Privacy Policy

Last updated on April 1, 2022

1. Introduction

EcoRing Japan, EcoRing Hong Kong Limited, EcoRing Thailand Co., Ltd., and EcoRing Singapore Pte. Ltd. ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This EcoRing Privacy Policy ("Policy") describes the categories of Personal Data we process in connection with your use of this Website “https://www.ecoauc.com/ ” ("Website") and the services, features or content we offer ("Services"), the purposes for which Personal Data is collected, the parties with whom we share it, the security measures we take to protect your data. It also informs you about your rights and choices with respect to your Personal Data, and how you can contact us to inquire about our data protection practices. Please read this Policy carefully. In the event you disagree with any provision in this Policy, please do not use our Website or provide any Personal Data. This Policy may change from time to time, for more information about Policy amendments see Section 9 below.

2. Data Controller and Data Protection Contact Point

For the purpose of this Policy

EcoRing, Japan ("EcoRing")
213 Ebisu, Shikamaku, Himeji, Hyogo
672-8057, Japan

is responsible for the processing of your Personal Data as Data Controller.
We have set up a Data Protection Contact Point that will handle any questions or requests you may have concerning this Policy, your Personal Data, and its processing.
For any questions, requests or complaints concerning the application of this Policy or for exercising your rights, as described in this Policy, you can contact us at the Data Protection Contact Point

Data Protection Contact Point
Email: soumu@eco-ring.com
Department: Personal Information Desk, General Affairs Department
EcoRing, Japan
213 Ebisu, Shikamaku, Himeji, Hyogo
672-8057, Japan

3. Personal Data We Collect About You and How We Collect It

"Personal Data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

When visiting our Website you have the option to provide us with Personal Data relating to you. Additionally, when you use our Services we automatically collect certain information about you and your internet usage. The specific categories of Personal Data concerned and the sources from which we obtain them are linked to the way you interact with our Website and Services. More information about the categories of Personal Data and the ways in which we collect it are described below.

(1) Personal Data You Give to Us

Our Website offer you the possibility to contact us via phone call or email, or otherwise provide information directly to us. The Personal Data thereby collected includes

●Identification data: name, title, address (private and/or professional), telephone number (residential, business);
●Personal characteristics: occupation and nationality;
●Contact information: email address
●Bank Account Information: Bank Name, SWIFT Code, ABA Routing Number, Account Number

(2) Personal Data We Automatically Collect

As you navigate through our Website, we use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain Personal Data about your device, browsing activity, and patterns, including:

●Log usage data of your visits to our Website, including technical session and connection information, resources that you access, traffic data, location data, date and time of access and frequency;
●Personal Data about your computer and internet connection, hardware and software, including your IP address, operating system, host domain, browser type, language settings, web pages you viewed on our Website, search terms and times of your visit; and
●Details of referring Website (URL) and web pages you visited prior to ours.

(3) Cookies Used On Our Website

We use cookies, beacons and similar technologies on our Website. Cookies are small data files that are stored on a user's computer for record keeping purposes. We use them in public areas of our Website.

Our Website use single-session (temporary) and multi-session (persistent) cookies. Temporary cookies last only as long as your web browser is open, and are used for technical purposes such as enabling better navigation on our Website. Once you close your browser, the cookie disappears. Persistent cookies are stored on your computer for longer periods and are used for purposes which include tracking the number of unique visitors to our Website and Personal Data such as the number of views a page gets, how much time a user spends on a page, and other pertinent web statistics. This Personal Data identifies your browser to our servers when you visit the Website.

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If users prefer, they can usually choose to set their browsers to remove and reject cookies. In some cases, removing or rejecting cookies may affect certain features or services on our Website. If you want to disable the use of cookies or remove them from your computer, you can disable or delete them at any time using your browser (consult your browser's "Help" menu to learn how to delete cookies).

