About Handling & Protection of Personal Information of Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2021 INDIA ONLINE

Thank you for visiting the Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2021 INDIA ONLINE website. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding the personal information/data provided by you for pre-event registration to the Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2021 INDIA ONLINE.

Name of Business Operator

Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd. (HIL)

Personal Information Protection Manager (Person Responsible for this Registration Information)

Anuj Kohli
General Manager
Corporate Communications Group
Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd.
Tower B, World Mark 1, Aerocity,
New Delhi-110037

Personal Information We Collect

Through the course of our association with you at this online event, we process personal information/data that you have shared with us. Such personal data may include information like name, location/country, e-mail address, phone details, company name, department name, job grade, job title, industry sector, type of access device, device IP address, access history of website, event virtual platform and/or watch history of video contents related to the event and so forth.

How We Use Information

Management of Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2021 INDIA ONLINE.
Sharing information and usage of stated information for sales and marketing purposes (including e-mail marketing and advertising like contacting registered guests, sending invitations to business sessions) by Hitachi and related third-party companies.
Analyzing browsing history of the website, event virtual platform and the video contents, using registered information and access logs.
Inquiries via phone, mails, et al.

Personal Information Handing Practices in the Preceding 12 Months

In the preceding 12 months, we have collected through the Site the following categories of personal information from California residents name, location/country, email address, company name, department name, job grade, industry sector, job title, social issues and keywords that interest you, IP address that you access from, sort of access device, access history of website, and/or watch history of video contents related to the event.

Sharing of Personal Information

We respect your privacy. There are, however, cases where we might share your personal data/information collected for registration to the Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2021 INDIA ONLINE with third party companies. Please refer to the table below to know more:

Type of Personal Data shared	Personal information received from you via pre-event registration, including name, address, company name, phone no. and e-mail address Your Access log information Your responses to our Questionnaire
Data Sharing Range	Hitachi Group companies (open in new window) Hitachi Group companies not included in lists above Hitachi ABB Power Grids India (listed on the stock exchanges as “ABB Power Products and Systems India Limited”) https://www.hitachiabb-powergrids.com/in/en (open in new window)
Purpose	Management of Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2021 INDIA ONLINE Sharing information and usage of stated information for sales and marketing purposes (including e-mail marketing and advertising like contacting registered guests, inviting registered guests to seminars, et al) by Hitachi and related third-party companies. Analyzing viewing history of the website, event virtual platform and the video contents, using registered information and access logs. Inquiries via phone, e-mails, et al.
Exception(s)	Hitachi will not divulge your personal information to a third party without your consent, except under the following circumstances: When disclosure of personal data is warranted by law. Cases in which the handling of personal information is essential for the protection of the life, body, or property of an individual and in which it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person. Cases in which it would be difficult to acquire the individual's consent and in which it is deemed essential for the improvement of public health or the promotion of child welfare. When the disclosure of personal data is essential for cooperating with a state institution, a local public body, or an individual or entity entrusted by one in executing the operations prescribed by laws and in which acquiring the consent of the person might obstruct the execution of the operations concerned.
Mode of Personal Information Collection	By visiting the Website and use of the registration process required for registering for the online HSIF 2021 event.
Mode of Access to a Third Party	Granting access authorization to the Event Site's management screen and providing encoded files in a limited-access environment.
Contract Related to Personal Information Information Protection	Hitachi concludes memorandums of understanding (MOU) with companies with which it shares information, to appropriately handle and protect personal information.

Outsourcing of Handling of Personal Information

Handling of customers’ personal information may be outsourced to the extent required to achieve the purpose of use.

Use of Cookies & Web Beacons

Hitachi uses cookies^*1 and web beacons (clear GIFs) ^*2 on part of the official site of the Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2021 INDIA ONLINE for the convenience of users.

A person can decline to receive a cookie, or enable the display of a warning message when receiving a cookie by modifying their web browser settings. Also, a person can decline a web beacon by setting their browser to decline receipt of a cookie.

