Privacy policy

Last updated: March 30, 2026

This site, “GOLF Partner Wholesale” is a website operated by Golf Partner Co. for corporate or individuals who sell golf products (customers who recognized as qualified businesses are hereinafter referred to as the “Customer”). This Privacy Policy describes how GOLF Partner Wholesale (the "Site", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you register, visit, use our services, or make a purchase from golfpartner-wholesale.com (the "Site") or otherwise communicate with us regarding the Site (collectively, the "Services"). For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "you" and "your" means you as the Customer of the Services, whether you are a customer, website visitor, or another individual whose information we have collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy (including Special Provisions) from time to time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site, update the "Last updated" date and take any other steps required by applicable law.

Golf Partner, Inc. Privacy Policy, and Handling of Personal Information

Golf Partner Co. (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") has established the XEBIO Group Privacy Policy (please click here for details) as its personal information protection policy to ensure that the Customer can use and purchase the Company's products and services with confidence in the course of operating its golf-related business, including golf equipment sales and purchase, driving range management, etc., and declares that all officers and employees will work together to comply with and improve the personal information protection compliance program. We declare that all of our directors and employees will work together to comply with and improve our personal information protection compliance program.

Revised March 5, 2024
Junya Ishida, President and Representative Director
Golf Partner Co.

Details of handling of personal information

The details of the handling of personal information of the Customer obtained through our business are set forth below, and we will handle personal information pertaining to the Customer, etc., appropriately and in good faith.

Introduction.

Your personal information will be managed in accordance with the XEBIO Group Privacy Policy and this Handling of Personal Information. Our consumer site (https://www.golfpartner.co.jp) and online store site (https://www.golfpartner.jp/ https://golfpartner-wholesale.com/) may be linked to other third party sites. The Company assumes no responsibility for any personal information collected or managed by the linked or third-party sites.

Acquisition of Personal Information

We may acquire the following types of information about our Customer and others through legal and fair means.

1. Information provided by the Customer himself/herself (*1)

Name, zip code, address, age, occupation, phone number, email address, password, nickname, gender, credit card information, etc.

(*1) The provision of the information indicated in (*1) is at the discretion of the Customer,

but the services that can be provided may vary depending on the information provided.

The above information is for illustrative purposes only and may not constitute personal information depending on the specific nature of the information.

2. Information obtained through the use of our stores and services

All information related to transactions such as reservations, purchases, and purchases of services or products offered by the Company, point service subscriptions, and campaign applications.
Images recorded by in-store security cameras.

3. Information automatically obtained through access to our website

IP addresses used by the Customer when accessing the Internet, mobile device identification information, etc.
Login information to our site, browser type, version, and operating system information.
Any other information that is automatically collected through the use of our site, such as access history obtained through the use of cookies or other technologies.

4. Information provided by suppliers

Information provided in connection with a transaction, such as the name, title, telephone number, and e-mail address of the person in charge, etc.

5. Information provided by our employees and applicants for employment with us

Information such as name, zip code, address, age, gender, background, telephone number, and e-mail address. (This may include specific personal information such as my number.)

Purpose of use of personal information

We may use the above personal information for the following purposes

1. Personal information obtained from the Customer

To collect personal information in accordance with the Secondhand Articles Dealer Act when purchasing golf equipment.
To provide information, products and services that may be useful to you.
For marketing activities related to the products and services of the Company, its group companies, and its business partners.
To develop new products and services that may be useful to the Customer.
To respond to inquiries and complaints regarding products and services.
To improve the quality of telephone service and to respond appropriately to requests (*for voice on the telephone).
For operations related to the provision, shipment, payment, etc., of products and services when you use our services and when you apply for campaigns, gifts, etc.
To manage individual golf school members.
To prevent shoplifting and theft (* store security camera images)
To conduct marketing research and prepare statistical data.
To make the use of our website and mobile site more pleasant.
For advertising distribution. When we use your personal information for marketing research, we will statistically process it in a form that does not identify you.

