Privacy Policy

• Personal Information Protection Policy

  Recruit Co., Ltd. provides, through a variety of media, including information magazines, the Internet, mobile devices, events, and service counters, various chances for companies and individuals, in different aspects of their lives, as expressed in its brand message " Opportunities for Life ."
  In operating its business, RECRUIT handles the personal information of a large number of customers and employees. Therefore, RECRUIT has established this Policy and a personal information management system based on its Code of Ethics, through which RECRUIT, as a company, is committed to realizing the responsible handling of personal information.

  1. Policy 1: RECRUIT will, to the extent possible, specify the purposes of use of the personal information, and will properly handle the personal information within the scope necessary to achieve such purposes. RECRUIT will take measures to ensure the prevention of any use of the personal information other than for the intended purposes of use.
  2. Policy 2: RECRUIT will obtain personal information only through legitimate and appropriate means.
  3. Policy 3: RECRUIT will not provide any third party with the personal information of any individual without the consent of such individual.
  4. Policy 4: In managing personal information, RECRUIT will make efforts to take all necessary and appropriate measures to ensure the prevention and correction of any leakage, loss or damage of the personal information, as well as the otherwise secure management of the personal information.
  5. Policy 5: In handling personal information, RECRUIT will make efforts to ensure that the individual who has provided the information may properly be involved in the handling process, and make efforts to keep the personal information accurate and updated to the extent possible.
  6. Policy 6: RECRUIT will comply with laws and regulations pertaining to the protection of personal information, and establish, continuously review and comply with its internal rules pertaining to the protection of personal information.
  7. Policy 7: RECRUIT will have a section for responding to complaints and consultations concerning the protection of personal information and make efforts to properly respond to such complaints and consultations.

  Recruit Co., Ltd..
  Yoshihiro Kitamura, President and Representative Director

  (Supplementary Provisions)
  Established and implemented on April 17, 2002
  Revised on April 2, 2003
  Revised on April 1, 2004
  Revised on December 15, 2005
  Revised on June 6, 2007
  Revised on March 5, 2008

  * RECRUIT is accredited as a “privacy-mark” licensed operator.

• Regarding the handling of personal information

  Recruit Co., Ltd. ("RECRUIT") shall post this privacy policy, shall respect the privacy of companies, affiliated companies, associations, etc., that use the services provided in accordance with this privacy policy ("Services") (“Service Using Companies, etc.”) and each person ("User") who uses the Services and shall handle the personal information (as defined below) of all Users with the utmost care in the management thereof.

• Personal information

  Personal information means information concerning a User as an individual, which can identify the User based on the name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, educational institution, or other descriptions, etc. constituting such information. In addition, any information which cannot identify the User solely by itself but can easily be cross-referenced with other information and, as a result thereof, can identify the User, is also included in the scope of personal information.

• Purposes of use of personal information

  RECRUIT shall use personal information only for the following purposes, and shall not use any personal information beyond these purposes of use:

  • A. Provision of various services to such Users;
  • B. Distribution and sending of communications, mail magazines, direct mail, various announcements, etc. relating to the use of the Services;
  • C. Provision of personal information to Service Using Companies, etc., subject to Users’ consent/application;
  • D. Distribution/display of advertisements, contents, etc., based on attribute information, terminal information, location information, action history records, etc., and provision of the Services;
  • E. Improvement of the Services, development and marketing of new services; and
  • F. Confirmation and responses to the content of comments, inquiries received concerning the Services.
  • G. Investigation into: the act of making various types of applications; various types of multiple applications; assignment of rights; registration of false information for commercial/reutilization purposes, which are prohibited by the terms of use, etc., as well as confirmation of details of the content of such applications based on the foregoing.

• Voluntary nature of provision of personal information

  Users who fail to enter information in each of the items required for the performance of the respective services constituting the Services may not be able to receive such respective services.

• Provision of personal information to third parties

  RECRUIT, as a general rule, does not provide any third party with any User’s personal information without the consent of such User. RECRUIT provides third parties with personal information only if it has obtained the User's consent thereto, specifying the party to whom the information is to be disclosed and the content of information to be disclosed. However, RECRUIT may provide personal information without the User's consent within the scope not conflicting with related laws and regulations, where any of the following applies:

  • A. RECRUIT considers that the User will cause disadvantage to a third party;
  • B. Providing such personal information is specifically necessary for the improvement of public health or the sound growth of children, and obtaining approval therefor from the User is difficult;
  • C. It is necessary to cooperate with a governmental organization or a local government, or a person designated by the same in the performance of administrative work prescribed by laws or regulations, and obtaining the consent of the User thereto will likely hinder the performance of such administrative work;
  • D. The disclosure of the personal information is required by a court, public prosecutor's office, police or any other organization having similar authority;
  • E. User has expressly requested that his/her personal information be disclosed or provided to third parties;
  • F. It is permitted by law or regulations to disclose or provide the personal information; or
  • G. The personal information is provided in connection with a business succession due to merger or otherwise, to the extent that the personal information is handled within the scope of the purposes of use applicable prior to such succession.

