The Firm will comply with this Privacy Policy as well as laws and regulations concerning protection of personal information.

The Firm will comply with laws concerning protection of personal information as well as other related laws providing how to treat personal information.

The Firm may obtain and use the following kinds of personal information for the purposes set forth in " Purpose of Use of Personal Information".

name, address, gender, date of birth, name of company or organization, telephone number and email address any other personal information required for the Firm's provision of services

The obtained personal information will be used for the following purposes. Unless the person who provides the personal information allows in advance, or unless law permits, the Firm will not use the personal information for any other purposes than the following purposes.

• Legal practice of attorneys and practice of patent attorneys
• Notice to persons who have passed the National Bar Examination
• Notice to persons who seek employment by the Firm
• Announcement of study meetings, seminars, publications of books etc.
• Seasons greetings
• Responding to various inquiries
• Others related to the above purposes
• Others necessary for the appropriate and smooth performance of law firm business

The Firm will duly store the obtained personal information so that it is not divulged, accessed without authorization, falsified, or used without authorization. The Firm will not disclose the obtained information to third parties other than contractors without consent of the person who has provided the information.

We will appropriately attend the confirmation, disclosure and correction requested by the person who has provided the personal information, if the person addresses it to the contact person below.

Attention: Personal Information Contact
Address: Abe, Ikubo & Katayama
GranTokyo South Tower, 1-9-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6613, Japan
Telephone: +81-3-5860-3640

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