The Company will only collect personal information*1 insofar as it is necessary for the purposes outlined below and will only do so directly from the individual concerned*2, from a third party with the consent of the individual concerned or via any other means*3 deemed to be fair and appropriate. The Company will comply with Japanese law and other applicable legislation at all times and will take adequate steps to prevent personal information from being leaked to outside sources.

The Company will only use collected personal information for the purpose of carrying out the following operations:

• Placement services aimed at providing suitable jobs for personnel seeking employment
• Other services relating to or supplementary to the above*4

The Company will not disclose or provide any personal information to a company offering a work placement, or to any third party, without the consent or permission of the individual concerned. Personal information may be provided without the individual's prior consent however in the following circumstances.

• If required by Japanese law or other applicable legislation
• If required to protect human life, health, or property in cases where obtaining customer consent is difficult
• If required to cooperate with the public affairs of national or local governments, and when obtaining customer consent is likely to hinder the administration of public affairs
• When data or information is provided in a format that does not disclose identity, as in statistical data

Within the scope of the purposes outlined above, the Company may outsource collected personal information to outside contractors with whom it has entered into confidentiality agreements.

The Company will implement adequate security measures to protect all collected personal information and will make every effort, from both a technical and an organizational standpoint, to prevent personal information from being leaked, lost or damaged. In the event that any inadequacies are detected in the Company's security measures or any other aspects of its personal information management activities, the Company will take immediate remedial action so as to prevent such issues from reoccurring.

The Company will handle all collected personal information in accordance with Japanese laws and legislation applicable to personal information and related guidelines.

Use of cookies
The Company's website features content that uses technology called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are transferred from our internet server to the hard disks on users' computers in order to identify individual users' computers and monitor their browsing activity. The Company's website transfers and configures cookies on users' computers when they access the Company’s website. Although cookies can be used to identify a computer, they cannot be used to identify an individual providing that no personal information is inputted.
The Company uses this technology for the sole purpose of making its website more convenient and user-friendly. Details of browsing activities obtained from users' computers are not recorded or kept in a format that would enable individual users to be identified.
Although it is possible to adjust the settings on your internet browser to prevent such data from being collected, please be aware that this may prevent you from accessing some of the features offered via the Company's website.

Use of statistical tools
Certain pages on the Company's website use statistical tools to monitor access figures. The data collected via these statistical tools cannot be used to identify specific individuals and is only used for purposes such as making improvements to the website.

If you have any questions regarding the procedures for requesting the disclosure of your personal information or other such actions and any associated charges, or if you wish to file a complaint regarding the Company's handling of personal information, please contact the Company via the email address or telephone number below. The Company will only use personal information obtained as a result of any such enquiry for the purpose of responding to the relevant enquiry. Depending on the nature of the enquiry, the Company may need to check the identity of the enquiring party to confirm that they are the individual concerned. The Company will disclose, make any alterations or additions to, delete or remove, suspend access to or suspend the third party provision of all relevant personal information as requested wherever possible.

Representative Director
Robert Leonard Consulting Ltd.
Email: privacy@robertleonard.jp
Tel: 03-5363-5894

1. For the purposes of this document, the term "personal information" refers to information that could be used to identify a specific individual, including their name, address, telephone number, email address and information contained in their CV or work history (including information that could easily be used to identify a specific individual by comparing it against other information).
2. For the purposes of this document, the term "individual concerned" refers to the specific individual who could be identified via their personal information.
3. "Other means" includes obtaining information from documents such as corporate releases, business data and industry journals, the internet and other sources in the public domain and receiving information in good faith from industry professionals.
4. Other activities carried out for operational purposes include the following. Registration of personnel for the purposes of placement or referral, provision and referral of job-related information and other related procedures and operations Questionnaires aimed at improving the Company's services, information services (seminars, events, provision of the latest information, etc.) and other related operations Use of statistical data for the purpose of notifying government agencies or the authorities Contracted operations such as IT services and admin