Privacy Policy for California Residents

Introduction

Yamasa Group is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Notice (this “Notice”) conforms to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020(collectively the “California Privacy Laws”) and applies to the handling of Personal Information of clients, suppliers, distributors, contractors, sub-contractors, vendors, service providers, end-users, and influencers residing in California (“Consumer", “you”, or “your”). We would like to inform you how we use and protect your Personal Information. This includes informing you of your rights regarding your Personal Information that we hold.

Information We Collect

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, and is capable of being associated with or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, to a particular Consumer or device (“Personal Information”). In particular, we will collect and have collected in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of Personal Information directly from you:

Category and Examples

A. Identifiers

Name, phone number, email address, address, fax number, company name, etc.

B. Personal Information categories listed in the California Consumer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80)

Name, address, telephone number, etc.

C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law

None

D. Internet or other electronic network activity information

None

E. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information

None

F. Professional or employment-related information

None

G. Education information, defined as information that is not publicly available personally identifiable information as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g; 34 C.F.R. Part 99)

None

F. Sensitive Personal Information (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.140(ae)

None

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We will not collect additional categories of Personal Information or use the Personal Information we collect for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you with notice thereof.

Use of Personal Information

We may use the Personal Information for one or more of the following business purposes:

To conduct our services and businesses;
To have daily contact and keep records of communications between Consumers and us;
To respond to Consumer inquiries;
To conduct data analysis; and
To promote our services.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose your Personal Information to a third party for business or commercial purposes. When we disclose Personal Information to service providers or contractors for business or commercial purposes, we enter into a contract that describes such purposes and requires the service providers or contractors to keep such Personal Information confidential and to not use it for any purpose except for performing the contract.

In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have disclosed the Personal Information to the following categories of third parties for business or commercial purposes:

Our affiliated companies (https://www.yamasa.com/english/corporate/info/network/)
Third-party service providers such as banks, shipping providers, and transportation service providers

Sharing and Sales of Personal Information

We have not shared or sold any Personal Information in the preceding twelve (12) months.

Your Rights and Choices under the California Privacy Laws

The California Privacy Laws provide specific rights regarding Personal Information to Consumers who are residents of California. If you are a California resident, this Section 6 describes your rights under the California Privacy Laws and explains how to exercise those rights.

(1) Right to Access Specific Information

You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection, sharing, disclosure, or use of your Personal Information over the past twelve (12) months from the time of your request. Upon receiving and confirming your verifiable request, we will disclose the following information to you:

The categories of Personal Information we have collected about you;
The categories of the sources of the Personal Information we have collected about you;
Our business or commercial purpose(s) for collecting or selling such Personal Information;
The categories of third parties with which we share or sell such Personal Information;
The categories of Personal Information sold by each third party that has sold Personal Information;
The categories of Personal Information disclosed for business or commercial purposes; and
The specific Personal Information we have collected about you.

Please note that we have not sold any Personal Information in the preceding twelve(12) months.

(2) Right to Request Deletion

You have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information that we have collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Upon receiving and confirming your verifiable request, we will delete (and direct our service providers or contractors to delete) your Personal Information from our records, unless an exception applies.

We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service providers or contractors to:

Complete the transaction for which we collected the Personal Information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you;
Detect security incidents; protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for such activities;
Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
Exercise free speech, ensure the rights of other Consumers to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise other rights provided by law;
Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.);
Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you previously provided informed consent;
Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with Consumer expectations based on your relationship with us;
Comply with legal obligations; or
Engage in other internal and lawful uses that are compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

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(3) Right to Request Correction of Inaccurate Personal Information

You have the right to request that we correct any of your inaccurate Personal Information that we have collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Upon receiving and confirming your verifiable request, we will correct (and direct our service providers or contractors to correct) your inaccurate Personal Information from our records, unless an exception applies.

We may deny your correction request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service providers or contractors to:

Complete the transaction for which we collected the Personal Information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you;
Detect security incidents; protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for such activities;
Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
Exercise free speech, ensure the rights of other Consumers to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise other rights provided by law;
Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.);
Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you previously provided informed consent;
Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with Consumer expectations based on your relationship with us;
Comply with legal obligations; or
Engage in other internal and lawful uses that are compatible with the context in which you provided the information

(4) Opt-Out Rights

We have not shared or sold and will not share or sell any Personal Information collected from Consumers.

(5) Non-Discrimination

We will not discriminate against California residents for exercising any of their rights under the California Privacy Laws. Moreover, unless permitted by the California Privacy Laws, we will not:

Deny you goods or services;
Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including by granting discounts or imposing penalties;
Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services;
Provide you with a different level or quality of goods or services; or
Suggest that you may receive a different level or quality of goods or services.

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(6) Right to Limit the Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information

We have not used or disclosed and will not use or disclose any Sensitive Personal Information collected from Consumers.

(7) Exercising your Rights under the California Privacy Laws

To exercise your rights under the California Privacy Laws to access, delete, or correct your Personal Information as described above, please submit a verifiable request to us by contacting us in the manner set forth in Section 8 (Contact Us).

Only you or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf may make a verifiable request related to your Personal Information. You may also make a verifiable request on behalf of your minor child.

The verifiable request must:

Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify that you are the person whose Personal Information we have collected or an authorized representative thereof; and
Describe your request in sufficient detail to allow us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond thereto.

Retention Period

We retain your Personal Information for as long as needed in light of the purposes described in this notice. The criteria used to determine our retention period includes: (i) the duration of our ongoing relationship with you; (ii)whether there is any legal obligation to which we are subject; and (iii)whether there is a need to perform a contract to which you are party.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy for California Residents, the ways in which we collect and use your personal information, or your choices and rights regarding such use, please contact Administration at info@yamasausa.com or (877) 672-0505.

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