PRIVACY POLICY

NEXEL Partners (Partnership) and Bengoshi Hojin NEXEL Partners (Legal Professional Corporation) (collectively, "NEXEL Partners" or “we”) will handle personal information in compliance with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information ("Personal Information Protection Act"), and other related laws and regulations. In addition to complying with the Personal Information Protection Act, we will strive to handle personal information in an appropriate manner in accordance with the privacy policy set forth below.

1. Name, Address and Name of Representative: Name: NEXEL Partners (Partnership) / Bengoshi Hojin NEXEL Partners (Legal Professional Corporation)
Address: Mita-Kokusai Bldg. 22F, 1-4-28, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073 Japan
Representative: Hiroki Narukawa, Representative Member

2. Acquisition of Personal Information: We will acquire personal information by legitimate and appropriate means to the extent necessary to achieve the purpose of use.

3. Purpose of Use of Personal Information: We will use personal information only within the scope of the following purposes, except in cases as permitted by law:
(1) Performing legal and intellectual property-related services
(2) Sending information on lectures, seminars, and other events
(3) Sending information on publications, articles and other legal information
(4) Sending and transmitting greeting cards and New Year's cards, etc.
(5) Selecting and communicating with candidate attorneys, patent attorneys, staff members, etc. or trainees, and managing personnel after recruitment
(6) Responding to various inquiries
(7) Other purposes incidental to the above

4. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties: We will not provide personal information to third parties without the consent of the individual, except as required by law.

5. Sharing of Personal Information: Within the scope of the purposes of use stated in "3. Purposes of Use of Personal Information" above, NEXEL Partners (Partnership) and Bengoshi Hojin NEXEL Partners (Legal Professional Corporation) may mutually share personal information such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and other contact information of individuals and all other personal information they hold. In this case, the person responsible for the management of personal information is Bengoshi Hojin NEXEL Partners (Refer to "1. Name, Address and Name of Representative" for the address and name of the representative).

6. Security Measures: We will take necessary and appropriate measures to prevent leakage, loss, or damage of personal information. In addition, we will exercise necessary and appropriate supervision over attorneys, patent attorneys, and staff members to ensure the safe management of personal information, and when all or part of the handling of personal information is entrusted to a third party, we will exercise necessary and appropriate supervision over the entrusted party.

7. Procedures for Disclosure, Correction, Suspension of Use, etc.: When we receive a request from an individual whose personal information is held by us regarding the disclosure, correction, addition, deletion, suspension of use, elimination, suspension of provision to a third party, or notification of the purpose of use of personal information under the Personal Information Protection Act, we will respond to the request in good faith in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act after confirming that the request is from the individual or his/her representative. For more information, please contact "8. Contact for Inquiries."

8. Contact for Inquiries: For questions regarding the handling of personal information, requests for disclosure of personal information, and other inquiries regarding the handling of personal information, please contact below.
Address: Mita-Kokusai Bldg. 22F, 1-4-28, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073 Japan
E-mail: info@nslaw.org
Attention To: Contact for Personal Information Inquiries

9. Amendment to Privacy Policy: We will review the handling of personal information from time to time and strive to continuously improve them, and we may amend this Privacy Policy as necessary. We will post the amended version on our website upon amendment.