The Company recognizes the confidentiality of personal information and is committed to properly managing your information in keeping with applicable laws and regulations for the protection of your personal data, and to taking appropriate safety measures in order to further build the public’s confidence in SMC. We provide thorough instruction to our employees in the proper and safe management of your personal information.

Privacy Policy

1. 1. Purpose of Use of Personal Information
2. 2. Defnition and Collection of Personal Information
3. 3. Management of Personal Information
4. 4. Shared use of Personal Information
5. 5. Provision of Personal Information to third parties
6. 6. Regarding Cookies
7. 7. Contact address for Personal Information

1. Purpose of Use of Personal Information

The personal information that is provided by customers on this website via registration forms or e-mails for CAD data downloads, e-mail magazine subscriptions, inquiries about products or technical matters, seminar applications, etc., is used by the Company to improve our products and services and to operate this website. Our sales staff may offer you products or service based on the personal information you provide.

2. Definition and Collection of Personal Information

Personal Information refers to any information that may be used to uniquely identify an individual, such as a first and last name, a company name, an e-mail address, a telephone number, a home address, etc. The Company obtains the minimum amount of personal information necessary for conducting business in a proper and fair manner.

3. Management of Personal Information

SMC takes adequate measures for security such as the development of provisions for information handling, the implementation of safety control measures, etc. to prevent leakage, loss, damage, etc. of the personal information provided by our customers and to ensure safe management of this information. Also, when the Company engages any third party to deal with our personal information, before we provide any information to the third party we perform the necessary and proper investigations of the company such as checking their system of information management, etc.

4. Shared use of Personal Information

Sales persons from our distributors or selective distributors may offer you our products or services based on the personal information provided by you.

5. Provision of Personal Information to third parties

The Company may provide the personal information collected from our customers, to the extent necessary to provide our services, to our associated companies or dealers who sell our products and are indispensable for provision of our services. Except in such cases, we will not disclose your personal information to any third parties without your consent.

6. Regarding Cookies

Cookies are data files that are sent from websites browsed and are stored on PCs (terminals) by the Web Browser. They enable identification of your computer. We may use the data of which web pages were visited that is collected via cookies in combination with the personal information. Some types of browsers can disable the function of cookies. However, in such cases, you may not be able to use part of the service of this site.

7. Contact address for Personal Information

Any inquiries or complaints regarding our company's handling of Personal Information (including requests in relation to disclosure/nondisclosure, use, etc.) should be made to the following contact person. We can disclose to you the personal information that was provided by you to the Company and that is maintained by the Company.

(Contact address)
SMC Corporation,
Sales Promotion Division
Mail　to : smcworld@smcjpn.co.jp
Disclosed date: Aug. 24, 2006