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Sharp Corporation (hereinafter, Sharp) has established a basic policy on information security as outlined below and is taking initiatives to ensure information security by promoting the safe and secure use of information under its control as well as its information systems (below, referred to as “information assets”).
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Sharp will construct mechanisms to ensure that problems such as unauthorized disclosure (“leaks”), malicious alteration, or loss of information under its control does not occur, and will manage its information assets in accordance with the importance of the information. Specially, Sharp will exercise strict control over the personal information of customers and over important information disclosed by business partners and others.
- In order for Sharp, together with its directors and employees, to ensure the security of information, Sharp will conduct education and training regarding information security for all directors and employees on a regular basis.
- Sharp will comply with all laws and contractual obligations relating to information security.
- Sharp will promote the construction of mechanisms to ensure the safe and proper use, and the continual management of information assets under its control. In addition, Sharp will aim to become a leading company in information security by reviewing these mechanisms on a regular basis and working constantly to improve them.
| Sharp Document Systems Corporation (SDS) |
January 2005 (renewed January 2007) |
| Sharp System Products Co., Ltd. (SSP) |
October 2005 (renewed October 2007) |
| Sharp Finance Corporation (SFC) |
March 2006 (renewal pending; as of June 2008) |
| Sharp Engineering Corporation (SEK) |
November 2006 |
| Sharp Amenity Systems Corporation (SAS) |
December 2006 |
| Sharp Electronics Marketing Corporation (SEMC) |
Review pending (as of June 2008) |
Recognizing that handling personal information properly is a corporate social responsibility based on the principle of protecting the rights and interests of the individual, Sharp Corporation has established a basic policy in this regard, and will live up to the trust of society by protecting personal information in accordance with that basic policy.
- Specify the purpose of personal information use to the fullest extent possible and acquire the personal information within the scope of the content which the person in question has given.
- Use personal information within the scope of the purpose of use. When the need arises to use the personal information outside this scope, obtain the consent of the person in question to use the information, except when otherwise required by law.
- Strive to manage personal information properly by appointing a person who will be responsible for managing personal information in each organizational unit, etc.
- Do not provide personal information to third parties, except when the consent of the person has been obtained in advance or when otherwise required by law. When there is a need to provide such information, exercise appropriate supervision over the party to whom the information has been entrusted.
- After verifying the identity of the person in question, respond appropriately to complaints, inquiries, requests for corrections, and the like, from the person.
- Comply with all laws and regulations concerning personal information. Strive to continuously improve and strengthen in-house systems by developing internal rules, educating employees, and conducting internal audits to ensure that personal information is handled properly.
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