Website Privacy Notice

Last modified: August 29, 2022 

Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. is committed to ensuring that your "Personal Data" (as explained below) is used fairly, lawfully, and securely and that your privacy is protected at all times. We place high importance on compliance with the applicable privacy and data protection laws and regulations, including, but not limited to the European Union (EU) Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR").

This Privacy Notice is intended to tell you how we "process" (as explained below) information about you ("Personal Data" as explained below) that you provide to us or that we collect through your use of our websites (https://www.panasonic.com/global/energy/, hereinafter "Website") or when you engage with us on social media or otherwise interact with us. It also applies if explicit reference is made to it via link or in a similar manner. Wherever we process your Personal Data and a different privacy notice is required (e.g. for other specific websites or portals), Panasonic Energy will provide a specific privacy notice. This Privacy Notice supplements other privacy notices and is not intended to override them.

This Privacy Notice explains what Personal Data we collect, store, use, disclose and transfer (hereinafter "process"), how we do it, for which purpose and what our legal bases are. It also provides you with information on your rights under the GDPR and how you can contact us if want to exercise your rights or have a complaint.

Regional Appendixes 
(1) California Consumer Privacy Act 
If you are a California resident, additional privacy notice applies to you, in accordance with the California Consumer Privacy Act. Please see Appendix in the link below. 
https://www.panasonic.com/global/energy/privacy-policy/ccpa-appendix.html 

(2) Japanese Personal Information Protection Act 
Please see Appendix in below link, in addition to this privacy notice, subject to Personal Information Protection Act for Japanese entity’s obligation. 
https://www.panasonic.com/global/energy/privacy-policy/pipa-appendix.html

Please click on the links below for further information on our privacy practices:

1. Information about us
2. What is Personal Data?
3. What Personal Data do we collect about you and how?
4. How do we use your Personal Data (purpose and legal basis)?
5. To whom do we disclose your Personal Data?
6. What do we do to keep your Personal Data secure?
7. Accessing your Personal Data and other rights you have

What are your rights?
Your rights related to Marketing Communication
Exercising your rights
Complaints

8. International Transfers
9. Data Retention ? How long we will retain your Personal Data?
10. Third-party links and products on our Services
11. Cookies
12. Children's Personal Data
13. Changes to this Privacy Notice or to your Personal Data
14. Contact Us

This Privacy Notice is issued by Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. 1-1, Matsushita-cho, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka 570-8511, JAPAN on behalf of ourselves and the Panasonic Group of Companies. The Panasonic Group of Companies consists of  Panasonic Holdings Co., Ltd., headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, as well as a number of Affiliates  can be found here https://holdings.panasonic/global/corporate/about/group-companies.html#renketsu 

In this Privacy Notice, when we refer to "Panasonic", "we", "us" or "our", this means the relevant company/companies (in the case of joint controllers) in the Panasonic Group that is/are responsible for processing your Personal Data. For Personal Data gathered via this website, this is Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd.. Where several Panasonic companies are jointly responsible for the processing of your Personal Data, you can exercise your rights against the company issuing this Privacy Notice.

For the purposes of this Privacy Notice, "Personal Data" consists of any information about an individual from which that person can, directly or indirectly, be identified. When we combine other information (i.e. information that does not, on its own, identify an individual) with Personal Data, we treat the combined information as Personal Data.

Depending upon your use of this website/our Services, see Section 4 below, and regarding our use of cookies, visit following link.
https://www.panasonic.com/global/energy/cookie-policy.html

 Panasonic Energy collects and processes some or all of the Personal Data set out in the table below, using the methods and channels also set out in the table. 

We process your Personal Data in the context of the activities and for the purposes set out in the table below and rely on one or more of the following the specified legal bases:

-Performance of a contract: Where we need to perform a contract which we are about to put in place or have put in place with you as a party, or (at your request) take steps before putting such a contract in place (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR);

-Legal obligation: Where we need to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR);

-Legitimate interests: Where we are acting in our legitimate interests, provided that they are not overridden by your fundamental rights (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). We assess our legitimate interests for processing your Personal Data and balance them against any potential impact on you. Where we rely on our legitimate interests you have the right to object to such processing at any time under the conditions set out in the GDPR; for more information on our legitimate interests or our balancing test please contact us by using the communication means set out in Section 14 below;

-Consent: Where we rely on your consent we will ask for it separately (6(1)(a) GDPR).