2. Personal information obtained from business partners

To enter into contracts, to perform contracts, and to manage contracts.
To contact you for business meetings, etc.

3. Personal information obtained from employees and applicants for employment

For personnel management and processing of personnel-related paperwork.
For employment selection and communication regarding the results thereof, and for other procedures prior to employment. Specified personal information will not be used for any purpose other than for tax, social security-related and other administrative work as required by law.

The Company will not provide personal information to third parties, entrust the handling of personal information to third parties, or share the use of personal information with other companies in the Group.

We will not provide personal information of the Customer, etc. to third parties, etc., except in the following cases

1. With the consent of the customer, etc.

We may provide your personal information to third parties based on your consent.

When the Customer purchases a product or uses a service using a credit card or other means of payment, the Company will provide the credit card company or other financial institution with the credit card or other payment card number, the Customer's name, and other necessary information for the purpose of payment of the purchase or use of the service. In such cases, we may provide the necessary information to credit card companies and other financial institutions. In such cases, the Customer shall be deemed to have consented to the provision of such information by the Company.

2. When permitted as an exception by law

We may provide your information to third parties in the following cases

(1) In accordance with laws and regulations

(2) When it is necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of an individual and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual

(3) Cases in which the provision of personal information is particularly necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children and in which it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person concerned

(4) When it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, a local government, or an individual or entity entrusted by either a national agency or local government to execute affairs prescribed by law and obtaining the consent of the individual is likely to impede the execution of such affairs.

(5) When the third party is an academic research institution, etc., and the academic research institution, etc. needs to handle the personal information for academic research purposes.

3. When entrusting the handling of personal information

When we outsource the handling of personal information of the Customer, etc. to outside

vendors, etc., we may provide personal information of the Customer, etc. to them to the

minimum extent necessary under our strict control.

4. We may share the personal information of the Customer with our group companies and business partners. For specific details of joint use, please refer to the "Joint Use within the Group" here.

Security of personal information

We have implemented the following security control measures for the handling of personal information.

Formulation of basic policy

In order to ensure the proper handling of personal information obtained from the Customer and others, we have established the XEBIO Group Privacy Policy as our basic policy, which includes "compliance with laws and other regulations," "management and protection of personal information," "response to inquiries," "strengthening the personal information management system, education, etc. The Zebio Group Privacy Policy is based on the following principles.

Establishment of discipline in the handling of personal information

To prevent leakage, etc. of personal information and for other safe management of personal information, we have established rules and regulations concerning the handling of personal information.

Organizational Safety Control Measures

≫ In addition to appointing a person responsible for the handling of personal information, the Company has established a system for reporting to and communicating with the person responsible in the event that a violation or potential violation of laws, regulations, or rules is detected.

≫ Employees who handle personal information and the scope of personal information handled by such employees are clarified.

≫ In order to confirm the status of the handling of personal information, the Company periodically conducts self-inspections and undergoes examinations by outside parties.

≫ We are working to improve our personal information protection system by monitoring and reviewing the status of the handling of personal information.

Personnel safety control measures

≫ The importance of protecting personal information is communicated and educated, and regular training is provided regarding the handling of personal information.

≫ A written pledge of confidentiality is obtained from employees to prevent unauthorized access to or leakage of personal data.

Physical Safety Control Measures

≫ Employees and visitors are controlled to enter and exit areas where personal information is handled.

≫ The Company has established measures for the use, storage, and disposal of equipment, documents, and electronic media that handle personal information, and has taken steps to prevent theft or loss of such information.

Technical Safety Control Measures

≫ Access control is implemented to limit the scope of personal information databases, etc. for the person in charge and the person in question.

≫ Employees who use information systems that handle personal information, including personal information databases, are identified and authenticated against information systems that handle personal information.

≫ A system is in place to protect information systems that handle personal information from unauthorized external access or unauthorized software.

