2-1 How We Use Personal Information

AMS shall use the personal information collected from customers, clients and stockholders of AMS (“Customers”) for the business activities stated below as well as within the scope necessary to achieve the purposes of use stated below. Any personal information collected from a Customer based on consent for a publicly-announced or notified purpose of use shall be used within the scope of the purpose. Please note that the personal information collected and retained by AMS prior to March 31, 2005 shall be also used within the scope of the purposes of use stated below.

2-2 Shared Use

AMS shall share Customers’ personal information as follows:

1. Personal Information Shared:
   Company name, address, office, affiliation, title, name, age, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, etc.
2. Range of Parties With Which AMS Shares Personal Information:
   Group companies, affiliates, joint researchers, special agents, agents, etc. of AMS
3. Purposes of Use:
   Same as the “Purposes of Use” listed in Section 2-1 above.
4. Name and Address of the Person Responsible for Management of the Personal Information Shared:
   Same as the contact described in Our “Corporate Profile”.

2-3 Providing Personal Information to Third Parties

AMS shall properly manage Customers’ personal information. AMS shall not provide such personal information to any third parties without obtaining the prior consent of the Customer, with the exception of the following:

1. If AMS has previously obtained the consent of the Customer;
2. If it is required by laws and regulations;
3. If it is necessary in order to protect the life, physical health, or property of a person and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the Customer;
4. If it is particularly necessary in order to improve public health or to promote the healthy development of school children, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the Customer;
5. If it is required to cooperate with a government organization or local government or a third party performing affairs consigned by them as stipulated in the law, and obtaining the consent of the Customer may interfere with the performance of the said affairs;
6. If AMS consigns the handling of personal information, in whole or in part, to a third party within the scope necessary to achieve the purposes of use;
7. If personal information is transferred to a successor entity following the succession of a business due to a merger or other reasons; or
8. If personal information is provided to the parties falling into the range of the parties for shared use listed in Section 2-2 above.

AMS shall properly respond if a Customer requests notification or disclosure of the purpose of use, revision, addition, deletion, suspension of use, removal, as well as suspension of provision to third parties and disclosure of the record of provision to third parties (hereinafter collectively referred to as ""Disclosure, etc."") of the retained personal data*, in accordance with a request by the Customer or his/her authorized representative, under the laws and regulations of Japan. The personal information subject to disclosure shall be limited to the personal information AMS has the authority to disclose among the personal information retained by AMS.

*The retained personal data shall mean the personal information AMS has the authority to disclose under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.

Procedures for Disclosure, etc.

1. The Customer shall fill in the necessary information in the prescribed “Personal Information Disclosure, etc. Request Form” and send it to the contact set forth in “5. Provisions Regarding Inquiries about “Personal Information” hereto. This request must be made in writing.
2. When making a request, the Customer must include a copy of a government-issued identification document such as driver’s license, passport, health insurance card, pension booklet, residence card, individual number card (front side only) etc. to confirm his/her identity. Note that any request for Disclosure, etc. by an authorized representative must be accompanied by the prescribed “Proxy“, certificate of registered seal of the Customer (within 3 months from the date of issue) and identification document of the representative with the identification document of the Customer. If the authorized representative is a legal representative such as a person with parental authority, a transcript or abstract of the family register or a copy of the residence certificate may be submitted in lieu of the Proxy to clarify the relationship between the Customer and representative.
3. After confirming his/her identity, AMS shall check the personal information of the Customer, handle it as necessary, and notify the results to the Customer.
4. AMS shall use the personal information collected per the request for Disclosure, etc. within the scope necessary for the request for Disclosure, etc. only. The submitted documents shall be kept for an appropriate period of time after they are received and shall be destroyed thereafter.
5. The personal information collected for the request for Disclosure, etc. may be provided to AMS’s group companies within the scope necessary for the request for Disclosure, etc.
6. If any of the following applies, the information shall not be disclosed. If it is decided not to disclose the information, notification thereof with the reason therefor shall be given to the Customer.
   1.If the identity of the person cannot be confirmed because the information in the request form or the Proxy and the information in the identification documents do not match, or for other reasons;
   2.If there is incompleteness or imperfection of prescribed request form or the necessary documents and so on;
   3.If there is no payment of return postage;
   4.If the requested information for Disclosure, etc. does not fall under the category of “retained personal data”
   5.If there is a risk that the life, physical health, property or other rights or privileges of the Customer or a third party may be harmed;
   6.If such disclosure will pose significant harm to the appropriate conduct of the business of AMS; or
   7.Any other justifications provided under the laws and regulations of Japan.
7. The personal information collected per the request for Disclosure, etc. shall be used within the scope necessary for responding to such request only and be destroyed in an appropriate manner after a response is given. The documents submitted upon request for Disclosure, etc. including “Personal Information Disclosure, etc. Request Form”, Proxy and identification documents shall not be returned.
8. AMS may contact the Customer or authorized representative by e-mail or telephone in connection with the request for Disclosure, etc.
9. The procedures for request for Disclosure, etc. may be changed in whole or in part without notice. Any changes to the procedures shall be published on our website.

AMS ‘s handling of personal information collected on AMS ‘s website or through user registration shall essentially follow the provisions above, and in particular comply with the following provisions.

1. AMS shall manage and maintain personal information using a strict management system, and endeavor to take all possible measures to strengthen security so that personal information of Customers shall not be lost, destroyed, modified or leaked to third parties.
2. AMS ‘s website includes services that require Customers to register personal information. Details about the purposes of use for the registered personal information are shown on each business site that offers those services, and such details shall prevail.
3. On the website of AMS , there are pages that use technology called “Cookies” to make it more convenient when Customers access the site again. “Cookies” are an industry standard technology that allows a server to recognize a Customer’s computer. “Cookies” can recognize the Customer’s computer but cannot recognize a Customer unless the Customer enters his/her personal information.
4. AMS uses Google Analytics. More information about how Google Analytics is used by AMS can be found here: http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html To provide website visitors with more choice on how their data is collected by Google Analytics, Google have developed the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on communicates with the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to indicate that information about the website visit should not be sent to Google Analytics. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on does not prevent information from being sent to the website itself or to other web analytics services.

Inquiries, requests for Disclosure, etc. as well as complaints regarding personal information shall be directed to the contact below.

Please refer to our “Company Profile”  for our name,address and the name of responsible person.