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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

MEDIA UNIVERSAL DESIGN(Universal design for media)

In the current information society, what is the best way to ensure that everyone receives messages and does so without stress? This is the question that KSI always keeps in mind when, as a printing business, it contributes to society.

What is Media Universal Design? This is the design considered so that information can be delivered properly to everyone, from people with limited color perception to older people and people from other countries to children.

For example, how people perceive colors is very different as explained below.

General view As yellow and green are clearly distinguished, the yellow of the egg above looks as if it is two colors.

Color blindness: type 2 This is what people with a defect in color perception see. This is especially applicable to people with a defect in green cone cells. Distinguishing green from red is difficult.

Color blindness: type 3 This is what people with a defect in color perception see. This is especially applicable to people with a defect in blue cone cells.

People with cataracts Cataracts are common among older people. This is a disease in which the natural crystalline lens becomes cloudy, causing vision impairment or vision loss.

Our Efforts in Media Universal Design

Color simulators When specifying colors during layout and design, we use color simulators to decide which colors are easiest to distinguish.

Morisawa Universal Design (MUD) fonts We use fonts that support Universal Designs. These fonts are designed so that they are easy to distinguish and beautiful when they are very small.

Received the Grand Prix at the 4th Media Universal Design Competition

KSI work has been awarded the best item (Grand Prix) at the 4th Media Universal Design Competition held by the Japan Federation of Printing Industries.
Among 215 entries (162 entries for the open category and 53 entries for the student category), KSI's work is awarded the best item in the open category.

MUD Osaka Karuta

Received the Grand Prix at 4th Media Universal Design Competition

Received the Printing Association of Osaka Award at the 1st MUD Grand Prix, OSAKA Kokoga-Eenen

An illustrated card game that introduces notable cultural sites in Osaka. The sites are introduced in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean, so that people from other countries can understand the importance of the sites and enjoy them.
Distinctive shapes with rounded and protruding corners so that they can be spotted intuitively.