Security Control Measures at Contractors

In the event that all or part of personal data is entrusted to a third party, XEBIO shall exercise necessary and appropriate supervision to ensure that the third party takes appropriate security control measures equivalent to those of the XEBIO Group. Please note that XEBIO is not responsible for any leakage of personal data caused by the following.

When you voluntarily disclose personal information online that can be accessed by anyone, such as on bulletin boards where user comments are posted.
If information is leaked from an individual or from a terminal used by an individual in matters that should be managed at the individual's own risk, such as passwords.

Use of cookies and web beacons

We collect your site browsing history based on "cookies" and "web beacons". We use this data to improve our services and provide you with relevant information. To enhance your use of the Internet in general, we and our third-party providers and business partners may send "cookies" to your computer and use similar technologies.

The cookie information used by the relevant service is not used for any other purpose or to collect any personal information about you. The site's browsing history is structured in such a way that no personally identifiable information can be collected. If you do not want us to collect information and data through the use of cookies, please check the "Help" menu of your browser and change the settings of your browser to disable cookies. Please note, however, that if you prohibit the use of "cookies", you may not be able to fully utilize the services on our website.

For inquiries regarding personal information, please contact

We will respond to inquiries regarding the disclosure, correction, suspension of use, etc. of your personal information within a reasonable period of time after confirming your identity, and in accordance with the law. We will do so within a reasonable period of time.

Please refer to the "Procedures" below regarding the disclosure of personal information.

Procedure

You are requested to contact the Corporate Section, Business Promotion Department, Golf Partner Co.

If necessary, we may mail a written request for disclosure, etc., as determined by us, to the address you provide when making an inquiry.

Please fill out the request form and return it to us.

(You will be asked to enclose a certificate issued by a public institution [a copy of your driver's license or health insurance card, a copy of your residence certificate (not a photocopy), etc.] to confirm your identity.

After confirming the details of your request, we will process it appropriately without delay and respond to you in writing (in a sealed envelope) as a general rule.

If you wish to make a request from a representative, please inform us at the time of your inquiry.

A fee of seven hundred (700) yen per case will be charged for this procedure. Please transfer the money to the designated bank account which will be informed of at the time of the procedure. Please note that you will be responsible for the bank transfer fee.

For inquiries regarding complaints and consultation about personal information, please contact

Please enter the details of your question and send it to the following e-mail address.

When contacting us by phone, please be as specific as possible about your question.

Corporate Section, Business Promotion Department, Golf Partner Corporation
E-mail: Info-gp@golfpartner.co.jp
TEL: 03-5217-9700 (Office hours: 9:00-18:00 weekdays)

Notice to EU &EEA Residents

Special Provisions EU

Applicable

If your personal information is subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the “GDPR”), we will apply “Special Provisions EU" (hereinafter referred to as the "Special Provisions EU"). The Special Provisions EU are complementary to the Company’s “Privacy Policy" (hereinafter referred to as the "Policy").

In the event of any inconsistency between the Policy and the Special Provisions EU, the Special Provisions EU shall prevail. If there are no articles that fall under the Special Provisions EU, the Policy will be applied or applied based on the GDPR.

The terms used in the Special Provisions EU shall have the same meanings as those expressly defined in the GDPR.

How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information

To provide the Services, we collect and have collected over the past 12 months personal information about you from a variety of sources, as set out below. The information that we collect and use varies depending on how you interact with us.

In addition to the specific uses set out below, we may use information we collect about you to communicate with you, provide or improve or improve the Services, comply with any applicable legal obligations, enforce any applicable terms of service, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.

What Personal Information We Collect

The types of personal information we obtain about you depends on how you interact with our Site and use our Services. When we use the term "personal information", we are referring to information that identifies, relates to, describes or can be associated with you. The following sections describe the categories and specific types of personal information we collect.

Information We Collect Directly from You

Information that you directly submit to us through our Services may include:

Contact details including your name, address, phone number, email.
Order information including your name, position title, department, corporate billing address, shipping address, payment confirmation, email address, and phone number.
Account information including your username, password, corporate and financial information, credit history information, security questions and other information used for account security purposes.
Customer support information including the information you choose to include in communications with us, for example, when sending a message through the Services.