• Disclaimer concerning the provision of personal information to third parties

  RECRUIT will not be responsible for the acquisition of personal information by a third party where any of the following applies:

  • A. A User indicates his/her own personal information to a specific company, using any function under the Services or by other means (As for the handling of personal information in the Service Using Companies, etc., please directly make inquiries to each of the Service Using Companies, etc.);
  • B. A User is unexpectedly identified by any activities or other information entered by the User under the Services;
  • C. A User provides personal information to, and the User’s personal information is used at, an external site linked by the Services; or
  • D. Anyone other than a User obtains the User’s information (ID, password, etc.) which can identify the User as an individual.

• Outsourcing of personal information processing

  RECRUIT may outsource personal information handling work in part or in whole. RECRUIT shall be responsible for the handling of personal information by the party to which such work is outsourced.

• Use of statistically-processed data

  RECRUIT may, based on personal information provided to it, create statistical data which shall be processed in a manner that cannot identify any individual. RECRUIT may, without restriction, use such statistical data that cannot indentify individuals.

• Modifications, etc. to personal information

  As a general rule, only the User himself/herself can request notification regarding the “purposes of use of the personal information,” or any disclosure or correction of, addition to, deletion or suspension of his/her registered personal information, or the provision thereof to third parties (“Modification, etc., of Personal Information”). For specific methods, please refer to the following contact person in charge of personal information management. However, RECRUIT may not agree to comply with a request for the Modification, etc., of Personal Information where any of the following applies:

  • A. The Modification, etc., of Personal Information is likely to cause damage to the life, limb, property or other rights or interests of the User or any third party;
  • B. The Modification, etc., of Personal Information is likely to considerably hinder the proper performance of the Services; or
  • C. The Modification, etc., of Personal Information would constitute a violation of any other laws or regulations.

  Furthermore, RECRUIT may not agree to comply with a request for the Modification, etc., of Personal Information if such Modification, etc., of Personal Information requires excessive cost, or if the performance of such Modification, etc., of Personal Information is otherwise difficult, and instead RECRUIT ensures that necessary alternative measures shall be taken for the protection of the rights and interests of the User.

• Accuracy of personal information

  RECRUIT shall make efforts to accurately data process the personal information provided to it. However, Users shall be responsible for ensuring that the personal information they provide is accurate and up-to-date.

• Restrictions on acquisition of sensitive personal information

  RECRUIT, as a general rule, shall not obtain any User’s personal information which contains any of the following information, unless the personal information has been provided by the User himself/herself:

  • A. Information relating to personal philosophy, belief or religion;
  • B. Information relating to race, ethnic background, family background, domicile (except for information on the prefecture where the User is located), physical or mental disability or criminal record or other matters that may cause social discrimination;
  • C. Information relating to the right to organize, or any acts of collective bargaining or other collective actions as a worker;
  • D. Information relating to participation in acts of mass demonstration, exercise of petition rights or other political rights; or
  • E. Information relating to health and medical conditions or sex life.

• Identification

  In the event of a membership registration for each web service, or the use of the Services by a member, or RECRUIT’s response to a User’s request for the disclosure, correction, deletion, or suspension of use of such User’s personal information, etc, RECRUIT shall verify the relevant individual’s identity based on information that can identify such individual (i.e., name, address, telephone number, date of birth, e-mail address, member ID number, password, etc.). However, RECRUIT shall not be responsible in the event of any third party obtaining and using information that can identify the relevant individual.

• Acquisition or use of attribute information, terminal information, location information and action history records, etc.

  Cookies, etc., among the attribute information, terminal information, location information and action history records, etc. (“Action History Records, etc.”):

  RECRUIT uses Cookies for User privacy protection, increased convenience, distribution of advertisements, and acquisition of statistical data. In addition, RECRUIT may obtain, using Cookies, JavaScript and other technology, attribute information such as age, gender, occupation and residential area, etc., which cannot identify the individual (limited to those attributes which cannot identify the individual by a combination thereof), as well as Users’ action history records within the website of the Services (such as URLs and content accessed and the order in which such URLs and content were viewed) as well as location information based on Users’ consent/application at the time of use of smart phones, etc., among the information provided by the User. However, no personal information shall be included in the Cookies or Action History Records, etc.

• Person responsible for the management of personal information

  Recruit Co., Ltd.
  Lifestyle Company,
  Corporate Executive Officer
  For any inquiries concerning personal information, please contact here:

• Modifications to Privacy Policy

  Unless otherwise prescribed in laws and regulations, etc., RECRUIT shall be entitled to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time.