privacy

Arealink Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, the “Company”) understands that protecting the personal information of its customers and other related parties is an important task as the Company is in possession of personal information concerning the business activities related to various services it provides, and has established the following policy for handling personal information.

The Company shall properly acquire, use, and provide personal information within the scope of the predetermined purposes of use. The Company shall not handle personal information beyond the scope necessary to achieve those purposes (use beyond the intended purpose) and shall implement measures to that end.

The Company shall handle personal information in a lawful and appropriate manner in compliance with the Personal Information Protection Act and other relevant laws and ordinances, guidelines prepared by the Personal Information Protection Commission and other rules as well as this Privacy Policy.

The Company shall implement the necessary and appropriate preventive and corrective measures to prevent unauthorized access to, leakage, loss, or damage of personal information, and to otherwise ensure its security.

The Company will promptly address complaints and inquiries regarding its personal information protection management system in accordance with internal regulations while respecting the rights of the individual(s) concerned.

The Company shall continuously review and improve its personal information protection management system by conducting daily checks of its operations, providing regular training to employees, and performing internal audits.

Arealink Co., Ltd
Yoshika Suzuki, Representative Director and President (CEO)
Date of Establishment:March 20, 2005
Date of Revision:June 30, 2025

The Company will use the personal information of customers and other related parties within the scope of the following business activities and purposes of use, or within the scope of purposes of use that are evident from the acquisition circumstances.

• Self-storage business (operations related to operation and management of rental storage spaces [indoor self storage units, outdoor containers, building-type self storage units] and garages;　operations related to design, construction, supervision, and commissioned work on construction works; manufacturing and sales of containers and storage spaces, etc.)
• Real estate sales and asset Business (leased land business; parking lot business; operations related to real estate sales, leasing, brokerage, management, and consulting, operations related to selling, leasing, and management of parking equipment and other movable assets, etc.)
• Office Business (operations related to rental offices, etc.)
• Any other operations incidental or related to the above businesses and operations
• General administrative operations (including operations such as management and administration, planning, human resource affairs, general administration, financial affairs, accounting, public relations, legal affairs, and labor service affairs of each of the foregoing businesses)

• To fulfill the Company’s obligations or exercise the Company’s rights in contracts concerning products or services in the Company’s business.
• To conduct operations of making reservations or submitting applications as well as concluding contracts for products or services in the Company’s business (including procedures for screening, etc. and other various responses.)
• To conduct operations related to payment settlement for products or services in the Company’s business (billing, refund, payment, etc. and related clerical work.)
• To manage contracts, provide after-sales service, and offer support for products or services in connection with the Company’s business.
• To conduct maintenance, preservation, repair or emergency response work on the Company’s facilities or facilities the Company manages.
• To conduct management of transactions or contracts or to create contacts concerning transactions or contracts.
• To improve the quality of products or services in the Company’s business or for planning or research and development of such.
• To offer guidance, provide or manage other products or services the Company handles.*If you do not wish to receive information about the Company’s other products and services, you may contact us to stop receiving such communications.
• To offer guidance, operate or manage various events, campaigns or prize giveaways related to the Company’s business or to provide various information.
• To conduct questionnaires or surveys, analyze customer segments, customer demands, etc. concerning products or services of the Company or to conduct other market research.
• For e-mail distribution services or to ship printed publications.
• To verify personal identification or to conduct credit checks.
• To improve the quality of call handling or other skills, to prevent problems or to respond to inquiries, requests for material or other requests, etc.
  *After you provide your personal information to the Company, we may send you information about our products and services via email or other means.
• To ensure safety within the Company’s facilities and facilities managed by the Company.
• To manage shareholders or to make appropriate contact with shareholders based on the Companies Act, etc. or to fulfill the Company’s obligations, etc.
• For human resource or labor service affairs, training or other employment management, welfare programs, or to make various responses incidental to these.
• To respond to various matters related to recruitment activities.
• To perform other duties incidental to or related to the foregoing items.

The Company shall not provide obtained personal information to third parties (excluding contractors, successors in business due to merger or other reasons) without the prior consent of the customer or other related parties, except as otherwise permitted by the Act on the Protection of Personal Information or other relevant laws and ordinances.

The Company may provide personal data to contractors (business partners) when outsourcing some of its operations within the scope required for achieving the utilization purposes to conduct its operations in a smooth manner and to provide products or services to its customers. In such cases, the Company shall appropriately manage and supervise contractors including conclusion of contracts with contractors regarding handling of personal information.