Some features of the Services may require you to directly provide us with certain information about yourself. You may elect not to provide this information, but doing so may prevent you from using or accessing these features.

Information We Collect about Your Usage

We may also automatically collect certain information about your interaction with the Services ("Usage Data"). To do this, we may use cookies, pixels and similar technologies ("Cookies"). Usage Data may include information about how you access and use our Site and your account, including device information, browser information, information about your network connection, your IP address and other information regarding your interaction with the Services.

Information We Obtain from Third Parties

Finally, we may obtain information about you from third parties, including from vendors and service providers who may collect information on our behalf, such as:

Companies who support our Site and Services, such as Shopify.
Our payment processors, who collect payment information (e.g., bank account, credit or debit card information, billing address) to process your payment in order to fulfill your orders and provide you with products or services you have requested, in order to perform our contract with you.
When you visit our Site, open or click on emails we send you, or interact with our Services or advertisements, we, or third parties we work with, may automatically collect certain information using online tracking technologies such as pixels, web beacons, software developer kits, third-party libraries, and cookies.

Any information we obtain from third parties will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Also see the section below, Third Party Websites and Links.

How We Use Your Personal Information

Providing Products and Services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services in order to perform our contract with you, including to process your payments, fulfill your orders, to send notifications to you related to your account, purchases, returns, exchanges or other transactions, to create, maintain and otherwise manage your account, to arrange for shipping, facilitate any returns and exchanges and other features and functionalities related to your account. We may also enhance your shopping experience by enabling Shopify to match your account with other Shopify services that you may choose to use. In this case, Shopify will process your information as set forth in its Privacy Policy and Consumer Privacy Policy.
Marketing and Advertising. We may use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send marketing, advertising and promotional communications by email, text message or postal mail, and to show you advertisements for products or services. This may include using your personal information to better tailor the Services and advertising on our Site and other websites. If you are an EEA resident, the legal basis for these data processing activities is our legitimate interest in selling our products, according to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Security and Fraud Prevention. We use your personal information to detect, investigate or take action regarding possible fraudulent, illegal or malicious activity. If you choose to use the Services and register an account, you are responsible for keeping your account credentials safe. We highly recommend that you do not share your username, password, or other access details with anyone else. If you believe your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately. If you are an EEA resident, the legal basis for these data processing activities is our legitimate interest in keeping our website secure for you and other customers, according to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Communicating with You and Service Improvement. We use your personal information to provide you with customer support and improve our Services. This is in our legitimate interests in order to be responsive to you, to provide effective services to you, and to maintain our business relationship with you according to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Cookies

Like many websites, we use Cookies on our Site. For specific information about the Cookies that we use related to powering our store with Shopify, see https://www.shopify.com/legal/cookies. We use Cookies to power and improve our Site and our Services (including to remember your actions and preferences), to run analytics and better understand user interaction with the Services (in our legitimate interests to administer, improve and optimize the Services). We may also permit third parties and services providers to use Cookies on our Site to better tailor the services, products and advertising on our Site and other websites.

Most browsers automatically accept Cookies by default, but you can choose to set your browser to remove or reject Cookies through your browser controls. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking Cookies can negatively impact your user experience and may cause some of the Services, including certain features and general functionality, to work incorrectly or no longer be available. Additionally, blocking Cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners.

Please note that while your browser may allow you to transmit a “do not track” signal, like many websites, our Site is not designed to respond to such signals. To learn more about “do not track” signals, you can visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com/.

How We Disclose Personal Information

In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for contract fulfillment purposes, legitimate purposes and other reasons subject to this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:

With vendors or other third parties who perform services on our behalf (e.g., IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment and shipping).
With business and marketing partners to provide services and advertise to you. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy notices.
When you direct, request us or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties, such as to ship you products or through your use of social media widgets or login integrations, with your consent.
With our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group, in our legitimate interests to run a successful business.
In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with any applicable legal obligations (including to respond to subpoenas, search warrants and similar requests), to enforce any applicable terms of service, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.