Please note that Panasonic Energy does not base any decision solely on automated processing including profiling that significantly affects you or has legal effects for you (Art. 22 GDPR).
Your Personal data is processed on the Website for 3 main purposes: 

• Improve your experience on the Website
• Marketing
• Facilitate campaigns/competitions

The details of them are as below.

We will not disclose your Personal Data to third parties for their own independent marketing or business purposes, unless you have given your explicit consent to do so. However, we may have to disclose your Personal Data to the following entities for the purposes we collected it as set out in Section 4 relying on the legal bases specified therein:

1. Panasonic Holdings Co., Ltd., and Affiliates
   We may need to transfer your Personal Data within the Panasonic Group of Companies to provide the Services you require or any other services/assistance you request. All companies within the Panasonic Group are required to follow the privacy practices set forth in this Privacy Notice, or another privacy policy that they may notify to you and to process your Personal Data in accordance with the applicable privacy and data protection laws and regulations.
2. Service Providers
   We use third party service providers who provide information technology and system administration services to us and help us to administer certain activities and services on our behalf and they will operate only in accordance with our instructions as data processors.
3. Channel Partners
   If you have contacted us regarding a potential sales opportunity, we may provide your Business Contact Data and Identity Data to our approved channel partners in order for to them to follow up the request for contact and further qualify your requirements.
4. Third parties when required by Law or to Protect our Business and Services
   We will disclose your Personal Data to comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies; to protect our customers (e.g. to prevent spam or attempts to defraud users of our Services); to operate and maintain the security of our Services (e.g. to prevent or stop an attack on our systems or networks); to protect the health and safety of our colleagues and others with whom we have contact; or to protect the rights or property of Panasonic, including enforcing any terms or agreements governing the use of our websites/Services.
5. Other Parties in Connection with Corporate Transactions
   We may disclose your Personal Data to a third party or within the Panasonic Group of Companies as part of a reorganisation, merger, transfer, sale, joint venture, assignment or other disposition of all or any portion of Panasonic Energy's business, assets or stock, including, without limitation, in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceeding.
6. Third party competition providers
   We may disclose your Personal Data to third party sponsors of sweepstakes, contests, free prize draws, competitions and similar promotions. These third party providers will be identified to you prior to when you enter into any competition, sweepstake, prize draw or similar promotion. In addition, we may disclose your Personal Data to delivery service providers to send prizes to you.
7. Other Parties with Your Consent or at Your Direction
   We may share Personal Data about you with third parties when you consent to or request such sharing.

The security of your Personal Data is of greatest importance to Panasonic Energy. We have put in place a range of appropriate physical and technical measures as well as robust policies and processes. The purpose thereof is to safeguard your Personal Data and to protect it against accidental or unlawful destruction or alteration, accidental loss, unauthorized disclosure or access and against other unlawful forms of processing. These measures take into account the state of the art of the technology, the costs of its implementation, the nature of the Personal Data, and the risk of the processing.

Information security, including the protection of Personal Data is organized in a global Panasonic Program called Information Security Management ("ISM"). The related aim, standards and implementation measures are organized in a globally valid Policy, and further standards and guidelines. The program and all its parts follow a strong yearly Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) approach to secure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all data (including your Personal Data) for the whole information lifecycle from collection to destruction of such information. 

What are your rights?

Your rights under the GDPR include, the right to be informed, the right to access a copy of your Personal Data, the right to request the rectification or the update of any inaccurate Personal Data we hold, and the right to request erasure of your Personal Data.

You also have the right to obtain restriction of the processing of your Personal Data, the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data at any time under the conditions set out in the GDPR, and the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing.

In addition, you have the right to data portability in certain cases. This is the right to request the return of the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to request the transmission of such personal data to a third party, without hindrance from us and subject to your own confidentiality obligations.

You also have the right to not provide consent and, where you have consented to our processing of your Personal Data, you have the right to withdraw such consent at any time without this withdrawal affecting the lawfulness of the processing prior to such withdrawal.

