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Privacy Policy

Recognizing the importance of customers’ personal information, employees of KSI Inc. endeavor to comply with all laws related to personal information and to cultivate a sense of self-awareness and responsibility concerning fair, appropriate management of such information as they work to provide better products and services.

We’re pursuing the following initiatives based on our recognition that protecting personal information and earning customers’ trust is a core part of our responsibility to society:

Appropriate management of personal information
We manage personal information obtained in the course of our operations, including from outside sources, in a safe and precise manner. We strive to implement information security measures, including human factor and technological measures, to prevent problems including fraudulent access, loss, destruction, alteration, corruption, and unauthorized disclosure.
Purposes for which personal information is used
When we handle personal information at the request of customers or obtain personal information, we do so only for the purposes described below. If we need to use personal information for any other purpose, we will notify you of that fact, for example by mail, email, or fax, and obtain your consent first.

• Purposes for which we use personal information when carrying out requests from customers
・To print address labels for direct mailings
・To print and send out products such as lists of names
・To package content containing personal information for mailing and send it to private residences
・To carry out other operations related to the processing, printing, and shipment of personal information
• Purposes for which we use personal information that we obtain ourselves
・Personal information from employees: To manage human resources
・Personal information related to people applying for employment: To screen applications
Provision and disclosure of personal information to third parties
We manage personal information from customers in an appropriate manner and do not disclose it to third parties except in the following circumstances:
• When the individual in question has granted his or her consent for such disclosure
• When it is necessary to disclose the personal information to a contractor so that the contractor can carry out
the service requested by the customer
• When we are compelled by law to disclose the personal information
Outsourcing
We may outsource all or some handling of data containing personal information under our management to outside contractors to the extent necessary to accomplish the purpose for which the personal information is being used.

When outsourcing personal information to third parties, we supervise contractors as necessary and in an appropriate manner to ensure that customers’ personal information is managed appropriately.
Assurance of accuracy and safety
We strive to manage data containing personal information under our management in an appropriate manner, including by taking such steps as are necessary to ensure its safety, for example by preventing its unauthorized disclosure, alteration, loss, or destruction and by preventing fraudulent access.
Organization and management structures
We ensure that personal information is managed in an appropriate manner by appointing an administrator whose responsibility it is to ensure the integrity of the personal information in our possession. In addition, we train all employees in the protection and appropriate management of personal information and actively work to ensure that such information is handled appropriately in the course of our everyday operations.
Contact for complaints and inquiries about how we handle personal information
We have established a point of contact for requests and complaints about data containing personal information under our management, and we endeavor to respond to such inquiries in a spirit of good faith.

Point of contact for complaints and inquiries
Personal information administrator: Akihito Koike
Compliance with applicable laws and standards
We comply with all applicable laws and standards concerning the handling of personal information, including laws and ordinances, guidelines published by the Japanese government, and other standards.
Ongoing improvement
We have established a system for managing personal information, and we take steps to ensure that all employees understand and observe initiatives related to compliance. In addition, we regularly review this system and endeavor to improve it on an ongoing basis.
Availability of this policy
We make this policy available in response to requests from outside the company and otherwise as necessary.

First Edition: April 1, 2005
Revised: January 1, 2018
KSI Inc.
Takayuki Minami
President

Philanthropy

Effort for environment

Environmental problems are issues that we should face earnestly in corporate activity. KSI takes various measures to do so.

As an eco-friendly company

We sincerely hope and endeavor to be environmentally friendly, which is now required in companies. We recycle used paper, use soy ink, drive ecological commercial vehicles and re-use surplus paper as memo pads. We have taken various approaches on this issue.

Environmental plan

We value our customers' wishes. We serve for customers' business. We consider the benefits for our customers' customers.

With these three mottoes, and always putting the customer first, we have contributed to the development of society through the printing business.
Also, as a member of the community, we recognize that ensuring the environment and safety is fundamental to society, and we continuously improve our environmental management system. Through establishing harmony with the environment as one of the first priorities of our business, we promote an earth-friendly environment.

1. Promotion activities

Understanding the influence that business activities have on the environment, we prevent contamination before it happens, and we endeavor to continuously improve environmental performance.

We tackle energy-saving activities including saving raw material, sub-materials, water, electric power and fuel (and those in the facilities).
We segregate waste to reduce and recycle waste.
We endeavor to recycle waste oil, waste acid, waste alkali, waste plastic, and used paper, and to reduce industrial waste.
We endeavor to prevent the occurrence of defective products to reduce unnecessary materials and energy waste.

2. Presentation of objectives

To achieve this policy, we set environmental goals on both a department-basis and a company-wide basis.

3. Continuous improvement

The environmental management system shall be renewed to accommodate the changing environment and new information. We execute internal audits and reviews to continuously improve the environmental management system.

4. Education and training

To confirm that this policy is properly executed and maintained, we provide education and training to all employees so they understand the importance of the policy.

5. Establishment, implementation and maintenance of Environmental Management System

To make sure to achieve this environmental plan, we validate the environmental objectives, environmental plans and perform strict checks and reviews, and implement specific activities and their follow through.

6. Observance of laws and regulations and social need

While observing the laws, regulations and the Green Standard of the Japan Federation of Printing Industries, we set our own standards, which are capable from the stand point of technology and finance, to prevent environmental pollution.

7. Disclosure of the environmental policy

This environmental policy shall be disclosed to public on an as needed basis.

8. Distribution of the policy

This policy shall be documented and distributed to all employees for the purpose of education and training so that employee awareness of the environment is improved.

9. Revision of the policy

This policy will be revised if product failure occurs because of the changes in business activities, products and/or services, and/or because of law amendments or according to changes in the requests from interested parties or customer demand.

January 5, 2012
KSI Inc.
President, Takayuki Minami