We have in the past 12 months disclosed the following categories of personal information and sensitive personal information about users for the purposes set out above in "How we Collect and Use your Personal Information" and "How we Disclose Personal Information":

Category	Categories of Recipients
Identifiers such as basic contact details and certain order and account information Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute such as basic contact details and certain order and account information Commercial information such as order information, shopping information and customer support information Internet or other similar network activity, such as Usage Data Geolocation data such as locations determined by an IP address or other technical measures	Vendors and third parties who perform services on our behalf (such as Internet service providers, payment processors, fulfillment partners, customer support partners and data analytics providers) Business and marketing partners Affiliates

Third Party Websites and Links

Our Site may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information found on these sites. Information you provide on public or semi-public venues, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms may also be viewable by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the Services.

Children's Data

The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details set out below to request that it be deleted.

As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have actual knowledge that we “share” or “sell” (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.

Security and Retention of Your Information

Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee “perfect security.” In addition, any information you send to us may not be secure while in transit. We recommend that you do not use insecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.

How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account, to provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may apply only in certain circumstances and, in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.

Right to Access / Know: You may have a right to request access to personal information that we hold about you, including details relating to the ways in which we use and share your information.
Right to Delete: You may have a right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.
Right to Correct: You may have a right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
Right of Portability: You may have a right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party, in certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.
Restriction of Processing: You may have the right to ask us to stop or restrict our processing of personal information.
Withdrawal of Consent: Where we rely on consent to process your personal information, you may have the right to withdraw this consent.
Appeal: You may have a right to appeal our decision if we decline to process your request. You can do so by replying directly to our denial.
Managing Communication Preferences: We may send you promotional emails, and you may opt out of receiving these at any time by using the unsubscribe option displayed in our emails to you. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or orders that you have made. We will respond to opt-out requests as soon as practically possible, within 15 working days of the date on which we receive the opt-out request from the customer.

You may exercise any of these rights where indicated on our Site or by contacting us using the contact details provided below.

You have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.

Additionally, we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We may need to collect information from you to verify your identity, such as your email address or account information, before providing a substantive response to the request. In accordance with applicable laws, you may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require that the agent provide proof you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us. We will respond to your request in a timely manner as required under applicable law.

Complaints

If you have complaints about how we process your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided below. If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, depending on where you live you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us using the contact details set out below, or lodge your complaint with your local data protection authority. For the EEA, you can find a list of the responsible data protection supervisory authorities here.

If we receive notification from a customer, we will confirm receipt within ten (10) working days of receipt and inform the consumer of the identity verification procedure and the expected time for a response.

International Users

Please note that we may transfer, store and process your personal information outside the country you live in. Your personal information is also processed by staff and third party service providers and partners in these countries.

If we transfer your personal information out of Europe, we will rely on recognized transfer mechanisms like the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, or any equivalent contracts issued by the relevant competent authority of the UK, as relevant, unless the data transfer is to a country that has been determined to provide an adequate level of protection.

Contact

Should you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights available to you, please call or email us at wholesale@golfpartner.co.jp

For the purpose of applicable data protection laws and if not explicitly stated otherwise, we are the data controller of your personal information.

Countermeasures

In the event of a leak of personal data, we will notify the relevant authorities within 72 hours and inform the subjects of the leaked data.

Notice to California U.S.A. Residents

Special Provisions CA

If you are a California USA resident consumer, we will apply to you " Special Provisions " (hereinafter referred to as the "Special Provisions CA"). Special Provisions CA are complementary to the Company’s “Privacy Policy" (hereinafter referred to as the "Policy").

In the event of any inconsistency between the Policy and the Special Provisions CA, the Special Provisions CA shall prevail. If there is no article that falls under the Special Provisions CA, we will apply to you the Policy.

