PRIVACY POLICY

Policy toward the protection of customers’ personal information

Customer personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, etc. are obtained and used by Hino Motors, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company" or "we") to enable us to provide the customer with our products, services, information and so on. In light of the importance of proper handling of the personal information of the customer (hereinafter referred to as the "Personal Information"), we will handle the Personal Information pursuant to the following policy in accordance with laws and regulations, national policies, guidelines established by the Personal Information Protection Commission and other norms concerning the protection of personal information:

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1.Purpose of Use of Personal Information

The Company will use the Personal Information only for the purposes publicly announced or notified to the customer, and will never use any Personal Information for any other purpose.
In addition, the Company will identify the purpose of use in advance when the customer provides its own Personal Information directly to the Company except as provided in the Personal Information Protection Law (hereinafter referred to as the “PIP Law”) or any other laws and regulations.

2. Provision of Personal Information to Third Party

In principle, we will not provide any Personal Information obtained from the customer with any third party except:

  • where the Company obtains the relevant customer's consent;
  • where the Company entrust the handling of the Personal Information in whole or in part within the scope necessary for the achievement of the Purpose of Use of Personal Information described in 1 above;
  • where any matter of emergency for protection of life, body or property, etc. occurs;
  • where the Company is required cooperation in order for the government or local authority, etc. to implement public affairs activities; or
  • as provided in the PIP Law or any other laws or regulations.

In addition, we will comply with the PIP Law when providing personally referable information, as defined in PIP Law, to any third party.

3. Sharing of Personal Information

The Company will share the Personal Information obtained from the customer among the Hino group companies for certain purposes such as providing products and services as publicly announced separately.

4. Proper Control of Personal Information

The Company will implement necessary and proper control measures to prevent the Personal Information held by the Company from being leaked, lost or altered, etc.

The Company may outsource to any party handling of the Personal Information to the extent necessary for its service, and the Company will implement necessary and proper control over such outsourcee in such a case.

5. Request for Disclosure, etc.

When the customer requests the Company to disclose, correct, or suspend the use, or any third party provision, of its own Personal Information, or to disclose records of any provision to a third party, such customer is required to submit a request form prescribed by the Company. Such request will be handled as soon as practicably possible after the Company identifies such request is made by such customer.

When requesting, the customer might be required to pay relevant charge under our separate policy. For details, please make any inquiry to the Customer Assistance Center described in 6 below.

In addition, please contact with the Customer Assistance Center described in 6 below if the customer would like to submit a complaint about the handling of the Personal Information.

6. Contact for Inquiries or Information

Customer Assistance Center, Hino Motors, Ltd.
Telephone: 0120-106-558 (for Japan domestic call only)

1stApril 2022
Hino Motors, Ltd.

Personal Information Handling Business Operator

Hino Motors, Ltd.
3-1-1, Hinodai, Hino-shi, Tokyo, 191-8660, Japan
For the name of the representative, please refer to “Corporate Information” on our website.
https://www.hino-global.com/corp/about_us/corporate_information.html

Purpose of Use of and Sharing of Personal Information

The Company hereby publicly announces the purpose of use of and sharing of Personal Information (personal information of the customer’s directors, officers, and employees; such customer includes individuals who use or utilize the Company’s products and services such as a shipper or driver) on the basis of its privacy policy as follows;

1. Purpose of Use of Personal Information

The Company will not use any Personal Information obtained from customers for any other purpose than the following purposes;

