**Privacy Policy for Asahi Accounting Solutions**
Asahi Accounting Solutions ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals who interact with our site and use our services. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information about you when you visit our site, use our services, or otherwise interact with us. We are located at 1-1-1 Marunouchi, Floor 20, Tokyo, Tokyo, 100-0005 Japan.
**Information We Collect**
We collect several types of information from and about users of our service, including:
* **Information You Provide to Us:** We collect information that you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you request a quote, fill out a form on our site, contact us with questions or feedback, or otherwise communicate with us. This information may include your name, company name, job title, contact information (such as phone number and email address), and any other information you choose to provide.
* **Information We Collect Automatically:** When you access or use our online platform, we automatically collect certain information, including:
* **Log Data:** We collect log data, which may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, and the dates and times of your interactions.
* **Device Information:** We collect information about the device you use to access our site, including the device type, operating system, and unique device identifiers.
* **Cookies and Similar Technologies:** We use cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activity. You can control the use of cookies through your browser settings.
* **Information We Collect from Other Sources:** We may collect information about you from publicly available sources, third-party data providers, and our business partners.
**How We Use Your Information**
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
* **Providing and Improving Our Services:** We use your information to provide, maintain, and improve our services, including our financial audits, internal audits, tax compliance, forensic accounting, risk management, and advisory services.
* **Communicating with You:** We use your information to communicate with you, including responding to your inquiries, providing updates about our services, and sending you marketing communications.
* **Personalizing Your Experience:** We use your information to personalize your experience on our site and to tailor the content and information we provide to you.
* **Analyzing and Understanding Usage:** We use your information to analyze and understand how our site and services are used, and to identify trends and patterns.
* **Protecting Our Rights and Interests:** We use your information to protect our rights and interests, including detecting, preventing, and responding to fraud, security incidents, and other harmful activity.
* **Complying with Legal Obligations:** We use your information to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
**How We Share Your Information**
We may share your information with the following categories of recipients:
* **Service Providers:** We share your information with third-party service providers who assist us with providing and improving our services, such as hosting providers, payment processors, and marketing automation platforms.
* **Business Partners:** We may share your information with our business partners, such as accounting software providers, for joint marketing efforts or to provide integrated services.
* **Legal Authorities:** We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required to do so by law or legal process.
* **Affiliates:** We may share your information with our affiliates and subsidiaries.
* **Other Users:** Information posted publicly may be available to other users of our online platform.
* **With Your Consent:** We may share your information with other parties with your consent.
**Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR)**
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for processing your personal data depends on the specific context in which we collect it. Generally, we process your personal data on the following bases:
* **Your Consent:** We may process your personal data based on your consent, such as when you sign up to receive our newsletter or provide us with your contact information.
* **Performance of a Contract:** We may process your personal data when it is necessary to perform a contract with you, such as when you engage us to provide financial auditing services.
* **Legitimate Interests:** We may process your personal data when it is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as improving our services, conducting marketing activities, and protecting our legal rights. We only rely on our legitimate interests where those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
* **Compliance with a Legal Obligation:** We may process your personal data when it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, such as responding to a court order or regulatory request.
**Your Rights**
You have certain rights regarding your personal data, including the following:
* **Right to Access:** You have the right to access the personal data we hold about you.
* **Right to Rectification:** You have the right to have inaccurate or incomplete personal data corrected.
* **Right to Erasure:** You have the right to have your personal data erased in certain circumstances.
* **Right to Restriction of Processing:** You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
* **Right to Data Portability:** You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.
* **Right to Object:** You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
* **Right to Withdraw Consent:** If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
* **Right to Lodge a Complaint:** You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that we have violated your rights.
To exercise your rights, please contact us at the address provided above.
**Data Security**
We take reasonable measures to protect your information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
**Data Retention**
We will retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
**International Data Transfers**
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of your country of residence, including Japan. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. We will take appropriate safeguards to ensure that your information is protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
**Children's Privacy**
Our service is not directed to children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 16, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.
**Updates to this Privacy Policy**
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our site and update the date at the top of this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices.
**Contact Us**
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Asahi Accounting Solutions 1-1-1 Marunouchi, Floor 20 Tokyo, Tokyo, 100-0005 Japan