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (hereinafter referred to as the "CCPA") and its amendment, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (hereinafter referred to as the "CPRA"), establish the rights of California residents with respect to the personal information of such residents in their possession. The terms used in the Special Provisions CA shall have the same meanings as those expressly defined in the CCPA and the CPRA.

Personal information we collect

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

- “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

- “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

- “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.”

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.

How do we use your personal information?

We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

- Communicate with you;

- Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and

- When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

Sharing your personal information

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Shopify to power our online store--you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site -- you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

Behavioral advertising

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by using the links below:

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads

- Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

- Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

Do not track

Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

Sale and sharing of personal information

"Sale" means the sale, sell, lease, announcement, disclosure, distribution, making available, transfer or other conveyance by a business to a third party of a consumer's personal information, whether orally, in writing, by electronic means or otherwise, for the purpose of obtaining money or other valuable consideration.

"Sharing" means the share, leasing, publication, disclosure, distribution, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating, whether in exchange for money or other valuable consideration, personal information of consumers by a business to a third party, orally, in writing, electronically or otherwise, for the purpose of cross contextual behavioral advertising. This includes any transaction between a business and a third party that does not involve the exchange of money for cross-context behavioral advertising.

We may place cookies, web beacons, etc. from our advertising technology partners on our site to collect network activity information, and our advertising technology partners may serve ads based on such information on our site or on the sites of other companies.

The use of third-party cookies for marketing purposes may be defined as a "sale" of personal information under the CCPA. We do not "sale" or "share" personal information except as described above.

Data retention

When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

We do not retain personal information for longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected unless longer retention is required or permitted pursuant to law.

Contact us

Inquiries regarding the Special Provisions CA or exercising your rights under the CCPA should be directed to one of the following:

(1) By e-mail

E-mail address: wholesale@golfpartner.co.jp

(2) By mail

Address: Japan

To:

Collection, use or disclosure of personal information

We may collect, use, or disclose the following categories of personal information in order to provide services to you. In addition, the personal information that may have been collected and may have been disclosed by us in the past 12 months is described below.

Personal Information/ Categories of Sensitive Personal Information and Examples	Categories of Sources	Business or commercial purposes	Categories of third parties to whom personal information is disclosed
Personal identification information (Name, contact information (address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, and other unique identifying information), account name, and other similar identifying information) ・Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute such as basic contact details and certain order and account information	・Directly from the individual	・Execution of a contract, or response to a request prior to the conclusion of a contract ・Responding to inquiries or requests to the Company ・Provision or improvement of our products and services ・Delivery of our products ・Registration on our membership site, provision of membership services, analysis of usage, and quality improvement ・Payment for our products and services ・Handling of product warranty and quality issues ・Marketing ・Security Incident Detection ・Protection against fraudulent or illegal activities	・Third party business partners (including credit card companies, credit card processing agents, delivery companies, Internet service providers and service providers in the IT sector)
Commercial Information (Details of inquiries, order details, information related to product purchases (purchase history, etc.), and details related to contracts)	・Directly from the individual	・Execution of a contract, or response to a request prior to the conclusion of a contract ・Responding to inquiries or requests to the Company ・Provision or improvement of our products and services ・Payment for our products and services ・Handling of product warranty and quality issues ・Marketing ・Security Incident Detection ・Protection against fraudulent or illegal activities	・Third party business partners (including credit card companies, credit card processing agents, Internet service providers and service providers in the IT sector)
Network Activity Information (Information collected by cookies, web beacons, etc.)	・By using our site ・Passively obtained through activities on the customer's website	・Marketing ・Improvement of our website	・Advertising technology partners (advertising companies that collect by cookies, web beacons, etc.)
Sensitive personal information ・The contents of e-mails and other text messages sent and received through the Company's e-mail system ・Social Security Number ・Driver's License Information ・State ID card information ・Passport Information ・Credit Card Number	・Directly from the individual	・Execution of a contract, or response to a request prior to the conclusion of a contract ・Provision or improvement of our products and services Payment for our products and services ・Provide service for product warranty and quality issues ・Marketing Activities ・Security Incident Detection ・Protection against fraudulent or illegal activities	・Third party business partners (including credit card companies, credit card processing agents, Internet service providers and service providers in the IT sector)

Rights of California residents

California residents have the rights described below. As a California resident, you may be able to exercise the following rights in relation to the personal information that we have collected about you (subject to certain limitations of law).

