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How JTB Corp. Handles Your Personal Information

In accordance with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (hereinafter referred to as the "Individual Numbers Act") and JTB Corp.'s policies regarding the protection of personal information, we handle and protect personal information as follows.

Personal information we acquire and handle
  1. We acquire personal information directly or indirectly in connection with the provision or performance of products or services such as travel related products or services or in connection with the receipt of opinions from customers or other contact with customers, and retain a portion of such information as personal data.
  2. We acquire personal information from job applicants and retain it as personal data.
  3. We acquire personal information from our business partners (in the case of corporate business partners, its officers and employees) and retain it as personal data.
  4. We acquire and retain personal data, such as personal numbers (My Number), relating to our employees and their relatives, as well as individuals with whom we have a continuous contractual relationship in which we prepare payment records, etc. Such personal information will be acquired, managed, used, and provided in accordance with laws, regulations, and our internal regulations, as well as labor, employment management, welfare, health management, and remuneration payment (including tax).
Intended use of personal information
  1. We use your personal information for the following purposes.
    • Arrangement of travel services provided by transportation, accommodation facilities, etc. (as described in the contract document with respect to major transportation and accommodation facilities) and procedures for receipt of such services, procedures for payment of travel expenses, and provide of other travel services in the course of travel for which the customer has applied.
    • For the supply of other products and services of us or our business partners
    • To respond to customer opinions, requests, inquiries, etc., including inquiries about products or services and preparation of contracts.
    • For registration, management, and guidance on various membership programs, etc.
    • For after-sales service relating to products or services
    • For the purpose of conducting questionnaires and other activities such as requests for the provision of opinions and impressions
    • To develop, improve or reform products or services (*1)
    • For the selection, provision, and operation of privileges, prizes, point programs, etc. of us or our business partners
    • To provide information on or distribute advertisements for products, services, various campaigns, events, and other sales promotion activities of us or our business partners (*2)
    • For the preparation of statistical materials
    • For the maintenance and operation of products, services, networks, systems, etc., and prevention of disabilities, defects, incidents, etc., of products, services, networks, systems, etc., and response in the event of such accidents
    • In order to create an environment in which customers can use products or services safety, such as monitoring, preventing, analyzing, and taking countermeasures on or against illegal, fraudulent or any other improper acts
    • For use to the extent permitted by law
    • To provide personal information to a third party in order to achieve each of the above-mentioned purpose of use.
      (※1) We will use Cookie, etc. (including web beacons, UIDs, and other technologies, and hereinafter simply referred to as "Cookie, etc.") and, by or through Cookie, etc., we acquire customer purchase history, service provision history, browsing and other behavior history, information on terminals used, network information (IP addresses, etc.), analyze these as personal information of customers or information related to customers, and use these information to develop, improve, or reform products or services or advertise or promote or provide information on products or services according to induvial interest, preferences, trends, etc.
      (※2) We may acquire information related to individuals other than personal information (including purchase history, location information, browsing and other behavior history, terminal information, and network information (IP address, etc.) obtained through Cookie, etc.) from a third party and use such information to develop, improve, or reform products and services with personal information held by us, as well as to advertise or promote or provide information on products or services in accordance with individual interest, preferences, or trends, etc..
  2. We will use personal information obtained from job applicants within the scope necessary for identification, communication with job applicants, and other recruitment purposes.
  3. We will use personal information about our business partners (in the case of corporate business partners, its officers and employees) for business purposes, such as communication, contract fulfillment, business negotiations and management of our business partners.
Provision of personal information to third party
  1. We will provide name, ID, gender, age, address, telephone number, e-mail address, passport information, credit card information, information on emergency contacts, and other necessary personal information by electromagnetic means etc., to facilities for transportation, accommodation facilities, service providers, insurance companies, public offices, etc., to the extent necessary for arrangements for the travel services you have applied for and procedures for receipt of such services, to the extent necessary for the procedures for insurance covering our travel contract responsibilities, expenses in the event of an accident, to the extent necessary for providing information relating to safety or health or contacting a customer for confirmation of its safety, etc.
  2. We may provide personal data of our customers to souvenir stores or other dealers for the convenience of customers' shopping at our travel destinations. In this case, personal data pertaining to the customer's name, passport information, and the flight name to be boarded will be provided by sending in advance by electromagnetic means, etc.
  3. In case of illness or accident during a trip, we may ask for personal information to whom we may contact. This personal information will be used if we acknowledge that in the event of illness or other illness, we need to contact the contact person. The customer shall obtain the contact's consent to provide us with the personal information of the contact.
  4. To the extent necessary for the arrangement or provision of the various services that you have applied for, we will provide our business partners, service providers, or public offices with personal information such as your name, ID, gender, age, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and other necessary personal information by electromagnetic means, etc.
  5. To the extent necessary for responding to customer opinions, requests, and inquiries, including inquiries about products or services, or preparing contracts, we will provide the customer's name, ID, gender, age, address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card information, and other necessary personal information by electromagnetic means, etc to the transportation/accommodation facility, service provider, other related organizations and corporations, etc.
  6. We will provide customers' names, IDs, genders, ages, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, purchase information, etc., by electromagnetic means, etc. to our business partners for various points or other privilege granting programs, various campaigns, prizes, events or other sales promotion activities implemented by us or our business partners or for providing customers with information on these programs or activities.
  7. In order to prevent or respond to the occurrence of any disability, malfunction, or accident relating to products, services, networks, or systems, we will provide the customer's name, ID, gender, age, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and other necessary personal information to the relevant authorities or parties by electromagnetic means, etc.
  8. We will provide personal data such as your name, gender, age, address, telephone number or e-mail address, passport information, credit card information, and other personal data by electromagnetic means, etc. to the government, public offices, investigative organizations, and business partners to the extent necessary to provide an environment in which you can use products or services safely, such as monitoring, preventing, analyzing, and taking countermeasures on or against illegal, fraudulent or any other improper acts.
  9. We will provide the customer's personal data by electromagnetic means, etc., with the consent of the customer or to the extent permitted by law.
Collection of Personal Information
  1. We collect personal information of our customers mainly by the following methods.
    • We will obtain information from customers orally (including at the store or by telephone), in writing, by fax, on or through the web, by electronic mail or by other electromagnetic means.
    • When you access our website or use our service, information such as access history on the internet, service usage history, browsing and other action history, information on the terminal used, network information (IP address, etc.) etc. may be automatically recorded on our server, etc., and information recorded on the terminal may be automatically transmitted to us according to the settings of the terminal such as smartphone.
    • When customers use services other than us, such as affiliate programs or other alliances between us and other companies, we may acquire information such as service usage history at the same time or obtain information by receiving such information.
  2. We will not use personal information for any purpose other than the purpose of use without the consent of the customer.
  3. If you are a minor, we will obtain the consent of the person who has parental authority. Provided, however, that this shall not apply in case of emergency or otherwise permitted by law.
  4. Although it is at the customer's discretion to select the items of personal information that the customer provides to us, if customer chooses not to provide all or part of personal information, we may not be able to contact customers, provide travel services or other services, respond to requests from customers, or accept customers' applications, requests, or requests.
Joint use of personal information