Upon receiving a request from an individual, through the designated method, regarding the notification of the purpose of use, disclosure, correction, addition, deletion, suspension of use, erasure, suspension of provision to third parties, or disclosure of records of provision to third parties (hereinafter, the “Disclosure, etc.”) concerning personal data held by the Company, the Company will, after verifying the identity of the individual concerned, respond within a reasonable period and scope in accordance with laws and regulations and the Company’s internal regulations.  For details on specific methods to submit a request for Disclosure, etc., please refer to “5. Where to Submit Requests for Disclosure, etc.” in the “Notice Concerning Held Personal Data or Records of Third-Party Provision” section below before contacting us.

Providing personal information is voluntary. However, please be advised that if you do not provide the necessary information, you may not be able to use certain services.

Cookies are a mechanism for storing data about customers’ browsing history on their computer. Please note that the information contained in cookies is limited to data regarding access to this Website and other websites, and does not include personal information such as names, addresses, email addresses, or phone numbers. Therefore, customers cannot be personally identified from the information stored in cookies.

1. To analyze and understand customer usage patterns in order to provide better service to customers.
2. To determine the source of traffic (where visitors came from to reach this Website).
   The services used on this website are as follows.

Additionally, the services used on this Website are as follows:

• Google Analitics
• A8.net

The Company may use Google Ads Enhanced Conversions to deliver advertisements tailored to customers’ interests and preferences, as well as to improve the accuracy of advertising effectiveness measurement. For this purpose, the Company may provide customers’ personal information (such as hashed email addresses, phone numbers, and addresses) to Google LLC, the service provider. Please see below for Google’s policies and terms, as well as the measures implemented for personal information protection in Google Ads.

• Google Policies and Terms
• Google Customer Data Policy

The service provider, Google LLC, is located in the United States (California). Please see below for the status of personal information systems in the United States federal government and the State of California.

• United States of America (Federal)
• United States of America (California)

If you wish to prevent Google from using Enhanced Conversions for your ads, please follow the opt-out procedure on the following Google site.

• Opting Out of Google Ads

Arealink Co., Ltd
Yoshika Suzuki, Representative Director and President (CEO)
Floor 20, North Wing, Akihabara UDX Bldg., 14-1 Sotokanda 4-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0021

General Manager, Administration Division (Contact Information Phone:03-3526-8556 / Email:info@arealink.co.jp)

As stated in “1. Purpose of Use of Personal Information” in the preceding section “Handling of Personal Information”.

The Company has taken the following security management measures to protect held personal data. For more details regarding security management measures, please contact the Company’s inquiry desk.

1. To ensure the proper handling of personal data, we have established and are implementing a basic policy and regulations concerning personal information.
2. The Company has established a personal information protection system for handling personal data and has appointed an officer responsible.
3. The Company will ensure that all employees are aware of and understand the importance of personal information protection, provide regular training, and obtain confidentiality agreements.
4. The Company will control the access of employees and visitors to areas where personal data is handled. The Company will establish the appropriate operational rules for media and other items that handle personal data and take measures to prevent theft and loss.
5. We have taken measures to prevent unauthorized external access by minimizing the number of users of information systems that handle personal information databases and similar resources.
6. When handling personal data outside Japan, the Company will take the appropriate security measures after ascertaining the personal information protection system of the relevant country.

The Company will respond to requests for Disclosure, etc., without delay.

< Where to Submit Requests for Disclosure, etc.>

Please contact the “Privacy Policy Inquiry Desk ” listed in the “Privacy Policy” section.
Please review the following regarding how to request Disclosure, etc.

1. Handling fee
   For notifications or disclosures regarding the purpose of use, a fee of ￥1,100 will be charged.
2. Where special procedures are prescribed by law, such procedures shall be followed.
3. The Company may not be able to respond to requests for Disclosure, etc., in the following cases.
   • When there is a risk of harm to the life, body, or property of the individual or a third party
   • When there is a risk of encouraging or provoking illegal or improper conduct
   • When there is a risk of jeopardizing national security, damaging trust with other countries or international organizations, or being disadvantaged in negotiations with other countries or international organizations
   • When there is a risk that it may hinder crime prevention, suppression, or investigation, or otherwise interfere with public safety and maintaining order
   • When there is a need to cooperate with national agencies or local governments in performing duties prescribed by laws and regulations, and notifying the individual of the purpose of use or publicly disclosing it could potentially impede the performance of such duties
   • When there is a risk of harming the Company’s rights or legitimate interests
   • When there is a risk of causing significant disruption to the proper conduct of the Company’s operations
   • In the event that it would violate laws and regulations
   • The subject of corrections, etc., is not factual information but information concerning evaluations, etc.

The Company shall review the content of the privacy policy in a timely manner in order to improve the handling of personal information and may revise all or part of the content as needed. In such cases, the privacy policy after revision shall be applied from the date of announcement of the revised version. Furthermore, any revisions will also be announced on the Company’s website when an important change is made to the policy.