Sumitomo Heavy Industries Environment – Cookie Policy

We collect your browser’s cookies, IP address and other items on our website (hereinafter referred to as “EV site”) to provide better service to you and perform statistic processing of the websites you visit. The information such as cookies and IP address cannot identify an individual, but they are protected as personal data under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as "GDPR"). This cookie policy (hereinafter referred to as “this Policy”) is created to comply with the GDPR, and it applies to only the personal data under the GDPR.

1. What Information Do We Collect?

We collect and use the following information on the EV site.

In some cases, the EV site and its pages may use so-called “cookies.” We also allow our third-party service providers to enable cookies for their services. Cookies are small text files that are sent to your computer or other device and stored by your browser.

These cookies allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit our website.

Server Log Files: We and our third-party service providers collect server log files (including the browser type and version used, operating system used, referring URL, hostname of the accessing computer or other device, time of the server request and IP address) on our website.

2. Purposes of Use of Your Personal Data

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

  • To improve user’s experience and services on our website
  • To analyze our website
  • To collect statistics about use of our website or services
  • To conduct marketing activities on our website
  • To conduct other activities related to the above purposes

3. Lawful Basis for Processing

We process your personal data only if we are permitted by law. In most cases, we process your personal data on the following grounds.

  • Cookies that Google Analytics and Marketo collect: Consent
    We may process your personal data based on your consent that you have given to us.
  • Other personal data: Legitimate interests
    This applies to situations in which the processing of your data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests and fundamental rights.

4. How Do We Disclose Information to Third Parties?

The following third party providers may access personal data that we collect.

Google Analytics and Marketo enable and access cookies on your computer or other device to collect information including the number of visitors to our website, where visitors have come to such website from, and the pages they visited. Our website uses Google Analytics and Marketo to collect and analyze certain information to be used for analysis, auditing, research and reporting. The security and privacy policies of Google Analytics and Marketo can be found at the following site.

Google Analytics Privacy Policy
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google Analytics Security Policy
https://safety.google/security/
Marketo Privacy Notice
https://jp.marketo.com/legal/privacy.html

5. How Long Do We Keep Your Personal Data?

We keep your personal data for as long as necessary for each specific purposes of use. The appropriate retention period of personal data is determined according to each purpose in view of the necessity for protection of your data.

6. Cross Border Transfer of Your Personal Data

Personal data and other information that we and third party providers collect may be transferred to and maintained on the third party providers’ computers and servers located outside the countries where such third party providers are located. With respect to data transfer to the United States, Google Analytics and Marketo comply with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework to ensure an adequate level of protection of your personal data when transferred to the United States.

7. Your Rights to Control Your Personal Data

  • Rights to access, rectification, deletion and restriction

    With respect to the processing of personal data, you are entitled to:

    • ①Request us to provide you with access to your personal data in accordance with Article 15 of the GDPR,
    • ②Request us to rectify your personal data in accordance with Article 16 of the GDPR,
    • ③Request us to delete your personal data in accordance with Article 17 of the GDPR, and
    • ④Request us to restrict processing in accordance with Article 18 of the GDPR.
  • Right to data portability

    In accordance with Article 20 of the GDPR, you have the right to data portability if personal data about you is processed under Article 6(1)(a) or (b) of the GDPR and such processing is carried out by automated means.

  • Right to object

    In accordance with Article 21(1) of the GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data including profiling about you conducted under Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR, based on grounds relating to your specific situation.

    In accordance with Article 21(2) of the GDPR, if personal data are used for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object to the processing of personal data about you for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

  • Right to withdraw consent

    If processing is based on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) of the GDPR), you have the right to withdraw your consent, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent prior to its withdrawal.

  • Right to Lodge Complaint

    You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Article 57(1)(f) of the GDPR

8. Opt-out

If you withdraw your consent to information collection (if you refuse personal data collection via cookies), enable the opt-out setting from the following opt-out setting.

Opt-out setting

9. Changes to This Policy

We may change or modify this Policy as needed and will post the updated Policy with a “Last Updated” effective date of the revisions. We recommend that you review this Policy regularly. If we make a material change to this Policy, we may post a notice on the EV site separately to indicate that the policy has been updated.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about your rights under this Policy, or other matters concerning the protection of your personal data, please contact us at the following address:

For General Inquiry
E-mail: <Shiev-gdpr@shi-ev.com>
Address: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Environment Co., Ltd.
Lucid Square Gotanda 7F, 10-4 Nishigotanda 7-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0031, Japan
For request and inquiry concerning your rights to control your personal data
E-mail: <Shiev-gdpr@shi-ev.com>
Address: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Environment Co., Ltd.
Lucid Square Gotanda 7F, 10-4 Nishigotanda 7-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0031, Japan