We will share and jointly use the personal information of our customers/users as follows.

  1. Personal Information
    Name, gender, age, address, telephone number, e-mail address, ID or other identification information (including CookieID), purchase history, location information, browsing and other activity history of customers' personal information
  2. Scope of joint users
    Our group companies (Please refer to the following for our group companies)
    https://www.jtbcorp.jp/jp/jtb_group/
  3. Purpose of Jointly Use
    The purposes for jointly shall be included within the scope of the purpose of use mentioned in 2 above.
  4. Manager in charge of joint use under Japanese law
    JTB Corp.
Consignment of customer personal information

We may entrust all or part of the business including handling personal information of customers to a third party for the purpose of arranging travel, managing travel, travel attendance services, intermediary services at airports, travel services such as payment of travel expenses, and other our services, and for the purpose of use as described in 2 above or for our businesses. In this case, we will select the such third party based on our standards and entrust the personal information after entering into an agreement including confidentiality.

Transfer of personal information to a third party in a foreign country
  1. In order to arrange travel services provided by transportation/accommodation facilities in the travel for which the customer applies or for the purpose of use as set forth in 2(1) above, we may, upon informing the customer of the country or region in which the customer's personal information is to be provided, transfer personal information to transportation/accommodation facilities, service providers, or other third parties in the country or region in which the customer's personal information is to be provided. In this case, it is as follows.
    • Country or region to which personal information is transferred
      We will inform you orally, pamphlets, brochures, travel terms and conditions documents, notice documents, or websites, e-mails or other electromagnetic means.
    • Systems for the protection of personal information in the said country or region and measures for the protection of personal information to be taken by a third party
      [https://www.jtb.co.jp/privacy/]
      See below.
  2. We may transfer personal information to a third party in a foreign country after taking measures such as concluding an agreement with such third party to implement appropriate measures for the protection of personal information.
Safety Management Measures

We have taken necessary and appropriate safety management measures to protect personal data, such as preventing leakage, loss, or damage. The main contents of these measures are as follows

