ScienceEdge Inc. respects your privacy and is committed to collecting, using and protecting your personal information appropriately. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, share and use personal information about you and how you can exercise your privacy rights.

What data do we collect?

ScienceEdge collects the following data:

• Personal information such as your contact details (name, surname, email address, phone number, etc.), the name and address of your organization (company, university, research institute, etc.) and your business title, etc.
• Personal information concerning online activities and devices used (IP address, device type, geographic location, webpages accessed, links clicked, emails opened, etc.).

How do we collect your data?

You provide ScienceEdge most of the data we collect directly. We collect data and process data when you:

• Provide information voluntarily face-to-face, by email or by completing an online form.
• Visit our website, click links or open emails (using cookies and similar tracking technology).

ScienceEdge may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:

• Google analytics, marketing services such as marketing automation, social media, business information providers, our distributors and sales representatives.

How do we use your data?

ScienceEdge collects your data so that we can:

• Contact you and provide required information, enter into agreements (such as sales and service agreements, research collaboration, employee agreements, etc.) and provide our products and services.
• Send you marketing emails, brochures, and other marketing materials about products and services you may be interested in. You have the right to opt out of these marketing communications at any time.
• Deepen our understanding of your interests by processing your personal information (purchasing history, communication history, online activities, etc.) and improve the quality and relevance of our marketing communications.

With whom do we share your personal information?

ScienceEdge may disclose your personal information to the following categories of recipients.

• Third party service providers who provide us with data processing services (Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution providers, Marketing Automation (MA) solution providers, cloud hosting services and payment service providers) or who otherwise process personal information for purposes that are described in this Privacy Notice or notified to you when we collect your personal information.
• Any competent law enforcement body, regulatory authority, government agency, court or other third party when we believe disclosure is necessary (i) under an applicable law or regulation, (ii) to exercise, establish or defend our legal rights, or (iii) to protect your vital interests or those of another person.
• Actual or potential buyers (and their agents and advisers) in connection with any actual or proposed change of control, assignment, transfer, purchase, merger or acquisition of all or any part of our business, provided that we inform the buyer it must use your personal information only for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Notice.
• Any other person having obtained your consent to the disclosure.

How do we store your data?

ScienceEdge uses appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the personal information that we collect, store and process. These measures are designed to reduce the risk of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction of personal information. Your personal information is only accessible by a limited number of people who have special access rights to such systems. While we make reasonable efforts to protect your personal information, it is not possible to guarantee 100% security in all circumstances.

What are your data protection rights?

Everybody has the following data protection rights.

• The right to request ScienceEdge to provide a copy of your personal information. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
• The right to request ScienceEdge to complete, correct, update or delete your personal information.
• The right to object to the processing of your personal information and to ask us to restrict processing of your personal information.
• The right to request that ScienceEdge transfers the data that we have collected to another organization.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the following details:

• You also have the right to opt-out of marketing communications we send you at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” or by sending an email or calling us by phone.

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

We use cookies and similar tracking technology to collect and use your personal information, including your IP address, device type, unique device identification numbers, browser-type and broad geographic location. We also collect information about the pages you access and links you click. We use this information for our internal analytics purposes and to improve the quality and relevance of our marketing communications with you.

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies used on our website.

• Strictly necessary cookies — These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Cookies that allow web shops to hold your items in your cart while you are shopping online are an example of strictly necessary cookies. These cookies will generally be first-party session cookies.
• Functionality cookies — These cookies allow a website to remember choices you have made in the past, like what language you prefer, what region you would like weather reports for or what your user name and password are.
• Performance cookies — These cookies collect information about how you use a website, such as which pages you visit and which links you click on. Their sole purpose is to improve website functions. They include the cookies of third-party analytics services.
• Marketing cookies — These cookies track your online activity to help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising or to limit how many times you see an ad. These are persistent cookies and almost always of third-party provenance.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies. The website above tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, if you do this, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy notices of other websites

Our website contains links to other websites. Our privacy notice applies only to our website. If you click on a link to another website, you should read its privacy notice.

Changes to our privacy notice

ScienceEdge keeps its privacy notice under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy notice was last updated on 10th May, 2022.

How to contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of your personal information, please contact us using the following details:

• Contact form: Contact Form
• Email address: info@scienceedge.com
• Telephone number: +81-53-570-4878
• Postal address: 1335-1 Yokosuka, Hamakita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 434-0036 Japan