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Toshiba Microelectronics Corporation ("TOSMEC") recognizes the appropriate protection of personal information as being a basic concern in the conduct of our business as well as a social obligation. TOSMEC has established the following privacy policy and aims to adhere to it.


1. Legal Compliance
TOSMEC strictly observes the Personal Data Protection Law and other relevant laws and regulations.

2. Intended use of personal information
When TOSMEC obtains personal information from customers, it clearly indicates in advance the purpose for which the personal information is intended to be used and uses the information within the scope of the stated purpose of use. When the need to use a customer's personal information for any purpose that goes beyond the stated purpose of use arises, TOSMEC notifies the customer to that effect and obtain the get the consent before using the information for such purpose. Customer always have a choice to refuse such usage of customer's personal information at customer's own discretion. Customer may choose not to reveal any personal information. Sharing customer's personal information is strictly voluntary. (However, some services provided by TOSMEC may not be available if the customer does not provide the customer's personal information.)

3. Disclosure to third parties
TOSMEC will never disclose or distribute personal information to any third party, except for the following cases:
1) When the customer have given a prior consent to the disclosure
2) When we believe that customer business interests can be served more appropriately by a TOSMEC's affiliate or distributor, TOSMEC may provide the customer's personal information to the affiliate or distributor. In such case, the customer may request TOSMEC to stop disclosing such information to such affiliate or distributor
3) When complying with laws and regulations.
4) When another entity succeeds to the business of TOSMEC due to a merger, corporate separation, transfer of business or otherwise

4. Security control measures
TOSMEC intends to protect customer's personal information customer shares with us. TOSMEC takes necessary and appropriate security control measures to protect customer's information from loss, misuse or alteration.


Questions regarding customer's personal information
If customer wish to obtain a copy of customer personal information customer provided to TOSMEC, contact the department to which customer have provided it. Before TOSMEC is able to provide customer with any information, we need to verify customer identity so as to prevent illegal leakage of information to a third party. Customer may contact us to request corrections, updates and/or deletions of customer personal information; before TOSMEC is able to correct, modify or delete any particular information, we need to verify customer identify so as to prevent alteration by a third party.

Children under the age of 16
TOSMEC does not seek to collect information about children under the age of 16. Children under 16 years should provide personal information only after obtaining the consent of parent or guardian.

Changes to this privacy policy
From time to TOSMEC may revise the Privacy Policy to better protect customer's personal information or to comply with changes in the applicable laws and regulations.

If customer have any questions about our privacy policy or want to review customer personal information, customer may contact us by e-mail, first-order mail, phone call or fax at:

Toshiba Microelectronics Corporation
General Affairs Department
25-1 Ekimae-Honcho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi,
Kanagawa 210-8538
JAPAN
Phone 044-220-1001
Fax 044-220-1043
E-mail: soumu@tosmec.toshiba.co.jp

Established on June 20, 2008
Tsuneo Kawata
President of Toshiba Microelectronics Corporation

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