Please note that in order to respond to your request, we must obtain information from you to verify that you are a California resident, to determine whether we have personal information about you, and to verify your identity.

(1) Right to know about the collection, disclosure, sale or sharing of personal information

California residents have the right to request that we disclose the following personal information that we have collected, used, disclosed, sold, or shared within the past 12 months

(i) Categories of personal information and Sensitive Personal Information collected by us.

(ii) Categories of the sources from which such personal information is collected.

(iii) Business purposes for which personal information is collected, disclosed, sold, or shared.

(iv) Categories of third parties to whom we sell or share personal information in the event that we sell or

share personal information.

(v) Categories of personal information that we have sold or shared with third parties.

(2) Right to request deletion or correction of personal information

California residents have the right to have their personal information that we have collected from them deleted or corrected. However, such personal information will not be deleted if we are required to retain it by law. For example, we may retain such personal information if it is necessary to provide you with the services you have requested, if it is necessary to provide you with assurances and security related to the services, or if it is necessary to comply with our legal obligations.

(3) The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information

California residents have the right to instruct us not to sell or share their personal information.

(4) The right not to be discriminated against in the exercise of rights

California residents have the right not to be discriminated against or retaliated against for exercising their rights under the CCPA.

(5) Right to restrict use or disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information

California residents have the right to request that Sensitive Personal Information not be used or disclosed for any purpose other than the specific purpose required by law without their consent and be limited to only what is necessary to provide our products or services.

(6) Shine the Light

California residents that have an established business relationship with us have rights to know how their information is disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes under California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civ. Code §1798.83).

Procedure for claiming California resident's rights

(1) How to request

If you, as a California resident, wish to exercise any of the above rights of disclosure, deletion, correction, and nondiscrimination, please contact us by email or mail at the address listed under "Contact Us".

We may need to verify your identity before processing your request. In such cases, we may send a link to your e-mail address on file with us and request additional information to the extent necessary to verify your identity. Please be aware that as a result of exercising your right to delete your personal information, you may no longer be able to receive services provided by us using that information.

To exercise your right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information and to limit the use or disclosure of your Sensitive Personal Information, please see “Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information “or “Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information" if you wish to exercise your rights and restrict the use or disclosure of your Sensitive Personal Information. In addition, modern browsers support Global Privacy Controls (hereinafter referred to as the "GPC") settings that are recognized by U.S. websites. GPC settings, which are recognized by websites on the U.S. side of the world. When enabled in your preferences or browser extension, the GPC will send opt-out settings to these websites, informing them that you do not wish to have your personal information "sold" to them. For more information about GPC, including how to enable it in your specific browser, please click here.

Please be aware that as a result of exercising your right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information and your right to restrict the use or disclosure of your Sensitive Personal Information, you may not be able to receive the services we provide using that information.

(2) In the case of a request by an authorized agent

You may have a properly authorized agent exercise your rights on your behalf. We may ask the agent to provide us with a written document evidencing his/her authority of representation signed by the principal.

(3) For billing purposes

・If we are unable to verify your identity or authority to make a request with the degree of certainty required by the CCPA and related laws and regulations, we will not be able to respond to your request.

・We do not charge a fee for this service, but We ask that you bear the costs of preparing a document evidencing your authority of representation and contacting us.

・We will use and retain the personal information provided in response to your request only for the purpose of responding to your request and to the extent permitted by law.

Children's data

Shine the light

If you have an established business relationship with us, you may have rights to know how your information is disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes under California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civ. Code § 1798.83). To make such a request, please send an email to wholesale@golfpartner.co.jp

Established October 00, 2024

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