Established on April 1, 2017

The Company recognizes the importance of protecting personal information (personal information defined in the "Act on the Protection of Personal Information", as well as individual numbers and specific personal information defined in the "Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in the Administrative Procedure"). With this in mind, the Company has formulated the following privacy policy to safeguard personal rights and interests, and will take great pains to ensure that officers and employees abide by the policy.

1. Acquisition of personal information
The Company will acquire personal information by legitimate and fair means. When acquiring personal information, the Company will put up a clear notice beforehand regarding the purpose of acquiring such information, unless otherwise required by laws and regulations.

2. Use of personal information
Personal information will be used within the scope of the purpose set out by the Company when acquiring such information, unless otherwise required by laws and regulations.

3. Supervision of delegated parties
If the Company provides personal information to a party entrusted with the implementation of operations that it aims to accomplish, it will properly manage and supervise that party.

4. Provision of personal information to third parties
The Company will not provide any personal information to third parties, unless otherwise required by laws and regulations.

5. Management of personal information
The Company strives to maintain proper and reasonable security for all of the personal information it acquires, taking sufficient security measures to prevent the occurrence of illegal access, loss, damage, modification, and leakage. In addition, if for some reason the Company does not consider it necessary to keep the personal information in its possession, such as the expiration of the legally required retention period, it will immediately discard or remove this personal information.

6. Request for the disclosure, revision, etc. of personal information
Requests by an individual for the disclosure, revision, etc. of that person's personal information will be handled immediately in accordance with the corresponding laws and regulations.

Kanematsu Chemicals Corporation