Handling of Personal Information

Kohei Hashimoto
Personal Information Protection Manager



1.In regard to the purpose of use of personal information, the Company will use personal information for the business content listed below, as well as within the scope required to achieve the specified purpose of use.

(1) Business Content

  1. Planning of home electric appliances, hair and beauty supplies, and other lifestyle items.
  2. Wholesale distribution of products
  3. OEM contract manufacturing
  4. E-commerce business

(3) Purpose of Use

The items denoted by an asterisk "*” indicate the intended use of the personal information to be disclosed.

Type of Personal Information Purpose of Use
* Information on purchasers of products
Personal information on customers that have purchased products of the Company Product shipment, payment, after-sales service, providing information on products by post / telephone / email, and making inquiries / registration to information sharing system for prevention of resale
* Information on campaign applicants
Personal information on the customers who have registered for prize draws or campaigns run by the Company The use purposes listed in the terms of the campaigns, including confirmation of the application eligibility, lottery draws, and shipment of prizes
* Information on email magazine subscribers and direct mail recipients
Personal information on customers that have subscribed to the Company’s email magazine, and customers that have agreed to the email magazine distribution and sending of direct mail Distribution of email magazine and sending of direct mail
* Information from inquiries
Personal information on customers that have made an inquiry to the Company’s call center, etc. To respond to the inquiry, keep a record of the response, request for answering to our questionnaire and improve the quality of products and services
* Member information
Personal information on members (this includes the following information on the customers who are members: Name, address, telephone number, date of birth, age, gender, email address, occupation, credit card number and other credit card-related information, purchase history of the Company’s products, inquiry history, responses to various surveys) To ship the Company’s products and promotional materials, for the selection process when the customer has entered a prize draw, to tabulate survey responses for improving services, for the announcement of upcoming events and campaigns, for notifications from the Company (direct mail and email magazine), and for other communication in the scope of business necessity, etc.
* Other customer information
Personal information on customers who have participated in events, etc., planned and run by the Company For managing and running the event, and to request participation in a survey, etc.
* Entrusted information
Personal information that has been entrusted to the Company from other business vendors, etc., to be fully or partially processed For proper and smooth execution of the entrusted business activities
* Client information
Personal information on clients of the Company For making contact and responding in the course of business, management of contract-related matters, and sending information on the Company’s products and services
* Information on job applicants
Personal information on individuals who have applied for recruiting positions at the Company, and individuals who have been referred by temporary staff agencies, etc., for the purpose of screening for employment For screening for employment
* Employee information
Personal information on employees of the Company For the management of employment
* Retiree information
Personal information on retirees of the Company For meeting the labor-related laws and regulations, the execution of labor contracts, and contact during an emergency
* Shareholder information
Personal information on shareholders For the exercise of rights and execution of duties in accordance with the Companies Act, and from the position of shareholders, to provide them benefits from the Company, to prepare data on shareholders based on the prescribed standards in accordance with various laws and regulations, and other matters for the management of shareholders
* Specific personal information
Specific personal information on employees and prospective employees within the recruitment process, external experts, shareholders, and others For the Company to list the personal identification number of employees and prospective employees within the recruitment process, external experts, shareholders, and others on documents such as the withholding tax statement of employment income,, payment records, notification of qualification acquisition of insured persons for health insurance and employees’ pension insurance in accordance with the laws and regulations, and to submit these documents to administrative organizations and health insurance societies, etc.

2.Disclosure and Correction of Information

The Company will accept the following requests from you: Disclosure of the personal information that is subject to disclosure notification of the purpose of use; correction of your personal information because of a factual error in the personal information subject to disclosure; suspension of use, or cessation of disclosure to third parties (hereinafter "Disclosure, etc.").

(1) Where to submit requests for Disclosure, etc.

  1. Complaints and Consultation Inquiries Desk
  2. If making a request via mail, please attach the required documents to the designated request form, and send it to the following address.
    Complaints and Consultation Inquiries Desk
    I-ne Co., Ltd.
    6-1-21, Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi,
    530-0005, Osaka, Japan

(2) Documents to be submitted

  1. Request form for the notification and disclosure of the purpose of use of personal information
  2. Request form for the correction of personal information
  3. Request form for the cessation of use of personal information
  4. Documents for personal identification (driver’s license, passport, etc.)
  5. If a person making a request is a statutory agent of the individual concerned, please provide documents which certifies his/her authority of statutory representation as well as the documents indicated in 1 to 4.
  6. If a person making a request is an agent of the individual concerned, please provide the letter of proxy prescribed by the Company and the personal seal registration certificate of the individual concerned as well as the documents indicated in 1 to 4.

* Please ensure any sensitive information, such as your legal domicile, listed on the submitted documents is blacked out prior to submission. If such information has not been blacked out when the documents are received by the Company, it will be blacked out by the Company and regarded as not to be acquired.

(3) Processing fee

Please note the Company will charge a 1,000 yen processing fee for each request made for the disclosure of personal information and the notification of purpose of use.
For requests made via mail, handling charge will be applied for the operations such as bank transfer.

For inquiries about specific procedure for disclosure request, please contact us from the following.

3.Joint use of personal information

The Company will carry out the joint use of personal information as follows:

(1) Items of personal information for joint use:
Name, Address, Date of birth, Telephone number, Fax number, Email address, Gender, Date of purchase, and Information on products purchased

(2) Scope of joint users of personal information: The Company’s group companies (*)

(3) Purpose of use of joint users of personal information: For “1. In regard to the purpose of use of personal information”

(4) Name of entity or person responsible for the management of personal information for joint user: I-ne Co., Ltd.

(5) Acquisition method: Acquired from the individual and/or the Company’s system


(*) The Company’s group companies for the joint use of personal information are as follows:

VUEN Co., Ltd.

Endian LLC.

4.Inquiries and complaints about the handling of personal information

Please contact the following help desk for any inquiries and complaints about the handling of personal information.


[Inquiries About the Handling of Personal Information]

I-ne Co., Ltd. Complaints and Consultation Inquiries Desk
Tel.: 0120-333-476 Operating hours: 11:00–17:00 (excluding the closing days of I-ne, i.e.: Saturday, Sunday, Public holidays, End-of-year/New Year period, Summer holiday period, etc.)

* Please use the contact form in the following page to contact us.
https://i-ne.co.jp/en/contact/

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