privacy

Thank you for visiting the privacy page of Araki International IP&Law (“Araki International”). On this page, you will find the following policies, which explain how we collect and handle your personal data.

・Privacy Policy
・Privacy Policy for Europe
・Cookie Policy

When handling personal information, Araki International IP&Law (“Araki International”) complies with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information of Japan (“APPI”) and other applicable laws and regulations.

Araki International shall collect personal information properly and lawfully pursuant to the APPI and other applicable laws and regulations within the purpose of use of such personal information.

Araki International shall use personal information within the following purposes and shall not use personal information for any other purposes without the consent of the data subject except as otherwise provided for by laws or ordinances or unless such purpose of use is separately notified or announced.

・To provide legal services
・To provide information concerning our services, publications, seminars and other events, legal information including client alerts and publications, and to send season’s greetings and other related notices
・To respond to inquiries
・To recruit attorneys, experts and staff, to communicate with these candidates in course of the recruitment, and to conduct human resource management and education
・Any other purposes incidental to the above purposes.

Araki International shall take necessary and proper measures to prevent unauthorized access to, improper disclosure, loss or unauthorized or unlawful destruction of personal information. It shall properly supervise its employees in its handling of personal information. When it entrusts the handling of personal information to any third party, it shall supervise and monitor such third party to ensure the safe management of personal information.
Furthermore, when handling personal information outside Japan, Araki International will implement security measures after understanding the personal information protection systems in the countries and regions where the personal information is handled.

Araki International shall not provide personal data to any third party without obtaining the consent of the data subject except as otherwise provided for by laws or ordinances.
In addition, when providing personal data to third parties outside Japan, Araki International will take necessary measures in accordance with the provisions of the APPI and other relevant laws and regulations.

If any person requests to give notification of the purpose of the use of, disclose, correct, add, delete or suspend the use of, or cancel or discontinue of providing to any third party, his/her personal information, upon verification of such person who made the request as the person of the relevant personal information, it shall respond to such request properly in accordance with the APPI.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: info@arakiplaw.com
Or write to us at:
Araki International IP&Law
254, Shin-Tokyo Building, 3-3-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan

We keep this privacy policy under regular review and place any updates on this web page.

This Privacy Policy for Europe will explain how Araki International IP&Law (“Araki International”, “we”, “our”, and “us”) processes the personal data we collect from you in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom (collectively, the “European Countries”).
This Privacy Policy for Europe applies to the personal data of data subjects in the European Countries that we collect, process, and use.

・Personal identification and contact information of existing and/or potential clients, business partners, job applicants, users of our websites, alumni, and/or attendees of events hosted by us (name, email address, phone number, company name, address, title, department and position, signature, nationality, birth date, gender, face photograph, etc.)
・Financial and payment details (bank account and other necessary data including credit/debit card numbers and other related billing information)
・Information we receive in connection with the employment
・Information we received from job applicants 
・Information about your use of our websites (cookies, access logs, Web Beacons and other end-user data, etc.)
・Your communication and instructions to us, etc. through inquiries or otherwise

・To provide legal services
・To provide information concerning our services, publications, seminars and other events, legal information including client alerts and publications, and to send season’s greetings and other related notices or any other marketing purposes
・To respond to inquiries
・To recruit attorneys, experts and staff, to communicate with these candidates in course of the recruitment, and to conduct human resource management and education
・To comply with legal and regulatory obligations
・To maintain and/or analyze the performance of our website
・Any other purposes incidental to the above purposes

We directly collect and your personal data through the following:
・Communication in course of the representation
・Asking questions and sending messages or enquiries to us
・Registration of your information as an attendant to our events or recipient of our newsletter, or filling out of any other forms
・Application for a job position
・Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies
We may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:
・Our business partners, social media or any other service provider such as companies co-hosting events

We collect and process your personal data on the following legal basis:
・Contractual performance:
We may need to process your personal data to perform the contract we enter into with you and/or the legal service you required.
・Legal obligations:
We may need to process your personal data to comply with legal and regulatory obligations under the applicable laws to which we are subject.
・Legitimate interests:
The process of your personal data may be necessary for legitimate interests pursued by us or a third-party, provided that such interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
・Consent:
We may obtain your consent to process your personal data if it is required.

We may share your personal data with the following categories of recipients.
・Third parties including service providers such as external professional advisors we retain in course of or in connection with our legal services;
・Any relevant party such as competent authorities, law enforcement agency, or court, to the extent necessary for us to provide our professional services you requested or comply with applicable law or regulation; and
・Service providers we engage with to process personal data we collected from you.

The personal data that we retain may be transferred to, and stored by, a third party outside the European Countries (outside of the EEA or UK), including Japan. In that case, we will only transfer your personal data to countries where the EU Commission or the UK government has decided to have an adequate level of data protection (e.g. Japan). The transfer of personal data to third countries outside of the EEA that have not obtained such certification by the EU Commission is by way of data transfer agreements (Standard Contractual Clauses) required under the GDPR with recipients of your personal data.

We are committed to storing your data in a secure manner by applying necessary and appropriate technical and organizational measures.
Your personal data will be kept for as long as necessary to meet the purposes set forth in the Privacy Policy for Europe or to comply with legal, regulatory or internal policy requirements.
Your personal data will be retained only for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes set out in the Privacy Policy, and will be promptly deleted or anonymized as soon as the purpose of processing is achieved. The retention period will be determined on a case-by-case basis in accordance with legal obligations or business needs.

We would like to send you information about our services and other marketing materials that we think may be of interest to you.
You have the right at any time to contact us to declare your wish to stop receiving such information for marketing purposes from us.
If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please inform us using the contact details provided in the column of “Contact us” below.

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
・The right to access – You have the right to request for copies of your personal data from us. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
・The right to rectification – You have the right to request us to correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request us to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
・The right to erasure – You have the right to request us to erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
・The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request us to restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
・The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
・The right to data portability – You have the right to request us to transfer your personal data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
・The right not to be subject to a decision based on automated processing

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: info@arakiplaw.com
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that we have not addressed your concerns in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the competent supervisory authority at any time.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email us at: info@arakiplaw.com
Or write to us at:
Araki International IP&Law
254, Shin-Tokyo Building, 3-3-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan

This privacy policy is regularly reviewed and updated on this web page.

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. For more details, visit allaboutcookies.org.

We use cookies to improve your experience by:
・Understanding how you use our website
・Analyzing performance of our website and services
・Storing your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
・Necessary Cookies – We use these cookies to make our website function properly, which cannot be switched off. These cookies are usually only set in response to actions taken by you which amount to a request for services including logging-in, filling out forms or setting preference values and do not store any information which may identify you.
・Performance Cookies – We use this type of cookies to measure the performance of the Website and to analyze the details of interest to the User to optimize our website. The information that these cookies store includes the frequency and date and time of access to the Website, the frequency/length of use of each page, the User’s movement within the Website, etc. All of the information collected by these cookies is anonymous.
・Functionality – We use these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
・Advertising – We use these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. We sometimes share some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Our office uses Google Analytics to understand how our website is used, and Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about users. For more information about Google Analytics, please visit Google’s website:

Google Analytics Terms of Service
Google Privacy Policy

Our advertising distribution partners may set targeting cookies through our website. These partners may use this cookie information in conjunction with other information collected when you provide information to them or use their services. If you wish to view the third-party cookie policy and opt out, please visit the following website:

YouTube API Terms of Service
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How Google Uses Information from Sites

Last updated in April 2025