  • In order to comply with laws and regulations and ensure proper handling of personal information, we have formulated a personal information protection policies, and based on these policies, we have established this handling rule and other related internal rules concerning the acquisition, use, provision, and disposal of personal information.
  • We have appointed our Personal Information Management Officer and a person in charge of the handling of personal information in each department. We have also established a system to report any violations or threats of violation of laws and regulations our internal rules to the Personal Information Management Officer.
  • We conduct periodic self-inspections of the status of the handling of personal data and conduct audits by our audit department.
  • When outsourcing businesses, including the handling of personal information, we includes clauses related to the handling of personal information in our contracts.
  • We provide regular training to our employees on the handling of personal information.
  • Matters concerning the confidentiality of personal information are described in our work rules and other internal rules.
  • We monitor entering and leaving our facilities, and establish rules for storage and disposal of documents and electronic media containing personal information.
  • Measures are taken to prevent theft or loss of equipments such as password setting and remote control measures.
  • Access control is implemented to limit the scope of databases handled by employees.
  • We have introduced mechanisms to protect the systems from unauthorized access from outside or from unauthorized software.
  • We store a part of personal information in some foreign counties such as the U.S, Singapore, etc. We confirm the outline of the personal information protection legislation in such regions and take measures such as concluding a contract on the handling of personal information with a third party to whom we transfer personal information.
Inquiries and Disclosure Regarding Customer Personal Information

If you wish us to notify the purpose of use or disclose, correct, add or delete your personal data, discontinue to use or erase your personal data, or cease to provide it to a third party, please contact the following inquiry desk. Provided, however, that we are unable to comply with your request if such request may seriously interfere with the proper conduct of our business. We will take necessary measures without delay in accordance with laws and regulations and our internal rules. If we are unable to comply with your request in whole or in part, we will explain the reason. Our contact point for handling personal information is as follows.

  1. Inquiries and complaints about the handling of personal information, as well as disclosure or deletion of personal data JTB Customer Service Office Address: 2-3-11 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
  2. In the event of notification of the purpose of use of personal data, correction of the contents, addition, suspension of use, or suspension of provision to a third party, please contact the office where you have applied for the travel.
    (Please confirm that the contact information is included in the application form and contract form.)
Handling of Specific Personal Information
  1. We use Individual Numbers only within the scope of the purpose of use stipulated in the Individual Numbers Act.
  2. We will not provide to any third party other than the recipients stipulated in the Individual Numbers Act.
  3. We will promptly delete or remove the relevant Individual Number upon completion of any Individual Number Administrative Procedures as set forth under the Individual Numbers Act.
Handling of anonymously processed information

We will take appropriate protective measures to prevent the identification of specific individuals and the restoration of such personal information used for production, and will prepare anonymously processed information and provide such information to third parties to the extent permitted by law.

  1. How to create anonymously processed information
    When preparing anonymously processed information, we process the information appropriately according to the following in accordance with the standards stipulated by the Personal Information Protection Law and the Rules of the Personal Information Protection Committee.
    1. Deleting a description that identifies a specific individual
    2. Deleting a Individual Identification Code
    3. Eliminating the sign that connects information with each other
    4. Deleting unique descriptions, etc.
    5. Taking other appropriate measures based on the nature of the personal information database, etc.
  2. Items included in anonymously processed information
    1. Personal Attribute Information of Customers [Gender and Year of Birth of Representatives]
    2. Information on use of us [Application date (month/year), Stores (prefecture/municipality/type), Travel information (departure date/return date, area, and accommodation facility (name/type), Number of users (by adult, male, female, and child) ・Product grade, product type, product form, travel purpose, and type of participation]
  3. Provision of anonymously processed information to a third party
    Items and methods of provision of information included in anonymously processed information prepared by us and provided to third parties are as follows.
    1. Items (1) and (2) in (2) above
    2. We will inform the recipients of such information that such data is anonymously processed information and provide such information after stipulating a contract to prevent improper handling of such information as identifying acts.
    3. To provide anonymously processed information to a third party by a secure electromagnetic manner such as encrypting data files.
  4. Other safety management measures for anonymously processed information
    1. Clarify the authority and responsibility of the person handling information such as the processing method.
    2. We have established rules and regulations concerning the handling of such information, such as processing methods, and provide education and supervision to employees who handle such information.
Amendment of these Regulations

These Regulations may be changed or revised from time to time depending on the necessity to comply with changes in laws and regulations and the business necessity. Such changes shall be posted on this website. You are requested to fully confirm the latest contents of these Regulations after any changes, etc., that are posted on this website.

In the event of leakage of personal information

Should a problem arise, such as the leakage of personal information, we will notify customers, ensure safety, suspend our system as necessary, and publicize the facts on our website, etc., in accordance with laws and regulations.

JTB Building., 2-3-11, Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
JTB Corp.
Eijiro Yamakita, President and Chief Executive Officer
Title and contact address of the Personal Information Management Officer
Senior Manager of Legal Affairs
(Contact address: same as above)

As of April 1, 2022