  • Sale and after-sale services (such as maintenance) of Company’s products;
  • Notification of information of new products, new services, and campaign via mail, telephone, email, visit, etc.;
  • Planning, development, improvement, and research of products and services in order to improve quality and reliability aiming at satisfying customers with the Company’s products and services;
  • Marketing survey to offer the customers the Company’s products at a more appropriate price and timing;
  • Notification and inquiry to the customer in the case of occurrence of recall etc.;
  • Providing the following services based on the information regarding the condition of each vehicle (such as the information of operation, location, control, failure);
    • Assistance services for secure operation of the customer’s vehicle, which could contribute to reduction in failure the customer’s vehicle thorough the services such as the proposal for preventive maintenance, prompt repair in case of a failure on the road, diagnosis of a failure.
    • Vehicle operation support services for the customer. The services that gather and analyze operation data of the customer’s vehicle and offer vehicle location information for vehicle management and advice as to fuel-efficient and safe driving.
    • Services that statistically process and analyze the information of the state of the customer’s vehicle and offer customers and a third party traffic information, in case of a disaster, and real-time traffic information (traffic congestion and congestion information), etc.
    • Other services and products to satisfy customers with services and products.
  • Responding to customer’s inquiries related to the above and with respect to the handling of the Personal Information;
  • In the event of a change in the Purpose of Use as set forth above, the Company shall notify or publicly announce the Purpose of Use in advance.
    In addition, in the event the Personal Information will be used for a purpose other than the Purpose of Use as set forth above, the Company will explain such use to the customer again and obtain the customer’s consent in advance to use the Personal Information for such other purpose.

2. Sharing of Personal Information

The Company will share and utilize the Personal Information for the smooth operation of its business, as follows;

  • Items of the customer’s Personal Information to be shared
    Basic information such as name, address, telephone number, fax number, email address, and information regarding customer’s vehicle (including the information of vehicle condition)
  • Recipient company
    • Authorized Hino dealers in Japan published in Company’s official website
    • Hino group companies published in Company’s official website
    • The Company’s business alliance partners, within a range necessary for providing products and services in accordance with the business alliance (in addition to those published in Company’s official website, such as distributors, trading companies, dealers of the Company’s products, frame makers, makers of automobile, automobile parts or supplies or trading companies, operation management service providers, vendors of system application, etc., research institutes, or other business alliance partners of sales, services, finance, insurance, rental, logistics, passengers, etc.)
  • Purpose of use of shared Personal Information
    Same as above “1. Purpose of Use of Personal Information”
  • Head of administration of shared Personal Information
    3-1-1, Hino-dai, Hino-shi, Tokyo, 191-8660, Japan
    Person in charge of Personal Information,
    General Administration Division, Hino Motors, Ltd.
    Contact for Inquiries or Information
    Customer Assistance Center, Hino Motors, Ltd.
    Telephone: 0120-106-558 (for Japan domestic call only)
    For the name of the representative, please refer to “Corporate Information” on our website.
    https://www.hino-global.com/corp/about_us/corporate_information.html

3. Anonymously Processed Information

The Company will produce anonymously processed information by taking measures stipulated by laws and regulations with respect to the Personal Information in order to prevent the identification of a specific individual or the restoration of the Personal Information and continuously utilize such information and provide it to third parties.

  • Production of Anonymously Processed Information
    The handling of anonymously processed information produced by the Company shall include the following:

    Items of Information Relating to Individual Included in Anonymously Processed Information
    • Vehicle information (vehicle number, vehicle type, date of delivery, any information on vehicle verification other than owner and user, maintenance history, etc.)
    • Information on vehicle conditions (operation information, location information, control information, failure information, etc.)

    In addition, as one example, in order to prevent individuals from being identified by accumulating information, the following non-specification processing and concealment processing will be performed:
    • Non-specification processing
      - Deletion of travel history of the departure and/or destination areas, and most consistently travelled area
      - Fusion of the location information of the target vehicle and its reception time by region and time zone, etc.
    • Concealment processing
      - Concealment of the vehicle number so that the individual cannot be identified, etc.
      - Deletion of a small amount of numbers so that individuals cannot be identified, etc.
  • Provision of Anonymously Processed Information to Third Party
    The Company may provide anonymously processed information to third parties.
    When providing anonymously processed information, the fact that the information provided is anonymously processed information shall be clearly indicated to the third party who receives the information.
    • Items of Information Relating to Individual Included in Anonymously Processed Information Provided to a Third Party
      - Please refer to “Items of Information Relating to Individual Included in Anonymous Processing Information” in (i) above.
    • Method of Provision to Third Party
      - Uploading to the destination server
       - Provision by electromagnetic recording media
  • Inquiries about Anonymously Processing Information
    For inquiries about anonymously processed information, please use the contact provided in “6. Contact Information” in the “Personal Information Protection Policy.”