Your rights are further specified in Art. 7 and Chapter 3 of the GDPR and other applicable data protection legislation.

Your rights related to Marketing Communication

Where permitted under applicable law, we process your Business Contact Data, Identity Data, Marketing and Communications Data, Product/Device/Application Data and Profile and Usage Data for marketing communication purposes to send you correspondence by post, email, telephone and/or text message (such as SMS) related to Panasonic Energy products, devices and other Services in accordance with your marketing preferences. 

You have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data for these purposes. If you object and request us to stop processing your Personal Data for marketing purposes, we shall stop processing your Personal Data for those purposes. 

You also may opt-out from receiving electronic communications from us. If you don't want to receive marketing communication from Panasonic Energy, please update your email and contact preferences in your Account or click "Unsubscribe" from any marketing or promotional email you receive from us. 

Exercising your rights

If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, then please contact us by using the communication means set out in Section 14 below. 

Complaints

If you are not satisfied with how we process your Personal Data, then please contact us by using the communication means below in Section 14 or alternatively file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority:
- EEA/EU authorities: Members | European Data Protection Board (europa.eu)
- United Kingdom (UK): Make a complaint | ICO

Where we transfer your Personal Data to recipients located outside of the European Economic Area ("EEA") we ensure that your Personal Data remains protected by transferring it only to countries that offer an adequate level of protection as recognised by the European Commission such as e.g. Japan and the United Kingdom and/or by using the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission and where required putting supplementary measures in place to afford your Personal Data with essentially the same level of protection it has in the EEA. 

In the same way, if we transfer your Personal Data outside of Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, or the UK, we will ensure that your Personal Data remains protected in line with the requirements set out in the applicable data protection legislation.

You may request additional information in this respect and obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguards we provide for through sending a request to the contact indicated in Section 14.

We will only retain your Personal Data for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it has been collected. This includes the purposes of fulfilling our contract with you, satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting, reporting obligation we are subject to and the establishment and defence of legal claims.

Our websites, services may contain links to third party websites, plug-ins and applications such as YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook. These linked websites and applications are not under Panasonic Energy's control and we are not responsible for their privacy practices or the content of any linked websites and applications. If you choose to use any third party website or application, Personal Data collected by the third party's website or application will be controlled by the privacy policy of that third party. We strongly recommend that you take the time to review the privacy policies of any third parties to which you provide Personal Data.

For information on what cookies are, how Panasonic Energy and other third parties use cookies and similar technologies, and for details of how cookies can be disabled, please see our Cookie Policy.
https://www.panasonic.com/global/energy/cookie-policy.html

This Website is not intended for children (anyone under the age of 16 years) and we do not knowingly collect or try to collect Personal Data from or about children. 

It also is important that you check back often for updates to the Privacy Notice, as we may change it from time to time. The "Date last updated" Section  at the top of this page states when this Privacy Notice was last updated and any changes will become effective upon our posting of the revised Privacy Notice. 

We will provide additional notice to you if these changes are material by adding a statement to this website or by sending you a notification through any relevant Services or email. 

We encourage you to review the Privacy Notice whenever you access the Services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.It is important to us that the Personal Data we hold about you is accurate and up-to-date at all times. If any of the Personal Data we hold about you changes, please keep us informed. 

If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your Personal Data or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:
Corporate Website : privacy_pec@gg.jp.panasonic.com
Consumer Battery Global Webpages : panasonic_eneloop@gg.jp.panasonic.com

If you have questions about Data Protection in Europe, please contact us at:

Panasonic Business Support Europe GmbH
The Data Protection Officer
Hagenauerstrasse 43
D-65203 Wiesbaden
or by e-mail: Data_Protection@eu.panasonic.com

Please note that Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH acts as Representative of the data controller (Art. 27 GDPR) if you reside in a member state of the European Economic Area.

If you have any questions about Data Protection in the United Kingdom (UK), please contact us at:

UK Legal Department
Panasonic Business Support Europe GmbH (UK branch)
Maxis 2, Western Road,
Bracknell, Berkshire,
RG12 1RT
or by e-mail: UKLegal@eu.panasonic.com