Please refer to the instructions for the web browser you are using. It should be noted, however, that a person who has declined to accept cookies may not be able to access all or part of our services provided on the website.

Glossary

*1: Cookies:
Information exchanged between the web server that controls a website and the web browser that a person uses. Cookies can be stored as files on a person's PC. If you accept a cookie, the web server can track and record information about the web pages a particular computer visits. Notably, the person’s identity cannot be known unless he or she enters personal information on the website.
*2: Web Beacons:
Frequently used in combination with a cookie, this technology keeps track of how many times a person accesses a particular page. The user identity remains undisclosed unless he or she enters personal information while receiving cookies.

Acquisition of Access Logs

There are instances where we may use personal information provided by you or your personal information that is collected and recorded automatically on the official website and event virtual platform of the Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2021 INDIA ONLINE and other websites hosted by Hitachi, for the purposes mentioned above. Automatically collected or recorded personal information includes your access log information . Access log information might be linked to your information when it is recorded, but we only use the information within the scope of the purpose of use of personal information.

Handling of Personal Information Collected through a Demonstration at an Event Venue (Official Website)

At an event venue (official website), we may temporarily store your personal information to a hard disk, such as a PC hard disk, when demonstrating a solution or a product. Personal information collected in a demonstration will be physically deleted after the end of the event. We will not reuse or share such information.

About Providing Personal Information

' Disclosure of your personal information is your prerogative and it will be considered as disclosed “voluntarily” for registering to the Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2021 INDIA ONLINE. However, please understand that without providing this personal information, you will not be able to register for "Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2021 INDIA ONLINE".

Your Rights

Below are highlighted some rights you may be entitled to as “Data Subject” under applicable laws:

To be informed about how your personal data is being processed – the type of information being collected, the purpose of collection and processing, and the recipients to whom the data is being disclosed/shared
To Rectify and/or delete your personal data.
To Request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
To Object to certain data processing activities.
To Request portability of your personal data.
To Withdraw any consent provided earlier.
To File complaint with the local data protection supervisory authority; and
receive non-discriminatory treatment for the exercise of your privacy rights.

Disclosure of Personal Information and Contact

When registering for Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2021 INDIA ONLINE, You (or authorized agents acting on Your behalf ) may request that Hitachi disclose the personal information which You provided. As a result of the disclosure, it is also possible to request the correction or deletion, file complaints and other actions concerning Your personal information.

Hitachi will undertake to substantiate and verify that the person making the above request is a person (or a person acting on behalf of his /her minor child or is an authorized agent acting on behalf of the person ) about whom Hitachi had collected personal information so requested, by matching the identifying information that the requesting person (or a person on behalf of his/her minor child or an authorized agent acting on behalf of the personr) provides with his/her personal information maintained by Hitachi.

In case you would like to make such a request, you can contact Hitachi by e-mail using the address at the bottom of the page.

Personal Information Protection Policy

Please read the Personal Information Protection Policy of our website.

https://www.hitachi.co.in/utility/privacy/index.html (open in new window)

Age Guidelines

If you are 14 years or less, you are advised to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian before entering your personal information.

Important Note

Hitachi is required to handle personal information in ways other than the above-mentioned in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other relevant laws. Hitachi will not sell personal information under any circumstances. Please note, however, that this document “About Personal Information Protection” is subject to revision as and when needed to “improve the handling of personal information” and/or due to the “revision of laws or ordinances, or other rules and regulations”. The implementation of this document, "About Personal Information Protection," shall be after the issued date (or revised date).

Contact

Corporate Communications Group
Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd.
Tower B, World Mark 1, Aerocity,
New Delhi-110037
E-Mail: ccg@hitachi.co.in

Kindly go through and consent to the content(s) of this document “About Personal Information Protection”, before contacting Hitachi by e-mail.

Disclosure of personal information by you is “voluntary” and “at your own discretion” for contacting Hitachi. However, please note that without receiving personal information, Hitachi might not be able to answer your queries precisely. Hitachi might also record conversations when You make inquiries by phone.

Enacted on January 22, 2021