(4) Privacy Policies of Other Websites

The Our Company website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

4. For Which Purposes We Process Your Personal Data and on What Legal Bases

We will only process your Personal Data for specific, explicit and legitimate purposes. We will not process your Personal Data for any further purposes than the ones the data was originally intended for, unless the new purpose is compatible with the original one. In the absence of compatibility, the processing of Personal Data for further purposes is subject to your prior explicit consent.

The purposes for which we process your Personal Data based on your consent are below;

●To respond to your enquiries (such as registration as a member of our auction),
●To respond to your opinions and requests, and
●To send products purchased at auctions held by us.

5. How Long Do We Keep Your Personal Data

We will not retain your Personal Data for longer than is allowed under the applicable data protection laws or for longer that is necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was originally collected or otherwise processed.

In the absence of statutory retention periods, alternatively after completion of those periods, we will erase your Personal Data. Further, we will erase your Personal Data where one of the following applies: (i) when you withdraw your consent (where lawfulness of processing was based on your consent) and there is no other legal ground for the processing; (ii) when you object to the processing and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing; (iii) when your Personal Data has been unlawfully processed; and (iv) when it is necessary to comply with legal obligations.

6. Disclosure of Personal Data

For the purposes for which we collect your Personal Data, we may disclose it to the following categories of recipients

a) Within our organisations

●Our authorised staff members;

b) Third party business partners

●Advertising, marketing and promotional agencies: to help us deliver and analyze the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and promotions; and/or
●Business partners: our franchisees that may use your Personal Data to provide you with the services and/or the products you requested.

c) Other third parties

●when required by law or as lawfully necessary to protect EcoRing (i) to comply with the law, requests from authorities, court orders, legal procedures; (ii) to verify or enforce compliance with EcoRing's policies and agreements; and/or (iii) to protect the rights, property or safety of EcoRing and/or its customers.
●in connection with corporate transactions: in the context of a transfer or divestiture of all or a portion of its business, or otherwise in connection with a merger, consolidation, change in control, reorganisation or liquidation of all or part of EcoRing's business.

7. International Data Transfers

International data transfers refer to transfers of Personal Data outside of the European Economic Area ("EEA"). We include a company in Japan. Accordingly, our business requires the transfer of Personal Data to and from third parties, which may be located outside the EEA. We will only transfer Personal Data to countries that provide for an adequate data protection standard meeting the requirements as set out by the European Commission. Data transfers to countries not meeting that threshold will only occur in accordance with international data transfer agreements based on EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

8. Your Rights with Regard to Your Personal Data

We want to be as transparent as possible with you, so that you can make meaningful choices about how you want us to use your Personal Data.
We remind you that you can at any time exercise certain data protection rights

●The right to request access to your Personal Data, which includes the right to obtain confirmation from us as to whether or not Personal Data concerning you is being processed, and where that is the case, access to the Personal Data and information related to how it is processed. You may always contact us at the Data Protection Contact Point (see section 2 "Data Controller and Data Protection Contact Point") to find out what Personal Data we have concerning you and its origin.
●The right to rectification or erasure of your Personal Data, which includes the right to have incomplete Personal Data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement, certain rights to request us to erase your Personal Data without undue delay.
●The right to restrict or object to processing concerning your Personal Data, which includes restricting us from continuing to process your Personal Data under certain circumstances (e.g., where you contest the accuracy of your Personal Data, processing is unlawful, your Personal Data is no longer needed for the purposes of processing, or you have otherwise objected to processing related to automated individual decision-making).
●The right to data portability, which includes certain rights to have your Personal Data transmitted from us to another controller.
●Where data processing is based on your consent, the right to withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before your withdrawal.
●The right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
Any requests related to the above rights can be made by sending an email to the Data Protection Contact Point listed above.

9. Amendments to This Policy

We reserve the right to amend this Policy from time to time consistent with applicable data protection laws and regulations. Any changes to this Policy will be posted on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat your Personal Data, we will notify you through a new version of this Policy on the website home page. The date this Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page.